scared of a weakness creeping in

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scared of a weakness creeping in
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Mon, 12-20-2010 - 5:02pm

Day 15. I have not called him but he has left messages and said I should meet him tomorrow night at this one place we used to go -- that I owe him that. Well I thought to myself, "no not really. I don't owe you anything. I DO owe myself the chance to recover and heal. I owe myself peace and the chance at a healthy love relationship with someone available."

I am trying to be strong, and not go there tomorrow night and just find something else interesting to do.

I have been reading the healing library and it is helping me get thru today. Thank you all. The NO MORE list is POWERFUL! I identified with almost all of them. Newbies, if you haven't read these yet I highly recommend.

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Love, Sunshine Dedicated to living my new life with integrity, truth and positive thoughts! I am worthy of true love and definitely worth the wait!
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Registered: 12-15-2010
Mon, 12-20-2010 - 5:10pm

Sunshine...don't go.

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Registered: 04-20-2009
Mon, 12-20-2010 - 7:40pm

Absofugginlutely NOT.

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Mon, 12-20-2010 - 7:43pm
Hi sunshine, feeling weak at any given time will happen to any of us, it's how we chose to respond to that weakness that matters. Keep yourself really busy and stay away from any means of communicating with xap. If you can go for a long walk with your iPod on with uplifting music. This has been helping me alot, once the weak feeling has passed you will be so proud to add another moment to your nc counter. 15 days is great, keep going forward you can do it:)
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Registered: 04-01-2010
Mon, 12-20-2010 - 7:58pm
Sunshine, you don't owe him jack. He's a jackhole for even pulling that on you. Trust me, seetheart, learn from me. You DON'T even want to go back there. Nothing good will come from it. Love yourtself enough to stay strong. NO EXCUSES!!

Hugs
Oct. 12, 2010 -- began my personal search and rescue mission.
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Registered: 09-28-2010
Mon, 12-20-2010 - 7:59pm

NO WAY! If you're scared of the weakness creaping in, then share with us the actions you are taking to protect yourself? You said you've been reading here, so share with us what you have been learning. YOU CAN'T unlearn the learning, only try and ignore or deny that the consequences or outcomes will be any different for you than for any of us. I am telling you as sure as I sit here and breathe, that NOTHING WILL BE DIFFERENT. He has nothing magical to say to you that will make a freaking difference to the ending process. NOTHING. I ONLY WISH I WOULD HAVE STOPPED MYSELF FROM BELIEVING I owed my exAP anything. That one last meeting lead to the VERY WORST two months of my life. I am serious. THE VERY VERY WORST. Why you ask? Because he then came to believe I would cave as long as he was relentless enough. Oh, and now that his wife was told by him about the affair (and didn't leave), he felt justified in keeping me around. HE BEGGED me for a couple more YEARS to try and figure it out!!! There is so much other BS he tried to pull on me - I actually had to leave a mutual contract after I went NC (for the last time) because his fishing was SO frequent - like every moment.

FINALLY - say this out loud to yourself:

One thing that you have to keep reminding yourself....If he calls you, it's not because he left his W and wants to be with you....it's not because he loves you and can't live without you....it's not because he's so hurt and so concerned about your well-being.

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Registered: 11-16-2010
Mon, 12-20-2010 - 8:53pm

Sunshine, you will be undoing 15 days of gut-wrenching work, you don't want to put yourself through that again do you? Our XAPs thrived on the fact that they had that power over us, you don't want to show him that he still does do you? Remember that No Contact = No New Hurt., avoid him like the plague, i know it's hard but the repercussions of A's are harder, you can do it hun.

V888
xxxxxx

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Registered: 05-15-2010
Mon, 12-20-2010 - 9:32pm

Hi Sunshine,

Stay strong...You dont owe him anything.

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Registered: 12-01-2010
Tue, 12-21-2010 - 10:00am
TU I do totally believe you and yes, you are right. I won't meet him. He's trying to push the drug on me but I won't smoke it anymore.
Love, Sunshine Dedicated to living my new life with integrity, truth and positive thoughts! I am worthy of true love and definitely worth the wait!