Originally Posted by
Florence 
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So maybe the issue isn't that you're too sensitive. Maybe his issue is that you aren't as compliant as you used to be.
DING DING DING.
My ex absolutely lost it with me when I began to realize that I allowed her to treat me in a manner I wouldn't dare treat her. Belittling me worked for a very long time until the things she complained about couldn't really be use any longer, then she screwed up - she figured she could get the same result if she went after DD. That worked poorly.
I think it was after I had what was supposed to be a terminal illness but wound up being a few surgical scars and a huge dose of perspective. I figured out that life is too short to put up with crap from anyone :-)
Flo - your whole post hit home but especially the part I quoted, thanks for articulating it so well