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Worst Weekend Ever (bloody mobile phones)

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Amanda1 · 18/10/2004 08:26

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codswallop · 18/10/2004 17:16

well done about hte drink amanda - think when the hurt wears off you will fell angry and so you should!

You deserve better _ iMo theres no point in agonising over teh details, he let you down sho him the door

hana · 18/10/2004 17:26

amanda, so sorry to hear about how this man has been treating you. You don't deserve it.

lulupop · 18/10/2004 19:06

Amanda, I totally understand that feeling of wanting to make him explain himself, and to make him see how badly he's fucked up. I've been there. But I think what it's really about is wanting to make him REGRET what he's done and come grovelling back to you. Unfortunately with people like this, they only regret their actions (if they ever do) after several cycles of this behaviour, when eventually something cataclysmic makes them face up to what they are really like. Don't waste your time hoping that you will be THE ONE who makes him have this epiphany. If it turns out that way, then so be it, but by then with a bit of luck you'll be on your way and no longer interested. Then he will really learn something useful from the experience.

While you continue to call him wanting answers, discussing the ins and outs with the other woman (bear in mind that of course, to her, YOU'RE the other woman), you are feeding his egocentric behaviour even further. Two women fighting for me! Wow, I must be a REALLY big man! I bet I can keep them both dangling till I decide which one I like the best. Oh purleese. You and your DD deserve a whole lot better than anything this knob can offer.

YOu will feel like crap for a few weeks, but it WILL get better, it DOES get easier, and you will be stronger and wiser when a new man comes along. Do you think this episode augurs well for the future with this one, when you're not even living together yet and he still won't behave like a grown-up and treat you with some respect?

Please, think about what you would be saying to a friend of yours in this situation. I would say, "Walk away with your dignity intact, honey, and be glad you found out what he's like sooner rather than later". Right now he is all you can think of and it's hard to imagine life with anyone else, but every day it will get a little easier and by Christmas (parties! new people!) I reckon you might be scanning the horizon and seeing a whole new raft of prospctive Mr Rights.

Nimme · 18/10/2004 19:31

Bravo lulupop!

Heathcliffscathy · 18/10/2004 19:37

lulupop is right, it's almost superhumanly hard, but walk away...it really is the right thing to do...and take that a day at a time using mn as a support...you poor thing, no one deserves this...x

jojo38 · 18/10/2004 21:12

Hi hun.. sending you more hugs {{{{{Huge hugs}}}}} Dry your tears darlin. You are the strong one. You have your life back now, albeit in shreds.. you will heal - you will be stronger than ever.
With you all the way.

anorak · 18/10/2004 21:21

Great post lulupop. Totally agree.

Thomcat · 18/10/2004 21:30

Great post lulupops, promise to be there for me if I need you!

lulupop · 19/10/2004 07:27

Glad some others agree with my thoughts on this... though I must say it is always sooo much easier to be wise for other people in tricky situations than for oneself. That's why I said to think about what you'd say to a friend in this position.

How are you today, Amanda?

Amanda1 · 19/10/2004 08:31

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Tissy · 19/10/2004 08:37

well done, Amanda

carla · 19/10/2004 09:02

Couldn't just lose me entirely? Pah! He should have thought of that when he was sh*ing someone else!

Amanda, you have shown amazing courage. Your post this morning brought tears to my eyes - I think you've realised now that you CAN do it. And I raise my virtual glass to two wonderful nights out! Come back here soon/whenever you need to.

Love CarlaXXX

Yorkiegirl · 19/10/2004 09:08

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lulupop · 19/10/2004 09:17

Good on you Amanda. Once you've told him to piss off once, it will become progressively easier until you positively revel in it! Then he will stop calling, the loser.

Yes, he is off getting on with things, and that seems unfair, but there is a little place inside him where he KNOWS what he's done and what he's lost, and that's where the pathetic "I can't just lose you entirely" is coming from. Errr, hello? Perhaps you should have thought about what losing me would feel like before you two-times me, you scumbag.

Whoops, sorry, I'm getting carried away now. This bloke just really annoys me though, the way he's left you feeling is not right.

I bet his parents were horrified. I once had a boyfriend do something like this to me, and when I was still going through the "calling to get some answers" stage, his mother told ME that he didn't deserve a girlfriend as good as me! Not that that improved him one bit, as he did the same thing to the next two girlfriends.

ANyway well done, and keep with that strong attitude. You deserve the best, not some half-hearted idiot like this.

sis · 19/10/2004 09:45

Amanda, I have been reading this and didn'thave anything to add to the adviceyou hadalready received but I just want to say a huge WELL DONE! it can't have been easy but you did it! keep strong.

Thomcat · 19/10/2004 09:47

Go on girl. Sorryyou are faced with this but you're doing great, lots of love to you, TC

Tinker · 19/10/2004 10:06

Well done Amanda. YOU didn't make the huge mistake, he did

spacemonkey · 19/10/2004 10:07

Amanda, you're so right when you say that it wasn't a mistake to trust. Well done, keep strong and let us know how you get on. It's his loss!

ggglimpopo · 19/10/2004 10:09

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Nimme · 19/10/2004 10:21

Amanda, sounds like you are halfway there - well done. Of course it's hard in the beginning but soon you'll wonder why you ever wasted time and energy on such an a...hole. The thing is it may seem to you like he has moved on but actually he is doing what he has always done - and you are now the one who have moved along.

Keep being strong and enjoy your friends and daughters company. And when you feel weak come back here for some support and when you feel strong come back to boast!

Amanda1 · 19/10/2004 10:39

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lulupop · 19/10/2004 13:13

hey, a good marathon time is fantastic in itself, not purely as a measure of beating someone who doesn't deserve any space in your head in the first place. you go for it!

I promise you, your feelings for this guy will go from the current hurt and distress, to scorn and contempt, and finally to indifference much sooner than you can imagine right now. And feeling genuine, total indifference for someone is the ultimate two-fingers, it really is. If you can say you truly don't even care enough about someone to bother wasting the energy on hating them, then it's as if they don't exist for you. And as we know, Mr Knobhead is no longer in your address book, right??

welshmum · 19/10/2004 13:17

Hats off to you Amanda! You're a pretty impressive woman

Amanda1 · 19/10/2004 13:29

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bundle · 19/10/2004 13:30

well done, amanda, keep up the good work, i agree it will take time but in the long run it'll be worth it you deserve so much better