To Luigi and Love is blind thank you, more than you know!

Submitted by Dora (United Kingdom), Jan 12, 2009 at 12:36

Dear Luigi and Love is blind. Your words have helped me beyond belief. I have left the relationship and am just feeling too bad about everything to right a long piece.

Just to know that you understood my situation has been brilliant. We did not meet over the net, it was face to face and he is someone that I have been with everyday over the last three years. Enough really is enough though. The sacrifices for the little recognition are just too great. To know that there are women who have given there everything till their gut hurts, like I did. It wasn't until my doctor handed me anti-depressants that I realised it was so bad. The fact that I was fainting and had lost weight rapidly didnt alarm me but it did my doctor.

Ultimately, I felt like every bit of my character was being erased, as you said Love is blind the more I gave the more he took. If I agreed to one thing he soon asked for another until every bit of my self-esteem was gone. They are so charming at first and promise the world of open minded behaviour but it all fades away. A resentment began to build up and when he was happy it was hard for me to smile anymore because when someone is training you to become devoid of opinion or personality it is hard to respect them.

God bless you both for your poignant words.

Dora (I'm free!)

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