Title: sidestep a recycle Post by: gina louise on December 31, 2012, 10:15:24 AM my HUSBAND called last night after texting, and we finally talked. he wants to reconci... .Uh... I mean RECYCLE.
He claimed he was only selling the house to pay the divorce settlement.(my fault) he offered me nothing, even said as much-still blamed me 99%, but had a list of demands/expectations that I need to meet. He did apologize for screaming at me (but I drove him to it?) I am still painted pretty black. I agreed to meet and talk today. face to face over coffee. He's hoping to reconcile. Providing I Do what he expects. His last words were... YOU OWE ME! "?" go figure. entitlement knows no bounds. I smell a rat... .I mean a recycle. I spent some sleepless hours... mulling over my options. I don't think I can go back with conditions on me, like a price on my head. I'm human too. I need some compromise from his side! So, what I am going to offer to him is a payment plan rather than lump sum for the divorce settlement-so he doesn't have to sell the house. I have a job lined up here... and I am not ready to move back, yet. It's sad... .I feel badly. that I can't just leap back into the r/s and say YES-lets try. But I am in shields up- self protect mode. GL Title: Re: sidestep a recycle Post by: tnvol6 on December 31, 2012, 12:25:45 PM I commend you for your response. Sounds like you bare doing the right thing
Title: Re: sidestep a recycle Post by: gina louise on January 01, 2013, 12:44:23 PM UPDATE:
first off, Happy New Year! Hope 2013 is bigger, better, busier and more FUN than any other year! YEAH! I saw my HUSBAND , took him some stuff, picked up some books I had left-ran some errands with him and ate lunch out. He was a complete MESS. I felt so bad for him. He seemed worse off then when we were together. Distracted, distressed. Anxious. admitted to having a breakdown in a work meeting and crying. I felt a twinge of guilt, but when he began lecturing me IN the car-about not sharing my measly amount of money with him, "making" him pay for everything (Not true, BTW) I used ALL my validation tools, bit my lip and stayed neutral. The "everything" he paid for was all HIS and he gets to keep it-and I paid every penny I had to cover MY own bills (car, phone, credit cards) and ate 3/4 of my life's savings the first year of marriage. (box of frogs, box of frogs, box of frogs... . ) so irrational rant # 1. Done... . His next rant was how he needs this and that from me... has "stbxBPDhpectations" of how HIS life WILL BE. A list of hoops for me to leap and tumble through. Nothing new-just same old stuff. And I will either come along or not. That's How It was. That's how he wants it. That's HOW it WILL be. Me = Switzerland. him = box of frogs. He was mostly in that cold, flat Detached Protector Mode. I know it's for his own emotional/mental preservation. Didn't show much emotion. Hugged me, and I hugged back. I don't hate the man! I can tell he's truly struggling. Hard to watch. At lunch he said his head feels like it's full of bees-like his thoughts are just buzzing and can't settle. I believe he needs mood stabilizers or something but I can't suggest that.(Yet) He left the table twice to take or make calls... . and then couldn't decide what to order. He said he felt overwhelmed even making a simple menu choice! After lunch we ran several more errands- kept us busy and out. Very nice day too. I didn't try to pressure him into making ANY decisions-just offered to negotiate payments for the divorce settlement-IF he's insisting on a D. Told him I could see that divorce and selling and moving all at once is too much to handle. Told him maybe a Legal Separation is more in order while we see what we want? Maybe counseling? Then said good bye and drove home. I am relieved. And saddened. He is so troubled by everything. I am doing FINE. I am happy. I DO miss him. But I don't miss his stress, anxiety and struggle... . his deep pervasive negativity. His need for control. GL |