Welcome to the
Marriage Builders® Discussion Forum

This is a community where people come in search of marriage related support, answers, or encouragement. Also, information about the Marriage Builders principles can be found in the books available for sale in the Marriage Builders® Bookstore.
If you would like to join our guidance forum, please read the Announcement Forum for instructions, rules, & guidelines.
The members of this community are peers and not professionals. Professional coaching is available by clicking on the link titled Coaching Center at the top of this page.
We trust that you will find the Marriage Builders® Discussion Forum to be a helpful resource for you. We look forward to your participation.
Once you have reviewed all the FAQ, tech support and announcement information, if you still have problems that are not addressed, please e-mail the administrators at mbrestored@gmail.com
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Page 2 of 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,652
J
Member
Offline
Member
J
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,652
LOL never heard of it before but thanks to google I now know what it's about.

Thanks Charlotte, I'm gonna suggest this be our Friday night movie tonight!

Xenu bless.




me - 47 tired
H - 39 cool
married 2001
DS 8a think
DS 8b :crosseyedcrazy:
(Why is DS7b now a blockhead???)
(Ack! Now he's not even a blockhead, just a word! That's no fun!)
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 3,093
S
Member
Offline
Member
S
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 3,093
pom,

I've heard ants are really good with chocolate.


So, if the mothership comes and takes every alien away, that means only

faithful spouses will be left behind.


Kind of makes for an interesting thought.


If the stats are close to true, that means about only 40% of the married men will be left hanging around.

And 50-60% or so of the women.

I think we would not have to worry so much about the price of gas anymore, since the demand would REALLY DROP.


Only, I think we might find the stats to be a little different, since

people lie.

ESPECIALLY WAYWARDS.

Oh - is THAT ADMISSIBLE IN COURT?

I said it on an anonymous forum.


Hey, who cares? You could very easily take screen shots of the entire threads into court. Disprove her little snippets. Take in the Marriage Builder concepts, and ask what the judge thought about the idea of trying to SAVE marriages - new concept, huh?

Instead of destroying the lives of children?
Instead of tearing lives apart, we look toward forgiving each other, repairing our relationships, and moving on?

You PIG!!!!! How dare you!!!!!!

I think maybe you HAVE been eating those ants!@!

laugh
SB


Lucky to be where I am, in a safe place to get marriage-related support.
Recovered.
Happy.
Most recent D-day Fall 2005
Our new marriage began that day. Not easily, but it did happen.
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 3,278
D
Member
Offline
Member
D
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 3,278
LOL, jayne,

Yes, it is SO funny!!!

Pretty nearly a laugh a minute!!

And Eddie Murphy...oh...LMAO!!!!!

That's a good idea, I need to dig it up and watch it again. I think I let DS and DIL borrow it, time to get it back!!


Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 517
R
RMX Offline
Member
Offline
Member
R
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 517

She is still monitoring your posts?

dang! Do you think she felt guilty reading all these stories trying to figure out which user is you?

Thats like Shock-therapy



















FBH 34 me,FWW 34,
DS 14, OC-D 12 (given up for adoption), DS-8, DD-5
D-Day#1 10-12-1998
D-Day#2 2-10-2008
Recovered!
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,652
J
Member
Offline
Member
J
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,652
No I don't think she felt guilty, knowing her as I do.

I don't think she'd ever guess that I was using a female name.


me - 47 tired
H - 39 cool
married 2001
DS 8a think
DS 8b :crosseyedcrazy:
(Why is DS7b now a blockhead???)
(Ack! Now he's not even a blockhead, just a word! That's no fun!)
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 3,093
S
Member
Offline
Member
S
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 3,093
I don't think I have ever revealed the fact that I work in the Pentagon and have been in the service before.

She certainly could not track my posts either.

I have not utilized a male persona before. She couldn't track me here.

SB


Lucky to be where I am, in a safe place to get marriage-related support.
Recovered.
Happy.
Most recent D-day Fall 2005
Our new marriage began that day. Not easily, but it did happen.
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 725
A
Member
Offline
Member
A
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 725
Print out all your posts and ask your lawyer for an opinion. Most likely, if she is able to use anything in court, all you'd need to do is present the whole email in context. If you have all the text, she can't use snippets of it to mislead.

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,652
J
Member
Offline
Member
J
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,652
Hey schoolbus check out nztami's thread asap please, you've helped her in the past.

Sorry for the TJ but it's for a similar reason as the title of this thread.

And I don't care if my wife knows I work in the pentagon! laugh

aw darn, I think I missed SB... we just have a small window of opportunity to explain.

Last edited by jayne241; 05/10/08 05:46 PM. Reason: aw darn...

me - 47 tired
H - 39 cool
married 2001
DS 8a think
DS 8b :crosseyedcrazy:
(Why is DS7b now a blockhead???)
(Ack! Now he's not even a blockhead, just a word! That's no fun!)
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,719
P
pomdbd3 Offline OP
Member
OP Offline
Member
P
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,719
*****



Last edited by Asterisk; 05/19/08 12:11 PM. Reason: Requested edit

D-Day 28 Feb 06
Plan D (Not by choice) - 24 March 06

DD6
DS4(Twin1)
DS4(Twin2)

She moved away with the kids April 08. I contested it and got a lot more time with my kids. She's unhappy that I want to stay involved in their lives and don't settle for being an "every other weekend" dad.

Never going to happen.

Ongoing personal recovery through the help of friends, family, and DC United Soccer!
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,652
J
Member
Offline
Member
J
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,652
I know you won't turn to the Dark Side. Pity her, as engulfed in it as she is.

I am very sorry that the legal system is what it is, and that ppl can make such baseless accusations.


me - 47 tired
H - 39 cool
married 2001
DS 8a think
DS 8b :crosseyedcrazy:
(Why is DS7b now a blockhead???)
(Ack! Now he's not even a blockhead, just a word! That's no fun!)
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 1,928
L
Member
Offline
Member
L
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 1,928
If it makes you feel any better, you should know that my son refused to allow his ex to move their kids 2 states awy; and, when they went to court, the judge awarded him FULL custody.


"Your actions are so loud that I can't hear a word you're saying!"

BW M 44 yrs to still-foggy but now-faithful WH. What/how I post=my biz. Report any perceived violations to the Mods.
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,719
P
pomdbd3 Offline OP
Member
OP Offline
Member
P
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,719
I know that it happens.

I'm not asking for full custody. I'm asking to be allowed to remain as a part of their lives. My ex says that my access to the kids won't change, but she's asking for sole custody and has moved an hour away. That doesn't sound like it's far, but our agreement was to increase my time with the kids as they got older, not decrease it. Moving away makes that impossible and makes 50/50 impossible.

She wrote me a really long email a few weeks ago which appeared on the surface to be an olive branch but it merely illustrated her sense of entitlement. The email was basically, "if you only behaved like I wanted you to I'd let you see the kids more."

Her lawyers are on a warpath and looking for anything and everything they can use against me, to include MB. They're pushing to get medical records from 10 years ago and 2 years ago. It doesn't make sense for them to go after records from 10 years ago since my incident was reviewed by the AF and it was determined that I was diagnosed incorrectly, diagnosed me with something else, considered the matter resolved, and then let me fly airplanes for 6 years. I flew over 50 combat missions over Iraq and Afghanistan.

They also want to use my hospitalization at Walter Reed against me as well.

We'll see what happens. I would go and not say a single negative thing about my ex if I could and simply ask the court to preserve the relationship between the kids and I. She's the one that has voluntarily moved away, not me.

She claims that she can't afford to live here but won't disclose her finances, has not one but two lawyers, and is making a huge production out of the case by having me deposed for 8 hours. That's 8 hours in fees to 4 lawyers, a record keeper, and the court for the records. I'm getting to where I won't be able to afford my own lawyer any more.

So there is an out of proportion response to me simply asking the court to let me see the kids and preserve my ability to see them.

I hope and pray they side with stability for the kids. They are the center of my life and all I truly care about.

But the court system heavily favors women. It is supposedly more fair in Maryland, so I have my fingers crossed for fairness and pray about this daily.


D-Day 28 Feb 06
Plan D (Not by choice) - 24 March 06

DD6
DS4(Twin1)
DS4(Twin2)

She moved away with the kids April 08. I contested it and got a lot more time with my kids. She's unhappy that I want to stay involved in their lives and don't settle for being an "every other weekend" dad.

Never going to happen.

Ongoing personal recovery through the help of friends, family, and DC United Soccer!
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,719
P
pomdbd3 Offline OP
Member
OP Offline
Member
P
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,719
It's over. At least the "inspection" is done.

It was a weird thing. The kid's attorney came to my house today and observed me with the kids.

The kids were generally good and got tons of energy mid visit. They let it be known that the park was the place to take them to get that energy out.

The woman didn't say much of anything. She didn't take food offered or drinks offered and just told me to act as normal.

Of course, it's never quite that easy.

The kids go through phazes while with me. DD5 simply wanted to play on the computer and the boys wanted to watch TV.

Luckily they did seek to interact with me.

I just wish I could have had more time because the kids put themselves on my lap and seek me out.

The did so while she was here. I showed her some of the silly things I do with DD5 and i chased the kids around the house while carrying one on my back.

Hard to know what king of impression I made. She was here 1 hour and didn't do half of what i expected. I expected she would inspect the fridge and the house in general, but the kids excitedly showed her their rooms and toys.

I hope I made a good impression. I was a bit nervous, but who knows how she perceived me. I tried to talk to her about the kids and their individual personalities.

I get to be interrogated for 4 hours on Tuesday, which won't be all that fun. The BIA will be there (best interest attorney) along with my lawyer and my ex's two lawyers.

I have to go back Thursday for the same.

They are trying to make a big deal out of my hospitalizations in the past for depression, but the AF let me fly airplanes for 6 years after one of them and I work at the Pentagon for the Joint Chiefs right now so I don't really expect their efforts to pass the sniff test.

I'd love to say more, but she's probably reading this looking to get any intel she can to use against me. So, exww, I'm glad to see you have the funds to pay two attorneys and a court recorder to interrogate me for a full day.

I'm sure all the funds being spent could have paid for many months of rent and food here in the area, preventing you from having to move for "financial reasons".

But who knows.

Perhaps everyone is functioning pro-bono and she thinks I'm getting stuck with her bills in the end.

We shall see.


D-Day 28 Feb 06
Plan D (Not by choice) - 24 March 06

DD6
DS4(Twin1)
DS4(Twin2)

She moved away with the kids April 08. I contested it and got a lot more time with my kids. She's unhappy that I want to stay involved in their lives and don't settle for being an "every other weekend" dad.

Never going to happen.

Ongoing personal recovery through the help of friends, family, and DC United Soccer!
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,719
P
pomdbd3 Offline OP
Member
OP Offline
Member
P
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,719
Bump for inputs, if any.

Tomorrow is my big day. I face the firing squad of the Sith Lords who shall attempt to lure me to the Dark Side with their insidious and mean ways. They will attemp to have me show anger, which leads to hate, which leads to the dark path and forever will it dominate my (and the kids) destiny.

I'm going in there fairly confident. I know it will be tough and that I'll be very stressed.

The only thing which could really derail me right now in terms of my composure is an email from my exww.

She's the only one who could and has put conflicting thoughts in my head and who "stirs the pot" when she writes me emails hinting of amicability and even a tiny bit of empathy. Her last one had me stirred up for a few days, questioning everything and got me moody.

Let's hope she stays quiet the today and doesn't attempt to "reach out" (in her mind) which usually only serves to upset me and get my emotions rilied up.

I understand now why people have intermediaries who do plan B and have all contact go through them. It must be an exceptionally good friend to do that.

Anyways, I ask for your prayers for tomorrow. I'm going to need them.


D-Day 28 Feb 06
Plan D (Not by choice) - 24 March 06

DD6
DS4(Twin1)
DS4(Twin2)

She moved away with the kids April 08. I contested it and got a lot more time with my kids. She's unhappy that I want to stay involved in their lives and don't settle for being an "every other weekend" dad.

Never going to happen.

Ongoing personal recovery through the help of friends, family, and DC United Soccer!
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 812
K
Member
Offline
Member
K
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 812
Stay strong! My prayers go with you.

Joined: May 2002
Posts: 9,015
F
Member
Offline
Member
F
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 9,015
Quote
*****EDIT*****

pomdbd3 - So you claim to be all of the above referenced members, eh?

That, at least, is what appears to be the case from your statement, "I keep switching between all these usernames..." and then list them. Using others for your own benefit? "All's fair in love and war?"

I wish you well in the coming "battles," but I'll take a pass on playing your game for now.

I do thank you for your service to the country, but this battlefield requires honesty and standing up for yourself when you are in the "right."


Last edited by Maverick_mb; 05/19/08 11:44 AM. Reason: removing quote of removed post
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,719
P
pomdbd3 Offline OP
Member
OP Offline
Member
P
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,719
If you notice, I said those were all great handles. But I can see what you mean.


D-Day 28 Feb 06
Plan D (Not by choice) - 24 March 06

DD6
DS4(Twin1)
DS4(Twin2)

She moved away with the kids April 08. I contested it and got a lot more time with my kids. She's unhappy that I want to stay involved in their lives and don't settle for being an "every other weekend" dad.

Never going to happen.

Ongoing personal recovery through the help of friends, family, and DC United Soccer!
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 517
R
RMX Offline
Member
Offline
Member
R
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 517

........how does she know im not her XH posting under a alias?

Maybe I'm the real POM?

Thats the thing about anonymous forums with aliases..

P.S. To my XW, i liked the other profile pic on your myspace.

With Love,
Papaof3








FBH 34 me,FWW 34,
DS 14, OC-D 12 (given up for adoption), DS-8, DD-5
D-Day#1 10-12-1998
D-Day#2 2-10-2008
Recovered!
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 9,015
F
Member
Offline
Member
F
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 9,015
Quote
Edited by Maverick_mb (05/19/08 12:44 PM)
Edit Reason: removing quote of removed post

ya, okay. whatever.

Are you sure you want to be going around removing all proof of "questionable" posts?

Joined: May 2002
Posts: 9,015
F
Member
Offline
Member
F
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 9,015
Quote
If you notice, I said those were all great handles. But I can see what you mean.

Okay. Unfortunately, noone else will be able to what is being referred to.


Page 2 of 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Moderated by  Fordude 

Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Search
Who's Online Now
1 members (still seeking), 182 guests, and 65 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Newest Members
Drb6317, Linda Horan, BillTages, salmawis, AventurineLe
71,967 Registered Users
Latest Posts
Roller Coaster Ride
by still seeking - 04/30/25 02:29 PM
I didn’t have a chance
by still seeking - 04/26/25 03:32 PM
Forum Statistics
Forums67
Topics133,623
Posts2,323,495
Members71,967
Most Online3,185
Jan 27th, 2020
Building Marriages That Last A Lifetime
Copyright © 2025, Marriage Builders, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Site Navigation
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5