Karen Scott

I came out of a long term marriage to the king of the control freaks almost 2 years ago and I have met the most loving, thoughtful, sweet, amazing man and I am so going to screw this up if I don’t stop freaking out over so many little things.My ex-husband treated me really well while we were dating and then after we were married he basically became a self-centered *At one point, he actually told me his opinion was fact, so you get the picture…
I seem to have the belief that all men will treat you well until they get what they want, and then all bets are off. And yet, I have girlfriends that are hooked up with wonderful guys who aren’t like that. So, dare I hope?

Our family is pretty much the poster child for dysfunctional relationships and the older I get,the sadder it makes me. The really sad part, though, is I have tried to reach out to people in my family (I have sisters) and they are so freaked out by it, and so distrustful of anything that looks like love in the context of a family setting, they simply can’t accept it. The biggest reaction I usually get is suspicion and a snarling, baring of teeth. And not even because of anything I did personally, just because of our family history. When we all became adults, we pretty much ran out of that house as fast as we could….

Why, oh why, is there always too much month at the end of every month, and hardly ever enough money? Am I the only one? I swear it just gets away from me almostevery time. I’m just recently divorced and my ex-husband was a control freak who never, ever let me have anything to do with the finances (it was his money, according to him)so I am really out of practice, for one thing. Plus, this is just not really not my strong suit, anyway. It is soooooo frustrating!!!!!!!!!!!!1