everything was such a roller coaster that I really needed the space to leave the relationship on my own terms.
I get that! I've had similar thoughts that it was one thing I could thank my H for was the amount of time I have had to adjust to his odd ways of disassembling our M.
It probably doesn't help in the long run to get pissed and storm off. Short term though it can feel pretty fine! Do you ever?
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More and more I see how I occupied a space similar to her father's at certain times, like now. She wants to react against my involvement in the things she does - to be totally independent. She becomes deeply resentful of any feelings of dependency, so will overreact to situations like me asking if she wants to use my bike light in order to get home (she got pissed and angry). But then she runs into a problem and rather than deal with it herself, she asks for favors. So it's a weird dynamic.
uhoh, I see some of me in that paragraph. Running away now so I don't have to deal with myself...!!
Live your life while you are still living. Riding the trail less traveled.
