Wow! How dd I miss this one.
I haven't read it all, but it all rings true.
Sorry if I repeat what has already been said.
"I regret hurting you" - translation - "I regret nothing, I didn't care that this would hurt you, our boys or our families. You care about me, you regret I did this so in fact I think I'll just keep on regreting hurting you. This is nice!"
"I am committed" translation "to me."
"We were soulmates". transaltion "We both were selfish barstards, we both cared more about ourselves than our partners or kids. We really are just the same sad sick barstards".
"You were never there for me" translation, "I was never there for you, I was there for myself."
"Why didn't you love me?" transaltion "I don't love myself. Nothing can fill the void that should be filled by a healthy self image. This is your fault."
"I didn't think you cared" translation "I didn't think you would find out."
"I don't need to be checked for STDs, he wasn't that kind." transaltion - "He was the kind of man who would use prostitutes while in the army, have an affair with his best friends wife, not care about his own health or that of his wife, have an affair with me, but apart from that is a really decent moral person just like me!"
"I am being honest" translation "I think I have been clever in the way I have been dishonest."
"This won't work if you won't trust me" tranlsation "I can't get away with wanting my own selfish way if you are inconsiderate enough to selfishly look for the truth."
"I want us to work it out" translation "I want to be an independant free new age modern woman, but I want you to support me while I shag other men."
" " transaltion - You asked me a question that would mean I would have to face the truth. I can't do that so I will pretend you said nothing.
" " translation - you asked me how I feel about something other than my immediate want. I don't know who I am, what I want or how I feel about anything so shut up and go away.
" angry outburst, angry rant" - translation - "You got close there! You nearly made me face this. I will ruthlessly attack you and try to control you into never ever daring to raise this matter again."
Finally maybe
"I love you." transaltion - I have crushed you and you have become the utterly controlled object I want you to be. You are my perfect little controlled person. i don't care who you are and what you want but I just love the way you try harder and harder to get something I never ever will give. Oh, I love myself and my other little self who used to be you."
Bitter? Me?
Mark aka Andrew