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So then, we need.
@leothelioness and @MrMoe -
@LadyOfMystery ,and @EyesOfKohl -
@Travelers.Soul and @William67 -
@Wayholka and @LizzyMae
to get married and drain the swamp in the married area
Heavily on my mind...
that piclol. Snow really is amazingly beautiful...some of my most cherished memories are walking in the winter.
I say it all the time but I really do wish I had a good camera. I'd take so many pictures of so many things, Nova Scotian snowfalls being one of them.
Someone else who appreciates snow! Pictures never can do it justice, I agree.
I love snow around the Christmas season (Late February I will be singing a different tune LOL). Despite the dangerous road conditions, freezing cold temperatures and storms... there is also something very peaceful about it and I really enjoy that aspect.
Edit: HOUSE IS CLEAN! BAM!
Sends some@Wayholka 's way. I know we don't really know each other but if you ever need to talk or get something off your chest feel free to PM me. I'm a good listener.
Go for lunch....
Even if it's just to let go, and forgive for the best your soul will thank you for it
Xx
I appreciate your kindness.
My father and I had a very unstable relationship after my parents divorced when I was 13. When my parents had joint custody of me, I was one week at Dad's, one week at Mom's. Rinse and repeat.
My father is an alcoholic who got increasingly abusive. He would yell at me while drunk, set unrealistic standards for me, and say awful things to me such as that I'm mentally unfit and should be put into a mental institution. He had to let me know that I wasn't the son he wanted and that I was a major disappointment in his eyes. Eventually, he practically disowned me via text message. He said I wasn't his son and that my stepfather can have me since I'm mentally unfit to be on my own. My mother insists that this was just the alcohol talking, but as the Roman proverb goes, "In wine, there's truth."
He almost got physical a couple times. After all the verbal and psychological abuse, I decided to live at my mother's house full time. He then started getting abusive towards my sister, and as soon as she left he started getting abusive towards my step siblings. When they left him, his life really starting going downhill.
He's one of the main reasons why I hate alcohol.
I will do so. I was 17 when I left him and now that I'm almost 25, I think it's time to talk to him and try to mend our broken relationship. I doubt I'll ever be close to him as I once was but you are right, I just need to forgive him and forget the past. These past few months I have been gradually letting go of past hurts and this one is going to be a major step towards recovery.
I have faced constant rejection from almost everyone I came into contact with due to my disability, I sure as heck didn't need it from my own family too.
I doubt I'll ever be close to him as I once was but you are right, I just need to forgive him and forget the past. These past few months I have been gradually letting go of past hurts and this one is going to be a major step towards recovery.
My father was roughly the same though he has touched alcohol for 12 years now. He abused my mother to the point he broke her jaw twice... just to give you a picture, he also attacked me when I was 16....
I forgive him, it wasn't easy and took me a long time but it also healed me. We have a ok relationship now and he see his grandsons
So I understand how this is a big deal for you and how you feel
I also don't believe that drunks tell the truth because there mind is not here own... i think the wine is to do with Jesus not to do with being drunk
I'm very sorry to read all that. It's always sad when parents abuse their children. I also came from a broken home, so I can certainly relate on a child-like level.
You have it right when you said to forgive him. Matthew 6:14
It's not easy, I tell you. Being wronged constantly at every turn, it's difficult. During high school, one class mate told me that he could see me becoming a serial killer because of all the abuse/isolation-induced anger I was building up. I had to contain this anger all my life.
Thankfully, that's all changing for the better. I'm finally learning to forgive.
Only 7 years? I made one of those cars about 30 years ago.
Man, I am so old.
Oh, sorry I mistook the cartoons as you being humorous when you said "he" I assumed you meant the car deserved a chance to race again. I didnt mean any offense.I made that car when I was a child in cub scouts. My father helped me build it for the pinewood derby. I cut off ties with him seven years ago.
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