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I Did It.....now what? 

So it has been a whirlwind couple of weeks for me.....how did it start.....let's see, friday night (this would have been 3 weeks ago) I agreed to meet the stbx at our old residence. He wanted to talk and share a meal...I gave in.

 

I arrived at his (our) home and we made dinner and talked. I knew he was wanting 'relations' and was prepared if things felt right at the time to oblige. Well things did not feel right, but I attempted to oblige which did not go well. Everything kind of escalated from there and it started to get kind of ugly so I decided it was time to leave. Upon backing out of the driveway he threw his red beer at me in my car and proceeded to pick up small rocks to throw at me also. I high tailed it out of there with only my clothes and inside of my car covered in red beer and my feelings very hurt. He had never acted that way before....but these circumstances are different. I knew at that time what I needed to do.

 

Saturday I called my family and friends and arranged the move day for Sunday (as I knew the stbx was going to be not home). I called and arranged for my place that I was looking at to be available.

 

Sunday, my friends and family caravaned to our old home and without stbx knowing, I went in and cleared out my personal belongings and the 'basement' used furniture. I left him all of the nice upstairs furniture, the big t.v., all of the dishes, silverware etc. Kind of kick myself for that now because I was more entitled to have the 'nice' things than him with his $$ problems. But anyways, I am such a nice girl, that is what I did.

 

So now I am in my new place. It is very bare, since I took very little. I am slowly making things work and will make it a 'home' for me and my son eventually.

 

But there still is that nagging question that looms.......did I do the right thing? The stbx and I have been communicating and I met him at church the other night, as he wanted to pray for me. I still feel feelings for this man, however they don't seem enough to make a marriage. But do I really even know what I am feeling? I get so confused. I am thinking that the feelings I am feeling is a loss of a love that I once had, not so much that it is a loss of him. I just don't think that I could ever go back to "that place" with him. He feels more like a close friend than a husband.

 

I am trying to keep myself busy with work and my new place, but the late evenings are tough. Luckily I have my great dane with me to snuggle up with :). I have friends that want to try to hook me up (and so does he), but I am just not in the right place in my heart and mind to think about going out on a date.....wow that sounds scary. Here is another weekend upon us and the stbx has asked that I accompany him to a mutual friends wedding.....how akward would that be?

 

Where do I go from here..............

 

So here I sit........

 

by losst  12 Posts 

Posted on 9/11/2009 8:04 AM
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Ma'am,you are brave.As much as I would like to have a relationship with my stbx,it just wouldn't work for me.When I have intimate relations with someone,my belief is I'm sharing my soul with you.There is nothing more intimate then making love.To reduce to a biological function is repulsive to me.That's why it would not work for me.I fear that because my stbx was very promiscuous in her youth.Two marriages have slowed that down but just last Sunday I was told who she is seeing.They are exactly alike.I surmise the erosion of her values will intensify.When she has her weak moment she will come to me.I am frightened of this greatly.
I still find her extremely beautiful and attractive but I can not be with her.She is like a poison.The sad part is going to be the effect on her 3 children.I have been their only father for 12 years.So be it!
by Byron   371 Posts
Posted on 9/11/2009 2:40 PM
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I understand where you are coming from on this! What I can't understand is why we.. and I mean myself included, continue to put up with behavior from a spouse that we would not tolerate from anyone else? I have done this myself and it wasn't until after the divorce was final that I realized that I was and had been rationalizing his behavior by making it okay for him to treat me like crap and still I continued to say.... well, I hurt him, I threw this divorce at him, he is hurting so he get's to act like a 2 year old. Wake up, Stacy!!! And I did!
I realize that you have a child so you have to maintain some sort of amicable relationship. But sista, I am warning you... this is just the tip of the iceberg. Once my ex really figured out that I was not taking him back, he went at me with a hateful and spiteful vengeance. And it was gloves off for him. I on the other hand had to keep smiling and waving as if my world was perfect. After all, this was all my fault right? So I must deserve to be cursed at, hung up on, gossiped about, have someone throw things at me, tell my kids that I am a tramp and bad person, have all my old friends hear all the sordid details of my 22 year married life.. that was supposed to be private! I must have deserved all this. Wrong... I did what I needed to in order to make my life better, my children's life better and yes, my ex's life better. It worries me that you wrote "I knew he was wanting 'relations' and was prepared if things felt right at the time to oblige. Well things did not feel right, but I attempted to oblige which did not go well." Why are you willing to oblige someone who thinks so little of you that he would disrespect you so much?? My mom told me.. you are a smart person, start acting like one!!!
by StacyMarie   34 Posts
Posted on 9/11/2009 12:49 PM
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Sort of off subject  but it never ceases to amaze me when I see things like "I ran into him at church"  "he wanted to pray for me"...This IS the same guy that was drinking and threw a beer can at you and threw rocks at you, right?
by lifeinpurgatory   1877 Posts
Posted on 9/11/2009 12:29 PM
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flutterby....you are so right. I have also found that the more I am in contact with him the more I miss him and the more confused I get.

The difference is he has changed (or at least it appears that way) from the man that I lived with and grew to hate. That is the part that makes it harder.

He says he will wait for me.......I tell him to move on....yet I still contact him and he still contacts me.

Oh what a tangled web we weave!
by losst   12 Posts
Posted on 9/11/2009 12:21 PM
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losst, this is a very difficult time for you.  Only you know what will work best for you.  I understand the feeling of loss.  However, as more time passes, I have found that I am mourning the man he was not the man he is now.  So much has changed.

Take this time to focus on you and your son.  I have found the least contact I have with my stbx the better I feel.  I always regress whenever I email or text with him.  It makes me miss him and I know he isn't missing me.

Your situation is different.  Get into counseling and have them help you learn how to make healthy decisions.  Hang in there.  It does get better with time.
by flutterby   1074 Posts
Posted on 9/11/2009 11:12 AM
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Now you keep doing what you are. Please don't hook up with anyone just yet. Wait- you still have a  lot to go through. Focus on you and your son and making your new place yours- on taking care of you!
 Seems that you may still be confused. Take time to sort things out!
Hang in there!
by mtnvly   3829 Posts
Posted on 9/11/2009 8:07 AM
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