Tenacity said:
ZTIME,
So what's the update on the plan going forward? I mean you keep saying you are going through a "learning experience," etc., but you are 43? How is it that you can be 43 and not know the basics of dealing with women, legal arrangements, restraining orders, etc.?
I don't mean to sound harsh, but you are too old to be sitting up here talking about all of this touchy feely stuff. Relationships GO BAD, sometimes you play a part in it and sometimes you don't. In this case, you were involved with a woman that you shouldn't have been involved in, so you are partially responsible for all of this in combination with the woman taking up the other percentage of fault.
You are 43, you are a good man, you aren't 22. Go date another chick, learn from the shyt you went through here, FILE A POLICE REPORT and a Restraining Order on the chick....and move on with your life dude.
Stop all of this emotional shyt, you have money, you have assets, you have as they say "High Sexual Market Value." Go replace this chick.....
Thanks Man!! You're not being harsh at all. I started this whole post to get clarity and that is true.
It's kind of embarrassing, but at 43 years of age I've honestly never been in this type of situation. I can't say everything in life has been perfect, but damn near it.
I've been in relationships with all higher end girls at several points in time of my life but have never been so emotionally attached. Even the girl I dated for 14 years was just hard to get over her being there all of the time.
With the schedule I've always had and the things I've been able to do, I guess I never really put as much effort into my relationships as I did with this one. Nor have I ever dealt with a breakup this crazy.
You guys seem to know about all of these bad things that can happen with these situations, you know about restraining orders, and legal arrangements, and some of you have had to use them. As everyone has a different path they travel; I'm just dealing with this type of situation at 43 years of age.
So here right now, you guys are helping to teach me my learning experience. The emotional s*** I post here isn't meant to offend anyone, it's like a dump for me to write this stuff down so I know where I was when I was dealing with a toxic situation. Who knows, maybe someday someone will come across this thread with all of your responses and learn. Maybe they would have never had the nuts to post what they felt.
As for me being at fault, you're right! I was totally involved with a woman I should not have been with. I allowed myself to be used and forgot about my own value. And the truth is that right now without being able to read all of these responses I'd be in the same boat that I was 3 weeks ago. So thank you for that.
Now, I do promise to keep full clarity on this post to show that there is a way to make it through this crap and excel. So as I move on and bang other chicks, I'll make sure to post that here also. I'm giving myself a few weeks before I get into that race again. Been down that road it's got it's definite positives. Just getting into the physical and mental shape I need to be in to make it a success.
Yes, I could go out in this town to some bar and tell them the name of the company I own, or tell them the neighborhood I live in and get this accomplished pretty easily, but I've learned that it's better just to look good and feel good about yourself without blabbing about what you do.
So hopefully I've done the right things so far and as always, I appreciate the advice and feedback. Especially yours which I've read 100 times.