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Spectre001 4 points ago +4 / -0

You're not primarily upset at him right now, you're upset at the shit that's going on. After and in addition to all the shit that's going on, you're upset at him for not supporting you when you're hurting, like a real fucking man should.

This lack of empathy and compassion has existed in him from the beginning. But him displaying it when you really needed him the most has fractured an idealized idea or image you had of him in your mind.

I don't mean to downplay his betrayal or lack of compassion. I'm just suggesting to take each of those wounds separately, they came from separate sources. If he's at least half of a man, he'll be willing to compromise; he'll try to meet you halfway somewhere. If he's not willing to do that much, then explain to him that you're leaving him so he can be with his only true love, his creepy little liberal cult.

I'm sorry about what's happened to you, and all of us right now. We're all hurting. I'm also sorry that you've found out that the empathy in your relationship may have only been flowing one way: from you. I've been there, too.

Find strength in your friends and family. That's what we're here for, pede.

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