Hmmm, pride vs strength...well I think pride is about being worried about looking bad. Wanting to prove she has strength is wanting to be something she feels she is not.
So....if you let her find her strength, are there for her, love the "new" her, and make it easy for her to come back (i.e. no guilt trips, no blabbing to everyone in the gossip mill about how horribly she has behaved at times, whatever) then it is possible she will come back.
Only time will tell though.
Problem is, i see a new me.. not a new her.. maybe i am missing something.. but she is warm/cold/warm/cold..
i don't "blab" to anyone, if anything they know how badly I acted.. i am sure she has told all of our "her" friends how much of a pain I am.. although i snooped several weeks ago and she told a friend i am a good guy, just that i have too many vices..
well those vices are all gone, i have replaced them with positive ones , i know it's longterm progress/change that is the key.. and they don't see that..
am i babbling?
Time is everything, and i have alot of it, and I am not even close to giving up on US
