Today I am thankful for Facebook lurkers.
My friends were telling me that Steve was badmouthing me online. I posted this on Wednesday. It was fairly popular status. I'll put it here in case it helps someone else.
My friends were telling me that Steve was badmouthing me online. I posted this on Wednesday. It was fairly popular status. I'll put it here in case it helps someone else.
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September 10 at 8:40am · Edited ·
Every time a man tells a woman to shut
up, be quiet, or shush, he is losing an opportunity for intimacy. If
it happens too much, intimacy will be impossible. Without intimacy,
there is no point in being in a relationship.
Lies destroy trust. A man can
triangulate and tell tall tales to his family and friends. Sure, he
can treat a woman well when other are observing but it is what he
does to her when no one is watching that counts. What happens between
the couple creates intimacy, it doesn't matter how other people view
things.
If a man lies in an attempt to make a
woman look crazy, he will ultimately lose the relationship. The woman
will know the truth of what is going on. She will lose faith in him.
She will cease to trust him. A relationship is impossible without
trust.
There is really no such thing as
constructive criticism in relationships. A relationship is intended
to be supportive rather than shame provoking. When a man criticizes a
woman, it is a way of telling her that she is not enough, that she is
deficient on some level and that she is not acceptable as she is.
When a man tells a woman that she has to behave a certain way because
he wants to help her be a better person, he is telling her that she
is broken and must be fixed.
There is absolutely no reason for
name-calling and psychological abuse in relationships. One doesn't
have to yell to engage in abuse. It is conduct designed to hurt,
manipulate or control the other party. It will ultimately backfire.
One day, the partner will wake up and wonder why the man wants to be
in a relationship with a sociopathic, do-nothing, lying,
hyper-critical, looser[sic], with an unnamed psychiatric issue?
Any game playing done for the purpose
of putting another person in a no win situation is psychological
abuse. Mind games create confusion, make communication difficult, and
ultimately destroy trust and the potential for intimacy.
Finally, making threats is a sure fire
way to lose a relationship. If a man threatens to report innocent
Facebook posts, the woman will become wary of sharing more of who she
is with him on Facebook. If a man threatens to throw out her property
and get a restraining order against her because she doesn't answer a
message within a certain time frame, she becomes distrustful. If a
man threatens to sue her because he misunderstood something that she
posted online, she will most likely stop sharing her thoughts with
him. He will lose her trust, he will lose opportunities for intimacy,
and he will ultimately lose the relationship.
Love does not lie. Love does not
criticize. Love certainly does not threaten.
Love does not tear another person down.
Love does not have to tolerate
disrespect. One can always love at a distance.
We choose to love moment by moment.
There are those relationships where control is chosen over compassion
a good chunk of the time. Those are the relationships that end. Why?
One cannot truly love that which he seeks to control.
There is no shame in opting out of a
relationship that is harming your sense of self. Setting boundaries
for your time, your energy, and the behavior to which you are willing
to subject yourself to is not abuse. No one is entitled to trample
your spirit via control....
no one...
ever...
for any reason.
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I'm sorry for taking it to Facebook but
I know my wall is being monitored. I find the emails distressing
because the last thing I want to see are long excuses for the bad
behavior, lies, threats, circular reasoning and blame. I'm tired of
hurting. It's time to move on.
Part of me feels sorry for this person.
I hope he can take something from this to help improve his future
relationships.