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June 27, 2014 at 12:47 am #59700AnonymousInactive
I found this site and I need some help and some advice. My boyfriend of 3years broke up with me a few days ago. I didn’t see it coming. I spoke to him early that day and everything seemed fine, we had plans for him to come by and stay in for the night. I was home doing some work and I got tired and told him I was going to nap. I woke up from my nap and saw his text. It was such a long text and by the time I finished reading his text I thought I was waking up from a nightmare. He was breaking up with me through text. He basically said he wanted time to be a better father and wanted to end things with me in order to do that. After reading his text I called him and he says he didn’t want to come by until he got scared because I was freaking out and he thought I was going to hurt myself.
He got to my place and he was blaming me for everything, for not being able to spend time with his kids and I was too demanding of his time. He’s a MARRIED MAN, I stayed in that relationship because I loved him and he made me believe that he’s only home for his kids and he was going to leave her. I fell for all his lies because I was in love with him and I’m scared to be alone. I left my son’s father of 14 years for this man. My son’s father cheated on me 5 times and I forgave him, he was very abusive towards me and when this married man came along I felt like he was my protector and saviour. He made me believe that his wife cheated on him and we were both victims. He spent all his time with me and would only come home when everyone at his house has gone to bed which would be mean he wouldn’t see his kids at night. He chose to be with me and now I’m to blame? He was at my house for only 15 minutes and that’s when I lost it. He was afraid that I would hurt myself so he called my cousin to come over because he didn’t know what else to do. What a coward!!! As soon as my cousin arrived he left, my cousin didn’t know the details of our relationship and I had to tell him. Next thing I knew he called my mom. He basically left me to deal with my family and I was so hurt and I had to tell them everything. I was so ashamed but I’m so glad they came by because I think I would have hurt myself if they weren’t there.
My mom bought me a ticket to Vancouver right away. She said I needed to spend some time with my sister and my new nephew and she’ll watch my son while I’m gone. I’m leaving in a few days and everything is happening so fast.
The night he left me I lost it. He hurt me so much and I wanted him to hurt the way I’m hurting. I logged on his facebook and changed his status to “I’m a cheat! I’ve been cheating on my wife and my kids for 3 years and deserve nothing but karma”, I’m not proud of this. I was drunk and very emotional. He deleted me on his account and called me the next day. I wanted some honestly and he didn’t give me any, I didn’t get any answers. I asked him if he was going back to his wife and he said he was doing this for his kids. I’m not the first woman he was with. He cheated on his wife with 2 other women because according to him he did it because he wanted to get back at her.
Another mistake I did was call his wife. I didn’t know what else to do!!! I wasn’t thinking straight and I know what it’s like to be cheated on. She wasn’t surprised to hear from me and she said she had a feeling something was going on. She told me she’s never cheated on him and we talked. I could hear the pain in her voice but she said she was glad I made the call. She told me they still share a bed together meanwhile he’s been telling me he sleeps on the couch and he still have sex on a regular. I couldn’t believe I could do this to another woman. I will live with that shame for the rest of my life.
I wasted 3 years of my life with someone I thought I knew. I believed everything he told me and I feel like such a fool. He called me today and he told me if he ever loses his kids I’m dead to him and never contact him. Why would I ever want to contact him after what he did to me to me and to his wife? I know I should have never gotten involved with him in the first place, I needed a way out of my previous relationship and that’s what he provided me. I’m scared to be alone! Why do I depend on men? I need to work on me and I would appreciate any advice.
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June 27, 2014 at 5:20 am #59706InkyParticipantOMG.
In the beginning every woman says to herself, “Married men are off limits.”
Then as we get older it’s “Every man, married or going through a separation/divorce is off limits.”
Now I’m thinking, “Every man, married, separated, or divorced with kids under 18 are off limits.”
There is way, way too much drama. The wife! The faux separation!! The kids!!!
Then the man (and the wife and all her friends) makes you, yes, YOU, into this conniving, seducing, siren who dabbles in witchcraft. Who is obsessed. Who is jealous of the children. Who is desperately jealous of the wife.
Leave a *Message* on the home phone and say “I can’t believe you lied to everyone. Don’t you *EVER* call me again!” (He did call you!) This way YOU are putting HIM in his place and ending it on YOUR terms. Then block his number(s). Bury it. If people bring it up, say that he said the divorce was almost over and you believed him.
LIFE LESSON LEARNED.
Then forgive yourself and hold your head up.
June 27, 2014 at 5:58 am #59708@Jasmine-3ParticipantHi Karen
I am sorry that you find yourself in this state. Inky is spot on again with her observations.
Learn the lesson and move forward with pride.
Inkyyyyyyyyy, who are you woman ? Your posts always put a huge smile on my face. Thankkkkkk youuuuuuuu sooooooo much. You are a gem.
Jasmine
June 27, 2014 at 7:17 am #59712InkyParticipantHi @Jasmine-3,
http://suburbanmysticmom.typepad.com/suburban-mystic-mom/
is my old blog.
http://www.psychicsinlove.com is my old web comic (I think it’s still there. It’s been so long, I’m afraid to look!).
I am up to my eyeballs in child wrangling (I mean rearing), and my next life focus is to make the old new again.
But I am a very real mystic who’s made thousands of under the table $$ from Tarot card readings.
I am spiritually “on call”. *They*/The Universe knows who I am. Can’t put this kind of stuff on a secular resume, though. 🙂
June 27, 2014 at 7:24 am #59713InkyParticipantJune 27, 2014 at 8:21 am #59716dear leeParticipantHow about we try some different angle? What would you say to me? I am that wife, I was blind folded and never knew your existance, I worked 2 jobs, rraise the kids on my own, thought my husband loved me, he was just stupid not making enough money for his family.. now I know you exist, what would you say to me ?
June 27, 2014 at 8:26 am #59717MattParticipantMore like “of the call” IMHO.
Karen,
I’m sorry for your suffering, and can understand the intensity of pain when dreams collapse suddenly. The heart isn’t through loving, and yet the circumstances change rapidly, leaving an incredible tension… feelings wild, bouncing between longing and hatred, shame and love, and the anger…. whooo doggy, the anger. A few things came to heart as I read your words.
Consider that your heart suffered a wound, and as it bleeds, thoughts and emotions spring out, blerting as pressure builds. The phone call, vindictiveness, wanting him to “pay”. All normal, usual, and nothing to be ashamed of. It reminds me of one of those cooking shows, where people are given weird ingredients and told to make something gourmet. You have a bunch of crap ingredients, and so don’t be harsh with yourself for what comes up. You’re OK, dear sister, from crown to root… and perhaps with some strategies, you can stop this pain dead in its tracks. Frankly, your tender heart has been through enough bullshit because of its connection to him.
Consider a zen-like approach to your pain. Perhaps you’ve noticed that as the feelings build, it is like a pressure inside. Much like needing to throw up after eating some bad chicken, sitting with the rotten pieces he offered you builds up a pressure. Instead of vindictive behavior, such as more face booking (genius by the way, though a little cruel, understandably) or phone calls… consider laying in bed,burying your face in a pillow and screaming. Flail your arms and legs, curse, wail. Get it out, don’t let his shit wind you up…his lack of tenderness,honesty, compassion… suddenly dropping you like you don’t matter, sexing his wife the whole fucking time… its bullshit. Instead of cycling with it, get it out. Not “poor me”, not “I’m so ashamed”… but “alright universe, I’m done with this shit, take it back! Ahhhhhhhhhrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhh. Out! Out! Not mine!”
If you really let your body get into it, the pressure will go, and you’ll be left with your grief. The tender maiden, longing for her prince, finding out he was a villain the whole time. That part of you needs gentle care. Bathtub time,with candles and soft music. Walks in nature, letting momma earth reach out to you through her trees and birdsong and water, comforting her daughter. Slowly, delicately, like a tree shedding leaves in the fall,the pain of heart will fall away from you, and there you will remain, shining. Said differently, of course it hurts, but you have nothing to be ashamed of. Matters of heart are tricky, and you did the best you could with the information you had. Don’t let his karma, his choices, taint your self image. You’re very clearly, obviously, beautiful, and even at your worst, when your pain was deepest, your choices reflect a deeply loving being. Amazing.
Namaste, dear sister, may your heart heal well as the tears and minutes fall behind you.
With warmth,
MattJune 27, 2014 at 9:23 am #59719June 27, 2014 at 10:27 am #59729AnonymousInactiveThank you for all the feedback. Lesson learned! I was too naive to see it. I’m happy that I have my family and friends to help me through this.
June 27, 2014 at 10:54 am #59730InkyParticipantHi dear lee,
Karen did talk to the wife.
What usually happens is wanting to believe that the husband is getting out of his “dead” marriage.
Then the dreaded, “If your man was cheating on you would you want to know” question. Which is really for the other woman or friend caught in the middle to feel better.
The wife is of two minds (when confronted with the truth against her will which she kind of knew anyway):
1. He cheated on me therefore I am honor bound to leave.
2. Why throw away 20 years of a marriage and children for some !@#$-y dumb girl?
So she (honor-bound) makes the husband win her back. Then they (both!) label the girlfriend as a crazy stalker type.
And guess what, they believe it! Pretty quickly. They have way, way too much to lose: a well run house (with 2 incomes to support it), kids, lifestyle, common friends.They think of her as a Monica Lewinsky, and the husband as a poor defenseless schmoe who has as much importance as the leader of the Free World.
P.S. The wife is always Hillary.
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June 27, 2014 at 3:32 pm #59772MattParticipantInky,
The cushion said “she misunderstood a compliment, then spit out some ink stains”. The earth doesn’t call to the sun to shine, the sun just shines. On call to what? You are the universe too, sunshine.
With warmth,
MattJune 27, 2014 at 3:43 pm #59773InkyParticipantMatt,
I didn’t misunderstand the compliment, you did. In my belief, we are, absolutely, called/on call. We Are, and we also, at times, respond. There is such a Being as The Creator, but that is for another thread. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Pax,
Ink
P.S. Here are some more smiley faces ~ 🙂 🙂 🙂
P.P.S. Come on, Matt ~ I don’t stain my furniture or have garlic breath or whatever. 😉
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June 27, 2014 at 8:38 pm #59791MattParticipantInky,
Then why do your smiles come out with the aggression of bared teeth? I think you’re great. God and I are buddies. Goddess and I are buddies. Said differently, huh? Projection? You brushed your teeth long ago, I’m over it, are you? You’re a staaaaaaaaaaaar.
Sometimes a sheep has a wolf inside, and sometimes a sheep really is a sheep. Baaaahhh. Your call, sister. I’m your fan either way. Go Team Inky!
With warmth,
MattJune 28, 2014 at 12:04 am #59793AnonymousInactiveMarried men and separated men are definitely off limits from now on. I’m done with men for now. I need to heal before I can even think of being with someone else. I didn’t give myself a chance to heal after ending my relationship of 14yrs. I hated my ex (son’s father) for cheating on me, so with that said… I know what it feels like to be cheated on. It was in the end of that relationship that he admitted that he cheated on me 5x and at that time it was too late I fell in love with another man (the married man) that made me believe we were both victims of our cheating spouses. If any of the other women called me, I could’ve save time and heartache and left him. Don’t get me wrong!!! It would hurt of course but 14 years of wasted time. I hated cheaters and the married man I was with knew that. He made me believe that I could trust him and that he was a victim of it too. I was so dumb!!!
So crucify me for being stupid. I never wanted to be the other woman. I didn’t know I was.. he made me believe that he was separated and she was dating other men and had an arrangement. He stayed for financial reasons and for the kids. I believed this because he was with me all the time… not a day went by where I didn’t see him and he would only go home to sleep. He spent his time with his kids on the weekends and by dinner time he was with me. I got used to our routine and believed everything he said to me.
So for people to judge me I know what it feels like to be on both ends. Is it really that hard to find someone that can be truly honest with you?
Right now I’m spending time with my son and my family. I have to get used to being on my own. I have to let go of all my anger and choose to be happy from now on.
June 28, 2014 at 12:47 am #59794joseFParticipantNeed help :
i was one of the kids my teachers used to describe as a role model.. i was average in everything and felt good about it .. when i was out of college i got job in an MNC a dream job for many of my classmates.. but i was not into it. but i joined it out of sorry state of my classmates who were struggling for a job and i worked in that MNC for 2 years.. i alys had the feeling that this was not for me and finally after 2 years i had enough and left the job for appearing for a highly competitive government job. I had to prepare for at least a year before i can even pass the 1st stage so i started to attend some coaching for the same.. I was confident and had dreams of flying high and i was sure in a year i will crack it .. at that time i met with this beautiful girl in my class and needless to say i fell in love with her. .. after some months our exam was near and one fine day she broke up with me just like that with excuses like her parents wont approve me .. ..
when i was with her i was trying extra hard to crack the exam as i was of the opinion that if i get thru them we can actually have a good future.. but when she left like that abruptly she drained me out of that motivation and all the hope i had and i was no more than a mere cluster of living tissues.
i had no hope and no ambition .. i spent my entire time in bed without meeting another living creature for spans as lengthy as a month.. i was drained of my dreams and my hopes and i had no feeling left.. i tried to win her back and she behaved like she never had anythign for me at all and it was all a passing fantasy for her. . .now i stand very close to my exams and i know i wont pass with just 1 month to prepare adn now i dont even have any confidence left in me to think of a backup plan if i dont crack it up..
i never believed somebody who u knew for no more than a couple of months could crush u like this..
now i hate myself and i dont wasnt to live another day as i know its going to be the same feeling of being lonely and miserable tomorrow morning also ..
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