Piecing Myself and Not My Marriage

[may22]

I'm so glad you are happy, Alison. You deserve it.

I definitely think you are in the extinction burst phase of his behavior. I love the text blocking and just being free from having to listen to his garbage. (That is such a huge, huge plus over thinking of it in the same vein as toddler parenting, where you have to stoically just get through it and not react until you get to the other side. I'm thinking of how amazing it would have been to be able to put in earplugs or whatever during those phases).

I don't have a lot of advice for you but I do want to just make sure you know how much I appreciate you, how much I support you, and I'm here for whatever you need, even if it is just knowing someone on the other side of the world is thinking about you and caring about you.