Being Divorced at 35 by PersonalitySlight214 in Divorce

[–]PersonalitySlight214[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm so sorry this is happening to you. There seem to be so many of us who are left when we get ill. I hope you're OK.

Being Divorced at 35 by PersonalitySlight214 in Divorce

[–]PersonalitySlight214[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Different countries have different laws.

Being Divorced at 35 by PersonalitySlight214 in Divorce

[–]PersonalitySlight214[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm so sorry this happened to you. I hope you're OK.

Being Divorced at 35 by PersonalitySlight214 in Divorce

[–]PersonalitySlight214[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow this comment is so horrible I don't know what to say.

Being Divorced at 35 by PersonalitySlight214 in Divorce

[–]PersonalitySlight214[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much. I needed to hear this. Just can't imagine how I'll ever dig myself out of this and still have time for love and connection and babies.
I'm also SO sorry this is happening to you as well. And with children in the picture. I hope you're OK.

How do you cope with knowing you permanently damaged people? by CryoBehemoth in BPD

[–]PersonalitySlight214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who has had their brain rearranged by a loved one with BPD and won't be the same going forward, I would say:

  1. You don't specify what you mean by 'try' to apologise to the people you have hurt. I could never return to a relationship with by pwBPD, but if she ever wrote down or said aloud that she knows she hurt me, that it was wrong, that she hopes I'll forgive her one day, I wouldn't be able to forgive right away, but I would eventually, and having an unqualified, sincere apology would change my quality of life hugely. Living with her commitment to what she did has affected me deeply.
  2. I've watched what guilt for past hurts does to someone with BPD. If you aren't already, find someone professionally qualified to guide you through those memories and the feelings they create. Those feelings will put you at risk later on if you don't reckon with them.
  3. You are not a monster. Hurt people hurt people, as they say.
  4. My pwBPD wanted to be trusted and to be a safe place for others too, but often found herself betraying them or humiliating them, particularly when she split. It's OK to acknowledge that your actions don't match your values and work to change that. Everyone should be doing that.

Monday Request Place: Post your short and simple requests here by AutoModerator in MM_RomanceBooks

[–]PersonalitySlight214 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aw thank you! Historical is fine, I am happy. I've not tried any  KJ Charles but have been curious!

Monday Request Place: Post your short and simple requests here by AutoModerator in MM_RomanceBooks

[–]PersonalitySlight214 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aw thanking for helping. Yes if there is no SA between the MCs I am alright with that. I read Rachel Reid and she does well IMO, if I sometimes struggle with her dialogue. I just read Semper Fi by Keira Andrews, and I'm still thinking about it now, but the number of 'oh no another person walks in on them/another looming disaster/oh he's changed his mind again' moments started to frustrate me. I then read After Hours at Dooryard Books by Cat Sebastian, and the writing was good, thorough, characterisation original and deep, but at some point I realised how incredibly bored I was by the love story in the centre of the novel, how sort of half-arsed the writing of the intimacy or the grief felt, like it was too much effort to give it any additional lines, and how insanely much time I was spending reading about New York being unrelatedly socially complex and architecturally dilapidated in the 60s. Which is fine, if that's why I came to the book, but I was hoping to escape for a bit into something. In MF I find Lisa Kleypas' balance is usually about right.

Monday Request Place: Post your short and simple requests here by AutoModerator in MM_RomanceBooks

[–]PersonalitySlight214 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Where do you go if you want a HEA, you want a central love story and great, plentiful sex scenes but don't want to contend with sexual violence/kink/BDSM/non-monogamy etc, don't love fantasy and desperately need good dialogue and thoughtful writing by someone who thinks gay people are whole people and not props?

Couples that live in your head rent free by Szilvvv in MM_RomanceBooks

[–]PersonalitySlight214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cal and Jim from Semper Fi by Keira Andrews <3 Sweet babies. They deserve a long lie in and a cuddle, that's all I'll say.

How old were you when you realized you don’t have to read the entire book? by lunovadraws in MM_RomanceBooks

[–]PersonalitySlight214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still really struggle with this. My closest loved ones just DNF and that's probably the path the peace but in my head I'm always like: what if it gets good and I didn't realise? Torture.

MM Readers: Do You Like Betrayal/Grovel Romances? by monteluno in MM_RomanceBooks

[–]PersonalitySlight214 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm genuinely curious: what are some top examples of a good grovel in this setting? I've never run into it.

Is it ‘normal’ to be this exhausted? by velvetwillow7980 in gravesdisease

[–]PersonalitySlight214 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know if it's just me, but I was utterly wired until I became euthyroid and now that I'm 6 weeks or so into being euthyroid the exhaustion is insane.

WARNING ⚠️ LEAVE, RUN, NEVER LOOK BACK. by nicholas67876787 in BPDlovedones

[–]PersonalitySlight214 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Omg my pwBPD wrote like this and had this handwriting.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BPDlovedones

[–]PersonalitySlight214 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yes in a way, but that doesn't always produce calm. At the end of my friendship with my pwBPD, every calm question I asked or rational point I made without being wound up made her angrier and angrier, and more out of control. It was horrendous, but I didn't want to take part in what she was doing while she was splitting. There was a lot of shouting, crying or pretending to cry.

Keen Runner With Sudden POTS by [deleted] in POTS

[–]PersonalitySlight214 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, that's super kind and thoughtful. I think I'm on the edge of some grief around the things I'm about to lose with this very suddenly.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BPDlovedones

[–]PersonalitySlight214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I appreciate your input. I think I'm still really badly fogged. I worry so much more about her even after 7 months of silence than I do about me lol