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#1 Jul 12 - 10AM
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gathered up all the stuff

I have not seen him since June 20th and aside from one phone call, no contact. I put all the stuffed animals in a bag, stunbled across the letters "from the beginning" and they were hard to read. He was seemingly soooooo much in love with me. He wanted to take care of me. He never felt so loved. Nor did I...

"LISA, I HAVE FALLEN SO HARD AND SO FAST FOR YOU THAT IN YOUR ABSENCE I AM COMPLETELY EMPty. MY HEART ANS SOUL AND MY BODY ACHE FOR YOUR TOUCH, YOUR SMILE AND YOUR PRESENCE. WHEN WE ARE APART I FALL. LISA, WHEN YOU WALKED INTO MY LIFE IT WAS A BLESSING...EACH DAY THAT GOES BY I FALL FURTHER IN LOVE WITH YOU. I LONG FOR THE DAY WE CAN ALWAYS BE TOGETHER. YOU COMPLETE MY DREAMS, MY HOPES AND MY LIFE. LISA, YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A MAN, YOUR SMILE, YOUR TOUCH, THE WORDS THAT COME SO EASY FROM YOUR HEART MELT INTO MINE. LISA, I WILL ALWAYS BE THERE TO CATCH YOU WHEN YOU FALL, PLEASE TRUST IN ME AND ALLOW ME TO BE THE MAN YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. YOU WILL HAVE ALL OF ME...NO GAMES. I WILL NEVER GIVE ANOTHER WOMAN THE PASSION AND LOVE THAT I FEEL FOR YOU. I KNOW I WON'T. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU ALL OF MY LIFE AND WILL DIE LOVING YOU. I COULDN'T SLEEP IT IS SAT. ABOUT 3:30AM AND I AM ACHIANG FOR YOUR SMILE. I NEED YOU IN MY ARMS WHERE YOU ARE SAFE. LISA, PLEASE ACCEPT THIS SONG BY CLAY WALKER AS JUST A SMALL GIFT ON HOW I NEED YOU. THE SONG ONLY TOUCHES THE SURFACE OF HOW I FEEL. TRUST IN ME. I LOVE YOU. LENNY."

He gave me the letter with a CD. The song on the Clay Walker CD was "Fall". Alot of BS cuz he never caught me when I fell. My tears fell on deaf ears. He needs me in his arms where I am safe? Will he hold me when I dont have a place to live because his promise to take care me has left me in foreclosure? This is so frustrating...the lies and the empty promises, the shattered dreams, my broken life as the result of trusting him. How do I ever trust again? Why some bad days and some good days?

Any input on the letter?

Jul 13 - 1AM
Carolyn
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Lenny is a very creative

Lenny is a very creative person and has an ability to find a route, with music and words, to paint a picture of love and caring: this would have been fine if his actions matched the letters and the CD. He was baiting a very evil trap. The venus fly trap flower has a fragrant smell that draws insects into a cup where they can't get out and they are eaten. It is a bit like that. You would never have known he was a 'venus flytrap' until you got close enough-unfortunately for you. His behavior was cruel, self-serving, and harmful. You deserve much better and distance and no contact will make you feel much better.
Jul 13 - 10PM (Reply to #12)
devoured_soul (not verified)
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Carolyn, thank you

WOW. Had i only known, right? You are 100% dead nuts on when you say his actions did not match up. I thought a million times in regard to his words and behavior: DONT LET YOUR MOUTH WRITE A CHECK THAT YOUR ASS CANT CASH. He was the epitome of his words speaking way louder than his actions. Thanks for the venus fly trap analogy. -Lisa
Jul 12 - 4PM
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BURN IT !!!!

For me setting it on Fire is sooooo empowering ,while LAUGHING!!! WOW its weird how much a like they really are ,some of those words remind me word for word of what I was told ... Mine did the same but the only actual letters I had are from jail (yeah), most were emails. I have even seen some of same words he'd write to other women and were the same , Sick!! As Barbara would say , PUKE PUKE : ) !!! He even did the song thing! With Snow Patrol's "RUN", I love that song but it is still hard for me to listen too.
Jul 12 - 7PM (Reply to #10)
Barbara (not verified)
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get this

I am friend with this P's 7th wife Sandra. http://fightbigamy.typepad.com/my_weblog/bigamy_victims_thoughts/ (scroll down to Sandra Phipps-Hicks) She learned later he had FOLDERS on his computer for all his targets so he could 'keep the details straight' and sent pre-done letters.... just CHANGED THE NAMES. He's on the lam now - who knows what name he's using or where he is. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Articles & information for abuse victims - Updated Daily Online Coaching for Victims of Narcissists/ Psychopaths
Jul 12 - 5PM (Reply to #9)
better off
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In college, I once lived in

In college, I once lived in a house with 10 girls, and at the top of the stairs where you came into our place, we had a big corkboard that we used for Date Darts. That's where we put pictures of jerks we'd gone out with...and played darts. With 10 college girls in the place there were a lot of pics, and a lot of darts, lol.
Jul 12 - 3PM
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at least

well at least you get love letters or normal letters...though they aer manipulative..here is what my N writes to me....along the lines of beinga pig, sub and whore...and even worse.. after breaking up it's generally...you're goign to be my sub and if not hit the highway...still they're all creeps Just forget about it and forget you. This was another waste of my time. Your to fucked up. Good bye and don’t bother to call me on skype I will shut it down like everything else I have had to do in my life because of you. Good riddens to bad rubbish. The only one that has ever been fucked in this so called relationship is me. When you get my money and become my sub I will entertain the idea of seeing but till then go fuck yourself. After you read this I am talking it down and I have get me a real girl you might look like a slut but your just a fucked up waki want a paragraph of what a pig you are and how you like to dress and about my favorite subject. Don’t even ask what I love the most in the worrld, before you go to the mall and I mean now and a lot of it NOW BITCH
Jul 12 - 1PM
Barbara (not verified)
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the letter

a lure a hook seduction that's all.... sounds like he got parts of it out of a book those "seduce women now" websites sell stuff like that to 1000s of guys ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Articles & information for abuse victims - Updated Daily Online Coaching for Victims of Narcissists/ Psychopaths
Jul 12 - 11AM
better off
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Hey did my ex write

Hey did my ex write that??? I took the step of throwing that stuff away recently. I read it, cried for a while, and then I threw it in a nasty Dumpster so I couldn't get it back out again. It was hard, but the best thing I did. If I can't read it anymore it can't make me cry anymore. And I didn't think the "out of sight, out of mind" thing would work, but actually it does. I dumped all my pics too. It ended up being a huge relief and I have found it much easier to concentrate on my present life ever since! But, you have to be ready in your own time. I began to see that my clinging on to that stuff was indicative of the "addictive" quality of the relationship. So I'm staying "Nober" (N-sober, lol) because it was like pouring out all the liquor in the house. Best wishes to you.
Jul 12 - 10AM
quietude (not verified)
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love letters

I know how you feel, I've been in this place many times. The hardest thing for me to deal with was realizing my ex really didn't love me. What he SAID were just poetic words, imitations of someone else who may have said the same thing but really meant it. They are good at imitating others' actions and words in order to achieve what they want at any given moment. That level of deceit is not comprehendable to me, but I've learned to accept that it is what it is. You have to remind yourself of what their actions are. Leaving you crying and broken and not caring. The inhumane behavior toward us that made our daily lives hell on earth. I can post letters, e-mails, chat logs that are very similar to what you posted, just change the names, and there you go. I know the reality of this sucks, but the sooner I came to grips with the fact that he is a fake, and I deserve a hell of lot more than that...the easier it was to begin breaking free from his spell. It might help to write a response to that letter, and then rip up or burn both of them (and break the cd!). I wrote replies to several of my ex's emails to me that I never sent...it's just for me. It was very helpful to vent how I REALLY felt about what he had to say.
Jul 12 - 11AM (Reply to #2)
James (not verified)
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love me or love me not...

quietude, I too for feel that as well how she never loved me. But what really hurt even deeper is how because of this damn disorder couldn’t bond with her own children which include all four. I believe my poetry help me greatly in my effort to understand the hurt I feel for her even if she herself is unable to do so. Please allow me to share this poem with the site and may God be with you in this hour of need quietude. Mother and Child By: James A mother’s love should be so deep and long lasting A bond given by birth one a child the other a mother to this child Two who shared the same flesh and the same heart beat for awhile A child given by God to love and nourish with needs to meet This is how all mothers start out to be for any child But sometimes a mother so lost to herself and child Finds herself not wanting this precious child Defining this child to be what she needs Destroying both child and this mother who Could never meet the child needs or desirers So this mother trades this child for another love Then forget this one so precious and dear this child should be So that the child grows apart from her and her needs Learning that this mother’s love was only for her self and never for this precious child Both God and child will leave this one to be In a place so deep and cold this mother shall be Place there by her hand and her own desirers Who forsaken a child so precious and dear For now this child will forget her But not just the child today’s Nay but for all the child’s tomorrows Now this mother will spend all her ending days Believing someday both child and mother again will be Together and bonded as they were once before But alas now she lies only to herself and not the child For you see that child now has completed their own autonomy and knows who this person really is and that she was never that mother she pretended to be Nor shall she ever be for all eternality Lost to not only God and child but herself as well she will need to pay that price for all her denials For not just her today's Nay for all her tomorrow's There she lives in pain and denial for all her yesterdays Regrets for all her lies and denials to her self and her lost child
Jul 12 - 11AM (Reply to #3)
quietude (not verified)
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james

Thanks for sharing the poem. Yes, I just don't get it either. I'm a mom of 2 boys, and I can't imagine turning my back on them emotionally, or in any other way. But, I do have a mom who displayed narcissistic behaviors, so I know what it's like to virtually be ignored, and not brought up with the tools required for healthy adulthood. It's very sad...the legacy that gets passed on. Makes me want to hug and squeeze my kiddos even more!
Jul 12 - 11AM (Reply to #4)
James (not verified)
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Doesn't break when Hugged

Good for you. A hug can mend any child's heart when done so with love and understanding!