I know this will hurt but it feels like you are needless hurting here
#1...of course there are conditions on love...you hurt my kids...gone...you violate me or cross clear boundaries...you are gone
loving unconditionally is what we do for our children
it sounds like you were doing what you were doing to get love back and that isn't nothing
I get that this is your struggle but there is something fishy sounding here... perhaps it is the fact that I was "followed" by the guy I dated...perhaps it is because there are things that just don't ring true
post away ask away
you will never move beyond this if you don't realize that she clearly wasn't the one for you
if you don't look at it as maybe being somehting that was good for its run but that its run is over
and
I understand you are a fireman how long have you been on the job?
I know lots of fireman and I asked about the way you describe things because I have to tell you...it doesn't seem right to me
perhaps this is because I am a little leery about the guy I dated following me around here maybe it is something else
but i have to say that no fireman I know thinks of anything but the fire when they are in it
and all these things together give me a sort of a skeptical view of what you are writing
i never suggested you bad mouthed the person you were saying nor would I ever suggest doing so there is a truth that feels missing