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Post by lyn on May 13, 2017 19:14:31 GMT -5
Reading through this thread and I've realized something, I have put myself -ME- "on hold" for literally years - just as everyone is saying.
I especially relate to Tamara with performing. Now I don't even play my guitar or sing. If I do, I'm "forcing" it because I know that it's therapeutic, and that I should.
My mom was recently visiting and asked if I would play/sing for her. I remember telling her, "I'm sorry, it's just not in me anymore". I think this may be the moment she started taking me seriously about just how damaging this marriage has been.
Don't even get me started on books! I recently found over a dozen of my favorite, hardcovers being used as a platform of sorts for the dog's crate. Sorry friends, I didn't put you there.
Wtf am I still doing here?
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Post by greatcoastal on May 13, 2017 22:25:19 GMT -5
Reading through this thread and I've realized something, I have put myself -ME- "on hold" for literally years - just as everyone is saying. I especially relate to Tamara with performing. Now I don't even play my guitar or sing. If I do, I'm "forcing" it because I know that it's therapeutic, and that I should. My mom was recently visiting and asked if I would play/sing for her. I remember telling her, "I'm sorry, it's just not in me anymore". I think this may be the moment she started taking me seriously about just how damaging this marriage has been. Don't even get me started on books! I recently found over a dozen of my favorite, hardcovers being used as a platform of sorts for the dog's crate. Sorry friends, I didn't put you there. Wtf am I still doing here? This hits home! Music. I learned to dance around age 23. I went to Arthur Murray for a year, 5 days a week. I learned a lot. I still remember , a lot. At the place I worked we listened to old classics and rock and roll. Combine those two, and you really get an appreciation for the songs. You understand the rhythm, the beat, the timing, etc... Looking back I realize how my wife didn't like those songs. She liked "Christian Music". And I would ask her, "How do you dance to that?" It's like opera, it doesn't have timing or rhythm to it? Then came, if your not paying for dance lessons, where do you go to dance? Well ...bars. My wife would not even consider setting foot in a bar. We used to dance at our Christian singles group, every month. Hundreds of people would show up. We actually met at a New years eve dance. WE weren't single anymore. WE had moved to a different town. Dancing was put in the closet. There's a new place across town that is having swing dancing, and lessons every sat. I went there tonight. I checked it out. There where people my age, and younger there. Some knew what they where doing, others had no clue, but they where trying. Then comes the guilt. This costs $10.00 dollars. Is it even in me anymore? Do I have to wait till this F'ing divorce is over? Remembering the one or two times every ten years or so when my wife would say" I would love to go dancing" REALLY? Even more crazy... imagine if I actually meet some women who desire me? Perish the thought......Or I come home happy?
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Post by itsjustus on May 19, 2017 1:40:22 GMT -5
I've got a LOT of things back, including myself! Reading just for the sake of getting lost in a book? Lots of books. Ahh... My music! Playing and recording without the constant guilt card being played for not....watching her watch tv. Heaven! New instruments to learn how to play, without the "my god. Do you have to do that here", as though I had other places....Mmm. Even new hobbies! Photography! Drone vidieotography! Artistic re-purposing old windows, (hopefully for sale...lol) All while having a relationship that I gladly pay close attention to and find it easy to stay deeply engaged in because..... it's more satisfying than any of those.
THATS....how it's supposed to be.
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