Ok I have a confession, be kind please lol, as I am punishing myself enough and am thoroughly ashamed.
As you know I was devastated by that bitch playing her little psycho games with the personal nickname. I am not sure why it has affected me so badly, but it has. I have fluctuated between total rage, to crying, hating, feeling vulnerable again etc.
I am guilty of looking at her page regularly over the past 2 days, I vowed not to but I cannot seem to help it. I am fixated with that post and I hate myself for it. She has removed it and re added it several times and ex reinstated his FB yesterday. I think what I am watching for is him to 'like' that post, which for me would be a complete deal breaker in terms of me even having contact with him re son.
If he 'likes' it, then it also tells me that he is prepared to allow her to totally abuse me and that he has ZERO respect for me at all, despite his emails about what an amazing mum I am. To me that would signify that he is condoning her vicious, sly, nasty behaviour towards me and I will NOT even be civil anymore re son regardless of any emergency. It tells me that he is not genuine about being united in sons best interests and nor is he going to sign those papers, that once again I have been sucked into whatever game they are playing.
You do not need to tell me to stop looking etc etc, I know that only too well, that is why I am beating up on myself right now, I cannot feel any worse, weak or pathetic. This not about him, this is about her smug, nasty dig at me. Leave him out of it, who TF does she think she is?? My wounds were all but healed and she has just taken a knife and stabbed it in my heart, then twisted it and laughed. I am raging and not dealing with it well. It is bringing up memories of childhood abuse, laughing at my pain. I am crying so hard writing this, I am full on triggered and experiencing a range of negative emotions.
I feel helpless to defend myself, I wish I could unsee it. My own stupid damn fault for looking, I brought this on myself and enabled her to deliver a final, but cruel blow. She is grinning away in the photo and I swear if could get my hands on her, I would wipe that smug grin right off her nasty, evil face.
I also blame him for allowing her to humiliate and hurt me like this, he may not have 'liked' the post YET, but he has obviously not objected.
He has sent just 2 emails today, both blocked, just notifications.
I am trying so hard not to think about it, but it affected me enough to give me a major night terror last night.
I desperately want to stop looking, but in all honesty I am waiting for his 'like' because if that comes then as I said before, it is going to have lifelong repercussions. That will be my breaking point and the only person who is going to suffer long term is our son. I know in my heart and 100%, that will be the end of ANY contact with him ever. I only allowed him to contact me a week ago out of neccessity for our sons wellbeing, he then bombarded me, not the other way round. He said he appreciated me being civil re son and that he was happy to have some connection with me in the name of us both being loving parents. I have been so optimistic that in light of this, he is going to sign the divorce papers. But I am starting to feel like I have just been taken for a complete ride again. My head is all over the place and I am hurting.
I know I am stupid, I know I should not have looked, I know I should not have trusted him, but I am human and I made a huge mistake. I had already blocked him, but had this overwhelming urge to go look if he had condoned her post. I promised myself last night that I would not look again, but I itched and itched all day until I could not resist a peek, finding every excuse to justify it in my own mind. As I write, he is back on FB but has not 'liked' it though he has commented on her post below 3 days ago, with funny emotes and flattering comments.
Why TF then is he messaging me? PLan B? this does not sound like a man who is planning to leave her anytime soon. Probably just trying to keep his options open incase he ever does. Well I am aware of that and hence why I have blocked him. What I want an answer to is why she has used that nickname and why she has removed it twice and reinstated, why anyone with even an ounce of heart would allow that. Does she want my blood too?
I am so down and cried so much the past 2 days, I really need to understand this situation. Not just 'block, don't look' etc, I need to understand why. Surely he would not tell her that name and encourage her to use it?
I am having a real bad time with this, it has set me back enormously. Thank you for reading and for any constructive advice.
BD x