Friday, July 20, 2007
Let the Games Begin...
So today I got a email from my mom. She has really nothing to do with me or my children except at Easter and Christmas. So today I get a email asking how my marathon training was going. Since I had not done that in several months, that shows has long it has been since I had heard from her. I went ahead and broke it to her that I had the lap-band. She wrote back later this afternoon and asked if we could start meeting in White House and walking together. I do not know how I feel about this. I knew it would come because these people have been obsessed with my weight my entire life. I honestly thought that it would not come for some time after I had dropped say 80-90lbs. To me this is conditional love and I don't need it. Either you love me how I am, all the time, unconditionally, or you don't love me at all. This women has made a couple of feeble attempts in the past to be a part of my life by coming in and remodeling my house, but each time I would get my hopes up that she was going to stick around, and then nothing. I finally visited a counselor during my divorce that said I must not let her walk in and out of my life like that. As of Christmas, I had made a attempt to talk to her about our past one last time, and she quickly stated I love you and that should be enough. She wrote e-mails for a while and then backed off again. I don't know how to feel at this point. I would love to have a mother in my life but at the same time I don't know if I want a mother under false pretenses....HELP! What would you do? Please I need advice....Until next time...Is this going to be my new thinner lifestyle? People who never paid me attention before suddenly take hold and pay attention now? If so I would rather be fat. Fat people are more genuine.
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2 comments:
You're going to notice a DRAMATIC difference in how people respond to you when you are a normal weight. It's really difficult to think of it in terms of your former self when that starts to happen. Judgmental family members---I haven't had to deal with that! But yes, I think you are going to encounter certain people who are going to believe you're finally "acceptable."
Dagny
I took a class a while ago regarding communication. I learned that no matter what, people in your life love you in their way, not in the way you want them to. Sometimes their way and your way meet, but most times not.
It's never a fun situation, but don't let that anger get carried around with you like the weight. Imagine losing the emotional weight too-- and that you don't have to hold onto any anger, that you have to get new fancy clothes to fit your new emotional self. That you are able to say-- "I love you is not enough. This is what I need from you... what do you need from me?"
Maybe that will help. If nothing else, to find peace.
I love hearing about your journey-- keep it up!
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