New here but learning slowly. Advice appreciated

[Albuquerque]

IB

Thanks for your good advice. I never knew about this either. But the more I learn, the more I find a morbid fascination about it. Not in an awe inspiring way (don't get me wrong). Just that what we LBS view as so bizarre and unexpected is, in essence, fairly well defined and predictable. As a result, I've gotten some great advice from reading this board and from books. I keep repeating to myself "believe none of what he says and 50% of what he does". That's hard to do since he's previously been my best friend and confidante and I had mostly complete trust in him. But when I stand back and look at his behavior lately, the advice rings true. He says a lot of things that I KNOW are either not true, or he says he'll do things that he doesn't do. Learning to make that my expectations helps prevent me from being disappointed.
The detaching is hard. I DO still think too much about him. Trying to get over that but it's hard. IB, both you and I have been at this for about the same time and I think we've both made strides. Unfortunately, in MLC time, we're still babies and have a long journey ahead. May we stay strong together.