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11 Apr 2018 05:42 PM
11 Apr 2018 05:42 PM
Yes, snowballed is right @Former-Member
It cannot be just this let-down (promise broken) - I think it has dug up a long list of abandonment experiences & feelings.
Yes Blindsided sounds like it @Faith-and-HopeI'm sure you would not have expected such bad treatment from a friend.
I never see these things coming, even though I should know Mum's track-record of broken promises & being unreliable...
Thanks @Appleblossom I let myself be strung along (I wish I didn't).
Because I wanted to believe that people (especially) Mum would be honourable & faithful (for once).
Thanks for all your kind & thoughtful responses.
Poor Dad, Mum's behaviour is surely not what he wanted or expected (I don't know).
Adge
11 Apr 2018 09:15 PM
11 Apr 2018 09:15 PM
12 Apr 2018 03:02 PM
12 Apr 2018 03:02 PM
@Adge I am sorry you were let down so often and again in this most important way. It makes sense that you feel a whole range of emotions. Being strung along is still wrong and taking advantage of your hope and trust.
16 Apr 2018 12:35 PM
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16 Apr 2018 05:58 PM
16 Apr 2018 05:58 PM
Thanks @Faith-and-Hope
I just wish my birds would live much longer. They're such fragile, tiny creatures (most) of them.
Rainbow was the only survivor, from back when my ex-wife was here...
He really was rainbow-coloured (yellow, green, blue & red).
Nothing ever stays the same, even my cherished pets go...
It kind of reminds me (also) that I've not come to terms with being single for so long (7 &1/2 years)....
I always wanted to have a family (children), that is most important to me. Yet it never happened...
Further losses seem to bring up (trigger) these regrets...
Adge
16 Apr 2018 06:01 PM
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16 Apr 2018 06:17 PM
16 Apr 2018 06:17 PM
awwwww @Adge sending you lots of tender hugs my friend
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