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ALL NEW Road to Recovery for the Recently Ditched No.7

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startingovernow · 27/08/2010 00:32

Dearly Be-Chucked, we are gathered here today because, for whatever reason, our man has dumped us!

Whether you are a new dumpling or a vet, feel free to join us in our quest for serenity. Shock Sad Angry Hmm Shock Sad Angry...........

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startingovernow · 28/08/2010 23:07

Waves to all....

Patience, glad you found a diversion Smile

Getting, he sounds promising for a bit of diversion too Grin. Have you set a date yet?

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Patienceobtainsallthings · 29/08/2010 12:41

How we all doin today ,really want this other house so visualising like mad ,dont know if there is room for a trampoline Confusedbut there is a shed !
Mr Match man got in touch again so we are going to keep chatting SmileI have dcs 24/7 due to X being a complete opt out dad so will be taking things pretty slow and if things dont work then loads of guys to chat to ,he reminds me of someone i went out with when i was 16yo so all very daft but its the closest Ive been to socialising for a long time.Lives a good 2 hrs away so thought that was a safe distance LOL!
How did everyone elses nites out go ?How are you AB ?

IfYoureHappyAndYouKnowIt · 29/08/2010 16:13

Hi all

Bit of a traumatic time since returning from hols so not been in mood for much posting

Hols were great - and I DID IT ON MY OWN!! (with v helpful DC of course...)

Came back to trauma with DS1 so that's on-going really

Also cat had serious injury and so an op overnight - v scary but resting now so hopefully will pull through ok

Getting and I chatted about the meet up also so we will be winging you over an email soon - please do send one of us your email address if you think we don't have it already

Nice to see all of the nearly dating going on - I will look on and watch with interest Grin

Have gone off idea of internet dating totally - signed up for a few for a flutter in the dark early days and saw not much of interest. The few sites I did go on seem to have multplied though (I think they must pass details from one site to another - naughty!) so am spending time now trying to clear all details from any sites

Waves to allllll .....

gettingeasier · 29/08/2010 16:38

Hi Everyone

Well I am waiting to hear back from party man having given him some dates , we will see if anything happens or not. I am only interested in a bit of flattery and a diversion really which feels a bit mean as I know hes looking for "the one" but I have been honest so my conscience is clear.

I wrote down a website comparing dating sites from GH magazine if anyones interested Grin

Today has been a write off as I have had a shocking hangover Blush but I have , finally, done some serious housework so feeling virtuous about that.

Waves to all Smile

pinksmarties · 29/08/2010 17:33

Happy, so sorry your cat's ill, hope it recovers well. WELL DONE for giving yourself and DC a good holiday. Thinking of you re DS1,
must be so so hard.

I'm with you re dating sites, can't be arsed.

Patienceobtainsallthings · 29/08/2010 18:27

Neither could I Pink but i blame Startin' telling me that Match was free this weekend ,then they sent me an email...more encouragement ,so i thought i would do the test to see if i was randomly bonkers or not.Anyway i agree with getting about all flattery etc on my part but i am genuine and having a laugh ,only talking to one guy and it runs out tonite ,not paying anything cant afford it bought too many clothes in my make over madnessGrinHope ur hangover is feeling better,not had a good drink in ages ,nearly didnt think of X at all today ,it has een 10mths really since breakdown and i dont feel guilty at all having a chat with Mr Match ,hurrah !

Patienceobtainsallthings · 29/08/2010 18:32

Happy hope wee cat is ok ,glad you had a fab hol,email me re meet up ,prob totally out the question but you never know,big hugs to you re ds ,you are so strong.... hope this eases soon how is guitar coming along ?Play I can see clearly and born free ,has helped me alot this week xxxxx

teaandcakeplease · 29/08/2010 19:10

I haven't read or caught up on much since the new thread began. But hello. Still feeling like everything is too much. Sitting here with a cuppa and chocolate and contemplating a movie to switch off from life. DCs have been in bed since 6pm, as they were both exhausted after a long and busy day.

I'll try and catch up properely later.

pinksmarties · 29/08/2010 19:34

Patience, I'm not knocking internet dating, I just wish twunt had pissed off 10 years earlier so that I could have had the pick of the bunch of thirty somethings instead of the sad old chaps who are hanging on to life by the skin of thier dentures.

Tea....lovely combo.....cuppa, choc and movie.

Hope you feel more perky tomorow. I seem to be one day on and one day off, hormones probably, and my days keep on being ruined by such realistic, vivid dreams of twunt. Bloody awfull, wish they'd stop.

Armbow, Mumfun, Chairmum, LC, and everyone,

lots of love xxx Smile

Patienceobtainsallthings · 29/08/2010 19:52

So sorry to hear about your dreams Pink ,hope you sleep well 2nite.
Hope you have a better day 2morrow Tea ,i could do with a good film might turn the telly on 2nite Shock
Think i would make a complete arse of myself if anyone approached me in RL ATM re dating so i think ,just chatting is cool,just enough with no chance i jump into bed with anyone cos ive had a fab nite out a bit pissed and want a cuddle BlushActually not much chance of a nite out so best chance i have Pink LOL!
Wishing serenity to all .Last good nite in i had was a DJ Happy party nite !!!!

notfallingforhischARMBOW · 29/08/2010 19:59

evening all - just popping in to say i am still here .....been busying myself loads this weekend trying to get h out of my head. bought a new book which seems quite good will link to it later...... waves

i feel like i am at a crossroads this weekend - start as i mean to go on or remain sullen and mopey forever !!! Confused

h and i still talk and laugh when he comes round - i just can't stop myself, it feels nice to talk to him, he makes me cups of tea and vice versa. is this wrong....in a way i feel as though we have not split the only differences being we don't have sex and we see each other less.... any advice do i need to stop this?????

teaandcakeplease · 29/08/2010 20:01

H makes me cups of tea when visiting kids and vice versa and we do still joke together. However he's still dating the OW 18 months after their affair begun. The divorce is in full swing and I no longer love him. In fact I do not remotely find him attractive now. LOL

However I think sometimes more sensible boundaries doesn't hurt when trying to move on and heal.

Patienceobtainsallthings · 29/08/2010 20:49

I think it only matters if you feel love for him and he could manipulate and hurt you AB ,use boundaries if you need to in order to keep yourself safe from hurt.My X used the charming bit to keep me hooked,it makes his life a lot harder now we are finished .

notfallingforhischARMBOW · 29/08/2010 21:01

sorry you are having a bad day tea - i feel low too maybe it is the change in weather????
i have a nice milky drink and the lights off trying to relaxxxxxxxxxxx!!

very excited about everyone's date Grin

i bumped into a man today who i used to know ages ago and my tummy did a little flip. Smile so at least i know there is life in the old dog yet ! Grin Grin

sov loving your empowerment with the phone - good on you!

happy hope your cat is ok. will do re email.

pink i have posted this link before....i really believe that those vivid dreams we have are our subconscious trying to communicate with our conscious. www.dreammoods.com i always look the vivid ones up you know the ones that you can't get out of your head.

patience - what are these dj happy nights of which you speak......?????

waves to all dumplings.....if there any lurkers that have dropped off our radar recently thinking of you Wink

notfallingforhischARMBOW · 29/08/2010 21:10

patience - when i look at him i still want to snog his face off. i tell him too much about how i am feeling. we have little chats. he tells me about this woman and it feels like a knife in my heart. but it is as though i have to know....i can't not talk about it with him....even though i feel awful afterwards....sometimes i feel like i might be addicted to him.

(sounds dramatic)Hmm

Patienceobtainsallthings · 29/08/2010 21:21

Just goin from my own experience my X fed off that stuff ,he knew i still loved him but kept me at arms length ,recent events now make me realise he was never going to change but would have liked to keep me as a spare if need be.All i would say is look after yourself esp if he is seeing other woman ,when do you move house ?

notfallingforhischARMBOW · 29/08/2010 22:00

i move in about 5 weeks ... that will help i think co she wont be able to just plonk himself down and make a cup of tea.

i want boundaries but i don't at the same time.ifyswim i like the comfort of him being around ... it seems really normal and nice

but

i know he can't have a fancy woman and a wife and he has chosen to leave his wife. i don't know where my self respect has gone....

teaandcakeplease · 29/08/2010 22:18

Well I wouldn't normally recommend this however finding some the anger and reminding yourself what he has done may help you to put some boundaries in place. I think in your situation you need them. Patience advice was very good.

teaandcakeplease · 29/08/2010 22:18

Sorry about the typos.

Splitting headache here and I'm off to bed in a mo.

Patienceobtainsallthings · 29/08/2010 22:21

AB you are talking to an expert yo yo here!Just read my posts LOL!I think its just the cutting the cord bit ,i really couldnt until he brought OW into it ,but what i could do was insist on reasonable behaviour,but unfortunately for me he was just lying and relying on my love for him to keep it all going.We were amicable til OW appeared now it has all gone tits up!I think its letting go of my best friend i found difficult but in hindsight he hadnt been my friend in years ,i agree house move will be good,i really hope this next house will work out for me ,holiday weekend here 2morrow so might be tues til i hear .....
DJ Happy nite is when we have avirtual party PMSL have a drink and post our tunes then dance around the living room ,its a laff AB and you can jump around in ur pjs and no one will ever know !

Patienceobtainsallthings · 29/08/2010 22:24

Tea hope ur ok prob early nite will help,big hugs and neck and shoulder rub sent to you.Saw an accupuncturist advertised locally thought i might look into it.Needles in my shoulder area sounds nice so sore and its all stress.

pinksmarties · 29/08/2010 22:42

Thanks for the link Armbow, I'll have a look. My dreams are always VERY vivid and detailed, sort of epic amazing stories, good and bad and I often wake up completley shattered because of them. The ones with exh are always different variations of him leaving me and they stay with me for days and really mess with my head.

Armbow, that's interesting about feeling addicted to him. Do you think you can be addicted to someone ? I'd quite like to know because if you can be then maybe I am too and then there must be a way of breaking the addiction. Whenever I'm on here typing about exh and thinking about him I get a lump in my throat and the tears roll down my face.

To me, we had grown so much together and shared so much, laughed so much etc that in some ways we were like the same person. He obviously didn't feel the same though. I still can't believe he's gone. He was a huge part of me and being without him is like running on one cylinder.

I just have to keep reminding myself that he's not the same person anymore.

Do people really change personallity ? I haven't. I'm older and wiser and more content but I'm still exactly the same person I always was.

It'sall quite interesting isn't it, maybe I over annalize though. I know now with hindsite that I should havw done a lot of things differently but at the time I didn't realize the chipping away effect that it was having on my relationship. He didn't tell me and I'm not a mind reader.

Relationships are a minefield aren't they. Such a balancing act and I proudly thought I'd got it so right. People thought we wre the perfect couple. Oh bloody hell, I'm going to bed to watch big brother. Smile x

pinksmarties · 29/08/2010 22:47

Armbow....your self respect hasn't gone anywhere at all, it's his inegritty that's gone for a burton.

startingovernow · 29/08/2010 22:49

Waves to all....

Patience, glad you've had fun on Match. It's v hard when you end up left with dc's 24/7 so I empathise with you fully on that. Really hope you get good news on house.

Happy, sending you virtual hugs. V sorry to hear you've had all that to cope with after holls Sad. Really hope things start getting easier for you soon.

Getting, flattery & diversion sound good to me Smile

Pink, hugs to you too, I used to wake up crying or bathed in sweat from the most awful nightmares about xh, only when I'd wake up I'd realise it was actually true Sad. Hope it passes for you soon as I know it's really really horrible. On a brighter note I think the women who are 40+ are the ones who are attracting all the toyboys Wink. It's the thirty somethings who find it hard to get men their own age.......

Armbow, boundaries with xp in new house sounds like a good plan. Hope book brings you confort. Great to hear about the tummy flip Wink, it is indeed good to know there's life after x's Smile

Tea, sending you virtual hugs too. I've had times like that when it's almost like a depression descends & everything seems v hard. It does pass again so hang in there, there will be brighter days ahead. Sorry to hear you've still got headache mine ended up lasting for ages & I think it was actually some sort of virus so maybe you're under the weather atm. I always find if I'm sick it brings me down emotionally aswell. Hope it passes for you soon.

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startingovernow · 29/08/2010 22:56

Well lots of excitement here today as ds starts school tomorrow & dd's back aswell Smile.

Mr Normal has emailed & seems to be quite nervous of meet up Grin. The old me used to believe everything people said Hmm, the new me keeps an open mind & reserves judgement Smile

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