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Sadly, it's the experience of so many. I don't know why people can't all sit down and talk reasonably.
posted by
mneme
on September 10, 2007 at 6:14 AM
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I can imagine how that goes.....
posted by
star4sky5
on September 10, 2007 at 6:08 AM
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Bhaskar
Thank you for your concern. Not out of the woods yet. It is peaceful because my husband has gone away on business for a few weeks. We need these separations, they restore my equilibrium. It's less than ideal, and I'm working through it.
posted by
mneme
on September 10, 2007 at 4:52 AM
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Oh, I am relieved mneme, was alarmed initially though.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on September 10, 2007 at 4:06 AM
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Taps
I don't know where I am. Sitting on the sofa LOL. Thank you for your thoughts. Peace has been achieved, for the moment.
posted by
mneme
on September 10, 2007 at 3:56 AM
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Nautikos
I'm not telling. Bit of both.
posted by
mneme
on September 10, 2007 at 3:54 AM
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Troosha
Thank you; situations like these are so exhausting, for everyone. It's all about control.
posted by
mneme
on September 10, 2007 at 3:53 AM
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Blacksnow
Thank you for your kind thoughts. Yes, it is difficult to give up on people. I just got older, and less resilient. There are signs of change but they don't last.
posted by
mneme
on September 10, 2007 at 3:52 AM
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Muser
I'm touched, that was very sweet of you.. you brought a tear to my eye. Yes, it does seem to come down to the financials, in spite of how much he says he loves me. He seems to forget that when he is angry; then he just wants to win. Quiet here right now, he is away again. I've caught up with the household chores and can relax.
posted by
mneme
on September 10, 2007 at 3:50 AM
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Tattered Knight
Thank you - although I'm not sure a teenager would agree :) I would hope if it were my daughter that she would come to me.
posted by
mneme
on September 10, 2007 at 3:44 AM
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Pat B
Thank you..! Seems to have hit a particular note.
posted by
mneme
on September 10, 2007 at 3:43 AM
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Taps
All I wanted was some space, and if he had given it to me things might have been different. Instead, I get ultimatums and noise. No wonder I can't think for myself.
posted by
mneme
on September 10, 2007 at 3:42 AM
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afzal
Thanks for visiting..
posted by
mneme
on September 10, 2007 at 3:40 AM
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mneme
Where now art thou? Peace to you, and joy.
posted by
TAPS.
on September 7, 2007 at 4:35 PM
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mneme
powerful words! I would hope they're not autobiographical, but I
do suspect they're inspired by experience...
posted by
Nautikos
on September 1, 2007 at 6:45 PM
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mneme
Sound like a moment in time we've all probably experienced. We may not have checked in to the nearest hotel but we checked out emotionally.... Sometimes there's just no "negotiating" with some people.
posted by
Troosha
on September 1, 2007 at 12:41 PM
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It is hard to give up one people, esp ones we lived with. Remain strong but
yOU WILL KNOW WHEN it is time to really leave. I believe in second chances but not second chances for DEATH! Yes, poetry comes froma ll places...thank God! Poetry has saved many a person I know....even if the written/published evidence amounts to naught. Keeponpeaceway
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posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on September 1, 2007 at 9:57 AM
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Oh mneme...it sounds like your situation has reached critical mass...
I know from my own experience what you are going through...once again I am amazed at the parallel of our lives. I will venture that going back is not an option any longer; to go back now would be to enter a space where the last of the oxygen in it is running put...you know you wouldn't be able to breathe...the very last of YOU would smother to death...
The saddest of all is to hear that it all boils down to money...stuff...damn stuff...
My former wanted to wait until the next Tax year to get our divorce. AND I shouldn't expect one half of assets because I didn't work as hard and long as he did, nor did I make as much money...so I didn't DESERVE one half of the assets! I was so hurt...I walked away with almost nothing...I didn't have the heart, the intestinal fortitude for the ugliness of divorce.
I hope you will not make my mistake. You can and you will get through this. You will find love again; you will find someone who will love you for who you are. Max and I were at a little local restaurant tonight that has a "good ol' days malt shoppe" theme . A big Wurlitzer jukebox is placed prominently at the entrance of the dining room. I read this post earlier today, and when Max excused himself, I began thinking about you and what you are having to deal with right now. I walked over to the jukebox, put in my quarter, pressed 147, and dedicated Joe Cocker's "You are so Beautiful to Me" to you...You will be that precious and that beautiful to some one someday...
A chapter ends...a new chapter begins...your story will have a happy ending...
posted by
muser
on August 31, 2007 at 8:32 PM
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mneme
Sounds like teenage angst. Very good
posted by
Tattered_Knight
on August 31, 2007 at 7:56 PM
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Gorgeously written unhappy slice of life.
The drama, the concrete details, image-full. And it makes me want to cringe. Good job!
posted by
Pat_B
on August 31, 2007 at 11:05 AM
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mneme
It certainly does make one want to scream. I'm so thankful those days, for me, were long ago. He still makes me want to scream at him now and then even though he has been re-married for ten years and lives a thousand miles away. When one is connected through children and grandchildren, there is no escaping completely.
posted by
TAPS.
on August 31, 2007 at 8:03 AM
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Highly poignant !
posted by
afzal50
on August 31, 2007 at 6:52 AM
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mneme
As old Will Shakespeare said " Get thee to a nunnery!" or something.
I only drop into this Blogit chatroom now and again, and I shan't renew my sub when it expires in November. Blogit's got such a bore.
I'm in another blogsite now.
Be well.
posted by
ariel70
on August 31, 2007 at 6:49 AM
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symph
Thank you.. it seemed to resonate. A tough subject.
posted by
mneme
on August 31, 2007 at 5:15 AM
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7stars
Thank you, and thanks for visiting.
posted by
mneme
on August 31, 2007 at 5:15 AM
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proc
I'm glad you thought so.. but that worries me.. too many guys seem to get away with it.
posted by
mneme
on August 31, 2007 at 5:13 AM
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wow, excellent written!!
posted by
_Symphony_
on August 31, 2007 at 5:08 AM
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well, it has all expression.....
posted by
star4sky5
on August 31, 2007 at 4:53 AM
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It resonates from so many peoples lives. lovely strong images. I love it.
posted by
proc
on August 31, 2007 at 4:53 AM
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Thanks, Dave
A bit of a departure for me. I wasn't sure what the reception would be.
posted by
mneme
on August 31, 2007 at 3:44 AM
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Strong writing, Mneme. Yes it's uncomfortable, but isn't it supposed to be. The prosey style of it adds to the reality the reader feels.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on August 31, 2007 at 3:02 AM
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