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The gut punch of motherhood
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<blockquote data-quote="healinginside" data-source="post: 762623" data-attributes="member: 29962"><p>Hi Nadina and thank, you - I am taking it day-by-day but have evolved so much since last year. Last year it felt like I was chasing every crisis every day - I was his SWAT team that he would call in to fight that day's emergency and there were so many countless emergencies. This year, I was much tougher...yesterday was the second time I have seen him in person since mid-June and it hurt. It was the gut punch. </p><p></p><p>Thankfully, my husband is really good at protecting us financially from devastation of his actions. He has had his own car insurance policy since he began driving. And my husband has a retirement account for us when it is time. It doesn't lesson the sting from using my little retirement account that i started as a single mom and never touched. I was proud of it. I'm angry that I touched it. At the time, I thought I was doing the right thing by helping him "get back on track", but once that train left the station, it took a lot of self reflection to realize that I can't live two lives. I have my life and he has his life. Only he can do it for himself, But not letting him in kills me inside. I'm a softie. I won't back down and will use these words I have read today as a reminder to make smart choices and don't give in!!! thank you!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="healinginside, post: 762623, member: 29962"] Hi Nadina and thank, you - I am taking it day-by-day but have evolved so much since last year. Last year it felt like I was chasing every crisis every day - I was his SWAT team that he would call in to fight that day's emergency and there were so many countless emergencies. This year, I was much tougher...yesterday was the second time I have seen him in person since mid-June and it hurt. It was the gut punch. Thankfully, my husband is really good at protecting us financially from devastation of his actions. He has had his own car insurance policy since he began driving. And my husband has a retirement account for us when it is time. It doesn't lesson the sting from using my little retirement account that i started as a single mom and never touched. I was proud of it. I'm angry that I touched it. At the time, I thought I was doing the right thing by helping him "get back on track", but once that train left the station, it took a lot of self reflection to realize that I can't live two lives. I have my life and he has his life. Only he can do it for himself, But not letting him in kills me inside. I'm a softie. I won't back down and will use these words I have read today as a reminder to make smart choices and don't give in!!! thank you! [/QUOTE]
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