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Broken,

What help do you seek? I would encourage you to start your own thread so that folks can talk directly to you without crosstalk with Jason.

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I am not gonna play the blame game, I know what I have done I regret all of it. I have apologized for much of it. Many things I have improved, many more I still need to work on.

I could sit there and try to justify why I did what I did, why I acted the way I did. I could list all the things she did to hurt me.

As I told her what matters is now, what I am doing to make things right.

I is obvious that she does not want to try, is ready to give up. As far as her cheating, if she hasn't it is just a matter of when. Mentally she is already there.

All I can say in response to what she said is that there are two sides, but trying to prove who hurt who more is pointless

My focus is recovery, if that has to be just for me so be it. I know my feelings are true, maybe someday she'll she that.

Your right JL I need to start living for me and taking care of me.

It's not like she is ever going to see what I do & what I sacrifice for her. How much pain I went through when I said some thing harsh or just screwed up, how bad I felt. And how much worse I felt when acted like I did it all intentionally. I know that don't mean much to much to most ppl, but intentions matter to me.

anyway, found more stuff toady that just makes it more clear what I need to do

Jason


Finally Healing working towards the day when I can be a good partner, and choose someone good for me.

Most Current relationship ended with her cheating and kicking me out on the streets.

2 PA 1999 w/ IA.

1 EA 2002.

IA & PA 2003/2004. (while I was deployed and brought the bast*** around my boy)

Thinking is easy, action is difficult; to act in accordance with one's thoughts is the most difficult thing in the world.
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Originally Posted by unseen2
To anyone that can help,
This is the ex fiancee not Unseen2.

I am not on this very often nor do I really know how to maneuver this forum but I will enlighten all to what I struggle with the most....
We have been together for almost five years and he has continually berated my son who has neurological issues that come with erratic behaviors. He has criticized and belittled until all kiddos as well as I are unsure that we do anything right. I supported his emotional ups and downs, his erratic spending habits and lack of budgeting, his complete removal of any form of affection for 6 months at a time, his selfish tendencies where he would be angry or upset over lack of attention for himself but it was completely okay for him to blow off any special occasion for someone else. I never once have screwed around on him nor even thought about another man until I broke off our engagement recently and asked for us to break up. I would have loved this man with my entire heart until my very last breath but he stomped and crushed that love little by little and has done very little to rectify the hurt he caused over the past years until now when I have resolved to end the relationship regardless of how much it tears me up inside. I have lost respect for the man he is and I do not know how to get that back. He compares me to his ex whom had numerous affairs while he was home and gone and was/is very self-centered. Seriously, I am in no way even remotely in that same category. I should have left years ago but I tried, for all of us I tried. I could not even imagine going into all the details of why I am where I am in my emotions and how all has led to this point. He definately has anger issues that I do not feel are healthy for my kiddos nor I. I asked for us to separate, I did not EVER cheat on him. He broke my heart the day he called my son who is 11 yo a "worthless piece of [censored]" and I am not sure I can EVER forgive him for that...... Good Luck to All
Sincerely,
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Question:

Why would a mother stay 5 years in a relationship with anyone who did this?

"he has continually berated my son"

Better question:

Why would a mother stay 5 days in a relationship under those conditions?

It's a puzzle.

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Quck answer it was not like that all the time, or to the degree she makes it out to be. It was mostly good, and these kids love me. I am "daddy"

In addition when this child was largly uncontrolled by meds (wrong meds) I was supportive I understood. These things cannot be helped. I was new to the relationship and in over my head with him. I could have just left then, but I loved her and them. Current issues are not condition related it is behavior she admits the same. All I want is the best for this kid. Do I push too hard sometimes, am I a little harsh, yes. All I see is a child who has been alowed to underachieve all his life. He can do well, but has learned that all he has to do is scream and throw a fit or hit someone he will get what he wants. This is not going to make for a functional adult. Lord knows I'm not the prime example of "Functional". But I want better for him than what he has in store if he does not change.

I am not perfect & am I am not proud of all I've done but I will not be made out to look like some monster. This is what I did not want to get into on this thread. We could go all day pointing out our flaws and all we have done. It is pointless I am not going to go there.

Anyway, I've said too much already

Jason


Finally Healing working towards the day when I can be a good partner, and choose someone good for me.

Most Current relationship ended with her cheating and kicking me out on the streets.

2 PA 1999 w/ IA.

1 EA 2002.

IA & PA 2003/2004. (while I was deployed and brought the bast*** around my boy)

Thinking is easy, action is difficult; to act in accordance with one's thoughts is the most difficult thing in the world.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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