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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 228726" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>OMG! This sounds so much like my ex-husband! Just. Exactly. Like. Him! Only with him, you'd have to throw long-term, very serious alcoholism and now drug abuse into the mix! The only thing ... I'm not sure of the animal abuse (don't think so) and he managed to stay out of legal trouble when we were still married only because he was incredibly lucky. I'm sure that's not the case now, thirteen years later. I don't know why I've been so obsessed with figuring out what to 'label' him .... I guess because of the kids (who both turned out just fine, thank you). But for years and years (and years!) I watched every move they made, so afraid I'd see some of their fathers behaviors cropping up in them. I always had him figured as the classic sociopath, but after reading this I'm not so sure.</p><p> </p><p>When people met him, they always thought he was the jovial Mr. Nice Guy - boy were they wrong! He was cruel, heartless, totally selfish and mean. Nothing was ever his fault - everything was blamed on someone else. He is calculating, manipulating, and lies so much there's no sense in even listening to him. I don't think he ever really cared about anybody but himself, even his own children. People are important to him only for what they can do for him, and he never felt guilty about anything he did, and apparently he still doesn't. The rules never applied to him - even drinking while he drove the car - he thought it didn't affect him like it did everybody else! He never paid bills, borrowed from all his 'friends', had a tremendous sense of entitlement, and expected others to help him out - they had it and he didn't, so that wasn't fair! He was a bully who would fly into rages over trivial things and could take offense at just about anything said to him.</p><p> </p><p>So now, years later, he's back living in Florida where his siblings are, and he's just about hit bottom. Apparently he's ended up in the hospital repeatedly because of seizures from the alcoholism. His family finally realized that they were enabling him and have cut him off. Everything is still everybody elses fault, he still takes no responsibility for anything, feels no guilt over anything he's ever done, he's practically homeless, he refuses to get any real help. He's lost his home, his job, his wife, two very good kids and his family that cared about him ... and he still insists that <u>he</u> doesn't have a problem - it's everybody else! I truely believe that there are some people who, when they reach his age, are beyond help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 228726, member: 1883"] OMG! This sounds so much like my ex-husband! Just. Exactly. Like. Him! Only with him, you'd have to throw long-term, very serious alcoholism and now drug abuse into the mix! The only thing ... I'm not sure of the animal abuse (don't think so) and he managed to stay out of legal trouble when we were still married only because he was incredibly lucky. I'm sure that's not the case now, thirteen years later. I don't know why I've been so obsessed with figuring out what to 'label' him .... I guess because of the kids (who both turned out just fine, thank you). But for years and years (and years!) I watched every move they made, so afraid I'd see some of their fathers behaviors cropping up in them. I always had him figured as the classic sociopath, but after reading this I'm not so sure. When people met him, they always thought he was the jovial Mr. Nice Guy - boy were they wrong! He was cruel, heartless, totally selfish and mean. Nothing was ever his fault - everything was blamed on someone else. He is calculating, manipulating, and lies so much there's no sense in even listening to him. I don't think he ever really cared about anybody but himself, even his own children. People are important to him only for what they can do for him, and he never felt guilty about anything he did, and apparently he still doesn't. The rules never applied to him - even drinking while he drove the car - he thought it didn't affect him like it did everybody else! He never paid bills, borrowed from all his 'friends', had a tremendous sense of entitlement, and expected others to help him out - they had it and he didn't, so that wasn't fair! He was a bully who would fly into rages over trivial things and could take offense at just about anything said to him. So now, years later, he's back living in Florida where his siblings are, and he's just about hit bottom. Apparently he's ended up in the hospital repeatedly because of seizures from the alcoholism. His family finally realized that they were enabling him and have cut him off. Everything is still everybody elses fault, he still takes no responsibility for anything, feels no guilt over anything he's ever done, he's practically homeless, he refuses to get any real help. He's lost his home, his job, his wife, two very good kids and his family that cared about him ... and he still insists that [U]he[/U] doesn't have a problem - it's everybody else! I truely believe that there are some people who, when they reach his age, are beyond help. [/QUOTE]
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