33f,The Hardest Part of Manipulation Is That You Start Believing You’re the Problem ?
Hi all,
I don’t know why, but today I just felt like venting. Please bear with me.
There are certain incidents regarding my soon-to-be ex-husband that still hurt deeply.
My dad passed away two years ago. When my soon-to-be ex-husband came for the funeral, he spent most of the time smirking and smiling. Later that evening, he came and offered fake condolences. He wanted to speak to me privately, but I only spoke to him briefly in the living room and asked him to leave.
During my daughter’s school admission, I needed his payslips since he works in the USA. I requested him multiple times, even asking him to directly fill out the form if he didn’t want to share the documents. He simply told me not to disturb him. That was the point I told him to proceed with divorce.
He applied for divorce, and honestly, I’m okay with that now. But what hurt was that two years ago I didn’t even have a stable job, and he never cared about how I would manage expenses or my daughter’s future. I felt completely abandoned.
I slowly realized he never truly loved me. I often felt used and emotionally drained. He constantly projected himself as someone irreplaceable — always boasting that he was the greatest coder and no one could match him. Life changes people though, and now even he is pursuing an MBA in the USA.
There was also physical abuse. Whenever he became aggressive, he blamed me for “causing” it. Yet outside, he portrayed himself as the sweetest person on earth.
I don’t even know why I’m writing all this today. Maybe because people should be taught how manipulation works and how deeply it affects someone’s mind.
Even now, after everything, a part of me still feels like I’m the bad person. And today, for some reason, I just broke down crying.