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In reply to the discussion: He is getting rid of me after 10 years. [View all]R B Garr
(18,054 posts)I'm not trying to be paranoid, but if they are strategizing, that is a pretty common tactic -- provoke someone who is an understandable emotional state and then use your reaction against you by calling the cops on you and trying to get a police report they can use against you for whatever reason. It sounds like you're thinking things through, so just keep your business head instead of an emotional head to beat them at their own game(s).
About your contacts -- you can get them back. I'm in a similar boat about a 6 year relationship I'm going to be dumping because he didn't keep his word on some things from the beginning, and I'm not going to put up with it anymore. Whose idea was it to not get married? Was that okay with you? Yet, now is not the time to be looking back so much as looking forward, but you might realize that this was a long time coming and you tolerated things because you thought the two of you were a team, whereas he had other intentions.
You can get back in with your sisters, and you can get your contacts back. Every moment and every move you make should be for self-preservation at this point. It's easier said then done, but you can do it. I saw some signs years ago that I ignored, but no more. We can do this!