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An update on my 'To top off my crap year...' thread

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October · 17/04/2007 14:40

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Dior · 04/07/2007 12:57

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Dior · 04/07/2007 15:10

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ginnedupmummy · 04/07/2007 15:56

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Tanee58 · 04/07/2007 17:04

Dior, GUM is right - you've worked damn hard at this marriage - I've read all the posts since you started in January !

Don't worry too much about your counsellor being male. When my marriage broke up, and dd was furious with me & dp, I went to a teenagers' counselling service which sees parents on their own as well as with their dcs. Dd didn't want to talk to anyone and dp was working away, so could only attend one session. I had 8 weeks with a male counsellor and he was amazingly good. So perceptive and sensitive, he might almost have been squatting in my flat during the crisis, he seemed to pick up on things so well - and he had a big box of tissues for when I wept . He helped enormously and I felt much stronger and able to help dd come to terms. So I wouldn't dismiss a male - and he will have notes on your previous sessions, so I'm sure he'll be up to speed with you. Give it a try, anyway. And it might be good to get a male perspective and remember, they're trained and they've probably seen it all before...

I live in Palmers Green, North London - just off the N Circular (dd says we're on the edge of the Ghetto but the road is very small and quiet despite the traffic at the end). Why do you ask?

Dior · 04/07/2007 17:34

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Dior · 04/07/2007 17:39

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Tanee58 · 04/07/2007 17:43

oh dear - G again - is he being nice again? My emotional prop used to be Charles II - now that IS weird! I used to fantasize about him when I was a teenager

Am I right in thinking you're in Colchester? I shall be going up and down the M11 during the summer to visit dp and will have free days in between (the joy of having a teenager is that she's not tied to my apron strings any more . Yes, I'd like to meet up too . Have wheels and could easily stop off on way to Norfolk or make a special girls day out trip. Just email me your address & when might be good.

Tanee58 · 04/07/2007 17:44

... I'm sure he IS a decent man - he just possibly isn't the man for you?

Dior · 04/07/2007 17:47

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Dior · 04/07/2007 17:48

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Tanee58 · 04/07/2007 17:50

I know how you feel - we just need to know that somebody we fancy, also fancies us. We need to feel desireable. It's fine for other women to say 'you're not fat, you're gorgeous', but the pathetic thing is, when you're not getting that from your partner, you do look for it elsewhere.

As long as you don't act on it? Can't say that, as I did act on it. Not proud of it, though.

Tanee58 · 04/07/2007 17:52

Well, perhaps we can meet - summer hols coming up soon, and maybe, just maybe, the rain will stop...?

Dior · 04/07/2007 19:12

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sallysparrow · 04/07/2007 20:21

Dior, thats really crap that theyre giving you a different counsellor - shouldnt they just postpone the appt or something? Especially when you had so much to discuss with her.

On the other hand, you might find you like the other one better!

Dont feel a failure for not keeping youre marriage vows - its not worth a lifetime of misery. But youre not failing - youre trying really hard - if it cant work, at least youre trying to make sure it ends as well as possible.

lou33 · 04/07/2007 20:37

two things, a male counsellor will be just as good, and he will be up to speed with your probs, and also you promised to stick through it thuck and thin, but h doesnt seem to be willing to accept you in any shape or form, so i don't see why you blame yourself all the time

Dior · 05/07/2007 14:22

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Tanee58 · 05/07/2007 14:26

Just wanted to say, good luck for tonight. I'm staying late at work - meeting to take minutes for from 7 till 9pm and I'll be all alone in the office again eating chocolate at 5pm - so hope to hear from you before you go. Chin up eh, it'll be fine .

Tanee58 · 05/07/2007 14:27

Sounds like he's happy to have you as a best friend - but that's not a marriage unless you're BOTH happy with it - and you aren't.

Dior · 05/07/2007 14:36

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Tanee58 · 05/07/2007 14:52

Oh boo to him! Sounds like he thought he was going tonight after all though. Just hold to your guns - see the counsellor with h or alone as you feel. Hope you won't let his negativity put you off.

Dior · 05/07/2007 15:36

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Tanee58 · 05/07/2007 15:57

It's not ideal, I agree - especially as you'd begun to build trust in the one you had. But as you've no choice, I'd say, give the new one a chance.

sallysparrow · 05/07/2007 17:15

Good luck Dior, hope its a useful session.

Dior · 05/07/2007 17:17

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