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Hey Coach, I pray that you are well!! Im still breathing &

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Hey Coach, I pray that you are well!! I'm still breathing & standing. In fact, I am great...met with a Psychiatrist today for two hours, he helped me embrace my sanity in the midst of an extremely dysfunctional marriage, which I will be bringing to an end by Sept. 1st

Submitted: 11 months ago.
Category: Relationship
Expert:  CoachJenK replied 11 months ago.


CoachJenK :

Welcome Thomas. I have been thinking of you and wondering how you are.

Customer :

I am getting stronger and more independent every day.....how r u ?

CoachJenK :

All is well. I was wondering if you had given it ll up and were living in Hawaii. :-)

Customer :

:)

Customer :

thought about it often

Customer :

standing strong

CoachJenK :

I am sure. so fill me in.

CoachJenK :

Thomas, can you give me 10 minutes? I am here but I have a sick child at home with me today. I will be right back. Keep writing and i will respond in just a few.

Customer :

Well, my wife has maintained her irrational position and has become very brazen in her attitude towards me.... I have asked her for a divorce and to leave 6 times, each time curses me out and a few hours later acts as though I never said anything......Yesterday , she told me that she was going out of town for few days to speak at a conference and to visit her parents. I was welcomed to come, but she preferred that I didn't.....I asked her if she was meeting her male friend and she refused to answer my question....She will not leave the house so, I will be leaving by Sept. 1st

CoachJenK :

I am here. So sorry about that.

Customer :

ok

CoachJenK :

It sounds as if it sadly is the same stuff you have been dealing with but what i do like to hear is that you have some strength and have made a decision for yourself.

Customer :

II spend a great deal of time away from her and it has helped

CoachJenK :

it is shocking how she can just stay in this dynamic

Customer :

she seems to be convinced that she is a victim and what she has done is part of her self-preservation

Customer :

I say go...but, I'm her soul mate

Customer :

:(

CoachJenK :

ah yes I remember that stance of hers.

CoachJenK :

I am glad you saw a Psychiatrist today and felt herd and understood.

Customer :

supposedly, her plans for a separation were cancelled because I was in pain and she ccouldn

Customer :

t leave me that way

Customer :

but, sshe has caused 1000 times more pain staying

Customer :

by stayying

CoachJenK :

either way there is pain but by staying you both are prolonging it

Customer :

(keyboard still stiicks)

CoachJenK :

lol no worries

Customer :

She still doesn't have a steady job

Customer :

that, like the last 10 years started strong then died

Customer :

Lazy is what lazy does!!!!

CoachJenK :

she has done what she wants and continues to do so and that is why you and I have always felt that it will be you that needs to take whatever action was necessary.

Customer :

well I didn't want to throw out on the street, but letting her stay has clearly been a license for abuse.

CoachJenK :

it has hurt you for sure but you can only make a move when you feel totally ready and that has what our work together has been about.

Customer :

I''m ready, now more than ever!!!!

CoachJenK :

I hear it and I commend your strength

Customer :

Her love has become very ttoxic

Customer :

....to me

CoachJenK :

i know

Customer :

it saddens me, but I look forward to the future without this craziness

CoachJenK :

yes and when you are without it you will not even imagine that you lived like this.

Customer :

I believe that...

CoachJenK :

and you will feel light and unburdened.

CoachJenK :

so how did you arrive at Sept 1?

Customer :

The Dr today helped break free from worrying about her emotional / mental well being behind my decision to end thee marriage

CoachJenK :

nice!!!!!

Customer :

prior to this trip, I expressed to her that I had sexual needs that only she can fulfill, however for 2 months she refused, giving me a variety of excuses. When she announced that she was leaving town, she tried to reassure me that she would be having sex with me before she left........Am I crazy for being insulted and having no desire to have sex with her??

CoachJenK :

this is all part of the dynamic between the two of you.

Customer :

.That is why it comes to an end....NOW!!!!!

CoachJenK :

So happy for you Thomas

Customer :

the Dr essentially said that I am very rational and reasonable in my expectations, my reactions, but, she is mentally / emotionally immature and that may not improve, so I must make decisions that are going too safe guard my well being, thereby confirming everything that you have said to me these past months.

CoachJenK :

exactly. right on Doc!

Customer :

Because, I have genuinely loved her, my heart aches, but I have to just pray for her and move on.....I got that!!!

CoachJenK :

Yes and you can also know that you have gone above and beyond and tried everything.

Customer :

Yes, I have.....I am comforted in knowing that I did all that I could do to save my wife and my marriage.

CoachJenK :

that is correct even putting your emotional health and physical health in harms way.

Customer :

....regrettably so

CoachJenK :

not really cause if you hadnt gone the distance you would always question

Customer :

true that

Customer :

I can now say that I am at peace about it

Customer :

....the future

CoachJenK :

I am glad. I can hear it and I am happy for that. You deserve it all.

Customer :

I will find my self resting in Hawaii.... in the near future

CoachJenK :

love that!!!

Customer :

I gotta run....so glad I had the chance to talk to you....I will be in touch soon

CoachJenK :

ok. take great care.

Customer :

will do!!!

CoachJenK :

The system has changed...it now asks you to rate my work rather than give an accept. Please take a moment to do so.

Customer :

I certainly will......bye

CoachJenK :

bye for now

Customer :

...4 now! :)

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