Timeline 14-The Downfall

Around this time, August/September we started doing single counseling one week and then couples counseling the following week. My counselor wanted to work on our separate issues and then our issues we had together. I stayed with our original counselor for single and Dick started working with a female. On my second session by myself I told my counselor a ton of stuff he didn’t know. He said, “That’s abuse and I will not do couples counseling anymore.” I was ok with that because Dick was on vacation in Florida, and I thought that was my out.

For Dick’s sons 9th birthday in September 2018 he wanted to take him and his nephew to Universal Studios in Florida. He wanted me to go and I told him no. I told him I thought it was an outrageous birthday present and I didn’t think it was fair for his other nephew and niece. I said, “How about we do a family vacation and we take all of the kids.” He said no that he wanted to do this. He didn’t think that it was fair his ex-got to take their son to Georgia and he gets to do nothing with him. I said, “So you’re just doing this to compete with you ex.” He said, “No, I’m doing this for me.” That meant he wanted to take them to Universal Studios, so he could brag on social media that he has all this money to do whatever he wants. I was pissed and thought it was disgusting. He ended up going and he blocked my phone number for ten days because I told him I didn’t want to be with him. It was hard for me because I loved him, but I never tried contacting him because I knew this was my time to leave.

It had been ten days since I had talked to him. He got back home on a Thursday and on Friday he texted me, “YO.” I didn’t respond. The next day my mom and I were driving to Walgreens in my car and Dick passed me. He called and I didn’t answer. At that point the texts and calls started rolling in. “You’re fucking cheating on me.” “You have a man in your front seat.” “Answer your fucking phone right now.” “You’re a cheater.” On and on and on! I tried explaining to him that I was at Walgreens shopping, but he didn’t want to believe it. When I got home I stayed in my car by myself and answered the phone on the 19th call. He was still trying to accuse me, but then had to hurry up and try to apologize saying he overreacted. That he was just mad at me that I didn’t think it was appropriate for him to take his son on that trip. NO SHIT!