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I was asked to write a new post and I feel slightly obliged to do so. Funny thing is that I have no clue what to write about. I think I may just go over how I’ve felt for the last month or so? It’s been a tough month so I might just go with that.

As previously mentioned, my son’s father, L, is back in the picture. Along with his other son, D, and his ex-fiancé, S. Now, SHE does my fucking head in. The lass can’t keep her mouth shut. For some unknown reason, she has it in her head that I want to get back together with L. She’s wrong. Don’t get me wrong, when I first heard they broke up, I considered it. I apparently was the reason they broke up, she thought he had underlying feelings for me. He might’ve, I don’t care. But when I think back to however long we were together, we didn’t work. We had so many issues that we both ignored. We just weren’t good together. Since she wants to get back together with him, she constantly brings me into their arguments. That isn’t what bothers me. What DOES bother me is when she brings my son into them too. He is fuck all to do with her. She has no reason to have his name coming out of her mouth. She said she’s just jealous. I said I don’t give a fuck. I told L that if he had any feelings towards me then he needed to lose them. I don’t want to be involved in some pathetic love triangle. We’ve spoken the bare minimal to each other since then, which I’m quite happy about. Me and S don’t speak at all. Thank fuck.

Baring all that, it seems to have been a good month. Cory has been accepted into nursery. In fact, his first settling visit is tomorrow. He loved it the last time we visited, so I think he’ll enjoy it there. He’ll be attending every Friday, from 8am until 6pm. So, we both get a little break from each other. I’ll still have Aurora-Blu obviously, but it just means we get a little one on one time with each other. My mum has offered to take her for a few hours too so that I can go off and do my own thing.

Moving on. In the recent month or so, I’ve binge watched my fair share of shows; Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Shadowhunters and a couple other small timers. Anyone reading this want to send me some recommendations? Anything paranormal (supernatural) works for me.

OH! My mental health has gotten a lot better. Stress was always a big factor in it and I’ve started to sort myself out. I’ve finally started paying off the debts my ex got me into behind my back. £150 down, about 5k to go! Yay me. But it’s a step in the right direction. No one knows about my debts really except close friends. I could easily just tell my dad and he would pay them for me, but I want to do it on my own. Me and him are always doing tit for tat. I’d rather not give him ammunition against me.

I guess that’s all for now. Thanks. 😂
August 28, 2019 No Comments

(I CHANGED DOMAIN SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A FEW MONTHS OLD AND REPOSTED)

So it has been almost three months since I wrote a blog post. Time to catch everyone up I suppose. So, I don't know if I mentioned it before but I had a boyfriend who lived a bit out the way. Well. That lasted long, almost TWO WHOLE MONTHS! Yay me. I, obviously as per usual, broke up with him. I had my reasons though. The boy just didn't know when to grow the fuck up and be an adult. Moving on.

Almost the day after we split, my son's biological father contacted me and asked to see him. I said no in the beginning, but then I felt guilty because it wasn't fair for me to make that decision for Cory. He started seeing him. Cory doesn't even recognise him as a father. He screams and cries the minute he tried to take him for a couple of hours, which leads to him bringing Cory back and cutting the session short. I've told him that he can't just give up when Cory has a tantrum, he needs to learn who he is. I suppose we'll see how it goes over time. Hopefully he doesn't fuck it up this time because he knows how it will go if he does.

Next on my lovely list of things to talk about. I've never really been very open about my mental health. I was basically unofficially diagnosed with depression and bipolar. They told me they were sure I had them, but I didn't want it on my record so I refused to go back for further testing. I don't know if I'm just being irrational lately or what, but I feel like I'm going off the rails a bit. I don't want pills. I don't want therapy. I just want to be at least somewhat normal. I need to make a decision on what I want to do about it, but right now I'm coping enough to not need to think about it.

I turned twenty one on the 17th of this month. It was amazing. I spent the day (Wednesday) with Louis and we went for lunch with the kids. Thursday I went to Southend with my mama and I went madddd on the 2p machines. I'm kind of addicted. Don't get me started on Friday. I am the biggest lightweight going and normally always end up throwing up and in bed by 12am. BUT this time I was out until 5am and spent the whole night at the perfect state of drunk! I loved it. Me and Louis created our own drunk bingo and one of them was to "kiss someone randomly". Well I got that one down to a T. We saw our friend Alan on the night and as I went to kiss him on the cheek goodbye, the prick turned his head (accidentally or purposely, I have no fucking clue). So guess who won? ME! Saturday and Sunday was spent recovering. It was honestly the best time I've had in a while. It was a nice pick me up.

I can't really think of much else to say right now. But I'm going to try and keep on top of my updates on here. Fingers crossed.
August 27, 2019 No Comments

(I CHANGED DOMAIN SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A FEW MONTHS OLD AND REPOSTED)

Today I asked some people I know to describe how love feels to them or how they imagine it to be. I don’t believe any two of them gave me the same answer. I think that from what I’ve seen, love is unexplainable and unimaginable. It isn’t as black and white as the world thinks. Girls get upset when a guy can’t explain how much he loves them and a guy freaks out because the girl pours her feelings into a message, when all they were expecting was “a lot”. Love is complicated, unique and overall strange. People fight for love and to be loved, but it’s something that should be effortless and free. Not forced because then you must constantly maintain it. I’m sort of rambling now, so I’ll just show you what people told me, or didn’t.
“You feel like a little girl on Christmas morning all over again. The butterflies are unreal. You’re constantly thinking about them. You’d do anything to see, do or make them happy. You put them before yourself, ten times over. The feeling I get when I kiss her, like electric shocks shooting up my body, like little tingles.”
Shelby
“I’d probably say the feeling of being safe and happy and wanting to spend every minute you can with that person, that’s love to me."
Chloe
“So, love to me feels amazing, it’s the feeling of wanting to wake up in the morning knowing who loves you will be there when you wake up is what makes me want to get up. Love I guess makes you feel like you’re on cloud 9, like the best feeling in the world but like everyone says, “love hurts” and it does. You might love someone, but they might not show it or feel It back. It’s not real love unless you feel pain for the person. It’s a mixture of happiness and pain, but to me, you must find the middle ground so you can experience love the way it should be. Love goes both ways.”
Billy
“Love feels like you are completely comfortable with everything about the other person. Even thought you might not agree on everything or like the same things. You are fine with the other persons opinion because you love them. You can talk about anything and always want to hear what the other person has to say and not just talk about yourself. You think about them all day, even when you aren’t talking to them.”
Tyler
“It’s just a feeling in your stomach, your heart, that something feels right about that person. It’s unexplainable, but when you feel it, you know what it is.”
Kyren
“Love is doing whatever you can to make the person you adore smile because that’s the first thing you love about them. Not their looks, not their personality, doesn’t matter if it’s family or a life partner, the first thing you love to see from someone you care about is their smile. And love is doing whatever it takes to see them smile. You think about that smile so much that just imagining it makes you smile. But that’s just the start of it, from there it spreads. You end up loving their laugh that excites you to hear. Their eyes that pierce you with a single stare. Everything about them looks like gold to you. And you would do anything for them.”
Louis
“It feels like I want to be there and protect the one I love forever. Like the thought of them being with someone else burns me. Like I want to spend all day, every day in their company. Everything.”
Marc
Over time I’ll add more comments from people, I’m sure I’ll ask more people. But I'm going to try and describe love myself…
When I asked people to describe “love”, most assumed I meant IN love. But when I think of love, the first thing that comes to mind are my two gorgeous children. Hearing their laughter at bath time. Wiping their faces after dinner. Throwing them in air until they can’t scream any more. Watching my son get excited when he’s putting his shoes on. My daughter starting to crawl and ending up on the other side of them room too fast. When my son comes and gives me a kiss for no reason, making me feel like I’m important to him. That’s the love I have right now in my life.
When I imagine being IN love… It feels like home. When you’ve been rushed off your feet all day and you get home, take your shoes off, lay in bed and get to breathe in peace. That is a rush that just fills you. That’s how I imagine it. It satisfies and calms you. I’ve watched my mam and dad argue and then spend that night cuddled on the sofa after apologising because they can’t stand the thought of the other going to bed mad. THAT is love. My great nan still has my great granddad’s armchair in her living room, but no one sits in it. It’s her way of having him with her. THAT is love.
There are so many ways to describe love to other people. But I can sum it up in one word.
Home.
August 27, 2019 No Comments


(I CHANGED DOMAIN SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A FEW MONTHS OLD AND REPOSTED)

As a child you spend your time playing hide and seek or climbing the trees in your local park. For the rebel kids, they would tell their mam they were at their friend’s house around the corner and went into town or played knock down ginger. The angels would sit indoors playing with their latest toy or watching tv, maybe even reading a book. Maybe you would spend all day playing footie on the closest field or playing on those circle swings that would spin around while you and your four friends were all sat on it. I had that kind of childhood. I still have the scars from all the trees, I can remember the bruises that covered my legs from playing goalie and I can still feel that rush I’d get when I sprinted away from a front door. But everyone has secrets.

As a four-year-old child, it is unimaginable that they would have any worries apart from which toy your parents were going to treat you to this time or how many sweets you could get away with putting in the trolley at the supermarket. Or ridiculous that a five-year-old could be stressed unless it was because you weren’t allowed to have a fresh baked cupcake or sugar before dinner. It’s mind-blowing that a six-year-old could be scared for any other reason than your mam finding out you pinched a packet of crisps from the cupboard or you’d smacked a kid at school. It is so fucking unfair that a seven-year-old had things that stopped them from focusing apart from picking which cute valentines to pick for the asshole kid at school or they were arguing with their best friend over who had the better Pokémon cards.

As a four-year-old… I spent my time worrying about my mam finding out. At five, I was stressed that it kept on happening. When I turned six, all I was scared about was what he would give me for a birthday present. And when I was seven, I couldn’t focus because I was petrified someone would find out and they would get hurt. That someone would find out that I was being molested and had been for the last 4 years. If they found out, he told me he would have to hurt them and that’s why I never told. I see now that he wouldn’t have done anything, it was just his way of keeping me quiet.

I can’t even remember how it started. The earliest I remember is him holding my hand and taking me to a room. I throw up when I think any further than that. It happened for over four years and it kills me now that no one noticed. No one found out. I should have told. I should tell someone now, but it would tear so many apart. Especially my mam, I can’t do that to her. So instead I just tell a bunch of strangers on a blog, not sure if that’s any better.

I have had nightmares for the last five years. Every night without fail I have a nightmare of what he did to me. Whilst he is out there living his life with a family he built. I wake up every morning sick to my stomach while wakes up without a fucking worry in the world. I honestly think that he believes I’ve forgotten. I haven’t. I spent all my life trying to forget it and once the nightmares started, I had no choice but to remember. Every day I wake up in such a horrible mood and I must try everything I can to try and smile at my two gorgeous children.

The thing that sucks? I told my ex about it. We had a toxic relationship. But the whole time he blamed it on me. Y’know, because I was four years old and running around with my top off, I was apparently asking for it. Or that because I was so close with him that I made him want it and that I seduced him. And at first I was disgusted he’d even suggest a thing but over time you start to believe what you hear. I honestly hate myself. I caused what happened to me. I’m damaged goods, I’m dirty. Nevertheless, it doesn’t make it right what he did to me.

I would love to tell someone. My mam, my family, or even the police. But I’ve learnt that some things aren’t worth the destruction they bring. A broken childhood isn’t worth ruining families.
August 27, 2019 No Comments


(I CHANGED DOMAIN SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A FEW MONTHS OLD AND REPOSTED)

I’ve not had a very fortunate love life. A lot of people can say that. If I’m honest, I’ve always been ungrateful in my relationships. I like to blame it on the fact that I’m an asshole after some things that have happened, but I must own up to the truth that I’m the problem. I push people away, I don’t share how I feel, and I act like I’m heartless. But I am human. I have feelings too. Today’s post is about the lessons I learnt from my ex partners. I really want to say that they were completely pointless, but I did take something away every time. I guess now it’s time to list them, however I’m acknowledging these lessons as I type this post. So, I apologise beforehand if they make no sense to you. Like I’ve said before, my blog is mainly for me.

Trust is a hard thing for me. After being cheated on a fair few times, I’m guessing psycho is the appropriate way to describe me; up to you to guess if I’m joking or not. I realised that a relationship will never ever work if there is no trust. Trust is a fundamental part of one, it’s vital. Without it your relationship is over before it has even started. I can probably say I have only ever trusted two exes without a doubt. One of whom completely shattered it towards the end of the relationships demise. I guess I’ve learnt from him that sometimes too much trust is dangerous, it allows you to be taken advantage of. But unfortunately, too much trust is better than none. Yes, you might get hurt. Although, if you’re not? Then it’ll be the best feeling in the world.

When you’re in a relationship, sometimes the honeymoon phase causes you to forget people you normally wouldn’t. With one ex, he hated my family but hid it very well. He would just decline their invitations for events and moaned if he was left on his own. It made me feel bad so I wouldn’t go either. When me and him split up, it was my family that were there for me. They helped me move, they supported me, did whatever they could for me. No matter what, whether they agree with your decisions or not, they are still always going to love you. I forgot about them when I was with him, but they forgave me. They understood. It’s a good thing that me and him split anyway, after we split up which my parents told me they hated him the whole time we were together. That made me feel a bit better about the whole break up. Family ARE important. They always will be, and I will NEVER forget that now.

Being honest is something a lot of my exes had problems with. It was like it physically pained them to tell the truth. I’m not innocent. But I didn’t lie, I just didn’t tell the whole story. Now? Now I won’t shut up about the truth, which can possibly do worse than good on occasion. The truth hurts though, lies just fuck shit up. A word of advice. If a woman ever asks you a question that’s very specific, DO NOT LIE. She already knows the answer, she just wants to see what lousy excuse your dumb ass is going to come out with. No relationship is perfect, perfect doesn’t exist. Telling the truth can cause arguments, but they are healthy. It means you’re working out your issues instead of bottling up. That does no good, it just builds up until you explode and most likely will be the end of your relationship. Being honest can hurt, but it paves way for solutions and gives each of you a chance to fix things.

If you’ve read any of my old posts, you’ll have seen the one about love. I’ve only ever loved one person and I ruined that relationship. I’m not saying to have a good relationship you need to be in love, but that should be the aim. If you can never see that happening, you need to drop it and quick. I have been engaged twice (not a lot of people know about the first time) and neither time, I was in love. I’d like to think I was, but I wasn’t. I guess I just accepted the proposals out of pressure and convenience. Like I said at the beginning, I was an asshole. I tried to keep failed relationships going, tried to keep us both happy. But I could never see myself loving either of them and I was right. Now I’m at the point where I want to get to know the person as much as I can before even getting too close to them, so I can tell if it can go anywhere.

I think this will be my last lesson. And that would be that I need to do what is right for me. I’m an asshole, yes, but I always tried to keep everyone else happy. I stayed in relationships where I put myself in harms way, physically and emotionally. Now I know that no matter how much it might hurt the other person, I need to put myself first. As you all know, I am a part of a package deal, me and my two gorgeous babies. So it isn’t just me coming first, it’s them too. And one day, HOPEFULLY (fingers crossed), I will find the perfect guy, for them and for me. You could say I’m undeserving, but those two perfect children DESERVE to have a male role model that wants to be there for them, care for them. And one day they will have that.
August 27, 2019 No Comments

(I CHANGED DOMAIN SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A FEW MONTHS OLD AND REPOSTED)

I don't really know where to start with this one if I'm honest. You were there for me for all the time we spoke, and we were together. You gave me chance after chance to try harder and I never took the opportunity. I must be honest with you, I just wasn't ready for the level of commitment you wanted from me, I was only sixteen. You were four years older than me, already considered an adult. You always saw me as a child and pushed for me to be more mature than was possible for me.

The first time we planned to meet, I kept postponing it constantly because even though I was immature, I still understood society enough to know there were "bad" people out there. We eventually met though, and it was one of the best days I'd ever had. Just spending time with you and getting to know you. I remember being upset when you had to go home because those few hours weren't enough for me.

You lived over 5 hours away by train. With 4 different changes by train. I thought any chance of us being together was completely fiction. It wasn't probable that we'd meet and see each other and make something of it. But you made me see that it was something worth fighting for, I guess?

We eventually started going out, officially that is, and I remember being happy? I think so at least. We only saw each other every few weeks but those two days a month were my highlight. When we didn’t meet up, we’d constantly Skype and talk on the phone together. I think the worst part was when one of us was upset, we couldn’t really help the other apart from a text saying, “I wish I was there”. It isn’t as comforting as you might think.

You weren’t a particularly affectionate person. You only showed it when you thought you might lose me. I was a clingy fuck when I was sixteen, I suppose you could say I still am. But you never showing any feelings for me just felt like you were pushing me away.

I remember the last time we met up, you told me you loved me. That was the first time I think you had ever shown me true emotion. But I couldn’t say it back. I have never loved anyone. I doubt I ever will. I never even came close to it. When we met up that final time, you told me about how I could move in with you, leaving my whole family behind. How you wanted to get engaged as soon as you bought a ring and married when I turned eighteen. About how you wanted children straight away, that you would support me after you would get me pregnant at sixteen.

That night you went home. I loved that you said all of that. And I loved that you wanted all of it. But I didn’t love you. And I hated that you wanted it all with me because I wanted none of it with you. I’d wasted almost a year of both of our time, out of comfortableness and convenience. You never had service on the trains on your way home so you would always text me when you were back safe.

In those 5 hours of waiting for that text, I had no clue what was going to say to you. My mind was blank, and my heart was empty, I suppose. But the moment I received your text saying, “I’m home”, I knew what I had to say to you. Within 5 minutes after, we were both single, you were angry, and I was still empty. I felt lighter though, like a weight off my shoulders. We still message each other from time to time, a catch up to see how the other was doing.

The last time we spoke you asked for another chance and I said “no”. I’ve grown up, I’ve had kids and been engaged and moved too many times to count. But whenever I imagine me and you together again, I go back to me being sixteen and knowing, without a fucking doubt, that I couldn’t be what you wanted. I had my own identity and life and you wanted to take me away from it all.

The last time we spoke you were working full time, but you were always a part of the local motorcycle gang in your area, the type that aren’t on the right side of the law. You wanted me to be a part of that, by your side. But it wasn’t safe. You weren’t safe. You would never be an option for me.

The last time we spoke, after I told you that we were over four years ago and there was no coming back for that, you called me every name you could think of. But every feeling I had for you, even though it wasn’t love, had died back when I was sixteen. And as you kept typing over and over to me, I just smiled. Because being free of something that only bought you down, it’s fucking amazing. We haven’t spoken since.

I’m not writing this to say you were the problem. You weren’t. In fact, you had your life together more than anyone I knew. And still do. I wrote it because I need to say sorry. You were such a lovely guy. You took risks and you didn’t stick to the rules. You saw life as we had all the time in the world. But all the commitments were too much. I feel like I took you for granted and I have ALWAYS felt guilty for that.

So if there is ever a day where you see this or I finally send it to you, I am sorry. But I am not sorry that we went our own ways. I had different jobs, boyfriends, colleges and now I have two beautiful kids. And I feel like I owe that to you. You wanting to settle down made me panic, leading to me doing the exact opposite. And for the last four years I have lived my life in ways I never imagined. So yes, I am sorry. I am always so thankful.

We won’t talk again. I know that for a fact. I have you blocked on everything you could possibly contact me with. But I hope you have the life you wanted, live the life you saw for yourself and find the girl who fits it all perfectly.

Goodbye.
August 27, 2019 No Comments
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