Exactly what I want…

So… how do I answer that?

That’s hard to answer in words because I know it as emotions, not really words?

I’m still not quite sure I will be able to put into words ? But we see… maybe if I explain? It be easier for me to say in words?

I went through a really abusive marriage… it was bad most of the time. I can count the good times on my hands. Was a 21 year marriage.

So… also added to that… i was raised extremely traditional… very “old school” … Irish Catholic 😇

They instilled certain things – beliefs etc… I followed all of them. I was your sweet little Irish Catholic girl…

I pulled some rebellious stunts in high school… but only stupid stuff… very tame compared to other people… so only rebellious to someone who is severely sheltered – never bad or hurtful … just stunts to feel alive? I loved the adrenaline rush of maybe jumping off a roof into a pool or something stupid like that… just a thrill – your heart beats almost out of your chest – I was sheltered – I wanted to feel alive.

My dad kinda had issues with that. I eventually conformed to make him happy- I stayed away from people I knew would be thrill seekers it would only tempt me to want to feel life again. I just wanted to please my parents

I also moved around everywhere growing up so there was no stability or comfort to know people… all I really truly knew was my own family. I was always new.

I had church and my family.

I still consider myself catholic, and when I die – I do want my last rites. That is important to me – I would like that.

And I do carry some Catholic with me, but I keep that to myself. That is private to me.

I stayed in my marriage through the hardest things because I did believe and fear would sin if I left… I had a lot of guilt with wanting to leave and I had no where else to go.

So I stayed. Until he freed me… once the woman showed up at my doorstep to tell me of their 5 year affair… the moment that information hit my brain – well it was like a full on punch cause I didn’t see that coming…

And then the very next thing I thought of was, he just freed me. He committed adultery – I am free now… now he was nothing to me… it severed my tie to him.

Sorry like I said – old school.

Also let me tell you a little about myself… I am girly… I am soft hearted and sensitive, but funny and can be hard lol

One of my guy friends always teases me about that cause I am the softest person you will ever meet… yet when it comes to letting a guy come close… I am suddenly the hardest person you will ever meet lol

So he teases me whenever I say I’m soft lol… he always says “my ass your soft” lol – I’m only hard there because if you can’t handle that – you don’t deserve my softness.

When I was married – I gave my all… anything he wanted, how he wanted it whatever

He would go away on business trips and I would make posters with the kids, blow up balloons, cook his favorite dinner – and would never be good enough – I always did something wrong or there was something to fight about always

And he hated when I was hit on so that became an issue… I tried anything I could to make him feel secure… he never did – or maybe he was cheating? So

And then, he went through a lot of things I stood by his side with… I saved him several times …

Yeah he was horrific to me, both emotionally and physically. I always just thought – we had been together since kids – I know this man, life is hard sometimes – but if I ever had anything medical he would be there … I believed he loved me.

My first battle with the breast stuff was 2013….

I had 2 lumps at that time. I went in for lumpectomy. Surgery to remove.

He didn’t care for me, got mad at me, and also taking the medications.

One of those moments, he stood over me yelling at me, calling me names while I needed help

In was in that moment that I just realized he did not love me. He did not care – how do you treat a human like that?

So he was not there medically and has never been – even during the recent breast cancer – he didn’t care – did he ever?

I am not surprised even now that he does not care even during this

So you ask what I want…

I am tired… I just want my life happy – I want it free from bullshit.

In a perfect world, which we do not have, I would love to share and enjoy life with someone – just ya know… things in life happen – someone to lean on share funny things with

And when my life is over … I want someone by my side holding my hand? And if they should die before me…. I want to be holding theirs – I want to know that kind of love?

Nice dream though

And there are qualities I want. I do need peace, I can’t do pressure – just enjoy me as is. If you can’t then you aren’t meant for me

I need to see compassion for others … and honesty… and communication… no bullshit

I need face value.

I also need to trust

And if you can’t handle who I am – there’s the door. I don’t need someone, I only would like someone

I only want good. I’m not doing bad again. So just extra careful.

I feel like I gave everything I could to someone who didn’t deserve it – so this time… if there is a time… I just wanna make sure I can handle him, we want the same things, he can handle me… and he’s a good person

I am catholic – I will always be catholic that is part of who am… I don’t bother anyone with it and keep it to myself – I don’t follow it like the crowd does

I have little traditions that mean a lot to me – some are comforting… but they no longer have a strong hold like they did before – the teaching was too old school and that was just a perfect storm

So anyway… I can’t really actually put what I want into words – it’s just something in my heart. That’s it – no one has sparked that

I get the same things all the time… guys give me the same lines over and over – some get creative and can be funny … but is always the same. You don’t catch my attention by hitting on me – that makes me run the other way … you catch my attention by actually letting me see you ✌️

The thing is… it’s either always because they want to get in my pants or they like who I am but they don’t really understand… they don’t care

They see me because I am pretty… but it’s just hard to explain… know me first before you approach with that, and even then tread lightly – I don’t want a front. Be real

I am learning a lot of things – I guard myself cause I don’t trust the hurt … I have never dated, I was 17 when I met my ex. I have never been my own person – is my first time lol ✌️❤️

And I need to be able to um just be who ever I am, I won’t ever ask another to change for me… if I like you – I like you as is… I see or notice something in you that I want in my life

Even during my cancer there were moments, I needed laughter – I want that too

So yeah do you know anyone like that? Lol

Kidding – I really don’t know how to put it all into words? This is the best I could do?

I have strong feelings on some of this stuff

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    1. Yeah, it is… that’s life.

      I am happy for myself now.

      I am no longer in the abuse, I am surviving on my own for the most part.

      I have also created a family of amazing people, and have amazing people who surround me ❤️

      So that past is sad yes… is better now. 😘✌️ I am happy- you can never break my happy spirit ❤️

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  1. Hey Omatra – bravely written and pleased to meet you! Yeah, yeah l know, we know each other already – but now l know you a little more than l did.

    Well done for writing the dark and deep honesty of your life 🙂

    Have you found a burden lifted for having done so?

    Rory

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    1. Thank you, that was very kind of you to say.

      Well my life is hard, but I’m really happy … I don’t have anyone yelling at me all the time or being violent … I have peace to be who am? If that makes sense ??

      I was a little lost at first and sometimes I feel like thrown to the wolves? But I just ignore things and concentrate on how lucky I am…

      I am free, I have incredible people surrounding me, I can be who I am ❤️ and not to mention I am alive – I can still feel the sun on my face or the wind in my eyes lol

      I exchanged one burden for another – but I am happy if that’s what you mean by “burden lifted” … life will always have burdens – I just took off some heavy ones, so I am better off in that matter. ✌️ I am thankful and blessed for the life I have – and I like who I am, I like being free?

      Thank you for asking that! I do not regret my decision… I needed to get away. I couldn’t do it anymore.

      Single best decision in my entire life ❤️

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      1. Excellent, my mother was the victim to my father’s brutality and mental cruelty for 30 years when they were married. He injured her ‘mentally’ for life. She was finally only really able to close the book and chapter on him – like me in many respects – from his bullying ways in 2018 when he died.

        She and he divorced in 1988 and it took her almost thirty years to get over it. So l can understand all too well what your life was like and how burdenfree you are now 🙂

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      2. It definitely shakes you to the core. I still have to deal with mine…

        It’s really hard when they force me to be in the same room with him. I can barely breathe, I just want to cry, I don’t even want to see him or breathe the same air… all I can think of is getting away? I hate it… he’s still brutal and I want nothing to do with him. Please don’t make me see him – I really hate that

        He’s mad that I left, he never thought I would. He was all I knew… he had all the power? Still does, that’s the only thing, he plays dirty – so I am still fearful sometimes?

        Through my breast cancer he was awful!! Horrific… so I do know I made the right decision…

        I also am thankful I am not spending this coronavirus locked up with him!! 😮 so again that shows me – I was supposed to leave him, the events that lead to me leaving were meant to happen to get me out.

        All the events in my life kinda have a direction and are meant to be?

        I built an incredible support system around me with incredible people, who are just amazing…

        Also right after I left him, many events happened … which were bad, but also at the same time redirected me? He was horrific through those too…

        I think those events helped me, in a way? And most of all… the cancer – I know how precious life is, and I have always loved life itself… I have a strong spirit… the cancer just made me want only good things in my life.

        I zone out into music or cooking sometimes – those put me at ease. Also… if I am ever inconsolable – just make me laugh – laughter saved my life through everything

        I don’t like anger… I get nervous – doesn’t matter who is… I will back away and get away. I just feel very uneasy.

        And then ya know, all the other quirks I write about lol… I am also overly guarded lol

        But I really couldn’t be happier out of that horror!! My life has done nothing but get better now.

        And I will say… it has helped tremendously to have such an incredible support system and people around me… all of that helps me through everything.

        It helped through leaving him and again through cancer. So I have incredible people and police in my life that I don’t know if I would have survived so well without them ❤️ every single time they there ❤️ they never let me fall, and they kinda hold my hand through things – I always have someone to turn to ❤️ I built that ❤️

        No human or animal should ever be treated the way he did … I don’t see him as a man – he has a black heart and I refer to him as Satan so ya know how I see him. ✌️ he is not a man to hit a woman or treat a woman like that. I am 5’7” and 130… I am tall and thin… not strong with muscles – he is 6’ and 230 so yeah… he was brutal.

        Thank you for taking the time to understand me for a minute… I’m glad you and your mom got out of that too.

        You don’t really get over it, do you? I still have flashbacks sometimes? Something will remind me of those times? Sometimes that makes me sad – I can’t really speak of it yet… I find that hard too… I can speak of the cancer – but not that? It’s too heavy to me? And those moments are heartbreaking?

        So anyway, yes I am burdenfree from that now ❤️

        Thank you for connecting and understanding – appreciate that!

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      3. Hey Omatra, you are right – you never get over it – you can get on but whilst the bullies are around they are always in your head. The day dad died, l shed two tears, that was all …one of relief that he was gone and one of ‘what if’. I was a good son, but never good enough. My mother was a good wife, but never enough and my father was a coward who hit women and children.

        He is gone, end of his story.

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      4. Very much so cowardly. I am way more careful who comes in my life now.

        I won’t shed any tears myself should he ever pass, I can understand the relief on that.

        I don’t really ask what if, cause that’s null and void to me … there is no what if to me at this point – is what is.

        And I also believe I am beautiful and a good person so I bring a lot to the table … I am not going to ever go through that again or give myself to someone who doesn’t deserve it

        I have a chip on my shoulder now lol ✌️ partly why I’m hard lol

        All I know is …
        I gave my all, it wasn’t enough for him – his loss not mine. I feel sorry for him and pity him so he can sit with that. May he have peace meeting his maker… he’s gonna go to hell, he has no soul. None at all. So not my problem anymore

        There is a sense you can finally breathe and be free?

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      5. Yes very true. People have noticed the difference in me since my Father died. Not so much in my mother sadly, she will not move on and is still very bitter towards him … don’t get me wrong l can understand that all too well afterall she had seven miscarriages because of that man. But she and l were very relieved for his passing and l had hoped mum could move on, but no.

        Oh well.

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      6. I’m so sad for her… it is heavy to carry. It’s a very heavy weight. Not easy.

        I have moved on sorta … moved on in the way – I am loving life away from him ❤️ so much ❤️ – is like a whole other world ❤️ I can breathe ❤️…

        But I am really hard on anyone coming in close so there is that lasting effect? That one is hard…

        I was a kid… I don’t know dating as an adult and it’s all way over my head.

        And then working at that golf course I got to learn guys … and my coworkers from there are all guys and some of my best friends ❤️… we are just a gang of fun people – they are amazing and hilarious …

        We tell dirty jokes share funny things … and the kitchen back in the day… we all were raunchy lol it was hilarious though- but I learn how guys think?

        And I was always getting hit on out there

        And I’m just uncomfortable with it? I might fear a little bit? I wanna make sure they worth my time?

        So that’s a little hard for me to move on with? Hence my hardness lol ✌️ I am not willing to deal with shit now lol ✌️

        But I do feel your mum. I’m sorry

        I’m glad you have come to terms with.

        I always think… everyone has their heavy… this one is mine… but no one escapes life without heavy.

        Life happens … keep going forward… remember the past and use that experience. Don’t keep looking back cause that will hurt… just remember the lessons of… mine I kind of put in terms of not giving my time unless deserved? Kinda snotty but whatever 😄✌️

        I am always kind and caring… polite etc… but I am not doing that again … this time if there is… I want it smooth like butter … so we see.

        You know how some say, when you die, your life flashes before you??

        I want what I have left to be amazing so I’m not settling for shit lol … I want my flashbacks to be of amazing and lots of laughter

        I don’t want to flash on the bad… and that would be just a blip… cause my childhood was amazing… so I only want amazing now lol

        I’m a really harsh critic, and I just wanna be at ease? I really wanna be at ease so – I want that.

        I am all that to myself so… I didn’t want him to win. I don’t want to be bitter… I want to show him what he lost – suck this tit ya know?

        Lol sorry … I don’t hold back a lot now lol – f it ✌️… in real life yeah I hold back – I’m not ready yet. ??

        But anyway … he didn’t win. He lost everything – not my problem… bye Felicia ❤️✌️

        Every so often you will see that chip on my shoulder lol ✌️😄

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