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UTUSN

(70,700 posts)
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 10:46 PM Nov 2015

Not really a question.What if 40yrs & you stand your spouse/whatever ain't on your side

Like, you've done unimaginable whatever (spiritual and material) and not that much Return but who's counting. And whenever a *choice* is involved the opposite always "wins".


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Not really a question.What if 40yrs & you stand your spouse/whatever ain't on your side (Original Post) UTUSN Nov 2015 OP
Give the consequences to you know like. Warren Stupidity Nov 2015 #1
Allows go out with one smart enough to leave you. edgineered Nov 2015 #2
U-2 who side u on?!1 n/t1 UTUSN Nov 2015 #3
Myself, I have never been without some share of the blame. edgineered Nov 2015 #6
U sound much more understanding than I am (and want to be?!1). No wait: UTUSN Nov 2015 #7
No, not at all. edgineered Nov 2015 #8
I fell down once. Ptah Nov 2015 #4
Adding a choice, Available/Not Really. How about "Meh" n/t UTUSN Nov 2015 #5

edgineered

(2,101 posts)
6. Myself, I have never been without some share of the blame.
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 11:10 PM
Nov 2015

If I was smart enough not to be part of whatever mistake my wife(s) or girlfriends ever made, things wouldn't also be my fault. Not that I was ever able to listen when I should, trying to understand their perspective has kept me in their favor. Anything else is a losing battle.

UTUSN

(70,700 posts)
7. U sound much more understanding than I am (and want to be?!1). No wait:
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 11:25 PM
Nov 2015

Did I mention 40 yrs?!1 Not like I haven't tried. Or INVESTED.

edgineered

(2,101 posts)
8. No, not at all.
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 11:50 PM
Nov 2015

It hurts and there's no getting around it. Learning the importance of holding others blameless let me see that I was wrong to hold others to my standards and beliefs. For anyone else the standards and beliefs they have are equally dear to them; its not like anyone thinks my way is better than theirs. Finding a way to accept that someone else may be happier doing things their own way is hard, but for me it was the only thing that let me get over myself. Holding others blameless is hard to do and it takes time.

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