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  • He is one of those kids who thrives hanging with adults than other children, which is why his parents endorsed the girls days as it meant they get 2:1 time with him. He gets on with his sisters as they are both super calm and kind girls, but most of his meltdowns arise from confrontation with other kids or his sisters wanting to do something that he doesn’t like.

    Some examples include Flo playing music in her room or them picking a movie he doesn’t want - obviously when they do a vote the girls’ pick usually wins as there’s two of them, and he gets stressed out a lot by other kids at school. Kate and Tom encourage the girls to be empathetic and let him have his way, but I think this means the girls sometimes lose out. He’s got some friends at school who he has frequent playdates with, especially when the girls are out the house, and he’s friends with Mia’s two sons who are 10 and 8, and sometimes gets invites to go to laser tag with them, but they live slightly further away and as it’s on weekends Tom or Kate are always there as they have to take him.

    Back to the story. Ben walked Ava to school today, and Flo and Ivy go to the same school (in the UK, the first year of secondary school is when the kid is 11/12, so Ryan is at primary school still, joining the girls next September).

    Flo was waiting by the gates (the girls walk themselves) and asked to talk with him after Ava went in. She basically said that she loves her brother but really values having days out with me, Tom and Ava because it’s calmer and when they went Winter Wonderland two years ago, he was chill for about four hours but they ended up leaving earlier than planned as he was starting to get cranky with all the queues and they didn’t want to risk meltdowns there. As they started with the rides that he wanted, they had only done one or two that the girls wanted and didn’t do the iceskating which is what she really wanted to do.

    She also mentioned when the family went to a restaurant recently, Ryan threw a fit as the food was taking too long and he was hungry. Tom took him home and while the girls were trying to chat to Kate, she was too busy on her phone trying to message Tom to see if Ryan was ok. I also have noticed that the girls are at my house a lot lately.

    As they are responsible for walking themselves home, they will just go to mine to do homework as it’s empty otherwise until I get home at 5.30. Ivy and Ava are in the same class so do homework together. Flo will often chat a lot to me and Ben, often about gossip, what happened at school. I thought nothing of it, but now I wonder if she even has those chats with her parents. Where Flo and Ava are both pretty headstrong and confident, Ivy is sensitive, and I think her mum saying she’s excluding her brother really gets to her.

    Ben relayed this to me and I contacted Tom telling him we need to meet. He works long hours but agreed to swing by mine after work to hash the issues out. While Kate is lovely she thinks with her heart, while I think Tom is more levelheaded. At the minute he’s on the bring Ryan team, but I think when I lay out why that is not possible (the lack of other adult / the girl’s feelings / the length of time we are planning on staying) I am hoping he sees the light.

    This morning I also got texts from my mum and Mia, both on Kate’s side. My mum has had a past of kind of favouring her son over her daughters, and she was saying that Tom was valiant adopting Ryan and it was my duty as the local family member to make sure that he was accepted as much as possible.

    To those who said, send her along, I wish lol but also found out she and my dad booked a last min flight to get some Winter sun for a few days. Mia was more levelled but still on their side saying I needed to keep the peace as we don’t want a scrap just before Christmas, but when I mentioned she organised things without the girls she got quiet.

    I also found out she is also the designated Ryan babysitter for that day so think she might be trying to pawn him off on me so she doesn’t have to come over - she lives a 45 min drive away and her and her kids are driving down to hang with Ryan in his house and in the local area as Kate works in our town so is close by if there is an emergency. I was thinking about asking my sister if her and the boys wanted to come, but as her boys are younger I would be scared of the girls being overshadowed and I’m not sure we can manage 6 kids between the two of us at Winter Wonderland. Her youngest is also not the height requirement for a lot of the rides the girls want to do as he’s pretty short for his age. It also takes away from the girls’ day. They’ve really talked a lot about it and I don’t want them feeling awkward about doing something because Ryan doesn’t want to.

    Maybe we can come again next year when we have all six parents available so more flexibility but for now, I think it’s safest going with the girls only. I am slightly concerned that with the way Kate is behaving she might tell Mia not to come and drop all three at mine on Friday, but Ben (WFH) says he will babysit if need be. Ryan really likes him, and I think he would prefer playing on Ben’s PS5 to the theme park anyways. I don’t want it to come to that as it’s cruel to tell the kid he can’t come when he’s at my door but wouldn’t know what else to do.

    I am pretty nervous about how my brother will react, especially to Flo talking to Ben as I really don’t want a fight or her to get in trouble. I’ll mention what she said but not anything where I can see it starting a fight. Ben told her to speak to her parents too so that may be happening, but I think it would just be her as Ivy is very timid and doesn’t want to make her parents sad. I don’t want to be cut off from my nieces as I love them a lot and know they love their cousin so really want to resolve this. Any advice would be appreciated.

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    Commenter 1: It sounds, genuinely, like everyone really loves each other. But, just because there’s that love, it doesn’t mean that communication will always be easy.

    It’d be great if the grownups had a family meeting, without the kids, to make plans for the upcoming year where there’s equal all-family time, and equal individual small-units time, so that kids get their own special attention and also get time together.

    ETA: This currently situation is of course really sticky, but it’s only sticky because everyone loves each other AND, folks want to have their own special time. If you can approach the conversation that way (with understanding and excitement to make different plans, special plans with Ryan in the near future) with you sister, hopefully it’ll go easier. It’s not that anyone wants to leave anyone out, it’s that sometimes it’s just great and fun to have smaller units!

    Commenter 2: The Parents and Family involved are massive AH.

    Ryan is going to be a monster in the coming years bc everyone keeps playacting him instead of actually parenting him. The fact the Mia is trying to Pawn him off and the Grandparents are all of a sudden going on a “minication” proves they THEY don’t want to deal with him but rather help him understand that he can always go that its ok to miss out they are teaching him that if he whines and screams a lot he’ll eventually get way.

    Then the poor daughter can’t even spend time with their Parents without Tantrums and Chaos and that’s simply not fair. Unfortunately OP can’t just take the girls and just go without being arrested and charged.

    Just stay as much as you can in their lives until they both leave for College. Show them that you, Hubby, and cousin are with them no matter what happens after this display of Entitlement.

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  • Update August 11, 2024

    I promised an update. It’s taking me a long time to really sit down and gather my thoughts to update or rather just really take in the reality of my situation. It’s taken me 31 years to really see beyond the rose tinted glasses of the relationship I thought I had with my father. I did cancel his flight. He did not help us move, but I did end up engaging with him to keep the peace.

    Quick recap: I inherited my grandparents home. Father and step mom wanted to move in. I said no. Dad then decides to leave evil step mom and reconcile. Wanted to “temporarily” move in with us. We said no. He was insisting on helping us move and we ultimately said no. We are essentially estranged and he’s never really been a parent to me. Would rather love and bond with my 3 step sisters and all their children than his only child and grandchild. I previously entertained reconciliation only to be strongly dissuaded by my extended family and Reddit.

    A week before making the move he did come to Kentucky and leave my step mom as he had said. How he did it was cowardly. She was doing laundry on their last day in Texas at their RV and he got in her vehicle and split back to Georgia. Leaving her without transportation. Her children are angry. Once he got to their RV in Georgia he parked the car, packed his truck up and trailer and headed to Kentucky. He spent a week here on his property next to my inherited home (I inherited his parents house for those that do not recall). He was essentially camping in a small trailer he would haul stuff in for flea markets and gun shows.

    He asked if he could use my water hose so he could shower and I agreed. I have cameras outside so I thought, “What could it hurt?” Well, here’s where I was wrong. I then get a call from him that “water is pouring from under the house.” I told him to shut the water off. The house has been having leaks since I took possession as it’s got 60 year old plumbing that will be replaced with the sale of my home. I had my uncle come to confirm and then scheduled a plumber to come look at what needed to be done. This was just 5 days before we would get there with a moving truck from Florida to KY. A pipe had split under the sink and the water heater had busted during the winter.

    During this time a storm came through and the power went out. He found a key I had in a flower pot for the plumber and went into my home. When we got there he told us he sprayed the yard for ticks, did pest control and also cleaned and sprayed for pest INSIDE THE HOME. I was livid. I didn’t react angrily because at the time it felt weird. I was questioning whether I was wrong and he was actually wanting to be a dad to me after all this time. So I let it go. That illusion has since passed.

    We’ve been here since mid June and now I’ve discovered he’s robbed us blind. He’s denied it all of course. Tape had been removed from an old chimney hole (assuming looking for money), green dishware has been stolen and put on consignment in town and at another local place 40 minutes away. Any time we have a sub contractor out to give bids on the remodel he just shows up and tries to hijack the situation.

    He talked to me like I’m stupid in front of my husband. That surprisingly didn’t go well. My husband is as docile as it comes, but that was the straw that broke his silence in all this. My dad didn’t take kindly to my husband telling him he needed to mind his own business and be respectful to his wife.

    He’s now staying at one of his cousins in an RV. He’s still moving forward with his plans to put a tiny home on the land that is nestled between me and my uncle. My extended family tend to avoid him like the plague even with his repeated efforts to enter the fold. He showed up to their home on the 4th of July with a lawn chair to see fireworks uninvited and they didn’t ask him to leave.

    Sometime in July we noticed my dad had messed with the propane heater. It no longer had the pilot light on, and the dial had been moved to “1.” Which is on the opposite side of the dial as the pilot setting. Either that was incompetence or he was playing with fate with our lives. His granddaughters life. He of course denied it.

    I am under the impression we are all in fear of his retaliation. My husband has no such fears and keeps threaten to go into the consignment that has my stolen glassware and making a scene. Honestly I’m at the point that I’m just going to let my husband deal with him. I’m no longer emotionally exhausted and just annoyed.

    He shows up randomly with food which I immediately throw away. The last one had a note on it for my daughter. I wish I had a happier update, but this is what it is. We close on the sale of our home next week and start remodeling soon. I’ve let my contractors know the situation and he’s not to be on the property. I feel bad having them in the situation. I’m worried he will vandalize the house my grandparents left me while we are in our rental.

    If I end up as a news story, know it’s not a mystery and know who is responsible.

    Relevant Comments:

    OOP reveals more worrisome details about her father in the comments when asked if she’s in a 2A or “Criminals are people” state:

    Both county and state are 2A or I would have reported his storage unit of unregistered guns he sells without performing background checks. He exited the military, became a consultant, somehow lost his security clearance and started selling guns. At one point he was selling Korean AKs to “militia” groups in Georgia. I wish this was all a joke. My dad is the Frank Gallagher Lord of War I guess.

    Kittytigris:

    I’m with your husband on this. Your silence is emboldening your father in pushing boundaries. There’s only one way to deal with people like that, make sure they’re aware that you’re not afraid of creating an even more public scene than they are. You and your husband should absolutely file a police report and a no trespassing order on the theft and damages he had done. Get your stuff back from the consignment shop. If anything, it makes your father aware that you’re not afraid to send him to jail if need be and no one would bail him out.

    OOP:

    The problem with making a report is I don’t have photo evidence that it belongs to me other than I have the other half of the green glassware set he stole. Last time I called the police for trespassing the state police sided with dad’s story that I was a disgruntled child and he was just trying to be “a dad.” Unsure if it was just small town sympathies or the patriarchy at work. This is also the Bible Belt.

    Kittytigris:

    If you have the title/deed of the house/property it is well within your right to have whoever you want trespassed. I wouldn’t just leave it at that, I would just tell the cops that he is estranged from me and I haven’t had contact with him in years. He just left his current family because he thinks he can get me to fund his lifestyle. He is a stranger and I want him off my property. If your uncle is next door and the same mindset as you, he can back you up by asking for your father to be removed from his property as well or at least let the sheriff know that your father is not welcomed.

    CherryblockRedWine:

    “He is a stranger, a thief, and has committed identity fraud.”

    OP, use ALL your ammunition. He stole his parents’ identities and ruined their credit. There is a pattern to all this.

    Also – you wrote in another post that even the land he would “inherit” was deeded to you – if that’s the case, why not just evict him?

    Maleficent_Theory818:

    Get a police report and go to the consignment store and get your dishes back. I can bet they have a higher value than you realize beyond sentimental value.

    Document everything he has done. You need to see about getting your property posted so he can’t come onto your lawn and cause further damage.

    desert_dame:

    Yes definitely get the police report and get your dishes back. I’m in the vintage biz. And let me tell you. If someone brings in stolen merch. They are not only banned from their store but all others they are friends with. It’s a small world in the biz. People know people.

    This will prevent him from doing business in your town. He’ll have to leave the surrounding area to sell anything. And re estate sales. The better ones will ban him from the premises. Since he’s known to be a thief.

    Please Let it start with you to stop him. Unfortunately in the biz there are these vindictive aholes. Surprisingly enough. It tends to be men of a certain age. They’ll break stuff, hide stuff and steal it.

    The teens will steal cheap costume jewelry. It’s the older guys who will really rip you off.

    The thing with the propane tank. That’s definite criminal intent to destroy your house. That’s how arson fires are done too. The water to undermine your foundation. And it’s hello $50k to get a new one.

    You and uncle must combine forces to get rid of this increasingly deranged man.

    Editor’s Note: I’m marking this ongoing. OOP is still renovating the house and her dad is still in the RV in the area causing problems. She hasn’t posted in a month, but has posted comments on other topics recently.

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  • After learning this, he’s been furious. My step siblings keep reaching out telling me I’m heartless for keeping him out of his parents home. He called crying and I coldly told him if they wanted him to have it they would have left it to him. I also told him he should have treated his parents better when they were alive. I have the deed in my hands and there’s nothing left for him to do about it. The estate is almost settled and what land he does get will also have my name on the deed.

    I would rather share my childhood home with my daughter and all the whimsical things it had to offer. Even if my dad ends up homeless.

    Relevant Comments:

    snvoight:

    Sounds like your dad was waiting to get that house, guessing he’s flabbergasted you did cave and hand it over.

    Just know If you deed your dad the home, and he passes before your stepmom, the house will go to her and eventually her kids.

    Do not for any reason allow them to get access into the home. Especially when it sounds like stepmom has a gaggle of unemployed kids, who many or may not have significant others helping them make all those babies they are popping out.

    Everyone can go get jobs and figure it out.

    OOP:

    It definitely seems that he was waiting. The RV and then the clothes. Twice so far he’s made excuses to “come get his stuff.” He didn’t expect me to drive 700 miles to meet him at the door when he thought he circumvented me asking my uncle. He said he had things in the barns. I don’t own the barns. He took every tool out of my shed however. I called the sheriffs office and they arrived as he was leaving. He said he wanted his dads tools. I let that go.

    The latest thing is some junk John deer crap he stuck in a back bedroom. I found it. It’s like he planted so much stuff there but he sure absconded with a lot out of the house during the funeral.

    And you are right. That was something my husband mentioned to me. Squatters laws, and the potential for her kids to shack up there. To be honest, he doesn’t have the money to keep up with the house. It’s older. 1959 with an addition from 1970s. Plumbing is hodge lodge. Electrical in 3/4 of the house isn’t grounded. A pipe ruptured this summer. Needs new lateral lines. Recluse infestation through the house. No central heat and air. It needs a lot of work, requiring the sell of my home to renovate it. It easily needs 40k of work not to fall apart in the next few years. Solid bones but dated. It sits on the most beautiful hill looking over 200 acres of what was once farm land, trees and limestone. I would never trade it for anything.

    gypsysniper9:

    Let his step-kids take care of them. What a pair of AH they are.

    OOP:

    He’s brought up filial law on multiple levels occasions. 3 out of 4 step siblings are all on welfare and between all 4 siblings have 12 children. They have too many kids to take care of already. They’ve spent a lot of money supporting my step sisters ever the last two decades. Which is likely contributed to their current financial state.


  • So my question is, when he or my step mother fall into ill health, will I be legally obligated to care for him being as I don’t have income of my own? Or will they go after my husbands paychecks? I want free of this man and the trauma and abuse he’s historically put me through. I’m distraught thinking that one day I’ll be saddle with caring or paying for their care when my daughter and I have always be second best. My step siblings all live on welfare, so it’s unlikely that they will have financial means in the future.

    Relevant Comment:

    lyingdogfacedpony66:

    Based on what you described, neither you nor your husband will be obligated further in any way. His threat is idle.

    Making My Senior Parent Homeless September 6, 2023

    I (30F) and my father (64M) have historically had a rocky relationship. My parents divorced when I was 5 and he married the women he cheated on my mother with. I was an only child and she had 4 kids from a previous marriage.

    During my childhood years, I spent most of the allocated time dedicated to my father in the divorce with my paternal grandparents. Every two weeks and 42 days in the summer. They lived in a different state. I cherished the time I had with them and they would always go to bat for me. There was some tension caused early in my dads new marriage due to my step mom demanding that my GPs go back to the store one Christmas and get equal amount of gifts for all of her children. Even taking some from me gifting to her youngest. I spent many times waiting on my moms sofa waiting for my dad to pick me up and he never did. I would later find out he was on family vacations with his new family. I could spend all day telling Cinderella stories, but I need to keep focus on this story. My grandparents picked up his slack. We spent summers learning how to make baskets, gardening, camping and various different activities. Their home was a second home to me.

    When I was 13 I went to go live with my dad after some methodical brainwashing and I then would rarely see my GPs. My GM would call and they would ignore it. It would hurt my heart to see it on the caller ID knowing they were just on the other line but my dad and SM would not allow it unless I sat at a table with them while on a call.

    Fast forward to summer of my freshmen year we went to visit my dads side of the family. On the last night my Aunt & Uncle who lived next door asked if I could stay the night with my cousins. My SM wanted her youngest daughter to be included. They declined because my SS was a thief. A fight ensued in the front yard that night resulting in physical altercations. My step mother shoved my 74 y/o Pap to the ground. He had a hip replacement in the 90s and already had a stiff walk. I was utterly terrified and distraught. As the chaos ensued I packed my belongings because they said we were leaving. I vowed then that this would be the last straw and I would never forgive them. We missed their 50th wedding anniversary because my stepmom was still upset over what HIS family did to HER that night. The next spring my Pap had a stroke and it was never the same. The man that helped raise me during his sons short comings didn’t remember my name. He died in 2014.

    Later I left home when I was 18 to go to college where I met my husband. He has been my rock and helped when my dad throws fits in the last few years when he doesn’t get his way. He has showed me nothing but unconditional love and support and is the father to our child mine never could muster to be.

    I go no contact with dad every couple years because of his behavior. There is an old saying that “time heals all wounds,” but I don’t believe that to always be true. I maintained a relationship with my Mammie (paternal grandmother) until her death in December. She was a cheeky one who left notes for us to find after death. This woman never forgot a thing when she felt slighted. That also reflected in her Will. I inherit the house that has been deeded to me since 2001. My dad knew they would give it to me but I honestly think he thought he had a chance of fighting me for it.

    Since 2012, he and my SM have been living in an RV that is now starting to fall apart. He is retired military and has no savings. Right after the funeral he stashed his belongings in closets. I discovered this after I changed the locks and added cameras as I live out of state and wanted security for the home before I sell my house and move into MY childhood home. I put his stuff and what was owed to him in storage and my Uncle gave him the keys.


  • People who harm animals and take pleasure out of it, start with animals but it graduates to human beings. I’m so glad you don’t have any kids with her. You have said you don’t want to leave her and strangely you seem to believe that at the age of 37 you’re on the shelf. You talk about families being intertwined and that you’ve known her for years and years - so what? People get divorced after years of having enmeshed lives, mutual friends, shared assets, children, pets etc. So what if you share these things or have been together for years? Is that reason enough to ignore and turn a blind eye to what sounds like psychopathic behaviour?

    “She seems genuine” and “she has a therapist” well she is very aware of how she comes across and she wants you to remain in the marriage so she can continue to manipulate you so of course she can do all the right things and come across as cooperative and reflective. She’s not silly at all and she knows exactly what she is doing. She hasn’t become this way, her mask slips every now and then but she puts the mask back on to keep you where you are, exactly where she needs you to be.

    This is just the tip of the iceberg. I’m telling you, you don’t know your wife like you think you do.

    OOP

    I just don’t know what changed. I don’t. That’s what disturbs me. She wasn’t always like this.

    UPDATE: There is something wrong with my wife. - August 13, 2024

    Answering some concerns.

    Thank you for your comments and your time. I’ve had a long month, and there’s a lot to say but I honestly cannot stress enough how much your support and words, harsh or not, mean to me.

    I’ll say what has been on my mind lately, but if anybody just came for this, here it is; I’m leaving my ex-wife, Anna, but we are still living together as I pack my things. I’m not really scared of her anymore so that’s her name.

    I sat down and had a conversation with her. Everything I wrote down and posted here was copy and pasted from Google Docs. I left some details out since they were identifiable for both Anna and I. I showed it to her and she blew up at me. I understand why she was angry. I did share information about our marriage and life on the internet. Her emotions were reasonable. But I started to get very irritable, she listened to the word vomit that just spewed out. She didn’t interrupt me or yell at me because I think she realized in that moment how badly it was all affecting me. I begged her to just hear me out and surprisingly she did.

    She admitted to me that she also recognized that she was changing and told her therapist about it (do I believe her? not really). She said that she’s been scaring herself and that she’s been having anger issues flaring up that she’s noticed, and as some of you predicted, she didn’t want to give sex up so she cheated on me with some guy she met at her job. Honestly, by the time she explained herself, I didn’t care. Because I don’t. With everything that has happened, this was the least shocking. I asked Anna, genuinely, if she loved the man she met and she said yes, which hurt but also didn’t seem like a surprise to me.

    I told Anna that if she didn’t love me, I can divorce her and we can figure out the separation and home situation. She agreed far too quickly, but I was so emotionally exhausted and done with her shit that it didn’t register how little she valued the marriage to just toss it out like it was nothing. I just told her that for the next guy, she needs to get help. She agreed that she would check herself into the hospital. Some of you suggested a tumor but that wasn’t the case. Her explanation was that the other man got her into drugs. That’s all I will say on that matter because it’s all she told me. At this point, I don’t even care what the reason was because the impact was the same.

    Honestly, I’ll forever kick myself down for not recognizing any warning signs sooner. It should have never gotten to the point that it did and while it may not be my fault, I’m haunted every day by the thought that I could have been smarter and stopped her from doing everything that she did. When I say that she wasn’t always like this, I mean it. She didn’t give a specific date from when her affair started, so I can’t pinpoint it to an exact event that happened. I miss the woman she used to be, the lovely girl I’ve known for almost two decades. I know this was something that had to be done but no matter how many times I tell myself that, it doesn’t make me feel any better.

    For those wanting to know, Butter is safe. He’s a good boy and he’s staying with my sister while I pack up to leave. My wife never physically hurt him but she has yelled at him a few times. It hurts not having him here all the time since my sister’s house is 30 minutes away. But he’s safe and I actually see him tonight.

    I also informed my family about this situation. I didn’t want to but I knew it was necessary. They understand and apologized for their brushing off of the situation. But to be fair, I downplayed it so that could also be why they didn’t see it as an issue. Her family knows we are splitting as well.

    As for me, I don’t really have friends that are available that often so I’ve spent most of my time alone in the house and thinking to myself. It was our house at one point. I remember when we first bought it and how excited she was. My best friend and I are going to eat out together, so that’s something to look forward to.

    And she’s still admitted. I don’t hear from her because they take your phone away at the hospital. I hope she can recover but after everything that my therapist, family, best friend, and you guys have said, I can’t bring myself to stay with her. Breaking it off felt like ripping my own arm off. I was devastated and still am. She seemed distraught as well but I don’t know what to believe anymore. I don’t think she doesn’t care about me. I think there’s a part of her that still cares. But maybe I’m wishfully thinking.

    Even through everything I can’t be mad at her. But I know loving her isn’t good for me. Is it wrong to forgive her? To see everything from her side? It hurts. It really does. I don’t know anything but her. It feels like my life is over even though it isn’t. I don’t want to date again but I just want to connect with other people. It didn’t click how isolated I was until I left, and I realize now that she is at fault for my lack of communication with anybody.

    If I had to conclude this jumbled mess of an update, it’d be this.

    I’m going to be fine. It’s only been like, two weeks but it’s been the longest two weeks of my life. I realize that there are more people around that support and care about me. It honestly was really hard to accept that Anna was a disturbed individual who didn’t love me. Sometimes, I still convince myself that she does. But everybody around me states that she doesn’t. And I’m coming to terms with this. It’s progress; I’ve spent more than sixteen years with this woman tormenting me and I have a warped perception of reality. It truly is not easy to experience any of this and honestly sometimes I want to come back to her. But I know that maybe I can find the woman (or man) for me that will love me the way I need to. I’m working it out in therapy, and honestly I’m still frightened of Anna. But I am thankful that she was the catalyst to a new chapter of my life. I learned a lot from this, mostly what love is and isn’t.

    Thanks. You guys have good perspectives on things. I can’t say that Reddit is what fixed my problems but I can say that leaving was a result of the extra push you guys provided.

    I wish Anna the best, wherever the future takes her. While I’m sad that the future will not have me in it, I think this was the best for both of us, since she didn’t seem to love me and I now fear her. This should be the end of my updates. I don’t really see this updating further unless something happens with her. I want to be done with this and I want to move on.

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    notlilie

    Please do not look back after this. I think she’ll come back claiming she’s a better person and so on.

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