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January 5, 2007, 7:35 am PST

01/05 No More Jerks!

Quote From: wynn2006

  1. My father was a jerk and seems like I still meet men like him as tho my father is still not dead! ! ! !.
  2. My ex-husband and his wife are jerks.
  3. My son is dead.
  4. My other children - grown women have their own agendas as to what they think I should be able to do - both physically and emotionally.  And that it seems OK to mention the words "dad" and "______"(wife) around me and the things they do together (or seeing photo's in their homes with their father and none of me) which is like a knife being stabbed into my heart.
  5. My grandchildren are important to me but it was (planned by my girls and son before he died not to invite me to the Pollyanna where I could have some joy at Christmas with all my grandchildren!  and son too the Christmas before he died, which I did not get to spend with him!   quote from my one daughter - "it was decided to be just the cousins - because if we invited you then we would have to invite dad".  My response?  He doesn't care about them.  "Make quality time with me and grandchildren.  Then have time with him(dad) on another day". 
  6. May have been listened to but do not believe my children will actually hear what I am needing/saying.
  7. Quote from daughter - "You haven't been happy in every place you moved to" (no, I lost my house!  (thru the divorce 1995) ex has my and I quote my house that I chose); lived with people who had their own issues and took it out on me while going through cancer/radiation treatment for uterine cancer (sexual violation) fall 2001. 
    Lived in other apt's (6 to be exact) since divorce not able to afford a house, had to give up my horses, something that was comforting and relaxing for me; had to give my last dog back to ex because I could not take care of her in an efficiency apartment (yet ex can afford his). 
  8. - simply put I had to give up a lot that I enjoyed and put up with a lot of negativity and not much of a support network -
  9. Soul Recovery is hard work! ! ! !  Therapy is like going thru emotional surgery - it stirs up all the previous doctor/surgery/hospitals/etc. from my 'past' plus everything else from my childhood to present.
  10. Recovery after therapy session/emotional surgery is no different than recovery after physical surgery.

This sounds so sad.  I sure would like you to re-read your post again but this time pretend someone else wrote it?  What would you tell them to do?  Notice you said him and his wife is jerks?  He is not your husband no more but he will always be a man you had children with.

His wife nor you can change that.  What you can do is ignore the past relationship and find a new one?  If its ignore him, do that?  Your children are now adults and you have grandchildren who paying a proce of not having you because of you and his past troubles?  How unfair of all of you to do that to them?

Does your daughter have a point about you not being happy?  She is not handling it well getting the message across but  is she right?

What are you giving up that is the worst? The house?, horse? dog? money? children?, grandchildren?  I dare say your happiness!  You'd be happy if you could have a healthy relationship with your children and Grandchildren.  No house, apartment or living space would change that?  I'd love to see you come back in here, we can help you.

What you give up that hurts you the worst is part of yourself.  He still has power.  You let him still have that power even more gained through him having another wife?  Come on?

Let yourself heal now, take ahold of whatever power you can find inside of yourself, try to stop letting what happened then control what you could have now?

One hour of happiness with them grandchildren will pay off.

One day of no talk of him and sharing just routine events with your daughters will give you so much pleasure and when you lay down to go to sleep that nigh, won't it be nice if he aint there no more?  I think he is still hurting you.  Maybe it is time you let him go and take your heart back?

 


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