1-It is an act to constantly push my buttons. I cannot afford that nightly, I need to sleep and function daily. It is difficult for me to detach when she is flaunting her actions nightly.
2-The act gives her power to push me out of the MBR in my own house. I do not want to allow her MLC actions the ability to do that.
I agree that this ^^^ should happen.....
Although...
Neither of those things happened for you, at least not at first....
1- It DID push your buttons, and you wavered with your answers..
So who is the more at fault, her for the act (which BTW, is pretty script for MLC), or yours, for allowing yourself to be sukced into it ???
YOU are responsible for YOUR actions, not her....
2- She DID push you out of the MBR.
You appeared unsure in your actions AND your words, she smelled YOUR fear, and she circled you like a shark with blood in the water.
Yes, you FINALLY made it back in there. Just realize how much easier it would have been to just be truthful from the start, and say what you really felt at that time. Stand strong, and protect yourself from the inside, without having to go through all of the drama to get there.
I think that this was more about control than anything. Your actions are saying that you want to control her, rather than protecting yourself....
