Real Life Stories - Entries for March 2014

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From Jim F:

Dear Ms. Sutton: I'm sure you've been told this many times before: You've changed my life! I now have a loving and fulfilling relationship for the first time in my life and you can take the most credit for it.

I am a 50 year old man who up to just a few years ago never had a lasting romantic relationship. I'd meet a wonderful girl and go out with her on dates, even go steady and then as if by a curse I do something totally stupid that would end the relationship! I am a very agreeable person and people who know me have told me how sweet, sensitive and considerate I was. Yet, I would suddenly turn nasty toward a girlfriend for no apparent reason. As a matter of fact, one girlfriend took my abuse and swallowed her pride trying to save the relationship. And what did I do? I verbally abused her, something which I've never done before or since. She could not take it of course and left. She told me there was something wrong with me and I'd do well to see a therapist.