Stuck / semi - dependent on Mr. N for 6 more weeks. How to deal ?

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#1 May 20 - 2AM
Thunderbolt
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Stuck / semi - dependent on Mr. N for 6 more weeks. How to deal ?

I've written about my N recently. My situation is that I had things fall through and had to move in with him a few months ago. It was supposed to be temporary.
Anyway during the last few months I've come to see his true colors. A true 2 for 1 deal. Jekyll /Mr Hyde.

I was able to help him out with $$ for a while.
But he has insulted and beaten me down so much over recent weeks that Ive barely been able to get work done.

Half the time being nice to me and then WHAM telling me how I could be thinner, saner, more together, etc.

I have been forcing myself to get my gameplan together so I can start over on firm ground.
Looking at all possible finances I will be stuck here until July.
Which ironically would have been our 2nd anniversary dating.

I've tried to be very low key and pleasant when he in a nasty mood.
Part of me still loves him a lot, so it's torture staying here now. He is convinced that I WANT to be with him and think he will propose to me even when we both know he i miserable.

Anyway after cooking us a very nice home cooked steak and kidney pie dinner, he later told me he feels like Im a squatter here, that he is my babysitter (because I dont have a car and he drives me places) and then finally as we were in be falling asleep, he told me that he has kept himself from kicking me out on the street and that he "could be out having fun dating"

I don't want to be crushed but I feel so worn out and sick from his treatment of me.

How do I handle the fact that Im stuck here for a good 6-8 weeks ?
How to handle it and not crack up ?
Cause right now I want to run screaming down the street screaming from the horror of this untenable situation.
I now am sleeping on his coach until I leave.

May 20 - 9AM
dulte
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Been there

After my ex N told me he didn't love anymore I temporarily moved out to my brother's but couldn't really stay there for long. I was jobless, N called apologizing long story short I came back only to realize all he wanted was sex. He broke up with me three days later and this time I really have no place to go, nor money.I have no idea how I did it, I stayed there for a month and just focussed on me and getting a safe path out. I didn't drive either so I started taking the bus to places to drop off my resume. I tried staying out of the house as much as possible -library-book stores, I really didn't have many friends where we lived since it was his town and he had completely isolated me- I finally found a job and was out the first paycheck. If you can't get out yet just remind yourself it is a temporary situation, don't show him any sort of deep emotion -good or bad- focus on you, making the best out of your day, finding stuff to do, ignore ANYTHING he says -positive and negative- as it is all part of his manipulative ways. Remind yourself of the nasty character he is and why you need to move out. Do not prolong it more than it has to be...
May 20 - 9AM (Reply to #4)
Thunderbolt
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I ripped off the band aid

I ripped off the band aid before he left for work this morning. I told him that I will focus on making money to leave since he 'wants to have fun dating other people'. I had hoped to be strong, calm and cool but instead devolved into huge tears. His reply was a flat "Okay". The blank Okay set me off and I ranted a bit. He then told me that he has been acting the way he has because he hasn't wanted to kiss or touch me. Funny but he had no problem asking for Oral! And looks shouldn't matter but they do somewhat so I should add that Im not fugly. Apparently I carry 10 pounds too much for him and that sickened him. Anyway, he walked out the door and I have collapsed into tears again. Thankful for this board !
May 20 - 8AM
Qing Yuan
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This is horrendous.

I feel very bad for you. How can you stand it but it sounds as though you were like me, over a barrel financially. I too was unable to get out becaue of money that kept me locked in. BUT I dont know how you can stay sane or well while you dwell with the walking dead. They suck the life out of you and leave you flat and then they trample you. this is not helpful nor does it tell you how to survive. I had to to try and errect a sort of protective bubble. I had to not speak to him, just listen (which was very horrible) and try to be out or out his away as much as you can. Its not easy. and they find ways to attack even when you think you acheived a good day. All the woman here told me to get out and leave and find a way to leave. I have a son and a mortgage and I couldnt. I found a way to get him out. But I have been where you are too before that with other stupid narc ex. (Same stupid patterns) Anyway I just think that all the people here will tell you get your butt out of there at whatever cost... I undertsand you plight, but be aware until you get free you will be a source of supply and feel drained energetically... Good luck. Best advice... stay connected and linked in here with us and that will be your souce of strength. And maybe find some outside help. A refuge or free counselling (igf in th UK see GP) even as this is better than being drained by a narc. xx
May 20 - 9AM (Reply to #2)
Thunderbolt
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I appreciate your advice a

I appreciate your advice a lot. You put it perfectly. It is like living with the walking dead. A handsome charming funny man who is hollow in the center. His telling me he wants to have fun dating new supply is merely his way of saying he needs novelty to try and fill the hollow. I moved here to be with him. The place I moved to turned out to be a nightmare and I ended up here at his house with my cats. I have nothing to move back to (I'm selling my house that I lost a lot of money on) But this city is one of the most expensive stateside. I will and want to get work done, but I think today will need to be a day of quiet reflection alternating with screaming fits that I'm stuck for a while longer in the house of the man I love who doesn't love me and only loves the sexy high that fresh supply can offer him. At least NOW I won't feel so bad that I've been having problems financially and have been at his place. I've turned over every penny to him but he has made me feel so bad. I've cleaned his house and tried to be the best stay at home girlfriend possible. And if I really think about it, it isn't even about the money. He is a bmw driving lawyer dropping a lot money on himself for haircare and health products. Not exactly a poor starving artist. Anyway, please keep the comments coming. It the 6th birthday of the son of a dear friend today and I don't want to burden her with my heartache right now.