below is a bellowing rant.
just need to vent. really want to go lie down in a forest and scream for hours, pick up dirt and throw it, rip tress out of the ground. can't believe how upset, angry, devastated, alone I feel. Have to hold it all together at work now and for the kids later. I have no place to vent but here. thank you SI.
- overwhelmed by trial prep. STBXWH finally sent his information from formal discovery which was requested MONTHS ago. He drags his feet, his arrogance was pouring out through that document, objeting to this and that, that's irrelevant he says, doesn't need to provide that info - wtf? yet when i have a need, it goes unmet. Late for every single support payment. My lawyer has threatened to take him to court b/c of this. I asked months ago through my lawyer to put my name on two bills that I'm paying (have no control to change anything until then) but does he give a crap? Not at all. he has a million dollar mansion he just bought, TWO count them TWO personal assistants and he is trying to screw me out of a fair settlement. he paid tens of thousands of $$ for OW - lawyer fees, first class flights, a love shack for years. He drained our retirement account and is being such a miserly, stingy person. It's so scary. I'm so exhausted. I'm a frugal person generally, but am fighting for my kids and me to keep our home and a decent retirement (that we worked years to build). I put his ass through pre med, med school, a 7 year residency, the first part of his career and feel like he's trying to fuck me and screw me out of a fair settlement. I've cut down on everything in my life big time. I've never been high maintenance. Yet worked my ass off to support him for decades. Heard rumors he was fired - could be true?? he was fired from his last job. that would sure change everything. Nothing is guaranteed. I just don't know how to cope with this uncertainty. I know in my heart I can sell the house, live in a two bedroom apt. w/my kids and cats and we will be ok. But I'm so bitter about that b/c we lived hand to mouth for 20 years we were broke so many times, living on loans and credit cards, so we didn't have to live with that economic uncertainty. We worked tirelessly to lift ourselves out of poverty, unemployment, years of shitty jobs and being treated like crap by bosses who have power while you have none. Being sexually harassed at work multiple times but feeling powerless to do anything bc i didn't want to get fired and needed the damn job. years of crappy cars and inexpensive apartments where shit broke down all the time. And working to build a life where we both had education and power. Working a ft job, going to school then coming home and doing all of the chores of the house, all of the raising of kids. And now I'm feeling fucked by him. after all the decades I worked to support him in his dream. He's off living the dream, with TWO people to wipe his ass, in his 10 acre fucking horse farm/massive estate (which coincidentally is infected with fire ants - the best news ever) , and wouldn't really care if I do end up back in cheap apartment living.
- i've been sick the past two weeks w/bronchitis and sinus crap, exhausted, the daily grind is grueling and relentless,
- my son said that his dad told him that work is more important than family. what a fucking awful thing to say to your kid. and i'm left dealing with the fall out of both kids feeling abandoned.
- i'm alone in all of the decision making for the family. he doesn't give a rats ass, doesn't care about report cards, doesn't go to doctors appoitnemnts or teachers conferences, never stayed home with a sick kid, never prepared a meal for them.
- b/c money is so uncertain, i'm hesitant to splurge on fun things, fear making vacation plans, am building up an emergency fund in case he is fired, etc.
- I'm feeling old, unwanted, thrown away. looks like fucking perimenopause is starting and i'm feeling like crap. crazy emotions (clearly) all over the place. fear no one will ever love a nearly 50 year old woman with young children. can't ever imagine actually trusting someone again after years of STBXWH living a double life seamlessly.
- i never get a break. between my job and my kids, the house, the puking cat, the hyperthyroid cat, the socially rejected son, the clingy daughter, the shopping, laundry, crumbs all over the car...
- I'm feeling whiny, complaining, just don't know
how in the hell i'm going to get myself out of this hole i feel i'm in.
- i'm usually not this neurotic sounding. usually i'm pretty calm, balanced, level headed. This feels so unfamiliar. I'm scared, lonely, angry as hell, bitter. how do i get through this? how? how?
- feel so sad...shocked sometimes. how could he leave a good family? I was a good wife. I cared so much for him. Now, truly glad he is gone, but can't get that motherfucker out of my mind. wtf? he's always there.
- yes, i work out regularly, yes i hire sitters, i'm on meds, have a good therapist, my mom is helping me. i have good friends. a good job. i'm functioning fine. do divorce care. I have fun activities. So even though self care is ok, i still feel this crappy way.
- I don't want to be a victim. That's how I feel. I feel victimized by him, his lying deceit, manipulations, arrogance, power. How do i feel strong when I actually feel so fucked, screwed, used, thrown away, rejected, uncared for. and fucking totally exhausted. yet have to stay strong for everyone around me.
- and yes i have a totally kick ass lawyer. so i trust she's on my side and got my back. one of the best things to come from this mess.
- just needed to get that out. thanks for being here SI. Thanks for holding this crap. had to get it off my chest.