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- From: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (Die Fledermaus)
- Subject: Re: Better Off Out of a Relationship than
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- Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 05:56:27 GMT
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- In article 27561@cbfsb.cb.att.com, sms@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (steven.m.stein) writes:
-
- [excellent description of a bad relationship deleted]
-
- >Ending my association with the mother is a relief. It will allow me
- >the opportunity to explore other more fullfilling opportunities.
- >Being in a bad relationship is sometimes more lonely than not being
- >in one at all.
-
- Agreed. Bad relationships have a way of making you feel sorry for your SO
- in such a way that you just don't have the heart to break up when things
- don't at first work out. Most probably, you kept saying to yourself that
- things would get better until the morning when you woke up and realized
- that the whole thing can't work.
-
- The positive thing that came out of it is that being there for her children
- likely made you feel good and caring. These emotions are probably what
- allowed the relationship to last as long as it did. I have experienced a
- relationship identical to the one that you describe, except that there were
- no kids involved. I felt sorry for my SO, and necessity dictated that I leave
- town for economic reasons.
-
- I was looking forward to being with her again during those three long months.
- Upon my return from the job contract, I found that I couldn't stand the
- woman at all. Being away gave me a clearer perspective, especially since
- things were going sour before I left.
-
- Yes, all my friends got back together with me after the breakup. I wasn't
- lonely anymore.
-
- >What hurts is having to loose the closeness and affection I had with
- >the children. That really hurts. We'll see what happens. Time will
- >tell.
-
- If not for the childern, you would have extricated yourself from the
- situation sooner. Take comfort in the fact that the children are better
- off now than before the whole thing from having known you.
-
- There is another problem: Your ex-SO's habits tend to indicate that she's
- quite depressed, probably from being out of work for so long. I don't know
- if she was like that when you first got together, or if it was the relation-
- ship itself that was getting her down.
-
- Whatever, I suppose you just were no good for each other.
-
- dreas
-
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-