All this week I am going to write a series of posts that are centered around all of the tough emotional things that I have been stuffing down over the past year. I've been stuffing because there really was no way to release it - and I'll explain why. And why here, on my blog? I've found that writing is the best form of therapy for me. I also know that some of the best ideas on handling interpersonal relationships has come from other blogs - reading about how other moms handled issues with their kids, husbands, family members and other moms. So, I thought I would bring my troubles to the table and that hopefully someone out there understands what I have been through and what I am struggling with.
I would have said a lot of this a long time ago, if it weren't for the fact that the individual who was the primary catalyst for all of this strife makes it a point to read my blog every day - sometimes to the point where it feels like she is stalking me. Comments are sometimes submitted just minutes after I post. She has also cut and pasted some of my work on to her blog - right down to the formatting. (Didn't think I would notice? Basic blog etiquette - don't copy unless you have permission and link back to the source. Also, I included an extra daybook question of my own in that list that Simple Woman doesn't have. That same question is on your list...)
I have curtailed my thoughts and censored my feelings because I had no other choice - I still had to maintain a civil working relationship with her. The end of our active season of scouting came with the last day of camp this past Friday, and I could finally stop having to pretend that I could tolerate this horribly dysfunctional situation. I got home and there was the email from her - chock full of each and every element of my frustration over this past year. I felt the seams rip. My stuffing was coming out sideways! I am done. Finito.
I will now have my say.
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