Pamela! I am so glad you started your own thread. Now you can journal and see your progress (as well as what doesn’t work) easily.

We have a lot of similarities, you and I. This…
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I know that my ambivalence was from a lack of security and feeling loved. So, I did the completely WRONG thing- I made myself as unlovable as possible (whiny, needy, dependant), and wondered why he didn’t respect me.



…could have been me!

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“too good for him, and he wanted someone more on his level.”



…is why our counselor thought H had had his affair, because I was so successful and he, well, wasn’t.

And this…
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Looking back, I know that when I felt insecure I brought it up, hoping to hear some words of security. When that didn’t happen, I started a fight, knowing we would make up afterwards and I would get what I needed that way.



…defines my summer!

So welcome to your new home…even if it is in a place called ‘infidelity and jealousy’ (not exactly a sub-division many people would be attracted to by the name) and we’re all glad to have you as a fellow DBer and a great friend!




"It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere." --Agnes Repplier, writer and historian