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I don't know if I can endure this again.

You will. It's those emotions. Even though you know the drill now, the emotions are still there to mess with you for now. Let us know how the pickup of you things goes. Hopefully it works like you plan and you don't have to cross his path.

I plan to pick up my things tomorrow. Melbourne has gone into almost full lockdown now and we can only travel within a 5km radius from home. Curfew from 8pm to 5am. He lives more than 5km from me but I'm going to go anyway. If I get pulled over I'll explain the situation. There's no way I'm going to wait 6 weeks for the restrictions to be lifted, that would set me back way too far.

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I'm wondering if there's a mod around who could move my post to a more appropriate forum.

New Beginnings just doesn't seem to be what it's about anymore.

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Definitely pick up your things as soon as possible. I agree.

Up to you as far as moving your post. I've seen posts like this before in New Beginnings. I made one myself a few months ago.

(((TTS)))

I'm sorry to hear that Who

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Tts, I remember you well. I am so sorry that you are going through this. You will survive it. It is just awful but you will. That 4 letter word that we all ce to know so well, time. (((Tts)))

Thank you cant.

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I haven't commented yet but this:

It's brutal reading intimate conversations between the person you love and someone else.

I know this. I have a recording somewhere that has my XWW telling her AP that she would never love me again. I listened to it just once back on Dday over two years ago. It still simultaneously stabs me in the chest and punches me in the gut when I think about it today.

I'm sorry you are going through this.

Oh no. I just got up to speed. I'm so terribly sorry tts. That bastard!

I'm so sorry, no one deserves this treatment.

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I'm so, so sorry. I wish I had words of comfort for you. I know it hurt to read those messages, sweetie, but FWIW, you found out what was really happening with him...goodness knows how much longer this would have continued with you feeling like you should try to save this relationship.

As for him...oh, I have words, but not of comfort and I will not elaborate further.

Thank you all so very much.

I went over there today to collect my stuff. I made sure he wouldn't be there.

He said he had left a letter for me.

I chose not to read it. There is nothing I want to hear from him and I didn't want to risk his words tipping me over the edge.

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There's a song called The Last Time, by an artist named Erick Baker, with these lines:

This is the last time I let you say goodbye

Don't call when there's no one to lie beside

Don't waste your breath in letters I won't read

Cause there is nothing in your promises that I need

I thought of that song just now when I read your update. Good for you for not opening that letter full of empty words. Huge hugs to you.

Thank you Jana. I'm exhausted.

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Something my brother said when I told him what SO had done....

"so when he finally showed his true colours they proved to be a startling shade of turd".

love my bro.

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Great quote. We can all relate.

Instead he copied and sent the last message from her apparently. It was obviously part of an ongoing conversation about how excited they both are about this wonderful new relationship and how fabulous the future looks.

I am so sorry you had to see that because I know the pain it caused you.

However, this was a gift from the universe, so you KNOW...for sure...the guy is a WS.

He said he had left a letter for me.

I chose not to read it.

There you go TTS! Good for you to have a clear head and functioning self care skills right now.

"so when he finally showed his true colours they proved to be a startling shade of turd".

I love your brother.

How are you doing today TTS??

PS- I alerted the Mods about your request to move this thread.

[This message edited by Chrysalis123 at 7:11 AM, August 6th (Thursday)]

Hi Chrys.

How am I today? Seems to depend on the hour. I had forgotten the true extent of this rollercoaster ride but it's hitting home hard.

It's an interesting thing, you would think that having had to do this before I should be better equipped to deal with it, it's not new and unchartered territory like it was with my ex. Problem is I know how it goes, I remember the pain, it scares the crap out of me.

I have reacted a little differently this time though. I have reached out for help immediately, I'm not doing anything to protect him or his precious reputation, I'm not making excuses for him and I'm not beating myself up and taking any of the blame. I won't.

On the odd occassion, when I'm feeling overwhelmed with grief at the loss of what I thought we had, I recall that message I read. It reminds me of the lies, the manipulation and the level of deception. It fuels the rage and we all know anger is a much more comfortable emotion than grief.

Right now I'm trying to figure out what to do with that anger. I've never been a vindictive person, I never looked for or took revenge on my XWH, he just wasn't worth it even though I felt like it plenty of times. I wanted to hurt him as much as he had hurt me, but I didn't. I told myself that I'm not that person and that karma would deal with him. I have no idea if it has, I'm just grateful that he's been out of my life all this time.

I'm battling with myself at the moment. I know enough about this man that I could make at least the next few years of his life miserable. I actually know enough to probably put him in jail. Problem is I'm not that person, but maybe he turned me into that person. The jury is out.

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[This message edited by trying to smile at 7:28 PM, August 6th (Thursday)]

On the odd occassion, when I'm feeling overwhelmed with grief at the loss of what I thought we had

The other thing that helped me when he would pop into my head and I needed a little something to get him out of there...I would think of the one or two things that I wouldn't miss. I quickly say, "but yeah, you never have to deal with _____ bs again."

That was one of my favorite tricks - especially when I was feeling sad about a lost future.

That's a good trick Chili and I find myself doing that too. The great surprise to me is how many of those things there are. I made allowances for so many things, love is truly blind.

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