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A View From The Other Side (Fairly Long)
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<blockquote data-quote="DarkwingPsyduck" data-source="post: 686178" data-attributes="member: 20267"><p>Oh, thank you. I don't mind answering whatever I can, to the best of my ability. As I said, this forum is one of the things that finally pushed me over that edge. My aunt is the blood relative. My dad's aunt. I knew that what I was doing was hurtful, but I really didn't know the many ways in which I was hurting her, and the severity of it all. Ignorance is never an excuse, and a large part of my ignorance was that I NEEDED it. It was so much easier to do when you don't see the depth of the pain. And she was too much of a saint to show it to me. Too supportive, too generous. This forum really did open my eyes. And denied me of that ignorance that I was relent upon to continue justifying my bad decisions. Which is why I recommend that you guys don't just forgive and forget. It sounds like an easier way to go about it, but it isn't. Your children are not monsters. They don't enjoy seeing you suffer. They are just unable to truly comprehend and appreciate the real effects it has on you. I think it is important for them to see the problem from your perspective. That is what this place gave me. So I will continue answering all the questions that I can, as honestly as I can. And, if I were the prayin' type, you'd be in those prayers. I am not the praying type, but you're still in my thoughts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DarkwingPsyduck, post: 686178, member: 20267"] Oh, thank you. I don't mind answering whatever I can, to the best of my ability. As I said, this forum is one of the things that finally pushed me over that edge. My aunt is the blood relative. My dad's aunt. I knew that what I was doing was hurtful, but I really didn't know the many ways in which I was hurting her, and the severity of it all. Ignorance is never an excuse, and a large part of my ignorance was that I NEEDED it. It was so much easier to do when you don't see the depth of the pain. And she was too much of a saint to show it to me. Too supportive, too generous. This forum really did open my eyes. And denied me of that ignorance that I was relent upon to continue justifying my bad decisions. Which is why I recommend that you guys don't just forgive and forget. It sounds like an easier way to go about it, but it isn't. Your children are not monsters. They don't enjoy seeing you suffer. They are just unable to truly comprehend and appreciate the real effects it has on you. I think it is important for them to see the problem from your perspective. That is what this place gave me. So I will continue answering all the questions that I can, as honestly as I can. And, if I were the prayin' type, you'd be in those prayers. I am not the praying type, but you're still in my thoughts. [/QUOTE]
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