I am going to miss you as well. I just read your post and as strange or dare I say feminine as this may sound, I am really going to miss you. I think you and some others bring or brought some balance or reality to sitches. Things that needed to be said. I always knew and aprreciated that when you did post, you did it from the heart and with good intentions. I have also been thinking about "leaving" but some folks here have become my second set of friends. I know more about the feelings of some on here than I do about my own sister. So since I am never or rarely on FB, I think I will need to get over there more often to get some news from you....I don't even know if you are on my friend list over there. All the best to you and yours Mike...another good guy fades into the DB sunset and I am sad to see you go but happy that you have seemingly rebounded so well. See you soon amigo!
Mike - You will be missed. I hope that the following is not from your current circumstances:
"I think bottom line women want a man who knows when to listen to their problems and then when he has problems they like you to just eat your problem..and get rid of the problem so they have no fault.."
I hope to find someone who will let me share AND share with me, someday.
Have, and make, a great life. Squeeze your little girl. Love ya back...
I think maybe it's better that you learn when to keep your mouth shut...which battles to fight and when to just be still....sometimes telling what you are feeling..basically bites you in the ass..
I think bottom line women want a man who knows when to listen to their problems and then when he has problems they like you to just eat your problem..and get rid of the problem so they have no fault..
Post divorce I dated enough men who talked me deaf, dumb and blind - never once asked about my life. So I don't think it's about the sexes, I think it's about giving and taking. I'm a giver, so are you. And people will take as much as we allow them to. My problem is I am willing to give more than I should in the beginning, men get used to it, I get tired of it. I create the monster. You hope in the beginning they will see your good nature and not push the boundary. But they do, it's hard to go back and fix. Expectations become high.
Stay true to you, MFT.
Although you may not buy into the DB thing anymore, your comments have always reflected that you do believe it taking care of self. Helping people to look into the 'ugly mirror' and eventually like what they see. Helped them to be OK on their own.
I thank God our paths crossed. I have learned much.
Mike -- what's with the apparent barely hidden resentment and sarcasm in your post? Turn off the path if it isn't working for you. Sarcasm, resentment, swallowing your feelings -- uh, I'd say it isn't working for you...
