Mother and Wife similarities

Posted by DrewB in positive thinking, planning my new life, other, my story, feeling sad and alone, feeling down, depression loneliness, counselling or therapy, choosing to stay or go, children, breaking up, being single, bad day, accepting its over

I'm sure I've heard it said that men marry women that remind them of their mother's. I could be wrong, but somewhere in my sub-concious I've heard that said.

So, what is my mother like?

Well, just about everyone that should be dear to her has walked away from her.

Her husband, her children and her grandchildren. All have either left her or have distanced themselves from her. That's a lot of people, 13 in all.

If I was here, I'd be staring to look at the common denominator in all of this, but I'm not her. She choses the life she leads, and is certainly too old to change anything, even if she

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Aug 28

2008

Where have all the nice women gone?

Posted by DrewB in other, my story, feeling down, depression loneliness, dealing with emotions, choosing to stay or go, breaking up, being single, bad day, anger hate revenge

Now that’s a pretty broad question, I know, but you know how it is – you become so caught up in your own circle of family and the problems you have that you forget that there’s a whole world going on outside.

And my thoughts are all influenced by my own situation. And my thoughts aren’t nice.

I read blog comment after blog comment from women who have loved and been wronged. But I’m a bloke that has loved and been wronged. So why didn’t I find one of you to love? We could have righted together not wronged each other.

Ah… such is life.

DrewB

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Aug 25

2008

Embracing the uptimes

Posted by Iwillbeok in happiness, being single

Hiya!

Feeling really upbeat today...well...so far, at least - the unpredictability of my moods is quite dizzying, but I am learning to fully embrace the uptimes when they are here!

I went to a street market this morning with my children. It is an annual local event, & past visits have always been rather fraught. My husband used to drag his heels all the way round, muttering under his breath about the 'tat' on sale. Well, today was different! I thoroughly enjoyed, no, even relished, browsing through the 'tat'. I even bought myself some - I probably looked incredibly smug when I handed over my

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