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ugh. im such a glutton for this crap 

My mother calls to wake me this morning and tell me that she is going to my stbxw's work to have her sign off on a car title (not the one that is owned by both of us btw). I respond with "great, just what i wanted to wake up to, anything else" and she originally wanted to know if i had any more of her crap that i didnt want in the house. i told her yeah a small box and she offered to come get it and take it with her. 

 

She comes back a hour or so later and tells me that they spoke a lil. She gave my ex my grandmas new cell phone number (which i have no freaking clue why, im trying to get my family to disconnect along with me, not help her out!) she didnt really have a reason why, she just did. then she goes on to tell me that my ex told her that she has 3 months to figure out what to do with the car scenario. RED FLAG! STOP! CEASE! and i asked her to repeat what she said, and she did and it was the same as she had just said.

 

Soooooo now im irritated as i just spoke on the phone to my ex last friday and laid out the plans to her of what needs to happen to the car, which she agreed too (trust me it was shocking). The idea was to get the car re financed in her name solely or sell the freaking car (sorry, im bitter and not about the car). So when this information was brought to me i started getting fairly upset and knew that i was going to have to speak with my ex to clarify things AGAIN. i sent a email to her work address, sat, pondered and tried calling. no answer. so now im mildly peeved and i figured i had to go to the gym so i headed out making her work the first stop.

 

i ask her to come outside her store and lay out the car plans. immediately she denies saying what my mom told me. i stopped her and made sure she wasnt calling my mother a lier, because shes done ALOT for that girl and for her to call her that would be....disrespectful to say the least. so she plays it off as it was miscommunicated. i clarify my stance on the car and she agrees. no problems.

 

then all hell breaks loose inside me. i ask how she is, i ask when she is getting her own place, i ask when she is getting a counselor. she has nothing but excuses for all those "places are expensive" "i cant decide where i want to live" "i dont want to get a counselor until i know where im living". after that bs i go in deeper, i dunno what comes over me, but its not very nice when it does. i tell her to make her facebook private so the rest of us with class dont have to see the pics of her dancing on bars in mini skirts. that i was going to start a pool for betting to see how long it takes for her to hit bottom and have nothing but a friends couch to sleep on etc.

 

i dunno why i do this fellow readers. i dont know where it comes from. she in return gets upset and pissed that i bring this to her work, that i say the things i say, that she is happy doing what shes doing, shes sorry she cant do all the things that i do (which confused the heck outta me), that she doesnt do "this" kind of stuff to me etc. i then in turn say im sorry for doing it but im upset that because of her and this situation i have anxiety issues etc and she doesnt say anything. great.

 

i leave and do a massive workout at the gym, the whole time thinking of what just happened and how upset and regretful i am that i even went as far as to go there let alone say the things i did.

 

agh i need counseling. i dont want to continue doing this to her and more imortantly myself.

 

i know i know. the simple answer is not to do anything at all, disconnect, cut ties etc. but i cant seem to keep it in when i see or hear something that involves her. she left 2 months ago now and papers were filed last week. so this is all fresh. im not ignorant to advice but at the same time it is all still confusing.

by Smonky  62 Posts 

Posted on 7/15/2009 7:17 PM
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sorry LIP im on the same page as flutterby. its just sooo hard not to look and again its just like she said "punish yourself". i do agree on the fact that facebook and myspace are the demise of good, honest relationships. its making it to easy to reconnect with peoples pasts. but then again alls it takes is self control and honesty to NOT make anything happen with the past and focus on the here and now. obviously some people are weaker than others when it comes to this. but i dont think websites like that help anything.

i "caught" my stbxw not once but 3 times talking to ex boyfriends from years ago via facebook and myspace. the first time she admitted to a ex that she had cheated on my while on a business trip shortly after the crap hit the fan and she told me she wasnt happily married anymore. after that it was two other times to guys she had "crushes" on from when she was a teenager (shes 24 now). i asked her why she feels the need to do this when shes still married. her reply "i dunno why i get myself into this stuff, i know im not ready for it but it just happens". yeah, whatever.
by Smonky   62 Posts
Posted on 7/17/2009 12:20 PM
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Wow, what an idea, lip.  I'd surely go to Hell for it, but it might be worth it!  Gosh, that is so tempting, but that's not taking the high road, is it?

Sorry, smonky, didn't mean to use your blog to plot against the stbx and OW.  However, if it distracts you and gets your mind off of your problems for a minute, then it wasn't so bad was it?

Hang in there.  This rollercoaster we call divorce is horrible.  Things will eventually become clearer for you.  I have clear days and I have murky days.  Just try and focus on yourself.
by flutterby   829 Posts
Posted on 7/17/2009 12:54 AM
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Yeah, the hook up sites and all that are created by the devil I tell ya, haaha!! 

Hey Flutterby - since the OW & ex has public pics, why don't you take them and use the internet to your advantage.  Get their pic and make a youtube video exposing the sex addict and the homewrecker, LOL!!!
by lifeinpurgatory   1830 Posts
Posted on 7/17/2009 12:20 AM
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That's just been my experience with facebook.  Others may have more willpower than I do at this point.  I'm trying to avoid it now.  It's a good concept, but I know too many relationships that are having trouble because of people "connecting" with people from their pasts.
by flutterby   829 Posts
Posted on 7/17/2009 12:08 AM
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Regarding facebook lip, it's easier said than done.  It's like we become masochistic or something.  The OW has tons of pics of her and my stbx and when she had the pics public I couldn't help but go look.  It was like I was purposely punishing myself.  Wondering what she had that I didn't.  Actually, her pics are public she just blocked me, when my stbx asked her to because it was hurting my girls.  She still makes it known that they are there though.  She is vicious I tell you.
by flutterby   829 Posts
Posted on 7/17/2009 12:05 AM
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Once the car terms are legally agreed upon, you need to cut your ties, you've got to just let her go and live her life and you need to live yours.

Now as far as the Facebook, statement.......I don't think that was too fair.  You can simply choose not to look at her page, couldn't you? 
by lifeinpurgatory   1830 Posts
Posted on 7/17/2009 12:02 AM
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