Really messed up with dinner yesterday trying to help Maddie with her food |
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I struggled with bedtime but did great this morning. Day is starting off very calm and ice despite nose bleed. Had great dinner with natural consequences for Jack stealing Maddie’s food |
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It is extremely insulting when you take things I say, and explain, and then erase my stated meaning and replace it with some cartoonishly villainous reason that I did it.
I didn’t say “if not for the kids I’d leave” to threaten you or hurt you or punish you. I said it to explain two things: the depth of my frustration and anger over your continued insistence that you understand the few core problem behaviors and improvement is just around the corner. I’ve been dealing with it for literal years and you’ve been telling me the same empty thing for years.
I find myself even needing to explain this because you constantly accuse me of overreacting — demonstrating that you do not understand the precise thing you keep claiming to. That so many of your behaviors are destructive and damaging to our children — yet persist — is something you need to reflect on; it isn’t something to twist into me lashing out because I’m mad. It’s literally what I see and deal with and explain. |
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For me to be intimate, I have to know I am loved, cared for and feel safe and secure in our relationship. I have apologized and am attempting to do better. I am not sure if you feel the same way because the last I heard you wanted to punish me by leaving but felt like you couldn’t. I don’t want you to be with me because there’s no options and you feel helpless.
Maddie said I’ve been extra nice since she went to Idaho and feels super loved which is good. Still need to parent and keep things calm without Matt having to get involved so much. |
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