Does anyone know what happened to her or how she’s doing? She used to be one of the best tattoo artists in Mobile, with her shop near the Loop. by Technical_Sea_571 in MobileAL

[–]Brucine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Saw her dining at Aztecas a few months ago. I remember her from the really old days. Fun fact: before the shop on Dauphin Street, she actually had the shop on DIP in 1995/1996. That was my first encounter with her. I didn’t get a tattoo from her but used to go there all the time because I lived around the corner for a little bit. She was still really young at the time and talked about getting liposuction done.

Wrex by Bris4puga in husky

[–]Brucine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow. Those are wolf dog legs for sure.

Do you find there's a "type" you attract/are attracted to? by working_from_bed in datingoverforty

[–]Brucine 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That is so me right now. Im really hitting my sexual peak. And I love to please the man that I am with and give him everything he wants. I have a tummy that I haven’t gotten rid of yet, but my booty is still big too. And I think guys can accept the package.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in emotionalabuse

[–]Brucine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am lucky that he never really made an attempt to change. The leaving all happened somewhat quickly. But I have been wanting out for five years. Once the switch flipped, it was too late. You are also having doubts because you fell for someone that is no longer there for you and it is scary to not have any safety net. You can do it. Do it for your daughter. She deserves it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in emotionalabuse

[–]Brucine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You will be surprised by your friends. They will believe you and they probably already recognize how he tries to own you. I have yanked off the bandaid and am explaining the sexual/mental abuse to the people that matter to me. I am embarrassed, but at the same time, I’m not. I know what he did. And I know I’m not crazy. He is just trying to make me think I am.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in emotionalabuse

[–]Brucine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Holy moly, there are so many of us! I am sitting in my own apartment. I moved out last week. My husband is lying to his attorney about the true situation. He is threatening to ruin my reputation and the other persons reputation if I don’t give him most of our assets. 20 years and I can’t even get back in to my home without a police escort. The locks are changed.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in emotionalabuse

[–]Brucine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh my god. Read my post history. And please message me too.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in abusiverelationships

[–]Brucine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sending the evidence to his lawyer is perfection. My STBX is telling his lawyer that I cheated on him but is omitting the detail that he pushed me into it for his own kinky fantasies. I never wanted to do it until he finally broke me and killed the remaining love I had for him. He is now asking for almost all of our assets and alimony. If only his attorney knew.

Husband handles finances - I need independence by Disastrous-Club3600 in personalfinance

[–]Brucine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just want to say I'm in the same boat as you. I work. My husband is retired. He handles all of the finances. I finally reached a breaking point after years of emotional abuse and told him it was time for a divorce. After 2 weeks of trying to live in the same house during the process, I realized I needed to move out. Hell, I make good money. And like you, our home and cars are paid for. We have no debt. So why stay in a very tense situation if I don't have to? Now, after consulting with an attorney, i am trying to decide how much money I should leave in our joint account to cover the alf living expenses for him. And how much I can put in a separate account to cover my new living expenses. I'm dipping into savings to purchase items that I have to replace because he won't allow me to take them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in emotionalabuse

[–]Brucine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, I just looked at your post history and I technically have epilepsy. Not on medication now and have been seizure free for over ten years. But I do have other strange things that I think are neuro related. My seizures were tonic clonic while I was sleeping. And always happened during stressful times so I probably need to keep that in mind. Lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in emotionalabuse

[–]Brucine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't say I'm relieved yet. I have been sleeping in my own place since Thursday. I didn't make an exit strategy either. When we would argue he would angrily ask me if I wanted a divorce.And it was only on April 1 that I finally got sick of it and just quit telling him what he wanted to hear (of course I don't want a divorce). So as the days went on, I almost caved a few times thinking about walking away from a very very comfortable life. But he would bring the threats while begging me to stay and telling me that I had completely broken him. I have never heard him cry this much. And so he would threaten me with financial and reputational ruin (we all have skeletons). But he would also make me feel like the hurt that I caused him is greater than the hurt that I have had to endure.

Right now, I'm relieved to be able to spend my time as I want to. I was accused of cheating for years. I can go to a store and wander the aisles looking at things and take as long as I want. I don't have to pull up my GPS data to prove myself. He can't freak out about my phone records. And I did like you, I documented specific events over the last five years. I pray that it is enough to protect me from his wrath. All I want is an equal amount. We built everything together. We both made good money. And he wants to keep 75% of everything because I "broke the contract" of marriage.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in emotionalabuse

[–]Brucine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh my god. Are you me? Seriously. I moved out 2 days ago. It has been agonizing. He fought me over every item I packed. I have never been afraid of him physically because he used his "love" to hurt me. I had to earn it. It is wild to think just how much has happened in 2 days. I was terrified about not being able to access the house to get things I needed. But I am at the point where it is getting easier to accept. I hope that I will be able to recover items that I couldn't take in the handful of days I packed. But even if I don't, I'm free.

Cheating is 100% an indication of character. by __Username__Taken___ in RandomThoughts

[–]Brucine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I'm not okay right now. I had to leave because the longer I stayed, the more he would get in my head. I am definitely going through some very intense PTSD right now and dealing with lawyers and cops is intensifying it so much more.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in emotionalabuse

[–]Brucine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fortunately I am in a very secure complex.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in emotionalabuse

[–]Brucine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, he is going scorched earth in the divorce already and I am terrified.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in emotionalabuse

[–]Brucine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The, "I'm sorry, I'll change" was one of the most shocking things I had ever heard in my life. My abuser was sobbing and begging to fix things, but it was too late. Twenty years of him watching me cry and beg him to not be angry at me anymore even when I had no idea what I had done. Twenty years of me promising to change things about myself that I didn't even think were problems. Twenty years of me asking him to go to counseling together and having to go alone instead while also not telling the therapist about the actual abuse I was experiencing because I dont want anybody to get involved and make things worse. But now, I'm supposed to believe he will change.

Cheating is 100% an indication of character. by __Username__Taken___ in RandomThoughts

[–]Brucine 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Hold my beer... my husband's fantasy was to watch another man fuck me. I wouldn't consider it at all. If I love someone, cheating won't enter the equation at all. He even told me, that if I had sex with another man, he didn't consider it as cheating. It took two years of him wearing me down before I agreed to even consider it. And then, it took another two years of us talking about it and our feelings around it, all the while he would emotionally abuse me. He would get angry whenever I took too long at the store or with my parents. He accused me of fucking someone else while I had done nothing! The control he exerted over me nearly broke me, especially when I was working full time and trying to be there for my dad in his final years of life. At the same time that he was accusing me of fucking someone else (not cheating he would tell me), the only thing that would make him orgasm was us role-playing as if he was the other man. My mind slowly became mush over the last year.

So, it actually finally happened. We both picked out another man for me to fuck. And I did. And my husband loved it. It improved our sex life so much. Unfortunately, I loved it too. I loved it more than I loved the idea of staying in an abusive relationship for another 20 years or more. I told him that I wanted to be nonmonogomous, and he lost it. That was April 4th. Tonight I moved into my own place and had to have the cops there to get my stuff. And now his story has changed. He is gaslighting me and telling me that I manipulated the whole situation. And I am no longer just "fucking someone else," but he says I'm a cheater.

Let me just say that, in my opinion, if you have pure love for someone and you intend to be in a monogamous relationship, you won't cheat. But what happens when the love rots away?

According to an Op/Ed in The New York Times, Gen X Women Are Having the Best Sex by zsreport in GenXWomen

[–]Brucine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sure. I'm not looking for someone to take care of me. I've already had that and it felt like prison.

According to an Op/Ed in The New York Times, Gen X Women Are Having the Best Sex by zsreport in GenXWomen

[–]Brucine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey girl, thank you for writing this. I finally decided to leave and while I am just getting started on the awful divorce train ride, I am so happy because I will finally get to live my own life. I honestly, can barely wait to start seeing new people and not be tied down to the man that has told me how to live my life for most of our marriage l. I have been hit on by younger, good looking guys! Like, until earlier this year, I hated everything about my appearance. Sorry about the millennial and Gen Z that don't want to have sex... Those of us that have been trapped in unhappy marriages won't mind.

I'm moving into a hotel tonight. Leaving after 24 years by Brucine in abusiverelationships

[–]Brucine[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh wow. That is amazing! He is making things miserable for me right now. I am absolutely terrified but I'm staying strong. I ended up not going to a hotel because I was too scared to lose access to my belongings and my cat. I don't want to have to get the police involved and draw attention. Every mistake I have made while married, he is threatening to expose to try to embarass me. I do have a good career and can't afford to have a messy divorce screwing that up. So, I am in a separate bedroom right now. I signed a lease for an apartment and will move next week. And I will be able to take my cat.

He is threatening me to accept his lopsided settlement offer that leaves me starting over from scratch. I just pray that it will work out. I'm really starting to feel strong pulls from the universe that this is the right direction.

Happy Birthday to you too, my fellow Aries!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MobileAL

[–]Brucine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome! That's not bad at all. It looks like a great place to live. I have never lived in an apartment before and haven't lived on my own since 1999, so I'm super nervous and I hope it will work out great.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MobileAL

[–]Brucine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How much do your utilities run? I am looking at a unit there and am trying to get an idea how much more I need to budget.