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“Damn you!” I yelled as the door closed. “You’re such a sadistic prick! You’re driving me crazy!”
You know, when Dad dies, I’m not even going to give him a funeral. I’m just going to dig a hole and throw him in. I’m not even going to cover it with dirt!”
Sick.
the terrorist usurps the role of the victim in order to gain control. That was Charles: manipulator of all with whom he came into contact.
Oh, manipulation at its finest. Diane suffered time and time again!
My husband has brought a bag-lady angel to his wife’s hospital room to make it look cheerful. This after she has gone through a year of treatment for cancer and her doctors have predicted that she has a very poor prognosis.
Now, this was sadistic. And to think his wife might want this gift (and the other one) is totally insensitive. It's amazing she stayed as long as she did.
“You had the surgery; you caused this problem,” he said.
Totally uncalled for and highly abusive!
More and more, I saw the malignancy that was both my illness and my marriage.
This was the truth--as can happen in any marriage if one stays in denial too long.
Understanding, not just theoretically, that feelings shift and change has helped me to know that even on the darkest of days, the sun will always shine again.
A great glimmer of hope despite it all. Loved this!
