Dear Lily-Mae:

“I saw this man on an off for over two years. He was toxic towards me, told me from the start he does not want a relationship with me. I was obviously too stupid to not leave him“- I don’t think that it’s a matter of a lack of rational intelligence that you stayed in an on-and-off relationship with him for over 2 years, but a matter of a subconscious motivation to change an unloving person into a loving person. Such a motivation is often born in childhood when a child has an unloving parent.

“January this year he left me for another woman– who lives down the street from me. They are now in a committed relationship and he moved in with her– and she has a child. While he was with his new girlfriend, he still wanted to be friends and tried to stay in contact with me… he treats her like a Princess“- doesn’t read like he has been faithful to her. Being that he contacted you while in a relationship with her, does not equal treating her like a princess, does it?

“We were only intimate from behind… He told me he does not want children, now she has a child“- it is possible that you accepted that sexual position because that’s what he wanted, and therefore, you never got pregnant, but at least on one occasion, she did not accept that position, and him being carried away with sexual drive.. she got pregnant.

“I feel depressed, hurt and angry… I wish I was good enough – but I’m not and that breaks me everyday. I need some advice please and thank you.”- you are welcome, and I hope that you feel better soon! His behavior and you accepting his behavior does not mean that you were, or are not god-enough. His behavior indicates who he is, not who you are. Your acceptance of his behavior indicates an emotional desperation. It does not indicate your worth as a person.

I used to be desperate, I used to feel acutely not good-enough. It was a painful experience!

My advice: seek psychotherapy if possible. If it helps to type away your thoughts and feelings, life-experiences now, and in the past, etc., you are welcome to do so here, and I will respond empathetically and non-judgmentally.

anita