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Lunia2009 #2454338 12/19/10 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Lunia2009
The problem with that is that they've been there. She does take care of all of his needs, she has no problem doing it. She has no life outside of him. He's treating like a king with her. How does one give that up for real life? Real struggles?

Apparently she does not meet all his needs, as evidenced by this:
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"He's called like 6 times since the email."

He is acting like a typical WS on the first day of Plan B: he is freaking out because he senses he has lost your propping up his affair.

And if she is able to meet all his needs, then you don't have a marriage anyway and are better off without him.

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As far as I've been able to tell, the only needs I'm meeting are being arm candy, enjoying the same activities and taking care of health issues he's too embarrassed to show her. If I'm not meeting those anymore, I don't see how she'll have a problem meeting them.

Those are not emotional needs. And it is very unlikely she will meet the EN's you were meeting because she is a person who is very selfish and thoughtless.

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Yes, I'm very very down right now, there is no light at the end of the tunnel. I feel like I just ended my marriage permanently. frown

You will feel better in about 2 weeks than you have in months and years. Just hang on!

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He's called like 6 times since the email. #1 I spoke to him, #2 DS19 spoke to him, #3 DD8 spoke to him, 2 I ignored and the last was 6:30 and I was at work and he knows when I'm at work I can't take calls until my break. I didn't even see the call until I checked the time because my phone is on silent when I'm on the sales floor.

Are you deleting any voice mails he leaves?

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I have another question, though. I don't call, text or email him, or see him but he's a friend on FB. Can I post stuff that he can interpret as I miss him or am I supposed to be making him think I don't need him at all?

No, delete him from your facebook entirely. Remember, you are in Plan B so he should get no messages whatsoever.

Do you have an intermediary?


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MelodyLane #2454357 12/19/10 09:35 PM
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He doesn't leave voicemails, never has.

No intermediary, none of the friends want to get involved in any way.

Lunia2009 #2454391 12/19/10 10:19 PM
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Another question! I know I'm needy right now, sorry!

I've only very very rarely used her name in any conversations, probably maybe twice the whole time. I've always referred to her as HER or various nasty adjectives.

The plan b letter I sent was chock full of me using her name. Is it possible that that may have concreted it for him? Since I was so unwilling to a put a name to the she-devil before?

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Originally Posted by Lunia2009
The plan b letter I sent was chock full of me using her name. Is it possible that that may have concreted it for him? Since I was so unwilling to a put a name to the she-devil before?


Please don't imagine you have that kind of control over your H. You don't.


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It's not about control. I was asking if it's possible he thinks I'm really serious now.

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Originally Posted by Lunia2009
It's not about control. I was asking if it's possible he thinks I'm really serious now.

He will think you are serious when you follow through and cut off contact with him. This is why it is so important to not let him through.


"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.." Theodore Roosevelt

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MelodyLane #2454430 12/20/10 12:30 AM
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So far so good. WH's best friend (also really good friend of mine) came to pick up his son (spent the weekend at my house) and I told him about the no contact in case WH says it was something else like I want a divorce. His response? "I don't know why it took you this long to do it." He's always wanted us to work it out. That helped me a lot.

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