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Well H is AWOL since 7:30 am
No words
I went to his job he is not there
at OW's home no one answers
And I rather burn his suit (expensive one) than drinking. This is a consecuence, emotional desition whatever you want to call it better for me than back to drinking, that it has been playing a huge role on me today... I have not really LB since this damn whole thing began
and he has not faced any consecuences for his actions.. Well since he doesn't care how this is making me feel, and he already knows I'm going to be nuts, I rather burn some anger!! with the suit please!

I need ideas on a metal bucket home made to burn the damn thing. FAST!

I'll wait 10 minutes if not I'm going to a store and buy one and on my way here to a gas station!!

<small>[ May 15, 2004, 03:59 PM: Message edited by: matilde ]</small>

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If you're still here, don't leave yet!

I'm writing a post now. Hang tight

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Ok, I know that some materials like in sofas, etc are toxic when burned. Many people die from that before the fire gets em.

Want to chat? I'll bet we could find some great alternatives that are not hazardous to your health.

Is there a way to put out a call for everyone to join in?

Hang tight ~

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Found my "metal" bucket and at home!

What a pretty sight this will be <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />

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I'm gonna hang out in chat in case you go.

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WAIT!!!

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Want to go to chat first? I'll bet we can come up with Anger Management that will be fun and not dangerous to you.

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Matilda????

You here???

Why don't we think of something else to ease your anger right now.......If you need to do something to his suit??

Just take it and throw it out on the front yard then turn on the sprinklers??..Don't do something that could be dangerous!!
you here????

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by atruheart:
<strong> Matilda????

You here???

Why don't we think of something else to ease your anger right now.......If you need to do something to his suit??

Just take it and throw it out on the front yard then turn on the sprinklers??..Don't do something that could be dangerous!!
you here???? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">If you itemize your taxes, take it down to the Salvation Army or someplace that resells clothes, get a receipt, and then let him know where it is so he can buy it back, LOL

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">If you itemize your taxes, take it down to the Salvation Army or someplace that resells clothes, get a receipt, and then let him know where it is so he can buy it back, LOL

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</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">JAVA!!!! Now that's something I could have seen me doing! LOL LOL...."oh gee honey, did you still like that suit?(his fav!) it's down at Goodwill" HE HE.....

Blessings,
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This is from Dr Phil in "Relationship Rescue".

Long story short. Wife "Karen" spray painted sculptures, cut up clothes etc etc.

This is the extract from Dr Phil - they are not my words.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> George, the husband could well have been with the OW but nobody ever got around to talking very much about that. Everyone wanted to talk about Karen. She knew she had lost credibility in the eyes of even the most casual observers.

Meanwhile, George saw his chance to play the self righteous victim because of what this lunatic had done to him. He was very happy to let everyone in the seminar pat him on the back and tell him just how awfully he had been treated.

I hope you can see that in addition to Karen having sent a really bad message to her partner about what she was capable of doing - a message she can never take back - she let him emerge as a sympathetic figure.
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I hope it's not too late for you to think about this.

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Matilde,

I know exactly how you feel, but throwing eggs at the bathtub is a safer way to vent some of your anger.


(On the other hand, there is an old van parked in my yard that my h bought from the ow a year ago and I kick it every time I walk by...it is a broken piece of garbage that he thought he could fix and use. He wasted alot of time and money on it for nothing...a little parallel there???)

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Oh Mattie,

Hon dont burn the suit. This comes from the one who set fire to all sorts of stuff and cut up the paintings. Dont do it, you wont feel any better.

I suggest that you do something else to vent your anger. Try tossing a baseball or writing a mean note and ripping it up. Dont burn the suit, it really wont make you feel any better in the long run.

Mattie I will hang on the ladies board if you want to come over there. I am so sorry your having such a hard time but really burning his stuff wont solve it. Trust me I know.

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Hey Matilde

Hope things are better. Also hope you didn't give him any ammo to hold against you. Also I like the donation to Salvation Army or Goodwill as a much better solution.

Sometimes things are not what they seem. You both need to talk about this and how it makes you feel. I did read where he slept on the couch last night, that might have been his choice but you also made a choice in not talking to him. To many times a misunderstanding could have been corrected if just one person would have broken the silence.

I do hope things improve. THanks for your advice to me, I took the old fixture down today, will run the new wire tomorrow. Was planning on it tonight but other plans happened, I'll do the rewire tomorrow and buy the new light Thursday on pay day. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" /> Thanks again.

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H doesn't know yet what "happened" to the suit.

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> Just take it and throw it out on the front yard then turn on the sprinklers??.. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I live in an appartment building, no front yard here

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> If you itemize your taxes, take it down to the Salvation Army or someplace that resells clothes, get a receipt, and then let him know where it is so he can buy it back, LOL </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I live in south america, no Salvation Army here, I should have thought on church thou...

Also is not like its his favorite, it was his only suit. When he told me he bought it and that if I recognized the brand he did it in a despised way to me, like poor me that I didn't knew. Well of course I knew, but I didn't understood when he became so shallow and bitter towards me.

KiwiJ

Thank you, I don't really know if it's too late for me.

Shul

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> I know exactly how you feel, but throwing eggs at the bathtub is a safer way to vent some of your anger.
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I had to clean that after and it would made me more angy heheheh I'm lazy on home!

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> Hon dont burn the suit. This comes from the one who set fire to all sorts of stuff and cut up the paintings. Dont do it, you wont feel any better.

I suggest that you do something else to vent your anger. Try tossing a baseball or writing a mean note and ripping it up. Dont burn the suit, it really wont make you feel any better in the long run.

Mattie I will hang on the ladies board if you want to come over there. I am so sorry your having such a hard time but really burning his stuff wont solve it. Trust me I know.
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Thank you for your words, they have "worked", I didn't burn the suit ok? It's just not available anymore, and I do like the church idea.

Silverthorn

I'm happy my advice worked for you, and I'm happy you are listening maybe your M will be better or take a better path than mine. I have been told at my meetings, that one has to be obedient with others advice regarding recovery, it seems you are and my H's is not there's the difference.

As for update

I was here, talking with SIL and H arrived. Around 8:30 pm.

He has told me he was at the office, well he was not there been there myself. Then he told me he was at his boss working with him that he has to go on a trip. More lies, he could have called. And nothing I could confirm.

He asked until thursday to do some other things, that he was not happy. He has not met any of my needs and he is not being obedient. That tells me he is still into the A. I asked he quit his job on monday and cut all contact with OW, he asked until thursday to go with the counselor and to see what she has to say. Told him the counselor is not the answer. He also said, that he doesn't feel at home, that he doesn't want to come home, feels like a jail to him. He also told me, it was not me, that he knew I was doing all to make it good, and that he could not blame me as before, since to all I said ok, that it was him. I told him to pack his things, and come home when he feels he is doing the right thing. He talked me out of it, that I please give him until thursday.

He spent the night here. And I think is not use, I do not feel any better. This is hopeless already. I don't want to wait until thursday. I can't wait for him to keep destrying me. He tells me that all he knows, is that he doesn't want to cause me any more pain, but still he is doing it, and what is worse, I'm allowing him.
Not ANY of my needs are being met, and I just feel hollow, empty and hurt. All I know, is that I can't keep at this. For as much as I love him, or care for him, this is not healthy for me so I don't have a clue why I keep at this. He got his chance, and he knows he messed it up.

I know what I got, a H who has not ended the A, and who doesn't want to end it. Last night, I said I was going to give him until thursday. Now It doesn't feel right, he has to reach his bottom and who knows what is that, to work on this. Or maybe he lost the love for me and doesn't want to say so?

I'm thinking on ways to work for me, and drawing blanks, and maybe waiting until thursday will just only prolong the agony. I already know it will take no difference, cause I'm not going to put ANY effort until then. He told me it's his time to play, but I do not want to keep playing.

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by matilde:
<strong> H doesn't know yet what "happened" to the suit.

I didn't burn the suit ok? It's just not available anymore, and I do like the church idea.
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">These are very ominous words. I'm now scared and if I see a picture of a suit on a milk carton, I'm going to freak...

<img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="images/icons/shocked.gif" />

As for the rest of your post. Yeow. It does sound like he's still in the affair. Very typical Fog talk. I know it sucks but try to give it till Thursday. Do your best Plan A till then. Hold out for just a little longer. I don't think he will 'wake up' by then, but if you hang on till then, it'll be a good thing. At that point, it's his own deadline he's looking at. And you never know... he may surprise you.

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by matilde:
<strong>

I know what I got, a H who has not ended the A, and who doesn't want to end it. Last night, I said I was going to give him until thursday. Now It doesn't feel right, he has to reach his bottom and who knows what is that, to work on this. Or maybe he lost the love for me and doesn't want to say so?

I'm thinking on ways to work for me, and drawing blanks, and maybe waiting until thursday will just only prolong the agony. I already know it will take no difference, cause I'm not going to put ANY effort until then. He told me it's his time to play, but I do not want to keep playing. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Matilde, I am so sorry this is happening, but I think you are right. This will never work as long as he in touch with the OW. It is too painful to have the affair rubbed in your nose [you know it is happening] every day. Have you been in Plan B before? Does the workplace know? Did you tell me that her H works with him?

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Good morning mattie,

Yes, it IS a good morning! You know why? Because you are you! You will live today in your wonderful mattie way and that makes it a very good morning and a very good day!!

I'm so sorry you are going through this again, still. I hate it that you are in so much pain.

Take care mattie--I'll try to check in throughout the day.

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(((((Mattie)))))

I am glad you did not burn the suit. I understand that anger though. I have been there. I am so sorry your going through this. Ever think about plan B? I dont really know what advice to give. I just did whatever I thought was the right thing to do at the time. You will know what to do when the time is right. So his suit is missing? Well that is better than burning it. I completely understand how you feel. I really hope your feeling better today.

Hopes

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