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Relationship Partner with BPD (Straight and LGBT+) => Romantic Relationship | Conflicted About Continuing, Divorcing/Custody, Co-parenting => Topic started by: Evalon on June 13, 2013, 10:44:20 AM



Title: Where do you keep your books on this topic?
Post by: Evalon on June 13, 2013, 10:44:20 AM
I ordered some books a few weeks ago on how to deal with people with BPD (one was on how to prepare if you need to get out of a relationship - recommended on this site), but then when my husband started being nice again (part of the cycle), I felt so scared and guilty about it that I actually threw them away, so my husband wouldn't find them.  I feel like this is part of the control he has on me by switching from nuts to nice.  I have started seeing a therapist and she gave me the assignment to re-order one of the books on a kindle app on my phone, but usually apps show up on our family ipad too, so I am worried my husband would find my book when he uses the ipad.  Is there another way to read books online?

Thank you for any suggestions.


Title: Re: Where do you keep your books on this topic?
Post by: Surnia on June 13, 2013, 10:56:13 PM
I can imagine how you feel with it, I had the same problem with my exh.

I had my books at my workplace and only the one I read well hided at home. I was more comfortable to read them on the e-reader, but I had my own.

What about your own little Ipad?


Title: Re: Where do you keep your books on this topic?
Post by: Linlu53 on June 14, 2013, 06:09:18 PM
I would like to get some ebooks as well. Especially the Family Guide to borderline. But when I go to buy it it seems it is only in paperback. I can't let a book like that lie around, either. My h does not read so even if it were on our shared iPad he would never open the kindle app. Any place I can find that particular book?


Title: Re: Where do you keep your books on this topic?
Post by: Surnia on June 14, 2013, 11:10:41 PM
To Linlu

A h who would never open a kindle app is a advantage 

You will find the Family Guide Book for kindle reader here (http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Family-Borderline-Personality-Disorder/dp/1592853633/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1371269642&sr=8-1&keywords=family+guide+kreger).



Title: Re: Where do you keep your books on this topic?
Post by: Linlu53 on June 15, 2013, 10:33:50 AM
Found it! Yea!


Title: Re: Where do you keep your books on this topic?
Post by: SadWifeofBPD on June 15, 2013, 11:28:05 AM
After my mom witnessed one of my H's rages, she sent me a book about dealing with difficult husbands (we didn't know h had BPD then).

I knew that H would have a fit if he saw it, so I changed the cover.  I put a "chick lit" paper cover on it. 

Later, if found that hiding books between the mattress and box springs to be a good hiding place. 


Title: Re: Where do you keep your books on this topic?
Post by: waverider on June 16, 2013, 06:07:48 AM
Mine are on the mantlepiece in the lounge room. Took a while to get the courage to that. But my partner is at a stage now that she is aware she has BPD, and is greatful that I am doing things to help our RS.


Title: Re: Where do you keep your books on this topic?
Post by: Evalon on June 18, 2013, 12:45:20 PM
Thank you for the suggestions!  SadWife, what a brilliant idea to change the cover to a chick-lit book!  I love it :) 

I ordered a tiny Nook from Barnes and Noble (didn't want to do Kindle, since I think it's connection to Amazon and we use the same account there to order books and a lot of other things.  I haven't received it yet, but hopefully, it will be a good way for me to catch a few minutes of reading here and there if I am in the car waiting to do school pick-up or something.  I plan to keep it in a compartment of my purse.  I don't have a workplace to store book in since I am home with my kids.


Title: Re: Where do you keep your books on this topic?
Post by: Ring of fire on July 12, 2013, 07:54:41 PM
I have a friend who took the "walking on eggshells" book  and had the book rebound  with a fake cover and side. He is a lawyer and I believe the fake cover is posing as a legal boring book,one in which a  BPD would never pick up. I thought that was a  pretty clever thing to do.


Title: Re: Where do you keep your books on this topic?
Post by: waverider on July 12, 2013, 08:15:06 PM
I have a friend who took the "walking on eggshells" book  and had the book rebound  with a fake cover and side. He is a lawyer and I believe the fake cover is posing as a legal boring book,one in which a  BPD would never pick up. I thought that was a  pretty clever thing to do.

Just as long as you dont put the fake cover on upside down lol