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I have to admit that I am jealous/envious/apprehensive when I see a WH posting and making promises and changes. It stirs a lot up in me and I feel short-changed. Not sure how to handle it, except to stay away from those threads.

Honestly, I'm not sure if this forum has much to offer me anymore. frown

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Originally Posted by Rocketqueen
I have to admit that I am jealous/envious/apprehensive when I see a WH posting and making promises and changes. It stirs a lot up in me and I feel short-changed. Not sure how to handle it, except to stay away from those threads.

Honestly, I'm not sure if this forum has much to offer me anymore. frown

I stay away from a lot of threads.

Maybe it's you that has things to offer the forum. smile


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Thank you, HHH. I appreciate that.

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Kiss should have left work an hour ago and been home by now. He's not answering his phone.

It's silly. It's stupid. But times like these, I don't know if I can do it anymore!!


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Originally Posted by Rocketqueen
Kiss should have left work an hour ago and been home by now. He's not answering his phone.

It's silly. It's stupid. But times like these, I don't know if I can do it anymore!!

It's not silly or stupid. But don't get yourself all worked up until you know what the problem is. Calm is in control. I'm working on this myself.


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Is he home yet?


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Originally Posted by Rocketqueen
Kiss should have left work an hour ago and been home by now. He's not answering his phone.

It's silly. It's stupid. But times like these, I don't know if I can do it anymore!!

Neither silly nor stupid. It's a violation of the rule of care, and your anxiety is the consequence of his violation.

So, how are you going to communicate this?


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Yes, he got home around 6:30. He was at a customer's house. I explained to him him (again) how important it is that he be more accountable to me about hid whereabouts. That he knows what goes through my head. He apologized, said he understands and will be more accountable in the future.

I just don't know how to prevent it from happening. But I won't let mysekf freak out in the future.

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Originally Posted by Rocketqueen
Yes, he got home around 6:30. He was at a customer's house. I explained to him him (again) how important it is that he be more accountable to me about hid whereabouts. That he knows what goes through my head. He apologized, said he understands and will be more accountable in the future.

I just don't know how to prevent it from happening. But I won't let mysekf freak out in the future.
What Plan does he have to "be more accountable"?

For example, call or text every time he leaves work?


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This doesn't feel right. SOMETHING is off here. He has lied before and I am inclined to think he is doing so now because of his poor record.

If it was a client why didn't he call you before he left work? Why not text you while he was there?

How many times is he going to do this before he actually gets the point?


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Originally Posted by karmasrose
This doesn't feel right. SOMETHING is off here. He has lied before and I am inclined to think he is doing so now because of his poor record.

If it was a client why didn't he call you before he left work? Why not text you while he was there?

How many times is he going to do this before he actually gets the point?

What's off is that he is not sensitive to her feelings. He doesn't "get it". I doubt he was doing anything nefarious, but I understand how RQ feels.

I wonder about this, because as a BH, I am expected to weather this kind of thing until she is "in love". Not sure that works as well with a WH.


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Karma, I did call his place of employment and I was told he was at a customer's house but he should have called and told me. We had an agreement that he would call or text me if he would be more than half an hour late.

I just wish he would be more sensitive to my feelings, FtF.

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Originally Posted by Rocketqueen
Karma, I did call his place of employment and I was told he was at a customer's house but he should have called and told me. We had an agreement that he would call or text me if he would be more than half an hour late.

I just wish he would be more sensitive to my feelings, FtF.
So you already had this EP in place? What was the condition if he broke an EP?


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I was agreeing with you RQ.

And I too want to know -- what happens when he breaks an EP?

If you keep trying to stomach this he will eventually get ballsy enough to do more and more hurtful things when he sees that his little "oopses" go without consequences.


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Karma, yes I know. Didn't mean to make it sound that you weren't! When he does thoughtless things, my LB drops a lot and I withdraw from him. So I wouldn't say that I have an actual consequence for him, but I do distance myself from him until I feel he is "safe" to be close to again. Does that make sense?

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That makes sense, but I think what's on all minds is: How long do you feel able to keep doing this?


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Originally Posted by karmasrose
That makes sense, but I think what's on all minds is: How long do you feel able to keep doing this?

I ask myself the same thing! I guess, as long as I can.

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I really feel that you should set some sort of date. Trying to recover, one-sided, indefinitely, is very, very unhealthy.


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Originally Posted by BrainHurts
Originally Posted by Rocketqueen
Karma, I did call his place of employment and I was told he was at a customer's house but he should have called and told me. We had an agreement that he would call or text me if he would be more than half an hour late.

I just wish he would be more sensitive to my feelings, FtF.
So you already had this EP in place? What was the condition if he broke an EP?

I hope you don't mind, RQ - but I'm curious. I thought KISS worked retail in a sort of managerial role. Why is he going to customer's homes? How comfortable are you with that?

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