im so ashamed

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#1 Oct 30 - 6PM
fooled no longer
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im so ashamed

so ashamed im on a working weekend he agreed to come along was normal for about 4 hours and then reverted to bastard mode. My contacts the family that invited us to a special wine tasting dinner that I was writing a piece on, gave us their family aparment, set up meetings with achef and a bed and breakfast( another family member) and tonight when we got back here to the bed and breakfast, he was raging at me because I stayed back at the resturant to pay thebill. while he went off to watch a football match . i joined him 20 mins later and told him that at the restyrant they had made a mistake when entering the amount on the card and had put through 7.50 instead of 37.50. they were very nice people and after trying on the card again without sucess , they completely trusted me and agreed I could go get the money and return later. I walked across town to the bar he was watching football in . explained tge situation quietly during the break and askedhimfor the 30 cash to walk back and pay them as Ihad promise. He snarled atmeno imnot giving you the money it was their stupid mistake! but I gave my word i said! well thats yourproblem Ineed the money incase i buy another drink here. u have enough for another drink. eventually after I badgeredhim for an hour hehanded over twenty swearing at me that I was an idiot and to F off! i walked out stunned and embarrassed and trudged across town again in the rain to pay the resturant. then wondered around in the cold rain trying to remember where the car was parked in this strange town. i had no money to take a taxi back to the b and b. So i just keep walking around in the freezing rain. my phone was dead and I told him so beforehand.
after two hours he comes strolling back to the car where i was standing freezi g wet and tired and pretends nothing had happened. Silent treatment all the way home to the bed and breakfast. When we got out. I saiid I was disappointed at how he had treated these people who were so nice and also me He starts screaming and raging with obsenities. I said please dont, people here are trying to sleep. you are disturbing the peace and they may throw us out or call the police. At which point he startex shouting louder saying I can shout if I want. im paying to be here!! Im not a guest! arent u embarrsssed? I asked . I am! No he screamed I can do and say what I want, u caused the argument. at this point to shut him up, as the whole place had heard his abuse at midnight, I decided to go into the the bathroom he shouted until he saw i was absent then climbed into bed and imeadiately started snoring! im here deeply ashamed i can sleep, ive done nothing wrong. I cant face these lovely people tomoorow. I want to cancel the lunch and interview that was set up on my behalf. I cant take any more embarrassment. he never gets embarrassed he says.
what do I do? im so angry and ashamed. too ashamed to tell my family ive chosen a narc to marry, to ashamed to admit the failure of my life, i dont want to worry my family and my adult kids, they think im set for life and have such a caring man. i feel like a fool, cant sleep and the beast is snoring.
Yet another work contact sabotaged! im so sad and ashamed.
he hides behind my normalcy and cashes in on all my contacts.
My God what have I done?

Oct 31 - 9AM
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I'm so glad

You went on your tour and held your head up...as others have said here, you have nothing to be ashamed about, so don't borrow the shame that he should carry if he were a decent human being. I'm so sorry you had to go through that last night. I remember years ago throwing a fancy dress party with the ex in a hotel suite. He got sloppy drunk and I (and a couple friends) walked in on him in the bedroom wrist-deep in a stripper he'd met online. He just looked up at me and smiled. The shame and anger I felt was a much more potent cocktail than the chocolate martinis that were being served, and the hangover lasted years. Whatever his method for humiliating you and himself, get out now, it will only get worse... Will look forward to the day when you say you're free, and I bet it won't be before too long. xoxox
Oct 31 - 9AM
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AgnesMurphy17

Thanks for your response lots of food for thought. I can freely admit that had I been in my own country with my lifetime long friends I would never have given this man the pleasure of a relationship with me. I was conned he did a 360 turn as soon as we were married, as they say if u want to know if hes a Narc marry him. He pretends to his small company that hes still single. The depth and breadth of the lies hes told are ledgend. Theres always a grain of truth in what he says but he has a mind of acutle agles and none of them connect. It seems amusing regarding your comment that he told my family at pre wedding dinner 4 months ago he was my slave.they were just bemused. Anyone who knows anything about me knows the grass doesnt grow under my feet. If I have two stones and a leaf ill make a banquet. i went to my interview today they treated me like a VIP guest. The chef and his wife gave me an our etc. Heres the amusing part ,they thought he was my driver and asked if they should give him a plate too. God does have a sense of humour! I am planning my exit strategy from him and his low class family. The devil takes care of his own. Thanks all of you for caring. The only time he smiles is when its at someone elses expense. By the way he wasnt drinking the money was for a soft drink hahaha. If he did drink or drugs his behavior would be more undersandable. As it is its a freakshow. Thanks sisters in anti-narcizm.
Oct 31 - 7AM
agnesmurphy17
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Ashamed

You write "ashamed to admit the failure of your life." Don't be ashamed. You are not a failure. You were duped & conned. You cannot control everything. And you are permitted to make mistakes. I, too, could not admit my marriage was a failure. I stayed longer than I should have. ENDURING rather similar scenes to what you described above. Leave him ASAP. You will be surprised how many people will come out & tell you . . . they knew . . . suspected. They will believe you. They will support you. It's just while you elect to stay, they have to support you in your marriage choice. The longer you stay, the longer this man will demean you & humiliate you. The more you will feel like a failure. Of course he falls asleep immediately. The relationship is successful. He's destroying you & he is very self-satisfied. For him the relationship is perfect. He has a woman who stays for constant D&D. For an N this is as important as having a woman always there to reach out for sex. You need to read "Stalking the Soul" by Marie-France Hirigoyen. This scene you describe is exactly that. The man is robbing you of your identity & soul. Abusers will rail on & on about how stupid the woman is & how she forces him to defend himself. How she drives him crazy. But, when the therapist says, "Why not leave her?" Draws a total blank. Never occurred to the abuser to leave. The POINT of the relationship is all this drama & abuse. I promise you . . . you leave this monster, he'll be begging you not to leave. Don't fall for it. & from what you write, I'd say your N is a dangerous man. If you leave him he will try to destroy you financially & emotionally in the divorce. It's all about him. Not giving you money in a bind because he wants to drink?!? Shocking. This man will take all the joint assets & every object of any value. There is no "couple" in this relationship. There is only MASTER & slave. Plan your escape very carefully.
Oct 31 - 7AM (Reply to #10)
Used
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not leaving

Why not leave her?" Draws a total blank. Never occurred to the abuser to leave. The POINT of the relationship is all this drama & abuse. I said to my exh many a time ,well if i am so this and so that why dont you leave...he said i will never leave you or let you go....was he wrong ,when the last of our adult children left, i told him to go[as they were adults i knew he would keep up the mr wonderful dad pesrsona} he said i am letting you go b/c you are ill[i had anorexia i was 5stone], but there would have been violence for this once...and i said YOU CANT KILL ME I AM ALREADY DEAD.... i then divorced him...
Oct 31 - 5AM
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fnlonger

you must not blame yourself, thats what he wants you to do...so much of this resonates with me with both my narcs in the end with myexh, i would refuse to go any where with him,shopping,socialy[yuk], in the car.....we were just living in the same house...another charming habit myexh had we be out socialy he would disappear, people would say wheres name gone i would just shrug....but WOE BETIDE, when he came back i wasent where he left me all you would hear...is where the fuck is she!!!!! he would even bang into the womens toilets to find me...he didnt care who was in there... and one time i was outside getting air, he came out knocked me over the bonnet of the car, when i fell off ,he stood on my wrists and i had a bangle on that got inbedded in my wrist.. he pulled me up and said shut up... i had to have the bangle levered out my wrist, bleeding and scar, that i have to this day... he then said come on inside babe....you will get cold out here.....and we carried on the night, i was19years old.....i still stayed till i was 46...and my brother and his wife were there and she was screaming to my brother, he,s killing her...my brother said, she asks for it...she should have been where he left her..you realy need to get away if at all possible.....he will drive you insane,and thats his intention
Oct 31 - 3AM
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He forced me to go

He forced me to go downstairs and sit at breakfast to face these people, im so embarrassed. He just wants life to go on. People like this will watch a baby fall off a balcony while they focus on a dirty mark on the wall. When asked if they couldnt have stopped the baby from falling, They will answer its the babies fault not mine, he shouldnt have been so stupid. These are the people who will rationalise anything they do. OJ simpson comes to mind. Im shellshocked.
Oct 31 - 3AM
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I am sorry to hear

I am sorry FNL, this is just awful, and to think a person can be so evil and still be able to sleep with no problem. That's how selfish they are, he doesn't care you were up all night knowing you have a presentation to deliver. Please, if you can, keep your interview, he wants to break you down to the lowest, that way he can look you in the eye and say, ha, now you're down with me. Its madness, they choose to be with you for all of your positive qualities/character, mimic you, but want to break you down? He is indeed envious, tell the frog man to hop on out of your life, you don't need him, he need you though but don't even give him the pleasure of being with someone such as yourself. It's ridiculous that when dealing with these types, you literally have to think about what you are going to say to prevent an temper tantrum, rage, what have you, being that we are "normal" we speak freely as adults, in an adult manor, but to them our words mean something dirty, an insult, all you did was voice your displeasure in a mature manner, what do you get in return? A raging maniac who twists your words in his mind as a let down, a criticism, insult, etc, it's so sad. I hope you will be able to continue as planned, ignore him for the time being, best of wishes, you deserve better.

stay~strong

Oct 31 - 2AM
Mariline
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Fooled no longer, people

Fooled no longer, people there heard HIM not you. You should not feel ashamed, he would. If I am still in time on this, please....try to collect all the strength that remains inside you. I know it is hard, but do this for YOU and for your children. Do not cancel the interview try to get as much you can from it. The silent treatment, you can give it to him also. It is better than shouts anyway. And as soon as you get home, watch your face in the mirror. You have nothing to be ashamed of. Narcs and other disordered people fool even the professionals and destry even their therapists. You will explain all to your family, all. You should write all the details and prepare your speech to you family. Then leave this pig snoring alone. Noone deserves to sleep in a bathroom for 30 stupid dollars. Stingy pig, they are ALL stingy. This man is cruel and you will finish as an empty shell of yourself. It is this you want for you? Annihilation? Please dear. Come home and pack your bags as soon as possible. Find a lawyer. Ask for help and money in any possible place. You have to get out. You have been humiliated enough. It will not be easy we all know that. You will miss the snoring pig, we all have done this unexplicable thing. You will second guess yourself, you will be sad, depressed and angry, and then...you will be free. When you will miss him, turn yourself into the "cold bathroom while he snores" mode. It will work. (((((((hugs)))))
Oct 31 - 1AM
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Its morning . Im still

Its morning . Im still ashamed and after sniring like a herd of pigs last night while I sat in the dark trying to piece together how I would handle the destruction of my plans for today he has woken as decided to give me the silent treatment. He is walking aound aparently completely unmoved by the destrucion he caused. He has a self satisfied sniff that he does just like his mothet and it triggers every reflex in me to slam a door in his face. I wont ask how the mind works because it doesnt. What will I do today how can I salvage this mess. Thankyou sisters for listening. I realise now that my unselfish , caring, communicative nature, my responsibility, my humanity is so opposite to him that he sees my very exsistance as an insult to him. Hes a ignorant pig and when I say that, Im truly sorry to the wonderful animal the pig, and the entire race of pigs, all of whom have more compassion and sensitivy, loyalty than he will every have. So hes not good enough to be called a pig,hes an "arsewipe" I bet you can all guess who will be blamed for last nights fiasco and who will make it right once again. I need the Anger to return. A
Oct 30 - 11PM
Briseis
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Foolednolonger

Not once in any of that whole mess you describe did you do a THING to deserve what happened. This Narc is insane. And YOU are the one ashamed, instead of him. What a horrible story. How can you get away?
Oct 30 - 11PM
iAmMINE
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Name denotes Nature....

Your name choice says it all... fooled~no~longer If I could suck out all the shame you are feeling right now, I would. because this same shame could possibly suck out your strength to choose healthy for you. Now that makes me mad. ~~ ((((((((((fooled~no~longer)))))))))) ~~~ Keep Learning & Keep Healing ~~~ ~~~~~ The best revenge is to survive and be victorious over it. Nobody can take from you what you don't give them, --she said, (taken from my final remarks in a Sync Weekly Magazine article about my art and mySelf

~~~ Keep Learning & Keep Healing ~~~

~~~~~ The best revenge is to survive and be victorious over it. Nobody can take from you what you don't give them.

Oct 30 - 8PM
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Awe...I'm sorry!

God, and I bet he didn't remember or hear you say your phone was dead. Honey, just reading this gave me the chills. I spent many of raging nights! Some, I have to admitt that he made me so nuts that I would rage too! I know the feeling. The only times a woman ever suceeds in changing a man is when he's a baby~ Jackie Onasis....Boy, JFK had a huge personality disorder..... Keep moving and remove the negative person. You are a kind person, we can't mix with these men. We can, but we will go crazy.....