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Dear Members A NEW Page of great Freebies was just added ready for Monday 3rd November. Visit Now! If you would like a veritable 'mountain' of free-stuff, take...
sallybrandworth
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Nov 3, 2008
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11269
A NEW PAGE of FREE STUFF was just added ready for Thursday 6th November. Visit Now! You are sure to find something of interest as there is something for ...
ruthbrookwater
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Nov 6, 2008
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11270
How do you get over being depressed when you CG doesn't do the right thing? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Bobbie Watson
lakelovingmom
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Nov 7, 2008
2:26 pm
11271
drink rum and diet coke - but i don't think that's the right answer....
Nicole Bradford
anothernickel
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Nov 7, 2008
4:11 pm
11272
Thanks, but I don't think that will help much...well maybe for a while, but I would only feel worse when I slept it off!!  hahaha.... My CG is my husband. ...
Bobbie Watson
lakelovingmom
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Nov 7, 2008
4:16 pm
11273
Yeah, I know. MY cg husband is the master manipulator, too. It's a joke of mine - you have to make humor out of things or you will explode. I tell him he has...
Nicole Bradford
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Nov 7, 2008
4:54 pm
11274
Thanks Nicole....I am trying...but my cg really is on my last nerve today!! "God please keep my email friends safe, happy and healthy!!" Bobbie  ... From:...
Bobbie Watson
lakelovingmom
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Nov 7, 2008
6:08 pm
11275
"not doing the right thing" means ??????? Does it mean he is continuing to gamble??? (how is he getting money to gamble if you have protected yourself and your...
basket1952
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Nov 7, 2008
8:00 pm
11276
Not doing the right thing means...not going to his meetings.  Taking his check on Friday and spending it on gambling instead of putting any money in the bank...
Bobbie Watson
lakelovingmom
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Nov 7, 2008
10:36 pm
11277
Hey!!! Have you stolen my life???? (please, take it) that is EXACTLY my situation. EXACTLY. Even the Friday part and the "dollars me to death" part. Holy crap....
Nicole Bradford
anothernickel
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Nov 7, 2008
10:57 pm
11278
Bobbie & Nicole, Would you rather get ZERO from them or get "dollared to death"? The money has to go for the bills. That probably means direct deposit to...
Leigh
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Nov 8, 2008
1:35 am
11279
Pupni, How are you doing? ... From: gamanonsupportgroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:gamanonsupportgroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of pupni Sent: Sunday, October...
Leigh
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Nov 8, 2008
1:36 am
11280
Because he 'dollared you to death' you don't have his check deposited into an account in your name only and therefore he has money and gambles it away. But...
basket1952
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Nov 8, 2008
3:59 am
11281
OMG....I don't know what I would do if I had small kids at home.  We don't have any kids together....He has 2 and I have 3 from previous marriages....They are...
Bobbie Watson
lakelovingmom
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Nov 8, 2008
1:32 pm
11282
Well we tried direct deposit, and I spent all my time going back and forth to the teller machine.....He stopped it, when I was out of town one weekend with my...
Bobbie Watson
lakelovingmom
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Nov 8, 2008
1:37 pm
11283
You said something very key below when asking how you MAKE him do something. Bottom line - you can't. You cannot control anything that he does, however, you...
kmks60
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Nov 8, 2008
2:05 pm
11284
Thank you....For understanding about Making him do things. I know I can only control me.  I have to control me, because I only get paid twice a month, and I...
Bobbie Watson
lakelovingmom
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Nov 8, 2008
2:27 pm
11285
I agree completely that this is a time for calm clear thinking about how you want your life to work. At the time of my suitcase incident I was directed by...
Leigh
leighcfc
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Nov 8, 2008
4:10 pm
11286
Yes...he told me point blank, and I have to assume that I will get nothing.  No, I can't live with that.  I have to remain calm, and set perimeters for our...
Bobbie Watson
lakelovingmom
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Nov 8, 2008
4:30 pm
11287
Leigh - I didn't mean to suggest that I didn't understand why you showed up with the suitcase - totally understand and almost been there myself. Just was...
kmks60
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Nov 8, 2008
5:25 pm
11288
It is so hard to get to this place. However, I think most people would tell you that once you try to "let go" - of the anger and frustration but most...
kmks60
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Nov 8, 2008
5:40 pm
11289
(I'm going to refer to the husband as the one with the addiction to avoid having to use him/her over and over. I know it could certainly be the wife.) When...
Leigh
leighcfc
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Nov 8, 2008
5:48 pm
11290
No problem at all. A little clarification is a good thing. I can only imagine what havoc we would create if we started advocating all the crazy dramas that...
Leigh
leighcfc
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Nov 8, 2008
5:52 pm
11291
Setting boundaries is so very important to do and stick with. Early on, for me, it was a pretty foreign concept. I was so busy trying to fix everything and...
basket1952
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Nov 8, 2008
5:59 pm
11292
Leigh, Thank you so much for outlining the steps it took for you.  I have done 1, 2 and 4.  3, Church is a difficult stop for me, but I agree that a...
Bobbie Watson
lakelovingmom
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Nov 8, 2008
6:14 pm
11293
hahaha....only if we could live out some of those!! "God please keep my email friends safe, happy and healthy!!" Bobbie  ... From: Leigh <leighc@...> ...
Bobbie Watson
lakelovingmom
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Nov 8, 2008
6:15 pm
11294
Hi Depressed I have not written anything on line for quite is while because I am annoyed with myself with the way I have handled my owe affairs . I have...
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simicrookie
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Nov 9, 2008
7:18 am
11295
Hi Bobbie, You can't make your husband do anything. He is a grown man, and although he isn't acting like it by taking responsibility for his family, he...
Jessica Meyers
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Nov 9, 2008
8:03 am
11296
Again Bobbie I am telling you anything he may change now is not important, get help. take control. now.... **************AOL Search: Your one stop for...
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simicrookie
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Nov 9, 2008
8:14 am
11297
Thanks for sharing your story, Leigh. I'm so happy that your situation turned out to have such a great outcome. I felt like I was reading my own life story...
Jessica Meyers
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Nov 9, 2008
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