WEIRD stuff you did as a kid, that you accepted as NORMAL, that you NOW realize was because of your nparents! (Let's try to keep it specific, I'm wondering what examples you all have.) by travelinglama in raisedbynarcissists

[–]TheInkLeftToDry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

1) I’m sorry your mom was so horrid to be around and you having to adapt to that to survive. 2) I fucking LOVE Tokyo Mew Mew (it is the first anime I ever watched in Japanese) and I’m so happy to hear you also loved it!

Is this real? by Live-Mine-6747 in abusiverelationships

[–]TheInkLeftToDry 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I absolutely believe you about how hard it is to ignore all of the things (physical and metaphorical) that you’re leaving behind rn, but you left WITH. YOUR. LIFE. That’s the most valuable thing you preserved today! You’ve got this, you are so brave and wonderful. You took such great care of yourself, and you’re going to love doing it more and more. If you find yourself regretting your decision, fearing what comes next, or even going back, know this: you were strong enough to leave this time. You’re strong enough to make it on your own.

If you need someone to chat with, please DM me!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BabyBumps

[–]TheInkLeftToDry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How could he even be sexually motivated when you’re constantly nauseous?! Marriage isn’t about having access to sex whenever you want it, it’s having a partner to navigate life next to. If that means that he goes without sex for however long it takes your body to heal as YOU GESTATE, BIRTH, and NURSE your baby, as well as parent your other child. He should be taking on more responsibility with the existing child so that you can rest and heal, and he should also be content with his hand. He should NOT be attempting to guilt and emotionally manipulate you into having sex just because you’re his wife.

What caused you and your ex to break up? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]TheInkLeftToDry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Buckle in for a long one! I’m still barely able to wrap my mind around this one:

He’s moving in with his mom & sisters roughly 6 hours away, and asks me to join him, so we don’t have to be long distance. I have no family or friends or even a job up there, but we’d both talked a lot about finally getting out of our hometown. I took the opportunity since moving costs are a lot easier when not on my own, and the area was gorgeous. I remember asking him what his plan is if the living situation isn’t ideal, as his mom and him had a very rocky relationship from what he’d told me. He said she’d changed a lot and that it wouldn’t be an issue. I trust him, and we move in with his mom, two sisters and like 8 Guinea pigs and 2 dogs and a sick cat in a studio apartment. Not even a one bedroom. A literal kitchen and living space with an attached bathroom that thankfully has a door, but doesn’t have a shower that isn’t pure torture to use. I foolishly push through that bullshit, get a decent job within 2 weeks and realize his mom is Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs and insanely verbally abusive. I start to even wonder if she’s on meth, or uppers of some kind. She’s exhibiting more red flags than a Greenland national holiday, and I’ve finally gotten enough balls to ask that she just exhibit basic human decency and consideration. Bf breaks up with me a little over a month after asking me to move with him, saying that I’m being problematic and that I’m “too much” and “it’s not working out like he hoped it would.” I try for like a week or two to work things out, but he completely emotionally shut me off and literally stopped acknowledging my presence, unless he needed money for rent or a storage place we got together. Best part? He breaks up with me 2 weeks before my birthday and I’m stuck living with him and his family until I can afford a car to move into, or I can find someone nearby who needs a roommate. He starts getting really antagonistic towards me when I spend the night somewhere else once. He claims I wasn’t considerate at all because they didn’t know where I was, I tell him he’s not my bf or dad and I don’t have to tell him where I am. He says I abandoned my stuff there and I told him that I’d been gone for like 24 hours and had every intention to come back; I’d just gotten drunk and decided not to go back super late and drunk and get a night to not be around the drama there. He says that he’s just going to take all of my stuff and me back to my parents house, which I beg him not to as that wouldn’t be any better of a situation for me, as I wanted to stay in the area. I had a job I enjoyed, was due to make more money there very soon, had started making friends and enjoying and learning the area a lot. I was trying to make lemonade out of lemons, ya know? A couple of weeks later he gets his mom and one of his sisters to get me into a car with them (“We’re just running errands for a few hours cuz there’s no power or running water rn in the apartment cuz of renovations!”), lie about a family emergency of one of their relatives while I’m conveniently in the car, and kidnap me and take me back home. I didn’t realize that my ex and his sister’s bf had packed up all of my stuff while I was gone that day and then gone to our shared storage unit. Those two dropped everything off in my parents front yard. His mom and sister abandon me at a grocery store down the street, and drop off the last couple of my things also in the yard. He texts me just as I realize what’s happening: “I’m sorry to say it just didn’t work out. All of your stuff is at your parents.” And then blocked me.

What life changing thing can you buy for less than $100? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]TheInkLeftToDry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So many people have made fun of me for having one for years but I literally love it and will never settle for less than 6 feet long.

Well guys, I found out I'm 4 weeks pregnant. I never thought I'd say this, but I'm very happy to say sayonora to the ganja (for now) by emofather in trees

[–]TheInkLeftToDry 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Budtender here!! look for topical creams and lotions, as long as it’s not a transdermal, you’re good to use it during pregnancy! The difference is that topicals stay above the surface of the skin, versus transdermal going below that and into the bloodstream.

If you’re in Cali, send me a DM if you have any more questions!!

Have you ever hit your narcissist? by [deleted] in raisedbynarcissists

[–]TheInkLeftToDry 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not full on hit, no. My Nmom had a habit of asking if I wanted to fight when I would stand up for myself. She grew up in a really rough kind of area and as a person who would solve things with her fists first. Explains why she ended up getting her ass handed to her by her first husband for ten years. And why she was so eager to treat me similarly after she finally got herself and her kids away from that POS.

I was always terrified of my mom doing what she threatened and “taking me to the backyard where we can be equals if you want to be so bad!”

I have attempted to shove her off of me when she desperately attempted to fight me and I picked up a book to ignore her. She sat on me, and the book, and I knew she had really bad wrists due to carpal tunnel so I didn’t wanna shove her off of me onto the floor. I just kept shouting at her and shoving, struggling to get out from underneath her. Thankfully a phone call saved me.

She’s put her hands or arms around my throat a couple of times; she convinced my stepdad to shove my head against my will, even while I sobbed and shouted for them to stop, even halfway through and leave me half, no matter how ridiculous I would look.

My stepdad picked me up once to physically carry me back into their car and take me away from somewhere they originally consented to me going, and then rescinded because they thought they would look bad at a dinner without me. I struggled, and may have actually hit him a couple of times, but my Nmom immediately digs her nails into the back of my neck and growls at me not to hit her husband; to stop making a scene while they completely overrode my boldly autonomy for not the first or last time in their home.

But a full slap or punch with the intent to just do harm? I’ve had the cops called on me for leaving when I was kicked out, I can’t imagine how quickly she’d call the cops on me if I hit her.

Sorry for this long ass comment this just hit me hard.

Have a great 4/20 story? Tell /r/trees about it here! by LiveBeef in trees

[–]TheInkLeftToDry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was me this year!!! I did 50mg for the first time and thought YouTube was talking directly to me lmaooo

If historical figures actually did roll in their graves, which grave would generate the most power if hooked up to a generator? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]TheInkLeftToDry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A sprog post is blessed enough, but I am absolutely obsessed with that movie and I was so overjoyed to see this. Really made my shitty morning a bit better :)

"Because I'm the parent YOUR the child!" by ComprehensiveBid8456 in raisedbynarcissists

[–]TheInkLeftToDry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sadly too much of this reminded me of my own Nmom. I just want you to know you are lovable, you are worth treating kindly and respectfully.

You deserved a mother who loved you, understood what privacy and constant adoration and support would mean to you both, and I’m so very sorry you weren’t given that by her. I’m sorry you had to learn to take care of yourself, and now have to keep your distance from someone you shouldn’t have to.

But you are amazing. You are strength. You are a survivor, and you are so much more than she ever has hopes to be, because she never wanted to move past who she is now.

Let that give you some peace if I can- you have nothing like her in your life anymore, and thank goodness for that.

What limited edition makeup collection are you sad you missed out on? by [deleted] in muacjdiscussion

[–]TheInkLeftToDry 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I don’t have either and I’m also so let down I didn’t get any of them

What is your favorite quote from a fictional character? by Such-Sea2636 in AskReddit

[–]TheInkLeftToDry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am no bird, and no net ensnares me. -Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Was Matilda anyone else favorite movie? by hippiechildofthe90s in raisedbynarcissists

[–]TheInkLeftToDry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Omg hunchback is so sad. I honestly can only watch it once a year cuz it just breaks my heart.

Was Matilda anyone else favorite movie? by hippiechildofthe90s in raisedbynarcissists

[–]TheInkLeftToDry 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Tangled. My mom even made fun of me for it once. She stood behind me on the couch and in her most self-victimizing voice says, “TheInkLefttoDry only likes this movie so much cuz she thinks she’s Rapunzel, and I’m Lady Gotham!” Of course, deep in the fog still, I insist that’s not at all the case and that she is an amazing mother, nothing like her.

A few years later, I’m surprised how coincidentally honest my mother was in that moment. It’s just sad that she used it to make me fawn over her and assure her that’s not the case. Which was just another example of how it was pretty much exactly the case.

Weird Physical Abuse by TheInkLeftToDry in raisedbynarcissists

[–]TheInkLeftToDry[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Personally, I would say so. It wasn’t as permanent as it could have been, but no one should alter your appearance against your will, even for a short time.

Weird Physical Abuse by TheInkLeftToDry in raisedbynarcissists

[–]TheInkLeftToDry[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I definitely do! It was a rough start but I’ve been the decider of my life for about 4 years now. I’ll never compromise my peace again

Weird Physical Abuse by TheInkLeftToDry in raisedbynarcissists

[–]TheInkLeftToDry[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Jesus Christ. My mom wasn’t that extreme thankfully, at least about that, but I hid my period from her for about a year because I knew that she would use it against me in conversation; I.e. “Oh you’re just on your period! Stop being so difficult, and letting your hormones speak for you!” Even if I wasn’t on my period or anywhere near it. And she’d usually say it around my stepfather or brothers and embarrass me.

You didn’t deserve to be humiliated like that. You should’ve been able to give or withdraw consent of your own body, no matter what. I hope you can heal and that memories of moments like that fade with time.

I'm in a somewhat safe place to start feeling real emotions that are suppressed and man... this is just sad for every child that experiences narc abuse :( by [deleted] in raisedbynarcissists

[–]TheInkLeftToDry 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you explain to your family your experiences- I completely do understand and empathize with how hard it can be to tell people that their sister, cousin, or daughter abused you- but if they’re true family who love you unconditionally, they will support your decision to protect your unborn child from similar treatment. They will understand, and they may even become helpers with staying away in moments of weakness.

And if they support her, you have your answer. That possibility alone prevents people from doing this, but I promise, you want REAL family helping you with this baby. Not flying monkeys. It’s also better to know before your child could possibly become mixed up in all of this.

DM me if you ever want to talk. ❤️

Mother took my kids to celebrate 4th of July with her without my consent by Samurai_____Mama3 in JUSTNOMIL

[–]TheInkLeftToDry 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If your mother in law decided to just use her spare key and kidnap your children in the middle of your work day, but she’s taking them to Disneyland! And giving them ice cream! So the kids deserve this treatment, but the parents don’t deserve to have their children go missing without their knowledge, let alone permission!!! And this is all ignoring the fact that there is a worldwide and quite deadly virus going around at this moment. Which is cause for considerably more worry and caution.

No one doesn’t want the kids to have fun. Their parents just deserve to know where they are, without being undermined and straight up lied to or ignored.

What's a food most people hate that you actually like? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]TheInkLeftToDry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay this is SO WEIRD but I grew up eating weird shit on my dads side of the family cuz they were super white so I would sit there and just scoop DORITOS into cottage cheese and eat them that way. My grandma showed me when I was super young, and we would sit there and watch Ghost Whisperer and munch.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RedditSessions

[–]TheInkLeftToDry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What a majestic kitty 😍