When I think of all of this stuff I feel it bringing me down. All the negative emotions, remembering what those felt like at the time, and how I felt after too.

And then I just feel like I'm going to throw up. I really do. It makes me sick to the pit of my stomach.

And then after feeling disgusted, I feel angry. Angry at having been disrespected and duped like that. Like, how dare someone treat me like that?

Working on your self and your self esteem is a lifelong process. It doesn't stop. And I don't want it ever to stop for myself. It's become the backbone of what I'm about.


Me: 48, XH: 42
T: 18 years, M: 15 years

EA/PA 1: 6/2012
EA/PA 2: from autumn 2012-present

BD: 5/2013
ILYBNILWY BD & left: 10/2015

OW conceived: 8/2016
Born: 4/2017

H filed: 7/2017
D final: 28/12/2017