I think it's OK to let go

[TimeHeals]

Journaling; It really comes as no suprise at this point, but I think my M is a lost cause (it should have been over already, but that was delayed).

I was sitting here thinking about how many of my friends or members of my family try to tell me what I am thinking or feeling or what I should be thinking or feeling in any conversation where I didn't ask them for such input, and I couldn't come up with any.

It's unique to my STBXW. It's seeming that's just the way she is in long-term relationships: mind reading and invalidation ... to the point it causes serious problems.

Not much left for me there, I guess.

That is neither a happy nor sad realization. It's just an observation.