Ah! Luxuriating in the free time!

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#1 Jan 21 - 8PM
abreva
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Ah! Luxuriating in the free time!

OK. So I got away from the EXNH-Psychopath over 1 and 1/2 years ago. And then horrible divorce and custody fight, tons of money spent on that. And the property settlement is still lingering (he's running out of ways to punish me, so I expect the property settlement to drag ON and ON, but whatever, who cares, I'm OUT).

So all that said, it's been a LONG fight for getting my SELF back, but I just want to say --- that I started posting here ONE WEEK ago, and already, with YOUR help, I have reached a whole new place of freedom. OMG. I am simply feeling Luxurious in having him partitioned even further out of my life! I'm ecstatic that it's THIS good, and there's even MORE to do. But the fact that he is no longer in my real email box -- and that I can wait until tomorrow to check the special email address I made Just For Him. The free-time! The freedom! The Wonder of NC. It's just incredible.

I have spent so many years of my life - dealing and deflecting his insanity - and I am SO Grateful to have the tangled mess of strings cut away more every day.

THANKFUL!

(He is not allowed on my property - no parking on the street, in the drive
He is not allowed to call me for any reason except to speak to the kids, and that's limited to once per day and he usually doesn't call, and NOT allowed past 7pm.
We communicate email only.
I am mostly ignoring every email because they are Ridiculous.
Exchanges are done at the school or we meet at a fixed public location if school is out)

Jan 22 - 4AM
I_am_free
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I love this post!! U give me

I love this post!! U give me hope...I especially love the dancing part.. I leap around the house with a brush in my hand (pretend im a superstar!!) Njy even second of being happy and lap up the luxurious time!
Jan 21 - 8PM
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This gives me hope!

Love that word "luxuriating"...I believe that is how I am going to describe my week starting tomorrow. I will do all the things that I wanted to do but "he" aka "a..hole" either wouldn't allow me to do or belittled my wanting to do these things...I'm buying myself some flowers! Glad you are in a "happy place" right now and thanks for the inspiration and a glimps at the light at the end of the tunnel!

FeFe

Jan 21 - 8PM (Reply to #4)
abreva
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i want to hear about the flowers

Fearless, Do us all a favor, and post about your flowers. I want the story. I want to hear all about it. Every luxurious detail. One of the ways I survived the ordeal of escaping him and untangling was to relish the sensual world. In other words, go take a nice hot LONG shower, to distract the mind and interrupt the anxiety flight-or-flight response, etc. I've evolved that to include DANCING to music in my house. Yep. All by myself like a teenager. Especially when he's jerking me around via email. I'll turn on music and dance. Pandora radio is great for that. Oh yeah, and EATING IN BED!!!!!!! Please share about the flowers and whatever else wonderful simple things you do. Spread the joy around! Love, A
Jan 21 - 9PM (Reply to #5)
Fearless
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dancing is good

Oh i have been dancing too! that's funny. My kitty cats looked at me like i was about to lose an arm or leg but i just kept right on dancing. Good exercise as well. I want to buy myself the flowers he wouldn't buy me one time. They were a beautiful simple bouquet of spring flowers...$15 bucks...he said that it was stupid to buy flowers, waste of good money. Same as telling me I was stupid and a waste...well it's not stupid, I'm not stupid and I am going to buy my damn flowers and the hell with him. (sorry for the language)...was just remembering that bad day. But from now on...good days only for me! Keep on dancing girl.

FeFe

Jan 21 - 9PM (Reply to #6)
abreva
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Right on SISTER!

FLOWERS!!!! FLOWERS!!!! FLOWERS!!!! That's right! She's gonna buy herself some pretty flowers! TAKE THAT! HA! Right on -- Keep on dancing! Awesome!
Jan 21 - 8PM
Im_always_fine
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I'm smiling. I GRINNED

I'm smiling. I GRINNED reading your post!! WONDERFUL!
Jan 21 - 9PM (Reply to #2)
abreva
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I'm so glad!

I'm so glad!