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#183604 - 06/03/09 01:07 PM Would Have Been Married 31 years June 7th
Alice Offline


Registered: 05/05/09
Posts: 311
Loc: Michigan
Not sure if this is the correct forum for this, but have been feeling a little down (still grieving after 4 years after divorce)....coming up on June 7th, I would have been married 31 years.

I could do nothing to save it, because he CHOSE to abuse me. I am still angry, because i felt forced to do something that I didn't want to do, and scared me the most in the world (be alone).

Please say a prayer if you would....or think lovely thoughts?

Smiles n hugs, Alice

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#183606 - 06/03/09 01:30 PM Re: Would Have Been Married 31 years June 7th [Re: Alice]
Ellemm Offline


Registered: 11/04/08
Posts: 601
My thoughts for you will not be at the loss of an abusive marriage, although I can feel sorrow at all that effort and all that pain.

I will be happy for your new life and the fact that you don't have to endure that anymore, and also feel sorrow for someone so locked up in his own misery that his life will be wasted.

Look forward, not back. June 7 will probably always be a day that gives you pangs, but I think you should pick a different day -- a real day to celebrate your freedom and your very belated good fortune. (hug)

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#183607 - 06/03/09 01:41 PM Re: Would Have Been Married 31 years June 7th [Re: Ellemm]
Alice Offline


Registered: 05/05/09
Posts: 311
Loc: Michigan
Thank you (((Ellemm))): You are very kind and sweet! Isn't June 7th also D Day?! LOL, LOL

Hugs n Love, Alice

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#183611 - 06/03/09 03:27 PM Re: Would Have Been Married 31 years June 7th [Re: Alice]
Ellemm Offline


Registered: 11/04/08
Posts: 601
Nope! D Day day is June 6; I come from a military family.

You need an Alice Day for sure -- sometime during the year when it's really pretty.


Edited by Ellemm (06/03/09 03:45 PM)

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#183711 - 06/04/09 10:30 PM Re: Would Have Been Married 31 years June 7th [Re: Ellemm]
meredithbead Offline
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Registered: 07/07/03
Posts: 4894
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Alice, I'm sorry you're still hurting.

The number of years in a wedding anniversary mean squat if the marriage is squat, speaking from experience here. Today would not have marked 31 years of wedded bliss -- it would've marked 31 years of hell.

Maybe I'm wrong and I certainly don't wish to hurt you -- but what you're grieving for is the dream that never happened, not the crappy abusive marriage that was.
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