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Happy Birthday Buitifil! I wish you a wonderful day filled with all your favorite things!

 
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Sophie, I am so glad that you posted:

"My instructor, who I had to confide in because of a test grade, is really wonderful and we talked for a while during the event about how I am doing. She has been so helpful just to listen."

For every problem there is a solution!
Auds xoxox

 
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Hi Robin, you said it's quiet as a mouse here.

Hmmm! I so much wanted to chat with you by phone. Instead, I gave a call to my GF in Virginia Beach. She's so optimist as well. Loved hearing her voice on her machine.

I received a call late afternoon from my tried and true GF who lives about 20 min. away. Boy, I rehashed my behavior from the night before. That's why I wasn't on here last night.

Let me tell you - panic attacks are no fun! As much as my GF has gone through, she never saw anything like this! I told her that she was "something else" for calling me the next day since she didn't agree with how I handled our mutual GF! I asked her how she thought I felt having these feelings since I can't "escape myself" - I never experienced this before either. I feel blessed to have her as a friend who calls me every night.

And then, you know what....
I left a message for HIM. YEP! I was soft-spoken for a change - not angry. I told him that I was very angry earlier with him and I see that he was my "angel" during a very difficult time. I would like to speak with him...
There's a phone message that was still blinking on my answering machine this morning. It was my GF again saying that I must have exhausted myself:)

So, Robin, you guessed everyone was ok last night. In a way, I guess, you are right!
Auds xoxox

 
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Lady Bird,

No I don't think the books are bad. I am reading Men who love
B!tches now and it is excellent. I think the books shed a lot of light onto how men really think and have been very helpful to me.

So you feel you are in a better place and that is great, but what place is he in? It does make a difference. You have to understand that just because you are ready does not mean he is ready, just because you have changed, does not mean he has.

Men who are seperated and going through a divorce are often not a good idea. What usually happens is once they get that divorce they start to realize they really don't know what it is that makes them happy and all of a sudden they want to find out. They want to see if the grass is greener. It does not mean they don't care about you, its just the way they are.

I just got out of a relationship with a man like this, and it was a heartache and a half. Now I have met another seperated man, and this time, I know better. I know the emotional baggage he carries, even though he does not know it himself. I will not walk down that road again. I like the guy a lot, but I know what's going to happen, so I guard myself. Not sure exactly what to do about it, so for now I just make sure our time together is limited.

So, if he has not made any effort to contact you, perhaps you should consider waiting 6 or 8 weeks, there is nothing magical about the 30 days as the book says. I prefer Bob Grants book much more than the magic of making up. So consider what will happen if you do get a second chance, like they say, be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. Heartache the second time around is much worse.

 
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Annalisa, yours was a GREAT Goddess response:
"My date was with a tall, dark and handsome carpenter adored and worshiped by millions!"

Absolutely wonderful:)
Auds xoxox

 
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Ladybird, I read alot but DWD e-book is probably the first I've read about love relationships.
I usually look at relationships as relationships with people in general. I see from my family, friends and neighbors what relationships work. I clearly see from the hand-holding couples in the park whether theirs is a healthy loving relationship or not.

I found that it is absolutely imperitive that you need to stand on your own two feet - be independent before you enter into a committed relationship and then become co-dependent. When his needs rise above your own, when your needs rise above his own - that's true commitment in a healthy working relationship.

When you find someone that has the same values as you; same moral fibre and enjoys you as much as you enjoy him then voila!
It brings a smile to my face when I walk through the park and see dad's with babies - especially baby girls and they don't have a clue what to do with 'em.

Smile from the inside out - that's what I learned.
Auds xoxox

 
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Lady Bird,

Let me tell you a little bit about why I am here.

two and a half years ago, against my better judgement, I started dating cooked green peppers. He was seperated for the second time from his wife of twenty years. He owned his own house and has a good job. I thought he was stable. We fell in love very quickly. He wanted to sell his house and move in with me. I asked my roomate to move out because he said he could not live there if she was still there. I have since found out that he did not even file for divorce yet at this point. It took him two months. I was not allowed to meet his daughters for a year and a half.

He had to wait a year to get divorced, but he left me a month before it was final. I was devestated. I found the secret and manifested him back into my life, becareful what you wish for. It was hard going as I really don't think he truly wanted to be there. His house was still on the market. He did through a 50th birthday party for me. Things were starting to go good at thie point. I had finally met the daughters and was having a good relationship with them, slowly, but surely.

So, he gets an offer on his house and starts moving his stuff in. The deal feel through,blessing really, and he starts getting skiddish again, not calling so often, not showing up when he says he will, less texting etc.... He has his younger daughter for the month of July and we are doing stuff like a family. It was wonderful.

I am making this too long. Anyway, the ex-wife is horrible and always has him jumping through hoops. The girls love their Mother and do the same. Finally she tells him that she does not want the girls to see me anymore and he agrees. I am sure there is more to this than I realize but I have not been told. Two weeks later he sends me an email telling me it is over. I have not spoken to him since. I actually only saw him once on his way to work.

Stay away from recently divorced men. They do not know what they have to go through emotionally when they get divorced. It is way to hard to invest 2 and 1/2 years for nothing.

 
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Thanks for the compliment Audrey. I'm afraid going to Atlantic City is not possible for me. As much as I would like to meet you guys, it doesn't look feasible.

 
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Hi Annalisa,

That's why I say write a closure letter that neither says you want him back nor blaming him. Instead, thanking him for the experience that has caused her to be a stronger and happier person. I agree writing a closure letter with a theme of possibly getting back together isn't good at all.