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- From: souchay@CAM.ORG (Francois Souchay)
- Newsgroups: soc.singles
- Subject: Re: Suggestions needed....
- Message-ID: <By1I5C.92s@CAM.ORG>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 00:17:35 GMT
- References: <1992Nov18.080425.19672@rdg.dec.com>
- Organization: Communications Accessibles Montreal, Quebec Canada
- Lines: 48
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- In article <1992Nov18.080425.19672@rdg.dec.com> veburst@contra.enet.dec.com (KSV) writes:
- >
- >I'd like your opinions, folks... this is a difficult situation for me and
- >I'm somewhat at a loss about where to go from here.
- >
- >I'll start off by giving a bit of background....
- >
- >I'm 30 years old. I was married for 8 years and have an almost 10-year old
- >daughter. I was mistreated emotionally and physically in my marriage and
- >it unfortunately has left me with a fair amount of emotional scars and
- >distrust in general.
-
- Well, I can appreciate what you're saying. I endured a living togehter
- relationship with someone who had an explosive temper. Let us just
- say I hd to duck some flying fists once in a while. Having to deal
- with an abusive partner really can trash your sense of trust. s
-
- After you walk away from one of these difficult relationships, it's
- real easy to fall *hard* for someone who will treat you with
- gentleness. The wounds haven't really healed yet, and here is a
- person saying you're actually worth something. It doesn't really
- matter if he/she is unavailable emotionally or physically, they are
- comforting you and therefore must be reciprocating your feelings.
- At this point, any little sign of affection is seized upon as a hint
- that the situation might change in your favor. Unfortunately, such
- miracles rarely happen. *sigh*
-
- >I've had a couple of friends tell me to just forget about him and move
- >on or that we've known each other this long and if anything was going to
- >happen (more than friendship) between us, it would have already happened...
- >
- >How do you stop loving someone you see almost every day and who hasn't done
- >anything wrong????? I don't want to stop loving him...
-
- Unrequited love can be devastating. The only reliable cure is distance.
- The hardest and paradoxically the most effective way to get ovr the pain
- is to avoid seeing him and concentrate on your own psyche for a long time.
- Curing yourself must come before even trying to cure others.
- >
- >Suggestions? Opinions? Should I take a long walk off a short pier?
-
- May I mention that you may want to talk to your local women's group?
- They are experienced at dealing with the aftermath of abusive
- relationships, and they will probably offer much better advice in person
- than we could hope to do through a skinny wire.
-
- Good luck,
- Francois.
-