I'd prefer to stay anonymous, but no not physically. He's just like my bipolar schizo mom all of a sudden. If he feels threatened he'll apply mental or emotional abuse, never physically. It wasn't always this way, and the funny thing is that I really don't know what triggered it. I don't know what I did. But Ifeel like he's given up, and I'm about ready to give up too.

What a writer sees to write about? For starters, grown kids that move in with their parents and won't move out, so they put a litter box in his bathroom. He then gets ticked off, moves out, and starts cross dressing. He sees someone on the street and licks her face. She hits him in self-defense (despite it not being PC to hit a trans-whatever with breasts, a penis and a big purse). She gets hauled off to jail and her parents won't bail her out because they're Alzheimers and she's their only means of transport, so they can't get down to the police station. In the meantime, the grown kid's mother has an emotional-only affair with a work buddy and his father moves out with the cat, the litter box, and gets an account on Pinterest. You don't think there's a novel here???

I got married when I was 31. So, so, so glad I waited until then. I graduated from college and had a great career. I could work as much as I wanted without feeling guilty about it. I traveled wherever, whenever I wanted. I lived by myself for years and had my own savings (and a decent amount). I knew that I could take care of myself and was marrying because I wanted to, not because I had to. And knew I could take care of myself again if I needed to. I was more mature socially, financially, professionally, and emotionally.

Rest in Peace N. I didn't know you but I knew of you thru a friend. You seemed like a good person and I'm so sad for your children. Not sure why I'm fairly emotional about your passing, i have my ideas but that's for me to get thru. My prayers to your husband and family.

I don't like hugging or even having anyone touch except DH. My parents were odd- they were verbally and emotionally abusive but I was forced to hug and kiss them all the time. There is nothing like getting a forced hug from someone who just spent 10 minutes telling you how stupid and rotten you are. Refusing to hug/kiss would lead to more verbal emotional abuse and/or another punishment such as loss of a privilege, so I would hug/kiss them and get it overwith. There was no molesting or anything like that, just normal parent/child hugs/kisses whether I wanted them or not. When I was about 14 I finally stood up for myself, told them the hugging and kissing was too much and it has to stop and they wanted to punish me go right ahead. Surprisingly, they backed off. And then starting when I was about 16, my dad would occasionally come up me, touch my head or shoulder and say sarcastically, "No no no don't touch me!!' Years later, I would flip out on my supervisor whose way of getting peoples' attention was walking up behind them and putting her hand on their shoulder. I had asked her to stop several times. She stopped after I flipped on her, but I lost my job 2 months later over some vague mistake that she refused to elaborate on.

(I know I already talked bit bout this..) Met him online, had two dates before he went back to Hawaii for three weeks (back on Mon). We text daily and while I see something possibly great come out of this, I'm unsure if he is totally over his abusive ex and how she degraded him. He has mentioned all the things she did to preface before we start anything, but it also pops out of the blue,"My ex didn't like this/that about me, she might be at that event you invited me to, you're nothing like her, etc." I'm getting frustrated hearing about this vile woman. He says he's 100% over her, but I think he hasn't maybe healed from all the emotional damage since it was a recent breakup.

Oh please, we are all going to have sexual thoughts about other people. That does not even begin to equate with an emotional affair. I can't believe this has to be spelled out for some of you! When your husband or wife is actively pursuing an emotional affair with someone else, it can be very devastating. I would never wish it on you.

For the past 3 weeks, every time we have sex, my BF hasn't climaxed. He has no A/C at his house (we can't do it at mine for another month or so), and blames it on it being over 90 inside. He says he's happy that we just get to be intimate and close. He's emotional during sex (and I'm not lol go figure). I feel like a failure because I can't get him off.

I'm a cutter. I have not cut since my early 20's. Last night I broke down and cut myself for the first time in so long. This is the first week my kids have been away from me for so long and i miss them. My xdh is allowed to have the kids for a whole week during the summer months and I miss them so much and I'm worrying about them and their safety while they are with their dad. The judge knew the environment the kids were in while with their dad and she was still generous in the time she granted him. Me and the kids are also in counseling for everything that me and the kids went through but I had to cancel my appointment with the counselor this week cause my bf didn't find anyone to watch his kids. This was the one time I felt I really NEEDED to talk to my counselor and I feel like my bf failed me cause he knew how emotional I was when I dropped my kids off with their dad. I feel like I really NEED to talk to someone about how I'm feeling this week with my kids gone and now I have it all bottled up. I really just needed the extra support this week and I can't get it. I'm really upset and hurt that my bf didn't even think about my emotional well being this week cause he failed to find a sitter for his kids. I'm ashamed that I cut myself last night but it felt good. I see my counselor on Tuesday and my kids come back on Sunday, I can't wait to see them and hug them. Thanks for letting me vent ladies and for always giving me support on my confessions.

I'm six months pregnant and pretty emotional. I totally lost it at the airport when I found out my flight to Texas was delayed by a day. Just one day, not even that big of a deal but I cried. The lady at the counter was so nice and made me so happy by explaining how to get on the plane. I've flown probably a hundred times. She must have thought I was a first time flyer. She was so sweet. Thanks to her.