DEAR ABBY: Ex still can’t get abuser out of her heart and mind

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Dear Abby: I just got out of a verbally and physically abusive relationship. I suffer from mental illness and “Scott” made it worse. We lived together for almost four years. I could blame myself for deciding to live with him. He alcoholic, narcissist, bipolar, sociopathic liar who swears He man of God. Scott kicked me out countless times during our time together, knowing I had nowhere to go. Five months back was the last time.

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I still love and care about him, but last month I found out that he met someone in AA and took her in. She lived with him until yesterday. Two weeks ago we were still “together” but without any romantic encounters. I'm torn apart for this man. It took over me and who I was as a person.

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Scott has a history of abuse. He has a criminal record for killing an animal while visiting someone. I didn't stay away from him because I was drawn in by his charm. I currently live with a friend and see a psychiatrist and therapist who do NOTHING for me! Scott and I were engaged. We were going to get married while waiting his was sober for a year, which never happened. I Not I know what to do. Please help. — BROKEN WING IN MINNESOTA

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DEAR BROKEN WING: Reading your letter, I hear the sounds of a Cole Porter song. So in love. PLEASE look at the lyrics because they describe you exactly. What you need to do is continue to talk to your therapist and get medication from your psychiatrist until they help you get rid of your fixation on someone who, if you describe him, is not true. accurateis a sociopath and incapable of love Any. Until you do this, your story will not have a happy ending.

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Dear Abby: I am 66 years old, married, have two daughters. Me too 5 feet-2 and weigh 108 lbs. This is not something new. But every time my relatives gather, at least one of them says that I need to put the meat on the bones – in those exact words. I think his rude and insulting. I'm certainly not advocating that any of them take the meat off the bones.

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I can't help my size metabolism or genetics, and I'm tired of the comments. These people have known me for 39 years. I always have was this size. I Not I know what to tell them. I don't care about kindness anymore. — A LITTLE IN OHIO

DEAR LIGHT: If you really Not care about offending criminalstake off yours child gloves. Tell your relatives that you have put up with their comments for too long and stop doing it because you Not like. If, heaven prohibitthey say you are “too sensitive”, ask them what they would like existence they said they were too heavy and that their perfume smelled like garbage. (I Of course, you'll be able to think of something once you stop laughing.)

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jean Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact dear Abby at DearAbby.com or PO Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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