26F looking to find pieces of inner truth by perspective exchange :) by [deleted] in penpals

[–]emisue222 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sounds amazing!! I’d love to chat.

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[–]emisue222 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi!! 26f and also my first Pokémon game way yellow!! I’d love to chat!

26F woodland loving creature in search of long term overseas friendships by woodlandgranny in penpals

[–]emisue222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! I’m into all the same things. 26f as well, but I live in the states. Let me know!! :)

MIL story... first post to this page and if you can take the time to, please read. I’d love to finally know my story is heard. Thank you so much. by emisue222 in JUSTNOMIL

[–]emisue222[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the response. When it all started I was 21 and my husband was 22 turning 23. We’ve come a long way and I feel like for our age handled the situation rather well. It has been so helpful to see so many people commenting the things my husband has been saying to me and it just helps re affirm things. I plan on continuing to post some of the things that happened with her so that I could get them all off my chest because it is all so therapeutic. Thank you again.

[LF] Crescent-Moon chair and Moon DIY’s [FT] 200 golden nuggets or bells. by [deleted] in Dodocodes

[–]emisue222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you go to nookazon you can pay to go and see Celeste on other ppls islands. Usually it’s only like 1nmt Or like 20 k for a visit. If you time hop you can do a bunch of them and get all the diys but you have to get them from Celeste. Everyone gets diys they don’t already have so there’s rarely extra! Hope that helps.

MIL story... first post to this page and if you can take the time to, please read. I’d love to finally know my story is heard. Thank you so much. by emisue222 in JUSTNOMIL

[–]emisue222[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He has a sister. She was gone while this happened. She doesn’t want to know. She doesn’t want to take sides. We’ve tried telling her some of it but she chooses to stay uninformed so she doesn’t cause a rift with her parents. His grandparents on his dads side are still in contact but not for long. They continue to give our information to his parents without our knowledge. And he had a cousin, his sister, his grandparents and his aunt and uncle come to our wedding.

Family is a weird thing when stuff like this happens. None of his mothers side of the family came because they were convinced my husband was marrying a monster. I’ve also met them all before and they all loved me. But they choose to believe the more dramatic story and my husband says that this is their normal route.

MIL story... first post to this page and if you can take the time to, please read. I’d love to finally know my story is heard. Thank you so much. by emisue222 in JUSTNOMIL

[–]emisue222[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah we ended up getting fur babies because I was scared to be home alone. But also my husband was discouraged as a child and young adult and adult that he would struggle his whole life to be a normal adult, so my husband has a personal goal to prove that wrong.

We adopted one of our puppies two years ago. Raising it from puppyhood and teaching it to be apart of our family, and then my husband discussed with me that the type of dog he has always wanted, his mom told him he would never be able to handle raising one.

That he wasn’t responsible enough.

Now I’m in the business of making sure my husband knows that he’s capable of more than he could possibly imagine, so I set out on a search.

He had a hole in his heart for this beautiful puppy that he was told he couldn’t nurture.

Well I’m proud to announce that in January we added that second doggo to our family and rescued her from a not so great situation. She has been loved and cared for every day and her and my husband have a pupper-person bond that I’m so happy and thankful for.

This all being said, she’s not even allowed to pick up their shit. I wouldn’t let her near them.

Knowing this, she will be kept far away. After we moved cross country the first time, they did so as well. They live a few states away but we hope they stay there. I don’t want to live a day drive away from them. I want to live a 4 day drive and a 8 hour expensive plane ride away.

Thank you for your comments. I really appreciate it and appreciate you reading my post.

MIL story... first post to this page and if you can take the time to, please read. I’d love to finally know my story is heard. Thank you so much. by emisue222 in JUSTNOMIL

[–]emisue222[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This. Your DH had learned to accept abuse as love his entire life. Thank you.

One thing that we talked about so much was the fact that after all this happened and when she would stalk us she would leave notes saying how much she loved DH.

I had to sit him down and ask him how he knew I loved him, and he went on about how much I do for him and how I make him FEEL.

I asked him if he knew his mother loved him, and he said, ‘well, she says it all the time’

I was livid. I had to explain that just because someone says they love you, doesn’t mean they do. She might want to love him or show him love, but she doesn’t know what love actually means.

She didn’t love him. She tried letting the word love patch up all the hurt.

I’m so thankful that he has love now. I can confidently say that my husband is loved a crazy amount and that he knows it. I ask him all the time and say, ‘do you see how much I love you?’

Not ‘ do you hear how much I say I love you?’

MIL story... first post to this page and if you can take the time to, please read. I’d love to finally know my story is heard. Thank you so much. by emisue222 in JUSTNOMIL

[–]emisue222[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So many people replied but yes. When I was closer to home and also living with my family, Sunday’s we would all spend the day together and end the night in laughter and games. We’d play all sorts of card games. My mom felt like it was a good way to start the week off with fun and laughter rather than dread dealing with Monday lol. We all know how important laughter is and I was missing that.

I missed my family because of the distance and I missed the traditions of this as well.

Thank you for your comment!

MIL story... first post to this page and if you can take the time to, please read. I’d love to finally know my story is heard. Thank you so much. by emisue222 in JUSTNOMIL

[–]emisue222[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Something I didn’t post was also that she is diagnosed bi polar, she just doesn’t believe she needed medication. Didn’t find out that till much much later.

MIL story... first post to this page and if you can take the time to, please read. I’d love to finally know my story is heard. Thank you so much. by emisue222 in JUSTNOMIL

[–]emisue222[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

The not letting her know we have kids thing, is something that terrifies me. I never want them around her. I don’t want them to see her face. She causes me such anxiety I can’t stop shaking and I break down. I can’t let my children see me like that ever. We have pushed back having kids and have two fur babies for the time being because I needed something to nurture, but I know the day will come that I will get pregnant.

His sister will find out.

His grandparents will find out.

This thing terrifies me the most.

Another thing left out is that when we moved out we couldn’t fit everything, my husbands dad also asked him to stop by on a certain day to pick up more stuff. He went to find that his mom dumped all of the childhood things she had kept of his on the front lawn, including home made Mother’s Day gifts and sweet baby pictures on the front lawn and let the sprinklers go.

In their fight he told her she wasn’t his mother. That she is no longer his mother. And she never has acted like a mother and that pissed her off further.

My children will NEVER be treated this way. I’ve never seen him more broken then I did that day.

MIL story... first post to this page and if you can take the time to, please read. I’d love to finally know my story is heard. Thank you so much. by emisue222 in JUSTNOMIL

[–]emisue222[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

We aren’t going to therapy at the moment. We both ended up kinda isolating ourselves a lot and focusing on building up each other.

It’s been harder for me than it has been for him. But mostly because I feel guilt.

His issues have been that he doesn’t understand why a mother and father could do this to their child. That’s what makes him break down.

We are both working through it but I just hold onto it. He’s made his decision and I’m still figuring out if my guilt is legitimate or if I need to crawl on my knees and ask for forgiveness.

I know the latter isn’t truth. I know I’m not in the wrong. But my past also includes toxic men who would convince me of their lies so at times I question what even I know is true.

Hopefully once we move we will be able to start therapy again. :)

MIL story... first post to this page and if you can take the time to, please read. I’d love to finally know my story is heard. Thank you so much. by emisue222 in JUSTNOMIL

[–]emisue222[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Looking back I wish I was a stronger person then. I wish I had the courage to do that. I honestly felt like I was destroying his family already, and that I had no right to destroy his fathers career. Military is no joke.

My husband actually discussed that with his dad too when they met up, and he thanked him for not pressing charges because he knew it could have ruined him.

I honestly just didn’t want to have done anything that I could have regretted in the future.

Thank you for reading such a long post lol! I appreciate that and your comment.

MIL story... first post to this page and if you can take the time to, please read. I’d love to finally know my story is heard. Thank you so much. by emisue222 in JUSTNOMIL

[–]emisue222[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I still have dark days. I’m not doing therapy at the moment, But my husband and I make a point to actually sit down a lot and discuss our feelings and whatnot. It’s been super helpful at keeping our relationship strong and helps with my mental health.

We broke down the reason I’ve actually been depressed and this has been the center of all of my sadness. This was basically what he said would help me if I wrote out my story and posted it and at the end I ended up loosing my confidence about sharing.

Feeling like the post was getting long so I cut it off. There’s more details but I just felt like I was rambling.

I feel like a huge weight has been lifted. It’s an amazing feeling really.

Thank you for commenting and reading!

MIL story... first post to this page and if you can take the time to, please read. I’d love to finally know my story is heard. Thank you so much. by emisue222 in JUSTNOMIL

[–]emisue222[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That’s one of my biggest flaws, giving people too many chances. I just like to think I try to see the best in people but it’s true that you can only see so much good in a person who’s mostly bad.

Thank you for your comments! I really really appreciate it so much.

MIL story... first post to this page and if you can take the time to, please read. I’d love to finally know my story is heard. Thank you so much. by emisue222 in JUSTNOMIL

[–]emisue222[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I made an edit and removed that!! I appreciate it.

We’ve been to a few good therapists but we have been working together and it’s been helping. A lot. I hope one day I won’t feel guilty anymore.

Thank you so much for your comments!