collateral damage.

I am taking this from Keimpe Algra's chapter on theology in [The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics](https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-companion-to-the-stoics/01BCAA241D1D6569C70230A7CA594…

That stinks. At least if he is getting married to her then at least he didn't cut you off for someone unimportant to him. Still though, I feel the second hand sting from the situation and how hurtful …

It’s interesting how people who cheat often follow the same script—lack of affection, wanting an escape, feeling lonely or misunderstood, and so on. It usually comes down to a constant need for exter…

It seldom us logical, reasonable or appropriate, they are actually psychopaths that only care for their own happiness. We just end up as collateral damage.

I'm really sorry you are going through this, OP. The best way I can describe this is like a type disenfranchised grief. Sometimes we might grieve for something that we never had, often because of our …

Trust me. I had the same line - always did - never tolerated betrayal in my relationships before I married - if it happened, we were done. Flip side, I had “cheated” myself in relationships that I w…

I had the same line in the sand - always did - never tolerated betrayal in my relationships before I married - if it happened, we were done. Flip side, I had “cheated” myself in relationships that I …

Do not get stuck in “analysis – paralysis“. You will just drive yourself crazy. There are many people with addiction, mental health issues, childhood traumas, etc. who do not cheat. So trying to fi…

I feel so angry when someone tries to excuse their abuse of me by saying they didn’t mean to hurt me. I don’t care at all. In ALL cases their actions were driven by their own selfish motivations and I…

M31, here I had a very similar experience last year with a short intense 3 month relationship (f27). It was my first relationship in a few years. My mental health was great before her and I stopped kn…

I am so sorry. It sounds like he’s been disconnected from you and the family for a long time. He doesn’t understand that there could be collateral damage.(do we all see that if women weren’t allowed t…