Quote:

Sometimes I wonder if that is a good thing, whether I've actually grown stronger or just more thick-skinned over the last couple years.


I dig this. Sometimes one wonders "is it getting better, or am I just getting used to it."


The comment "sometimes it's all I've got" is a low-level lame cop-out IMHO. Even if it's true.

I need to get that Steve Stosny book and find out when compassion for the abuser morphs into putting up with more sh!t than one ought to.