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« on: May 07, 2015, 02:32:34 PM »

Yesterday on another thread I commented that a large part of me has been thinking, "I'll get back to my business when I recover from this r/s and b/u."  

But the reverse is likely (more) true:  "I'll recover from this r/s and b/u when I get back to my business (professional and otherwise)."

So, today, while I've been on this board a bit, I've been on it a lot less than in past weeks.  I'm working on my business and getting an honest sense of where I stand in terms of sales/earnings.  This feels very good to get clear on the facts... .where I am in relation to where I need to be financially.  I am self-employed with no support from my ex.  I am a solo-prenuer without external accountability.  This can be a real danger if I let myself just wallow in the b/u misery.

I gave too much time/energy/MONEY in this r/s.  I hardly had a dime to give.  But I gave a lot.  That financial hit was bad enough.  I cannot afford (nor do I want) to let my business be another casualty from this b/u.  There have already been too many casualties thus far.  I have to stop the bleeding.  

As such, today I re-engage with my business life.  :)oing this has lots of pay-offs... .financial and emotional.  And it FEELS GOOD!  I am thinking less about my ex as I think more about me, business, clients, see I am doing better than I thought and making commitments to moving forward.  

Who has made a similar discovery?  What did you do to get back on track?  :)o tell.  I imagine I am not alone in this Smiling (click to insert in post)

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« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2015, 02:42:11 PM »

Emotional, still working on it. Financial... .I guess, I wasn't with her long enough to have too much of a hit and I wasn't burning my last dime on the r/s with her. Would be nice to get back those 5-10 grand I spent in 6 months on flights, gifts, entertainment, etc. but I'm not hurting without them.
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« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2015, 01:07:03 PM »

Invictus, so glad financial repercussions were not part of your BPD experience.  You were smart!  I think I am not the only one who suffered financially in my r/s.  Would love to hear others' experiences in this regard.  What did you sacrifice?  How did you (are you) recovering?

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« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2015, 01:15:16 AM »

I was with her 2 years. Married for two months.

I've not recovered financially. I'm not going into detail for now in regards how I lost it all, it would be a long diatribe.

In short I basically gave up everything in order to make it work.

Stupid? In retrospect, yes. But at the same time, although I'm in a terrible spot right now, I don't regret it. I will not repeat the mistake and learned a lot.

Recovering is hard. I had a decent job, was driving a new car, nice house together. Now I am living in a small room and have no money at all. The last three months were terrible, if it wasn't for my family helping me with the bare necessities I'd most likely be homeless.

I've applied for 200+ jobs, have gotten only a handful replies.  I'm over the divorce etc. in psychological terms, but I'm basically outmaneuvered financially. The last couple of months I really got to understand how, once you reach a certain point, you are really on thin ice. I've gotten way more aware of homeless people around me.

It's a damn shame. I'm in my early thirties. I'm well educated, intelligent, creative, driven etc... .You name it. But once you start stressing about money on a daily basis it gets really, really difficult.

All while she's continuing the business I helped her build. Towards the end she only used me, consciously or not, and I continued investing, totally focused on making it work and helping her.

First time in my life that I'm REALLY worried about my future.

Sorry for the whiny post. I'm just pretty drained in the evenings.
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