Author Topic: What's wrong with me  (Read 1173 times)

betr4

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What's wrong with me
« on: November 03, 2007, 10:34:39 AM »
One thing I always felt strongly was the hurt my children would experience.  My focus was on others attitudes and I wanted to protect my children from the hurt and injury from others.  I was living in so much pain from my marriage relationship that it colored everything I did.   I know it effected how I saw things.
My granddaughter at 17 years old has left home with me to go live with a friend from high school.  I have seen her twice since June when she left.  I raised her most of her life and watched her hurdle lots of rejection and outright meanness from others and she always comes out with a positive, self-assured attitude.  She is on her own, living with people she didn't even know until one month before she went to live with them.
I absorb pain and she shruggs it off and keeps on going.  She is in her own world with a strong sense of self. 
I think the pain I felt through my children was my own, not theirs. 
Her attitude is kind and gentle, and there is no resentment when she does call me.  I leave her alone and have let her go.  Somehow I know she is okay.  I feel like if she does need me at some point, it will be okay for both of us.
Separating this teenager leaving on her own and me accepting it is so different from the h who leaves and comes back as if nothing ever happened.  He is convinced that his double life is because I am such a horrible person that he has to hide from me.  At least that's what he says.  Unless he wants to come back and I am the only person in the entire universe that he would even consider to be his wife.
I can see the healthy part of me with my granddaughter and accepting what is.  I can also see the sick inability to "believe" that "he" is doing what he is doing.  Never ceases to amaze me.
I am glad to see that my granddaughter, although it is not what I want, can do what she needs to do and blames no one and has no hard feelings.  The h on the other hand is full of resentment, blame and deceitfulness.
I find relief in knowing the difference.
Thanks BR

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Re: What's wrong with me
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2007, 05:46:36 PM »
Dear Betsy,                                                                                                                                                                                           I don't really ,totally understand what you are saying. Are you saying that you are in denial  with your NH .?
 Are you saying that you cannot deal with him clearly b/c you are in denial?  However, you can face your relationship with your Grandaughter b/c you are not in denial about her .                    Ami
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Re: What's wrong with me
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2007, 06:19:26 PM »
I think your h sees you as all good or all bad when he sees you.

He also probably says whatever is self serving in the moment to throw you off, make excuses for his behaivior or get you off his back when pressing him for information that makes sense. 

Nothing he says or does makes sense for any length of time, and that takes some getting used to. 

Most people are driven to make sense of things.

He never will. 

I guess you'll eventually get to a place where you accept and make peace with the fact that your h has a disordered mind and won't ever ever ever make sense.

If he does, it's in your mind.

If you hold out hope, it's your strength you depend on to carry the relationship farther.

It's not a relationship when one person keeps tearing everything apart, over and over and over again and telling you that's not what's happening, thought it clearly is. 

He makes you doubt your perception, you get confused, you want the promises and nice things he says to come true.

They'll always be plagued with the negatives, the pain, the withdrawl, accusations and finger pointing blame he can't accept as his own. 

Peace won't ever be a part of that relationship.... and if it did.... would you still want it?

Maybe you would, I don't know. 

You deserve better and I think you know it. 

I see where you understand healthier withdrawl from your Grandaughter but you have a harder time with the confusion your H creates. 

Stop being confused.  Believe him when he shows you who he is.  Don't let him keep destroying your equilibrium over and over and over again.  Whatever you have to do, take all the control you give him.....

back.

For yourself. 

It's yours, you know?

You gave it to him and he's not worthy. 

I think he's broken and he can't do any better, or he would.

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Re: What's wrong with me
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2007, 07:14:39 PM »
hi betr4

There is nothing wrong with you.

You have a different relationship with your granddaughter than with your husband. It's a matter of love and trust, and her having a sense of self already. Lucky her. That is what we on here didn't have when dealing with the N.

You know your granddaughter will return, that she is not lost to you.

You don't know that about your husband.

Loive
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Re: What's wrong with me
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2007, 12:41:06 PM »
Thank you Ami, Lighter, Izzy,

I needed to hear every word.  I am starved for the truth.  I used to be so afraid of hearing the truth and it scared me into protecting the marriage.  I hid in it I think.

I have a sense of acceptance with my granddaughter.  It is entirely different from this with the h.

I really appreciate the courage of each of you sharing your thoughts and viewpoints on this.  I tried for so long to find someone to relate to.
This kind of caring is what I always knew existed.  I am grateful for each of yo. BR