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Im going to couples counseling with BD tomorrow for the first time. and i dont even know where to begin.

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good luck. Be gentle with yourself.

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best of luck to you guys!

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Good luck!

I think it'll be beneficial, not just as a relationship point of view, but for you & him personally. I think just being completely honest with yourself, him and the counselor is the best. It's hard to find out where to start from ... when I went into counseling by myself (mostly b/c of BD), I started from the beginning ... where the problems began.

I hope that helps, keep us updated!

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good luck mama!

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that is awesome. I really want bd and I to go to coparent counseling, but I'm not sure it exists.

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good luck. i used to go to couples counseling back when BD and i are a couple, and it really helped both of us put things in a different perspective outside of our own.

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good luck.

I think couples counselling is a good thing. It really helps to have a third party, deceipher the problems. I hope that you have an effective, efficiant counsellor.

I hope that your session was helpful.

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How did it go?

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they cancelled our appointment without telling us. so it didnt happen. and we have been fighting uncontrollably since then... i fucking hate everything and want to crawl into a hole

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oh shit, if you want to come hide at my house this weekend you totally can. Or like meet up somewhere or something, just call me or I'll call you.

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Ok I said "hide" and I didnt really mean HIDE like you would have to hide from him or something, I just meant like if you want to hide from your problems and hang out and chat. Just wanted to clarify :wink:

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Do you know why they canceled?

That looks bad on thier part.

When you have a counselor you need to be able to depend on them and trust them. Im sorry.

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kell82504 wrote:
Do you know why they canceled?

That looks bad on thier part.

When you have a counselor you need to be able to depend on them and trust them. Im sorry.

ya we just showed up for our appointment and they said they cancelled and switched us to a different councellor. they didnt leave a message. they called back yesterday and left a message forme to contact someone. but im starting to seriously doubt my decision about counseling with BD... he is really self involved and i dont think he wants to hear anything i have to say anyways... i might just call back and get personal counseling to just for my own support instead of trying to go through these seemingly meaningless and extremely painful motions of trying to "work it out" with this insensitive and self absorbed heartache of a boy.

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Yah thats really unprofessional of them to treat you like that...

Cancelling and then switching you wihtout telling you. Have you seen this counsellor before?

The counselling may work with the BD. He has to be willing to allow it too, though. T

I am sorry to hear that you are having a difficult time, though.

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ok so I have an appointment for next tuesday for counseling with a new counselor. I'm not going to go with BD. and its been so long since i decided to go. like since january... i dont know what to talk about. she said we will talk about "my goals" and i told her that i just want to come alone and not with Josh. what are my goals... errm.

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good luck.

really talk about anything that comes to mind,

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maybe instead of trying to stick to one topic you try freely expressing whatever comes to mind. i hope it goes well...keep us posted!

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glasses wrote:
Do you know why they canceled?

That looks bad on thier part.

When you have a counselor you need to be able to depend on them and trust them. Im sorry.

ya we just showed up for our appointment and they said they cancelled and switched us to a different councellor. they didnt leave a message. they called back yesterday and left a message forme to contact someone. but im starting to seriously doubt my decision about counseling with BD... he is really self involved and i dont think he wants to hear anything i have to say anyways... i might just call back and get personal counseling to just for my own support instead of trying to go through these seemingly meaningless and extremely painful motions of trying to "work it out" with this insensitive and self absorbed heartache of a boy.

I wish i lived near you! I would be your girlfriend in a heart beat ( not that you said you wanted one!! :D ) I know what you mean about self absorbed. I wish we lived closer so we could go get coffee and let your little ones play!! :wink:

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Also,
i went to counseling my senior year ( before navy ) to work on things within myself. It was really about me and jeremy. and why i felt to attached to him. And it really helped ME. But it doesn't so much good in a relationship if the partner isn't willing to work on themselves, or the relationship. I tired really hard for a really long time, and it got me no where. Things are okay now, now that i just suck it up and let him do what he wants and whatnot. We are really just like room mates. that have sex. :roll: I wish you the best of luck. I really hope you find happiness within yourself. :D

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Mommkatlin, thanks that it very sweet to say. Alot of the time i do want a girlfriend. When things with me and BD get bad i find myself going on dates with women (nothing serious) and feeling like i could be so much happier..I wish i be surrounded in you girls. you should all move to canada.

I had to reschedule my appointment again because i had this huge problem with week with being sick. i thought i had a collapsed lung and couldnt breathe it was really scary - im on meds now and feel much better but im still waiting for my intake appointment.!! its on may 15. after all this crap i'm gonig to need it more than ever.

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I'm so sorry you were so sick!! :( But i'm glad you feel better.