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#150: August 25, 2024, 01:38:23 PM
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So sorry you’re going through this, thoughts your way
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#151: August 25, 2024, 11:01:06 PM
Hey Help,

So it's the end of the road.... I'm so sorry..... it sounds very terrible what you have been thru.
You did try, and did all you could. It may not seem like anything right happened.... but years from now, when the kids are older, they will ask and you'll be able to say (honestly) that you tried with all your might. How much better when they come to understand this, rather than thinking you gave up and sold them short?

No Help..... you did right. No what-if's. That's important. You're clean.

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#152: August 26, 2024, 12:04:26 AM
I know it's rough right now. So give yourself some time to rest, and show yourself some grace.

Like most dark clouds, this too has silver linings once the dust settles a bit.  Illusions are now gone. What lies ahead is now pretty much up to you (just like it always has).  Go and build a great life.

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BD ("I don't love you"): Feb 2019, 
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#153: August 26, 2024, 06:04:44 AM
Just to add a little insult to injury.....

You need a new thread please.


As far as your FIL goes, well... The apple never falls far from the tree, does it?

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