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Life & Events > Relationships > Too Heavy to Carry
 

Too Heavy to Carry

It's midnight and once again I'm still awake.

Tonight all at once everything seemed to come down on me and it's left me feeling breathless and empty. It's also left me feeling insecure again even though there is no rational reason too. Yes, I've still got a lot of healing to do. I must again remember that I have to walk before I run. I must be patient that everything will unfold at just the time it's supposed to.

So what came down on me?

Mostly my husband stopping over and again crying. This time he was taking back things he said before and trying his hardest to grab on to the last string he can to keep me. But it's too late and we both know that. We just don't fit. It's been way too much work to try unsuccessfully all these years to try to make it all fit. I told him straight out that there was no chance of us getting back together and then he asked if I loved "G". Perhaps I should have just said that it was none of his business but instead I told a mild version of the truth. I said I'm falling in love with him. He got angry and started to walk out. He came back though and still kept arguing his points and digging up old dirt about how I treated him when we were married. All this and I say "Well then why the heck do you want to get back together?". He says that he really does want me to be happy but that it hurts. I do know what he means, but I must keep looking out for my own health and happiness. Because just like adjusting the oxygen mask on yourself before a child in an airplane- I have to be healthy in order to take care of my kids.

I also have PMS, had a bad day at work and am a bit stressed about money.

I feel weak and lonely tonight. I feel vulnerable. I want to be held and that makes me feel needy.

posted on May 28, 2008 9:22 PM ()

Comments:

You are absolutely right. You have to do what you have to do for yourself alone. Like I commented in an earlier post, You cannot sacrifice yourself for others. Make yourself happy first, then you become a better parent, a better friend, a better child, etc... You first, then the rest falls into place.
comment by shesaidwhat on May 31, 2008 5:56 PM ()
Well, I read the next article, so I know that things were looking up, but I'm sorry about the bullsh*t anyway. And I'm so freakin' proud of you, Gee, for sticking to your guns. By the way, I loved the oxygen mask on a plan analogy...that's a perfect way to describe it.
comment by janetk on May 30, 2008 5:50 AM ()
There are bad days mixed in with the good, no matter how ideal our lives may be. Stir in a little PMS, stress, and "whatever", and that is one potent cocktail. It's the overall picture you must look at, not the specific little incidents that try to "throw you off". You did the right thing...listening to him, but standing your ground. He is looking for your moment of weakness...your weak spot...so be understanding but stick to your guns.
comment by donnamarie on May 29, 2008 3:02 PM ()
Awww ... Sis. That must have been so difficult. I think you handled it the best way that you could have.
AJ
comment by lunarhunk on May 29, 2008 12:29 PM ()
comment by mellowdee on May 29, 2008 8:07 AM ()
I'm STILL having this situation w/my ex & we've been split up for over 2 years and I'm remarried to a wonderful man. I think it has to do with his grieving process and his feeling for loss of control (not saying control was/is an issue in yours case, but it's a thought....). Just stand your ground. I know it could hurt you a little to see him feeling this way, but the most important thing in my thoughts is that you remember it's over. He and you weren't meant to be or it would've worked out differently and much better and the most important part of it all....you are now with someone whom you enjoy being with a lot and from the little I "know" you, you are quite happy finding yourself again & are seeing that you are a wonderful person who deserves to be treated as such.
comment by dkelly on May 29, 2008 4:30 AM ()

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