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		<title>By: annabanana</title>
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		<dc:creator>annabanana</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gym Angel - &quot;emotional terrorists&quot; - love it!!  Describes my ex to a tee.  I&#039;ve been NC for about 5 months now, and yes I&#039;ve had my moments when I think &quot;what if I contact him what would he say?&quot; but all I do is take a breath and think how I&#039;d feel after I&#039;d done it, and I know I&#039;d feel pretty shitty!  If I ever had a &#039;wobble&#039; - I&#039;d come straight back to this site to remind myself why he&#039;s an ex and why he&#039;s not worth another second of my time.  I found out he got engaged two weeks before xmas (he&#039;d been seeing me about the same amount of time when he proposed to me!) Because of this site, and my wonderful support network of friends I was strong enough not to get all bent out of shape about it.  I have a new man now who treats me exactly the way I should be treated - with respect.  Thanks NML for the ongoing support! Big cosmic love xx</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gym Angel &#8211; &#8220;emotional terrorists&#8221; &#8211; love it!!  Describes my ex to a tee.  I&#8217;ve been NC for about 5 months now, and yes I&#8217;ve had my moments when I think &#8220;what if I contact him what would he say?&#8221; but all I do is take a breath and think how I&#8217;d feel after I&#8217;d done it, and I know I&#8217;d feel pretty shitty!  If I ever had a &#8216;wobble&#8217; &#8211; I&#8217;d come straight back to this site to remind myself why he&#8217;s an ex and why he&#8217;s not worth another second of my time.  I found out he got engaged two weeks before xmas (he&#8217;d been seeing me about the same amount of time when he proposed to me!) Because of this site, and my wonderful support network of friends I was strong enough not to get all bent out of shape about it.  I have a new man now who treats me exactly the way I should be treated &#8211; with respect.  Thanks NML for the ongoing support! Big cosmic love xx</p>
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		<title>By: movingon</title>
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		<dc:creator>movingon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh I wish I had read this before new years eve. Saw my ex eum out with his new girlfriend for the first time since we broke up and got pretty drunk at a party, woke up the next day with 3 text delivery reports to his number. I have a vague memory of telling him i loved him in one of them and we never told eachother that while we were dating.
I feel like such an idiot, Iâ€™d been moving on fine, dating other guys and now heâ€™s gonna think Iâ€™m still crazy about him and heâ€™s prob telling his new girlfriend what a lunatic his ex is. Urgh help!
I guess the only positive I can take from it is hopefully it will teach me a lesson for the future.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh I wish I had read this before new years eve. Saw my ex eum out with his new girlfriend for the first time since we broke up and got pretty drunk at a party, woke up the next day with 3 text delivery reports to his number. I have a vague memory of telling him i loved him in one of them and we never told eachother that while we were dating.<br />
I feel like such an idiot, Iâ€™d been moving on fine, dating other guys and now heâ€™s gonna think Iâ€™m still crazy about him and heâ€™s prob telling his new girlfriend what a lunatic his ex is. Urgh help!<br />
I guess the only positive I can take from it is hopefully it will teach me a lesson for the future.</p>
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		<title>By: de-lightedtobefree</title>
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		<dc:creator>de-lightedtobefree</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What did I get for Christmas from the ex EUM!.. a text (in his language, foreign) wishing ALL a Merry Christmas and good New year. I&#039;m just another person on his list. Even if he was fishing to see if I would respond, it didn&#039;t work. The coward. Funny thing is, I only  glanced it, it didn&#039;t have any effect on me at all, which I guess means the only person Im thinking about now is me. Did I respond. ..Ahh.. NO!!  NC rules!! :)

xxx De</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What did I get for Christmas from the ex EUM!.. a text (in his language, foreign) wishing ALL a Merry Christmas and good New year. I&#8217;m just another person on his list. Even if he was fishing to see if I would respond, it didn&#8217;t work. The coward. Funny thing is, I only  glanced it, it didn&#8217;t have any effect on me at all, which I guess means the only person Im thinking about now is me. Did I respond. ..Ahh.. NO!!  NC rules!! <img src='http://www.baggagereclaim.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>xxx De</p>
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		<title>By: Gym Angel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gym Angel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ladies............   I have been where you all are.   I slipped and saw my EUM on Christmas Day and spent two nights with him.  My parting shot was to see the latest George Clooney film......Up in the Air.   He wanted to see his favorite EUM in action.   I think it back fired.   He woke up early this AM talking about the movie.   I got really pissed off and left in a hurry.  I sent him a text and told him he was  a Fxxxg Scumbag Narcissist.  (He has never heard such language from me!)

I remember a man in business telling me that if you want to drive another person crazy......you ignore them.  No Contact is really the only way to deal with these emotional terrorists.  It is sad commentary on the course of loving the wrong person.   Just look at the life of Princess Diana.

For the sake of your family, children, firiends, and women in general....fly free of the EUM....he is a war zone!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ladies&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;   I have been where you all are.   I slipped and saw my EUM on Christmas Day and spent two nights with him.  My parting shot was to see the latest George Clooney film&#8230;&#8230;Up in the Air.   He wanted to see his favorite EUM in action.   I think it back fired.   He woke up early this AM talking about the movie.   I got really pissed off and left in a hurry.  I sent him a text and told him he was  a Fxxxg Scumbag Narcissist.  (He has never heard such language from me!)</p>
<p>I remember a man in business telling me that if you want to drive another person crazy&#8230;&#8230;you ignore them.  No Contact is really the only way to deal with these emotional terrorists.  It is sad commentary on the course of loving the wrong person.   Just look at the life of Princess Diana.</p>
<p>For the sake of your family, children, firiends, and women in general&#8230;.fly free of the EUM&#8230;.he is a war zone!</p>
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		<title>By: Kitty Smith</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kitty Smith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Read Codependent No More, Melody Beattie.  Did you feel trapped into being who he wanted you to be, emboiled in his negative emotions, and was he selfish?  Move on ladies and chose healthier men!  Me and my kids ran into my soon to be ex (it&#039;s been a year now) Costco shopping with his girlfriend and her daughter.  Funny - he looked miserable as he hates shopping!  Food is the last thing they needed in their cart - it was overflowing.  They both need to diet as they were huge and I couldn&#039;t resist snickering.  My ex&#039;s stomach looked 6 months pregnant.  I couldn&#039;t resist approaching him to ask him if he was going to send my mail, addressed to me, to me.  He played stupid and said what mail.  I said Bank of America (which was a Fedex w/confirmed delivery).  He said yes, and I said Uh ha, and walked away with my head up!  You see, he doesn&#039;t have me down anymore.  He always said I was insecure but I am not the one in a new rebound relationship.  We are still legally married and until we are divorced, I am chosing to find myself again, enjoy life without his emotional baggage.  I stood beside that crazy man (I was his third marriage) through him mistreating my son and not bonding with my kids (his family didn&#039;t want to bond with us either), diabetes with him and his spoiled son, his crazed 1st ex wife that he always put first, his insecurity of his bratty son turning his back on him, watching him be a buddy to his son and not getting it that he needed to be a father, his awful controling family, his son&#039;s bone cancer treatments - ladies, I was the one insane.  I put him first for 7 years and forgot who I really was.  I celebrated Christmas with my reclaimed life and it was WONDERFUL!!!  Dont contact him - it&#039;s not worth it.  If you are healthy and run into him, without intentionally running into him, hold your head up and let him know - he doesn&#039;t have you like that anymore!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Read Codependent No More, Melody Beattie.  Did you feel trapped into being who he wanted you to be, emboiled in his negative emotions, and was he selfish?  Move on ladies and chose healthier men!  Me and my kids ran into my soon to be ex (it&#8217;s been a year now) Costco shopping with his girlfriend and her daughter.  Funny &#8211; he looked miserable as he hates shopping!  Food is the last thing they needed in their cart &#8211; it was overflowing.  They both need to diet as they were huge and I couldn&#8217;t resist snickering.  My ex&#8217;s stomach looked 6 months pregnant.  I couldn&#8217;t resist approaching him to ask him if he was going to send my mail, addressed to me, to me.  He played stupid and said what mail.  I said Bank of America (which was a Fedex w/confirmed delivery).  He said yes, and I said Uh ha, and walked away with my head up!  You see, he doesn&#8217;t have me down anymore.  He always said I was insecure but I am not the one in a new rebound relationship.  We are still legally married and until we are divorced, I am chosing to find myself again, enjoy life without his emotional baggage.  I stood beside that crazy man (I was his third marriage) through him mistreating my son and not bonding with my kids (his family didn&#8217;t want to bond with us either), diabetes with him and his spoiled son, his crazed 1st ex wife that he always put first, his insecurity of his bratty son turning his back on him, watching him be a buddy to his son and not getting it that he needed to be a father, his awful controling family, his son&#8217;s bone cancer treatments &#8211; ladies, I was the one insane.  I put him first for 7 years and forgot who I really was.  I celebrated Christmas with my reclaimed life and it was WONDERFUL!!!  Dont contact him &#8211; it&#8217;s not worth it.  If you are healthy and run into him, without intentionally running into him, hold your head up and let him know &#8211; he doesn&#8217;t have you like that anymore!</p>
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		<title>By: So Over an EX!</title>
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		<dc:creator>So Over an EX!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So I have an EX that ALWAYS contacts me around Christmas.  This individual has caused me so much heartache for years (Over 17!).  For a long time I was very in love with him, but one day I just had it and gave up on the guy.  I would always respond to his emails, but this year....NOTHING!  I refuse to write back and respond.  It is clear that this person does not want a serious future with me and I feel that he only contacts me when he is feeling lonely.  I think it is time that he gets a dog.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I have an EX that ALWAYS contacts me around Christmas.  This individual has caused me so much heartache for years (Over 17!).  For a long time I was very in love with him, but one day I just had it and gave up on the guy.  I would always respond to his emails, but this year&#8230;.NOTHING!  I refuse to write back and respond.  It is clear that this person does not want a serious future with me and I feel that he only contacts me when he is feeling lonely.  I think it is time that he gets a dog.</p>
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		<title>By: Trinity</title>
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		<dc:creator>Trinity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi NML, even though I&#039;m going fairly well with the NCR, do you think you will write something for NYE? How to put it into perspective, tips or a new way of looking at that evening. It can be painful, especially when alone. I feel a bit exhausted by things, I think because I work with my X I&#039;m constantly on high alert or even feel a bit like I&#039;m on a stage? Now even though I have some time off, away from him I&#039;m having to push through Xmas, push through NYE and push through the thought of even going back to work :( I have to nit be do hard on myself, I guess it&#039;s only been 4 months, I&#039;m already at the angry/accepting stage of the break up cycle :)
shoping was hard yesterday, Christmas music, familys, sad songs and remembering one of the nicest Christmas I&#039;d had last year. Knowing his family will be having Xmas dinner, all the same only without me there. 
take care</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi NML, even though I&#8217;m going fairly well with the NCR, do you think you will write something for NYE? How to put it into perspective, tips or a new way of looking at that evening. It can be painful, especially when alone. I feel a bit exhausted by things, I think because I work with my X I&#8217;m constantly on high alert or even feel a bit like I&#8217;m on a stage? Now even though I have some time off, away from him I&#8217;m having to push through Xmas, push through NYE and push through the thought of even going back to work <img src='http://www.baggagereclaim.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' />  I have to nit be do hard on myself, I guess it&#8217;s only been 4 months, I&#8217;m already at the angry/accepting stage of the break up cycle <img src='http://www.baggagereclaim.co.uk/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
shoping was hard yesterday, Christmas music, familys, sad songs and remembering one of the nicest Christmas I&#8217;d had last year. Knowing his family will be having Xmas dinner, all the same only without me there.<br />
take care</p>
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		<title>By: katy</title>
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		<dc:creator>katy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>YOU GO delightedtobefree!!! YOU GO GIRL!!  That&#039;s how I feel myself and it is true WE HAVE THE POWER now =)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>YOU GO delightedtobefree!!! YOU GO GIRL!!  That&#8217;s how I feel myself and it is true WE HAVE THE POWER now =)</p>
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		<title>By: Used</title>
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		<dc:creator>Used</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>(Sorry for all the spelling errors.  Just have to get the points across, and as quickly as possible.  Gotta go.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(Sorry for all the spelling errors.  Just have to get the points across, and as quickly as possible.  Gotta go.)</p>
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		<title>By: Used</title>
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		<dc:creator>Used</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kristen--
As I read your message, I kept thinking, &quot;he is probably wondering whether she is seeing someone else, or has dated anyone&quot;--especially after you mentioned that HE contacted YOU one month after HE ended things.  

Sure enough, that was on his mind, as proven with his question to you.  So you know what he is thinking, at least on thath level.  

He is a TOTAL a**hole.  If he only just called you recently about the Hawaii trip:  first, I hate to break it to you, but his original plans probably fell through, and that is why he is calling you, now, to go to Hawaii; and, second, he is probaby thinking of using the trip itself to get you into bed.

Be thankful for his telling you, his great love, that he saw TWO women when you had first started seeing each other.  Though you weren&#039;t necessarily exclusive, he didn&#039;t HAVE to tell you.  He just (conveniently) wants to get it off his chest.  But that also acts as a warning to you--of not to get involved! 

I think you shoudl have told him that you were, &quot;of course, darling!&quot; seeing other people, especially as you saw that he left you and things were basically &quot;ended&quot; between you.  

This guys sounds tooooo mixed up.  And, guess what, the other two women didn&#039;t want to put up with it, either!  That is why hopefully he will be all alone on Christmas!  

Oh, I forgot:  poor poooooooor little him doesn&#039;t want to be elone for Christmas!  He is thinking to himself, &quot;Why be alone?  Kirsten told me she is not seeing anyone.  She is probably free.  And here I am, witha ll this vacation time I haven&#039;t used up.&quot;  (--yes, and maybe even an unused ticket for another woman who just backed off from the trip!)

He is a jerk also for talking about how he wants to fall in love in the first place.  Falling in love is an organic thing:  you shoudn&#039;t talk about it or try to make it happen.  Sounds like his trying to fall lin love is part of how he justifies his poor behavior to others.  Though he may think that he will get attached to someone eventually--and, yes, this may make what he says somewhat sincere--he shoudn&#039;t be dangling THAT carrot and making statements like that when seeing three women at a time!

TOTAL jerk.  And retard.  STAY AWAY!  But, before completely cutting contact, tell him you are seeing someone right now, and that your accepting any calls/contact/etc. from the EUM woudn&#039;t be fair to your current guy. 

If the calls and contact come streaming in, block them.  THAT is what this jerk deserves!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kristen&#8211;<br />
As I read your message, I kept thinking, &#8220;he is probably wondering whether she is seeing someone else, or has dated anyone&#8221;&#8211;especially after you mentioned that HE contacted YOU one month after HE ended things.  </p>
<p>Sure enough, that was on his mind, as proven with his question to you.  So you know what he is thinking, at least on thath level.  </p>
<p>He is a TOTAL a**hole.  If he only just called you recently about the Hawaii trip:  first, I hate to break it to you, but his original plans probably fell through, and that is why he is calling you, now, to go to Hawaii; and, second, he is probaby thinking of using the trip itself to get you into bed.</p>
<p>Be thankful for his telling you, his great love, that he saw TWO women when you had first started seeing each other.  Though you weren&#8217;t necessarily exclusive, he didn&#8217;t HAVE to tell you.  He just (conveniently) wants to get it off his chest.  But that also acts as a warning to you&#8211;of not to get involved! </p>
<p>I think you shoudl have told him that you were, &#8220;of course, darling!&#8221; seeing other people, especially as you saw that he left you and things were basically &#8220;ended&#8221; between you.  </p>
<p>This guys sounds tooooo mixed up.  And, guess what, the other two women didn&#8217;t want to put up with it, either!  That is why hopefully he will be all alone on Christmas!  </p>
<p>Oh, I forgot:  poor poooooooor little him doesn&#8217;t want to be elone for Christmas!  He is thinking to himself, &#8220;Why be alone?  Kirsten told me she is not seeing anyone.  She is probably free.  And here I am, witha ll this vacation time I haven&#8217;t used up.&#8221;  (&#8211;yes, and maybe even an unused ticket for another woman who just backed off from the trip!)</p>
<p>He is a jerk also for talking about how he wants to fall in love in the first place.  Falling in love is an organic thing:  you shoudn&#8217;t talk about it or try to make it happen.  Sounds like his trying to fall lin love is part of how he justifies his poor behavior to others.  Though he may think that he will get attached to someone eventually&#8211;and, yes, this may make what he says somewhat sincere&#8211;he shoudn&#8217;t be dangling THAT carrot and making statements like that when seeing three women at a time!</p>
<p>TOTAL jerk.  And retard.  STAY AWAY!  But, before completely cutting contact, tell him you are seeing someone right now, and that your accepting any calls/contact/etc. from the EUM woudn&#8217;t be fair to your current guy. </p>
<p>If the calls and contact come streaming in, block them.  THAT is what this jerk deserves!</p>
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		<title>By: de-lightedtobefree</title>
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		<dc:creator>de-lightedtobefree</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just caught myself laughing and smiling at the thought that in fact, I have the power! He is dying for me to contact him, to make it all ok, to be his friend (not that he has a conscience) but still, knowwing I have the power... the ball is my court, call him and make his day... don&#039;t call him, makes my day and rest of my life!

Give him the power to demean and devalue you and your needs in favour of him getting what he wants..uummm NO!! 

MY love, your love...  is for the person that shows me/us  they deserve it, anything less is less than I or you deserve.

Merry Christmas!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just caught myself laughing and smiling at the thought that in fact, I have the power! He is dying for me to contact him, to make it all ok, to be his friend (not that he has a conscience) but still, knowwing I have the power&#8230; the ball is my court, call him and make his day&#8230; don&#8217;t call him, makes my day and rest of my life!</p>
<p>Give him the power to demean and devalue you and your needs in favour of him getting what he wants..uummm NO!! </p>
<p>MY love, your love&#8230;  is for the person that shows me/us  they deserve it, anything less is less than I or you deserve.</p>
<p>Merry Christmas!</p>
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		<title>By: Gayle</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gayle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kristin,
You need to block e-mail and phone contact, this will stop the pain and allow you to move on.

This guy offers nothing, plus he was fooling around when you were together.  Bad news!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kristin,<br />
You need to block e-mail and phone contact, this will stop the pain and allow you to move on.</p>
<p>This guy offers nothing, plus he was fooling around when you were together.  Bad news!</p>
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		<title>By: Susie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Susie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wish i had read this BEFORE i decided to meet my EUM on Saturday! My expectations of him have been played down so much that because I felt nostalgic and he threw me a crumb of attention I lapped it up like a dog - after 3 months of no contact! Very Dumb!!
I am regretting it this morning ladies - but not so much that it has caused me pain. I realise he is the still the cheat he was BEFORE and will be AFTER Christmas is over. He will never ever change and for that I am thankful he isnt my problem! Went to bed last night and vowed I would go back to NC. I am doing it with no trouble at all - I don&#039;t feel back to square one, but i do feel like a right idiot for falling into that trap (once again!) for another misery fix. I am really excited about Christmas and have no intention of letting ANY man take centre stage again. I have learnt the hard way. Don&#039;t go there ladies - it will bring a whole host of issues, and quite frankly, it&#039;s just not worth the hassle! They do not care enough about us to give us the time of day NOW, so what makes you think they will change in the next week, month, year..they don&#039;t. Harsh but true. But glad I am no longer a victim to his pathetic whims! Happy Christmas!! Xxx</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wish i had read this BEFORE i decided to meet my EUM on Saturday! My expectations of him have been played down so much that because I felt nostalgic and he threw me a crumb of attention I lapped it up like a dog &#8211; after 3 months of no contact! Very Dumb!!<br />
I am regretting it this morning ladies &#8211; but not so much that it has caused me pain. I realise he is the still the cheat he was BEFORE and will be AFTER Christmas is over. He will never ever change and for that I am thankful he isnt my problem! Went to bed last night and vowed I would go back to NC. I am doing it with no trouble at all &#8211; I don&#8217;t feel back to square one, but i do feel like a right idiot for falling into that trap (once again!) for another misery fix. I am really excited about Christmas and have no intention of letting ANY man take centre stage again. I have learnt the hard way. Don&#8217;t go there ladies &#8211; it will bring a whole host of issues, and quite frankly, it&#8217;s just not worth the hassle! They do not care enough about us to give us the time of day NOW, so what makes you think they will change in the next week, month, year..they don&#8217;t. Harsh but true. But glad I am no longer a victim to his pathetic whims! Happy Christmas!! Xxx</p>
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		<title>By: Strawberry34</title>
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		<dc:creator>Strawberry34</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh my! You must be reading my thoughts! I posted earlier on this for some advice from you girls (my first attempt at asking for some help!) but for some reason or another it hasn&#039;t come up. Any ideas on where I may have posted it?? I am a blonde...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh my! You must be reading my thoughts! I posted earlier on this for some advice from you girls (my first attempt at asking for some help!) but for some reason or another it hasn&#8217;t come up. Any ideas on where I may have posted it?? I am a blonde&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Strawberry34</title>
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		<dc:creator>Strawberry34</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi girls, I&#039;ve just read through the above and I definitely need some much need help/advice re my ex AC/Arsewipe.

We have maintained a &#039;friendship&#039; for the past 2 years after splitting up amicably. This &#039;friendship&#039; has worked its way into calls every day, meeting up once/twice a week for dinner/drinks, being each other&#039;s confidante, sometimes falling into bed...so basically when I just read that back to myself its a relationship without any strings (I&#039;m not proud of this &#039;creation&#039; I&#039;ve allowed, believe me). I&#039;ve managed this &#039;friendship&#039; and it has worked to my own advantage as well as his so in many ways I feel less obliged to be complaining ladies. However I think time has finally caught up with me and has bitten me wholeheartedly in the bum cheeks!

This weekend I&#039;m certain I&#039;ve seen the true colours of the ar*ewipe he can be and what I&#039;ve been ignoring/waving away and now I don&#039;t know what to do. We spoke yesterday and he proceeded to tell me all about his Sat night - the women was the main conversation (one comment of many that sticks is &#039;nice, huge boobies&#039;, I mean &#039;attractive&#039; that any man refers to them as that, lol). I admit I did kind of react to it and I know I shouldn&#039;t of done. If the boot was on the other foot, he&#039;d have not been very happy with me though I&#039;ve never spoken to him about things involving myself and men anyway. (I had a relationship with a man earlier in the year of which he was aware of but I was so certain to not discuss it with him particularly). 

The reason we split up was because I want a child (eventually) and he already has children. We talked seriously about our future -initally he wanted everything - marriage, house, more children, I was the best thing to happen to him yada yada. He eventually admitted that he wasn&#039;t sure he wanted any more children and he felt he had to tell me because he knew that eventually I did. I would always consider and compromise on lots of things but this one thing I wasn&#039;t prepared to. Even if I never have children it would be through choice and not someone telling me it wouldn&#039;t happen. We decided to part. We didn&#039;t fall out of love with each other, no one else was involved, but that just seemed to make moving on that much harder.

That was two years ago and he&#039;s never allowed me time to actually &#039;get over him&#039;. I initiated NC, he caved and I guess so did I by responding to him. I guess now I&#039;m still at square one, going sideways and not forward. He has now decided that he would quite like to settle down/marry and perhaps have another child. Honestly talk about slap you in the face with a wet fish! 

I cried yesterday which hasn&#039;t happened in a long time. I know this whole situation is at my own creation. I pride myself on always being there for others, listening, being kind and unselfish, ensuring I&#039;m a bloody good friend, I&#039;d do anything for anyone - I feel that has been violated. I really don&#039;t want to sound like a &#039;victim&#039;, definitely not my intention for writing - I&#039;ve lots in my life which is good and positive. i just think I&#039;ve lost my way a bit..

Any advice/ideas for sorting my life out once and for all would be greatly received xx</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi girls, I&#8217;ve just read through the above and I definitely need some much need help/advice re my ex AC/Arsewipe.</p>
<p>We have maintained a &#8216;friendship&#8217; for the past 2 years after splitting up amicably. This &#8216;friendship&#8217; has worked its way into calls every day, meeting up once/twice a week for dinner/drinks, being each other&#8217;s confidante, sometimes falling into bed&#8230;so basically when I just read that back to myself its a relationship without any strings (I&#8217;m not proud of this &#8216;creation&#8217; I&#8217;ve allowed, believe me). I&#8217;ve managed this &#8216;friendship&#8217; and it has worked to my own advantage as well as his so in many ways I feel less obliged to be complaining ladies. However I think time has finally caught up with me and has bitten me wholeheartedly in the bum cheeks!</p>
<p>This weekend I&#8217;m certain I&#8217;ve seen the true colours of the ar*ewipe he can be and what I&#8217;ve been ignoring/waving away and now I don&#8217;t know what to do. We spoke yesterday and he proceeded to tell me all about his Sat night &#8211; the women was the main conversation (one comment of many that sticks is &#8216;nice, huge boobies&#8217;, I mean &#8216;attractive&#8217; that any man refers to them as that, lol). I admit I did kind of react to it and I know I shouldn&#8217;t of done. If the boot was on the other foot, he&#8217;d have not been very happy with me though I&#8217;ve never spoken to him about things involving myself and men anyway. (I had a relationship with a man earlier in the year of which he was aware of but I was so certain to not discuss it with him particularly). </p>
<p>The reason we split up was because I want a child (eventually) and he already has children. We talked seriously about our future -initally he wanted everything &#8211; marriage, house, more children, I was the best thing to happen to him yada yada. He eventually admitted that he wasn&#8217;t sure he wanted any more children and he felt he had to tell me because he knew that eventually I did. I would always consider and compromise on lots of things but this one thing I wasn&#8217;t prepared to. Even if I never have children it would be through choice and not someone telling me it wouldn&#8217;t happen. We decided to part. We didn&#8217;t fall out of love with each other, no one else was involved, but that just seemed to make moving on that much harder.</p>
<p>That was two years ago and he&#8217;s never allowed me time to actually &#8216;get over him&#8217;. I initiated NC, he caved and I guess so did I by responding to him. I guess now I&#8217;m still at square one, going sideways and not forward. He has now decided that he would quite like to settle down/marry and perhaps have another child. Honestly talk about slap you in the face with a wet fish! </p>
<p>I cried yesterday which hasn&#8217;t happened in a long time. I know this whole situation is at my own creation. I pride myself on always being there for others, listening, being kind and unselfish, ensuring I&#8217;m a bloody good friend, I&#8217;d do anything for anyone &#8211; I feel that has been violated. I really don&#8217;t want to sound like a &#8216;victim&#8217;, definitely not my intention for writing &#8211; I&#8217;ve lots in my life which is good and positive. i just think I&#8217;ve lost my way a bit..</p>
<p>Any advice/ideas for sorting my life out once and for all would be greatly received xx</p>
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