Hi, I don't post on here very often - with good reason as I'm a man & not very good at discussing my feelings but feel that now? I think things have reached some sort of head in my life & am so lonely & miserable (sort of - will explain in a min') that I now have to do something? Just not sure what. Anyway? This isn't easy to write (or read knowing me) Here goes nothing................
As to me? Well I'm a 34 year old with 1 ds whose 3 & am now separated from the evil witch, ex twotime fiancee his mum who used to be (with me) basically the female equivalent of the type of men I often see being discussed on here (i.e. a total bully) she bullied me emotionally, a little financially & eventually? Physically to. I did (due to having a long temper) put up with this for a while but after she started hitting me in the face (knowing this might kill or seriously injure me due to plates in my face after a former op' - see links below)? And when I then retaliated? verbally & eventually physically to stop her hitting me & once hit her back in order to stop her after she turned on our boy and hit me in the face again? Well then - I knew we couldn't be together for much longer & after nearly 4 & a half years (at the time) we split - she came back & promised to change
(in truth? After she vanished with ds aged 6 months for 6 hours on a snowy Nov' night in 2009 to our old flat that we'd moved out of 4 weeks before? I knew we'd split eventually) but needless to say? She didn't even try change at all & before long?
The arguments started again & she soon left - she came back again after that & we made one more attempt for our boy but that time? We ended up with the police involved & suffice to say? She never came back a third time - well nearly true - she did twice - but the first time? I sent her home to her parents & the second? We couldn't stand one another & I thought I'd fallen for someone else, the air was pure poison & I ended up being told I'd be "better off dead, my son won't remember me" & "he's not yours anyway" (he's my double in all bar age & acts so much like me to in nearly ev ery way) & that old chestnut when She finally found a new man to torture "he's a better dad than you/x (our boy) likes him more anyway" Since then? We've (me & the ex') been involved in WWIII over our son in the courts with all manner of horrible allegations & lies being aimed at me via her & her "tame ape" as I call him (he's threatened me & mine down the phone & on FB), her screaming at & threatening me & my mum in the street & eventuallY? Me not even seeing our son for 4 months & 1 week at one point; All of which? Adds up to nearly 6 years of relationship, 2 engagements & 1 DS's happy home down the toilet & Now brings me to now & just how miserable & lonely I am.
A little backstory small novel (A Lot more about me & my prob's & the stress I've been through can be found here; www.mumsnet.com/Talk/feeling_depressed/a1494032-Struggling-with-Depression);
In short (as the link shows)? I spend half my life in horrible pain with headaches & the other half constantly tired & drowsy due to very strong Pk's. I've not (due to all this) had had a proper job in a couple of years now & not having a Long-term position for the best part of 10 years as that operation wrecked utterly the career path I was on. It doesn't help that I've put on weight during my recovery, possibly suffer from Autism, I argue a lot now with my family who think I'm lazy, hate myself & don't like going out much to meet people bar having to get the shopping for me & (when he's here) my boy & generally feel a bit of a recluse whose socially? Very awkward (have to be dragged out by my bro' & family) much of the time & doesn't talk much barring to those I trust a lot which isn't many people.
It Doesn't help either that I run what was once my son's happy home (2 bed house - ex' run back to her parent's who have their own company & spoil her rotten - she has learning difficulties to so being with her? Was often like babysitting 2 children & wore me down in the end) alone & Hate being here on my own but also want the place for some continuity in his little life - he loves it here & calls it "daddys house" & has Loads of toys/his own room & bed & everything here but right now? Hasn't stayed here since April & sees me in a Contact centre thanks to Madame BroomHelga His mothers spite & her mother's (whose behind all this IMO) bile & venom.
Anyway despite my car-crash of a life & the trainwreck that was my last (& in truth one of only two I've been in) serious relationship? I've somehow managed to get on online (poss' because of the anonymity) & found it easy enough to talk to a number of people on here including (it had to happen I guess) a few women. Recently? I found (or was rather contacted by) someone who said she likes me & my profile (yes was on a dating site - don't laugh) & wanted to talk some more - anyway to cut a long story short? We exchanged no's - promised one day to meet soon & began what can only be called an emotional (so far) relationship;
We talk to one another a lot online & phone a fair bit as well - she's older than me (36 to my 34) and the complete antithesis of the ex' whose only similarity to her is that they have one child each; As to the new lady? She's a professional in a very demanding job - knows her own mind & is very fast to keep up with - about as unlike a child as you can get in fact & so couldn't be More different to my ex' as I say? Thing is I know she eventually wants to meet & be together long-term, physical etc which is fine - We've already had one row unfortunately due to my propensity to make stupid/thoughtless mistakes & which took us a Long time to recover from (we've known one another 7 months which is around the time me & the ex' ended forever & yes, she/New Lady Was part of the reason) but when she asked me "did you tell people why we broke up"? I knew we were already having an emotional r'ship & I really like her (I think) so made contact & we eventually made up & are taking it one step at a time now - Thing is?
She's changed a little of late in her ways, this new lady; She doesn't call as much or write as much now; Says she's "not getting her hopes up" one minute re' me then the next? Goes through a whole list of q's re' how I'd act in a full relationship between us - then? She'll not ring for a few days & after that? (Like last week) she calls me 4 times in as many days. There's an energy & spark between us at our best but as I said? She's very demanding (she used to be a teacher & constantly pulls me up on what I'm saying if I repeat anything or ask her a q' that annoys her) & In truth? I'm not sure if I'm up to dealing with a full relationship with an adult woman this sharp after the horror that I went through with the ex' - due to that? Not had much experience of any other women than the ex' for nearly 7 years.
As to us? We've not met yet & now can't for a while (we live about 30ish miles apart I think) due to her job & the fact that half the allegations the ex' has made against me in court? Now mean I will have to have a CBR (?) check done on me if/when we get fully involved which means she's had to postpone our meeting until the case re' my son is concluded. She also told me she'd been "falling in love with you" (me) before (our argument) & when I told her the same? Asked me if it was her I was growing to love? Or the idea of her? That confused me a lot & when I asked myself that question? I had to admit she had a point - I still don't know if it would work with me & her in person but am erring towards the possibility of at least trying right now.
Just to add to this devils brew explosive little mixture? I met (again online but this one? Lives in the same town as me) another woman who I get along very well with & used to (many years ago) go to the same school as; She's a nurse now but interested in nearly the same boring ahem 'different' things I am (inc' even history lol), we talk all the time online & she's always posting me kisses & smilies & again? There's definitely an energy there whenver we talk & I find myself smiling whenever I think of her. Now? I've found that typically Unavoidably? I've definitely begun to develop feelings for her & as in both cases my current interaction with these women is on the phone & online? Also as I'm an utter disaster with women when it ever comes to telling them that I like them never mind becoming physical together advancing beyond the line marked "here be dragons" that you only cross with someone when a relationship starts?
Well anyway due to all that? I'm scared to Try and advance further with either one of these ladies. I don't know what to do or how to do it & talk about it; And no, I'm not being a typical bloke here as I don't want both of them - I'm a one woman man who prefers just one partner - I just really after the hell I've been through in life already? Want to pick the right woman & due to my utter lack of tact & subtlety social skills? I don't feel comfortable proposing "moving forward" with either lady right now. Add the feelings of loneliness, shyness in general but esp' round women, stress re' my boy & WWIII, self-hatred & disgust at the mess I've become out of someone who once had such promise? And it's sufficient to say I'm not a little miserable & upset right now - What do I do next? Any advice/Help would be appreciated - As to me? Well as I put at the start - I've reached a crossroads/some sort of head in my life here & have to do something - I know that now, but what that something is? Well, I just don't know..............................
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Redline · 16/09/2012 07:50
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