Nomopo's Thread - Is something happening to me?

[Iamworththetime]

Seeing this so clearly, in the light of her comment and my friend's observation, has somehow, suddenly, made me much less vulnerable to it. I suppose that what she has been exploiting is my historic willingness to take her seriously, to respect her comments, just as I did for a decade or more. It makes me sad to have to abandon that respect, which was such a hallmark of our relationship. But I am doing that now, I am taking each comment one at a time, and I'm not swallowing the hook as much.

This has freed me up inside, very much.

When you finally let go of the fear of doing/saying something that'll make them mad, you will feel liberated. It was only when I finally refused to be a doormat that I realized that life will go on without her.