Re: For the record EDITED
Hey there. I just happened to click on the "abused husbands" forum out of curiosity and I was happy to see there was indeed something waiting for me here. It was nice to see your name on the screen and read what you had to say.
You probably wouldn't remember me, but years back, when I had a different username, you gave me a great deal of help and guidance in dealing with an abusive ex boyfriend I had. To this day I still remember a lot of your advice on how to deal with such people.
I will let you know that now (after MUCH therapy and work on self and a great deal of time alone) I am with a very loving partner who treats me like a princess. The relationship I always dreamed about.
But- I still took a lot of use reading this, especially about tending to the boundaries, because even though I have a wonderful partner now, I am still dealing somewhat with abusive/manipulative/bad people. Physically I am safe (I hope at least) but emotionally this has had me in a wreck. I know I need to work on my boundaries and protect my heart from such types, thank you so much for the reminder. I am glad to hear you are back and sorry to hear about the mistake you made with the other member... but you are doing good work in this world by helping people with your wisdom.
Blessings!