(((((( ))))) or {{{{{{ }}}}}} = hugs! 180 = Another Technique In DB 4Cs - Cool, Calm, Collected and Confident ACOA = Adult Child of an Alcoholic ADDY = Address: Email, Snail Mail, Home, Office AOBM = Alien on Break Moment AOM = Almost Other Man AOS = Acts of Service APT = Apartment ATTY = Attorney AWGTCHM = Michele's book, A Woman's Guide to Changing Her Man BB = Bulletin Board Big D = Divorce BIL = Brother-in-law BTO = Big time operator BTW = By The Way D = Divorce Or Daughter DB = Divorce Busting (Techniques and book by Michele) DB'ers = Divorce Busters (People At This Site) DB'n = Divorce Busting (the technique) Dbing = Divorce Busting (the technique) DD = Darling Daughter DH = Dear Husband or Deadbeat Husband DITHL = deer in the headlights DR = "The Divorce Remedy" (Techniques and book by Michele) EA = Emotional affair EOM = Emotional Other Many F2F = Face to Face FAQ = Frequently Answered Questions FN forum = For Newcomers forum FOO = Family Of Origin FWIW = For What Its Worth FYI = For Your Information GAL = Get A Life (aka "Make Yourself Happy For A Change") Going Dark = no contact. GH = Ghost Husband (Not Really Here Any More) GW = Ghost Wife (Not Really Here Any More) H = Husband HD = High Desire HEA = Happily Ever After HOM = Hold Onto Myself HP = His or her place HTH = Hope This Helped HW = Home-Wrecker IAE = In Any Event IC = Individual Counselor (or counselling) ICQ = A chat system which stands for, "I seek you". ILY = I Love You ILYBNILWY = I love you but not in love with you IM = Instant Message IMHO = In My Humble Opinion INS Forum = I Need Support Forum IOW = In Other Words KLA = Michele's Keeping Love Alive audio program KLA forum = Keeping Love Alive Discussion Group forum KWIM = Know what I mean LBS = Left Behind Spouse LD = Low Desire LDEA long distance emotional affair LF = Lady Friend LL = Love Languages LMAO = Laughing My A$$ Off LOL = Laughing Out Loud LR = Last Resort (technique in DB) LRT = Last Resort Technique (What to do when all else fails)Explained in detail on page 177 in Michele's "Divorce Busting" book MF = Man Friend MFC = Messenger 1st Class MIL = Mother-in-law ML = Making Love MLC = Midlife Crisis MP = My Place NML = No man's land M/V = From the book, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus NPA = Not particularly attractive NRG = Energy OEA = Online Emotional Affair OG = Other Guy OM = Other man OOM = Online Other Man OOW = Online Other Women OP = Other Person OR = Our Relationship OW, Ow = Other Woman PA = Physical Affair PMA = Positive Mental Attitude POV = Point Of View PT = Physical Touch PTSD = Post-traumatic stress disorder QT = Quality Time R = Relationship RBTL = Read Between The Lines RIR = Room I Rent ROFL = Rolls On Floor Laughing S = Son SAFE = Stay Away From Ex SAM = silly alien monkey SBT = Solution-oriented Brief Therapy (kind of therapy Michele does) SIL = Sister-in-law SIT or SITCH = Situation SITD = Still In The Dark SO = Significant Other SL = Sex Life SOB = Son of a Bitch SSW = Sisterhood of Separate Women (variations could be SDW, SSM, SDM, etc.) STBW - Soon to be wife STBX = Soon To Be EX STBXOM = Soon to be ex-other man (or guy) STBXOW = Soon to be ex-other women TMI = Too much information UCL = Unconditional Love W = Wife w/ = With WAS = Walk Away Spouse WAW = Walk Away Wife (a syndrome Michele explains in her article on this site) WB = Write Back WOA = Words of Affirmation WP = Warrior Princess WTF = What the…, Why the…, When the…, Where the…, WTG = Way To Go _________________________
TPS Me: 44 H: 42 M14 T17 S10 D7 10/10 H moves out after death of his father-same month 21/04/12 H is 'DONE' 04/05/12 OW/PA confirmed (rumors from 2010) July '14 H ends affair May '15 H moves back home
Me 53 XW 50 M 18 Years +2 S14 D19 Bomb 10-24-10 Served 1-27-11 Mediate 4-21-11 Civil D Final 6-2-11 No church anullment "A man is not finished when he is defeated, he is finished when he quits."
M:33y/o H:33y/o M:7year No kids Speech of "I don't know if I love you" on July, 2012 Found EA on July, 2012 H started to stay at different places from August, 2012 H asked D on August, 2012
I found them as not abbreviation (DO and LSL). Never mind!
M:33y/o H:33y/o M:7year No kids Speech of "I don't know if I love you" on July, 2012 Found EA on July, 2012 H started to stay at different places from August, 2012 H asked D on August, 2012
Also, there are several posts here that the original post (OP) hasn't updated. Can you look thru these and do so. it would greatly help the nOObs here.
"Do what you can With what you have Where you are" - Theo. Roosevelt
Also, there are several posts here that the original post (OP) hasn't updated. Can you look thru these and do so. it would greatly help the nOObs here.
MLC = Mid Life Crisis
I doubt that the original poster is going to update her post. It has been here for 4 years now.
What is ICBI & LSL? Thx 4 this list ! Very much needed p
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pbetra ---- M: 15 yrs (in 2014) BD: 6/03/2014 Infidelity ('known' from July 2014) Denied PA Feb 2015 2 leave Mar 2015 (left early Summer). Some contact. Back briefly 2017 (after family death) Separated 2017
I think I have to review these each day lately. I get so many of them wrong...lol
Me: 35 Her: 33 D : 16 S : 9 Together: 14 years Married: 12 She left 4/14/2014 Separated: 5/25/2014 OM Confirmed 7/2014 She filed 8/7/2014 I Filed 10/21/2014 Divorce final 2/12/2015
I think I have to review these each day lately. I get so many of them wrong...lol
So funny you should say that BigMac. Recently, I have begun to leave an open tab next to the forum post!!
oh, just realized that you are new. welcome (sorry that you are here). everyone can relate and are wonderful!! - lots of resources to check on as well. good luck & take care
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Last edited by pbetra; 07/03/1408:51 PM.
pbetra ---- M: 15 yrs (in 2014) BD: 6/03/2014 Infidelity ('known' from July 2014) Denied PA Feb 2015 2 leave Mar 2015 (left early Summer). Some contact. Back briefly 2017 (after family death) Separated 2017
"What's this Dobson letter that people mention every now and them?"
It's in the book "Love Must be Tough". However it doesn't necessarily apply to your situation because you neglected her needs and just cared about your own.
M-43 W-40 2D - 9 and 5
Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet a new life.
M44 H37 D13 S8 S6 Married 14 W is stay at home mom ILYBNIWY:9-28-14 A started 04/2014 OM confirm 11/24/2014 Admit PA 01/05/2015 09/11/2015 W file for D and wants the moon
