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May 20, 2018 at 4:17 pm #208327LaurieParticipant
Hey, I thought he appreciated me too. He always stated so. You never know what people are capable of, however. I really think he got bored with me, and wanted to end it, and didn’t have the guts to tell me on the phone, because he felt obligated, because I had spent so much money on him. So, he did what a coward would do. He sent that stupid lousy email, and that is how he ended it. Case closed…..People like that are able to compartmentalize a lot of their lives. He deserves every, single thing that his wife gives him. She is abusive, and cruel, and his kids will turn out the same way. They see a father accepting that kind of behavior and will grow up to be just as cruel. He has taught his daughters that it is okay to stay with an abusive, alcoholic, drug addict simply because. I really thought he was going to change his life around, and do something about his unhappiness, but it turns out that all he wanted to do was have a mid-life fling.
May 21, 2018 at 2:49 am #208393AnonymousGuestDear Laurie:
If (and I understand it is highly unlikely), but if he contacted you and wanted to resume the relationship with you, what would you say to him?
anita
June 29, 2018 at 4:55 am #214685LaurieParticipantIt is now June 29th, and the jerk never called, emailed or contacted me again. I have been having dreams about him almost every night too. It is amazing that I still miss him. I honestly don’t know how the guy could’ve done that to me, but he did. Lesson learned.
June 29, 2018 at 5:18 am #214689AnonymousGuestDear Laurie:
I wish he did contact you to express to you what had happened in his mind and heart, and so to arrange with you to pay you back some of the money you gave him/ spent on him. I understand your pain.
You mentioned “Lesson learned”- what is that lesson?
anita
June 30, 2018 at 6:39 am #214823LaurieParticipantThe lesson learned is NEVER get involved with a married man, even if he is separated!
June 30, 2018 at 6:45 am #214825AnonymousGuestDear Laurie:
I understand. How are you feeling and doing these days, with this devastating experience in your recent past, the anger, the dashed hopes, the lack of return on your investment in that relationship, how are you feeling and functioning these days?
anita
September 28, 2018 at 7:37 am #227915LaurieParticipantUpdate! I had sent the bastard an email a couple of months after he stopped communicating with me. Here is what I wrote:
I want you to be VERY aware that I am extremely disappointed, disgusted and honestly, quite sad that you misrepresented yourself to me as that of a caring friend, someone I could confide in, and someone that I genuinely was extremely fond of. However, it turns out that all I was, was a temporary toy for you to play with and use. When you got bored, I wasn’t even worth a lousy phone call, text or email explaining why. When I think of all the support, encouragement and care that I generously gave to you, it makes me embarrassed & ashamed the person receiving my attentions didn’t give one shit about me, not even as a friend. I guess you figured everyone else has taken my kindness for granted, so why not do the same! Whatever the decision was, I would’ve respected your choice 100%, no questions asked. Obviously, the feeling wasn’t ever mutual, because I was discarded like an empty beer can. I didn’t need this done to me, especially after what I have been put through in my life. I needed a friend, not someone to prey on my kindness & generosity. Let me be perfectly clear on something. This isn’t about being upset about anything other than you not having the
decency to let me know. You thought that ridiculous email about your job was good enough? Would it have killed you to take five minutes to shoot me a text or email to let me know that you didn’t want to talk to me any longer?
In closing, you caused me massive confusion, hurt, embarrassment and humiliation. That is what I deserved after being so generous with you? Don’t worry. You won’t ever hear from me again. Your stupid secret is safe. I want you to know what an absolute shitty & cowardly thing that was to do to someone. You are definitely not the person I thought you were…I never got a response, of course. However, last week at 1 am, someone texted me. I was very groggy from being in a deep sleep and looked at my phone. Low & behold it was from the bastard’s cell #. Here is what he texted me at 1 am:
Your email was dead on after I read it.. im a piece of shit…thats why im where im at…
Okay, I would very much like to get opinions on what this text meant, and why this jerk bothered sending it. Was he hoping I’d respond? I am 99.9% positive he was drunk.
September 28, 2018 at 8:16 am #227921AnonymousGuestDear Laurie:
What an amazing update! Your email of a few months ago, it pained me to read it, because your pain is so evident. Your hurt and anger are tangible and very well expressed in this email.
You wrote: “I didn’t need this done to me, especially after what I have been put through in my life”- this is so sad and true, that people tend to hurt those who are already hurt, those vulnerable to more hurt. People tend to take advantage of those who are hurt and easy to misuse. It is important for each one of us to pay attention, to not hurt others and to not be misused by others. Both are equally important.
As far as his late 1 am response, I suppose it was a moment of truth. But like you wrote, maybe he was drunk and reached out to you. It makes me think of the saying (I don’t know the exact wording, I think Churchill said it) that everyone comes across the truth once in a while but most brush the truth off them and keep walking as if nothing happened. So the truth occurred to him at 1 am, but likely after sleeping off the alcohol he.. forgot about it.
Does it make sense to you?
anita
September 28, 2018 at 8:51 am #227927LaurieParticipantWas he admitting he was wrong? What in the world did he mean by “I’m a piece of sh*t and that’s why I’m where I’m at.”
Where is he at? Why is he calling himself a piece of shit? Was he hoping I’d respond? I am more confused now than ever before. Also, will he try reaching out again? I don’t get it.
September 28, 2018 at 8:56 am #227931MichelleParticipantWow – I am really impressed with what you wrote. It is AMAZING, honest and feels to me like you managed to get everything off your chest. You should be proud. Heck, I may bookmark this to use excerpts in the future. ha ha
As for your other questions (“what does it mean?”, etc.), it’s impossible to get the answers to that from anyone on here. We are not him and we don’t know what was/is going through his mind. The only way you could find out is by asking him … but in all honesty, I don’t know why you’d want to. This is finished. You should have no reason to reach out again and it’s time to move on. Use your email as closure and continue forward. Leave him be to reflect on the karma he creates for himself.
September 28, 2018 at 9:03 am #227933LaurieParticipantI actually think I’m wanting to know opinions of this to make myself feel better. Somehow, if I think he feels regret & guilt, it will make my heart feel better. You don’t know what this guy did to my confidence, self worth & value. It would be easy to just blow him off, but I need closure, even if its opinions from others. In my 44 years on this earth, I never thought in a million years that someone could destroy my soul the way this guy did. I feel so stupid. I did things with this guy that I feel so ashamed. Sexual things I wish I had never done. He is probably laughing behind my back to his friends, and making fun of me that I bought him all those gifts. I’m sure he is using his expensive rifle too for the upcoming hunting season. Or, maybe he’ll sell it. Who knows.
September 28, 2018 at 9:36 am #227943AnonymousGuestDear Laurie:
You sent him that update a couple of months ag0 and he responded at 1 am about 7 weeks after he received the email. His message was a very short message, one that seems to have been impulsive, not one he planned or thought through. I suppose he knows he did wrong by you and ignores that he did wrong by you most of the time. He had a moment last week when he was aware of what he did and felt regret and shame.
“that’s why I’m where I’m at”, seems to me that it means that he is in a bad place in life, unhappy, in some sort of a mess. And he realizes he is in that mess because he wrongs the people in his life.
anita
September 28, 2018 at 9:43 am #227945MichelleParticipantMy opinion is: I think deep down he may realize what he’s done, but men are wired in a different way than women. They don’t display their emotions. They rarely talk of them. He knows he’s a piece of shit, he just will never admit to it.
When something similar happened to me, I wrote my ex and got everything off my chest. His reply was more short. That he never meant to hurt me. That he would always respect me. And then he ended with “you should know I’m not good at texting or explaining myself”. That was it. I didn’t get an actual apology. I didn’t get an affirmation that he once loved me. This made me more hurt and I carried it with me for a long time. I felt I didn’t get justice for the pain he caused. I am two years on now and it still bothers me/affects my self-esteem but I have taken time to self-reflect and am taking some lessons from it, most notably that I need to love myself more than anyone else and that I needed to learn to set boundaries. I am hoping you get to this place. Regardless of age (I’m 38), it will take time. Have patience with yourself. Show kindness to yourself.
And on his front …
I never reached out but curiosity, at times, got the best of me and I would check his social media. I discovered a lot. My ex got married two months after we last talked. I saw all his wedding and honeymoon photos … but not on his pages – on his wife’s (who had him tagged). He still doesn’t mention his relationship status anywhere and gives the illusion of still being single. He’s still in a dead-end job. He doesn’t look happy. I bring this up because I truly believe that energy is cyclical and what you put out is what you get in return. My ex will never know happiness or love and it is all at his own hands, lies and manipulation. I am thankful I’m not the new wife who will now have a lifetime chained to this. Your guy also has to live with the fact that he hurt an innocent person. That is a heavy weight to carry. I do believe it will haunt these guys.
You may not get closure from him (which, if you are like me, is what you really desire). You just need to take the lesson from the experience and try and move forward.
September 28, 2018 at 10:18 am #227953AireneParticipantHello Laurie,
You are asking what his most recent text means. It means he is fishing for a response from you. He wants to see if you still care. If you will go to great lengths to show him you care. But does he treat you the same?
As hard as it is to accept, there are people who really don’t give a shit about other people.
What kind of closure would make you understand that he is a POS? He even calls himself that in the text he sent you. And yes, he was drunk.
Airene
September 28, 2018 at 11:34 am #227965AnonymousGuestDear Laurie:
While being away from the computer for a while, something you wrote today came back to my mind, you wrote: “I did things with this guy that I feel so ashamed. Sexual things I wish I had never done”.
One thing is very clear to me, and that is that your pain is intense and lasting, has been going on for so very long, as a result and following this relationship. I am not suggesting that you detail here those sexual things you referred to, wouldn’t want you to re-experience that shame you mentioned, but if you want to express- without giving any details of the sexual acts- the shame you feel over those, please do and I will respond empathetically and respectfully to you.
I know shame only too well and I know it in a sexual context as well. It may help if you type those feelings away on the screen.
anita
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