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I turn toward Bette and utter one simple word: Invisible. I feel invisible in this relationship with Bette. She is always……..
Tina, address Bette with your comments. Talk to her, Dr Laurel gently advises.
Bette, since the beginning of our relationship you have been a workaholic. I mean, I appreciate what we have gained from your efforts, but I feel like I come second to your work; like I am not a priority for you. It seems to me that you get more satisfaction from your work than our relationship. Frankly, I am tired of playing second fiddle.
I also feel like my opinions don’t matter to you. You make so many decisions about our personal life, like the house that we live in, and our professional life. I don’t think you even consider what I might think or how I might feel. It’s like you simply disregard me and inform me after the fact. I don’t think there is anything in our household that you don’t control. It’s like you work against me by not including me in the important things that affect not only you, but me too, Bette. I am simply an afterthought in our house; if I am thought of at all.
I feel like I am trapped in a prison cell of one. I have limited contact with my family. My own mother won’t even come and visit because Bette threw her out the first and only time that she came to visit.
Hold on there. Wait a minute, Tina. I asked your mother to leave because you said you felt uncomfortable with her there due to your own personal history with her. I mean she showed up unannounced with her dog in tow and she let her dog urinate all over the house because she refused to let him out. She disrespected us. You also said that you would not sleep in the house if she was in it. Instead of talking to her yourself, you checked into a hotel room and left the dirty work to me. You know me, Tina. Under the circumstances I felt that I needed to protect our home and our family. What was I supposed to do; let her have the house while we moved out. I mean it’s not right to allow anyone to make us uncomfortable in our home. That is our safe haven. I wouldn’t let anyone in my family come into that house and make you feel un-welcomed in your own house. You know that I have told Melvin that if he can not honor you and our relationship that he is not welcome in our home. If I am willing to put my foot down with my father; I certainly couldn’t give your mother a pass. I love you and if her being there is going to upset you then she doesn’t need to be there. You said that you understood why I asked her to leave. You said that you wished you had the strength to tell her yourself. I thought that this was over and done with. I mean it has been over two years now. I constantly feel like I have to defend myself about this topic.
Alright, Bette, you need to allow Tina the space to finish her thoughts about your relationship without interruption, Dr Laurel reminded her.
With a heavy sigh I hear Bette apologize and say, ‘please continue with your thoughts Tina.’
What I am saying is; I feel isolated. I have limited contact with my family. I’ll admit that my relationship with my mother is not the best, but she is still my mother. We barely hang out with our friends any more. If we are not working; we are hold up in that house by ourselves.
Tina, I am not stopping you from being with our friends. I don’t always have the time or energy to hang out. But just because I don’t go doesn’t mean that you can’t go.
Bette, that’s just it. You haven’t been making time for me or our friends. I don’t always want to go out with them alone. I like having you there. I want you there.
I don’t feel like you are really hearing me, Bette. I feel neglected and unimportant; like I am just there. Like one of your possessions. Available whenever you want to take me out and play; otherwise forgotten and ignored.
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They can have all the meals together they want…but until Tina tells Bette what she has done…she can stay invisible…
At least they are talking and not storming about nonproductively.
is this tough love therapy???…they obviously love each other deeply becuz another person would have walked out a long time ago…my therapeutic decision: separate in their work lives so they each get their identity back and some independence….and a holiday away…no work!!!! Tina take some control and say out aloud what you want and stop putting Bette in the ‘control seat’….T take responsibility for where u are and Bette too..
with all the anger and unsolved issues this therapy could take a long time but i still have hope that their relationship can be saved
I think people need to go on being harsh with tina..this story is so well written but I can’t bear it. Bette was doing three jobs, busting her ass to support her and she is whining as to how she feels invisible. She leaves the house to avoid her mother, leaving her with Bette, and then throws up to Bette for years that she “threw” her mother out, depriving her of family. Why should Bette try to get this woman back, why should she want her back. Bette said very clearly and without hostility how she felt with all the responsibility and all Tina does is blame and accuse and lie about the truth of their reality…Bette deserves much better than this toxic woman. PS I love your little vignettes at the beginning of each story, and send you a clandestine kiss!!! ha..
I so love this story. Thank you PPS
Yeah the little author notes are, well, is it weird to say like I’m getting laid everytime I start to read this story? =O I’m not even going to try to justify anyone’s behavior (at least for this chapter). All I can say is I understand Tina yet wanna smack her because she’s so much like myself, minus the cheating of course.
“…Tina. I mean she’s human and like most humans she’s complicated.” You’re not kidding!
Well you continued to show the complexities of these characters but I can’t with good conscious give Tina a break…first and fore most you’ve already stated that Bette didn’t cheat so we have teh Tina is cheating or had a couple times on Bette. THen you have the Tina slowly pushing Bette into the care taker role…Tina’s complaining that Bette took control AND Bette talked earlier that she felt like a care taker with a kid…They are both talkign about the same thing But it seems Tina is unwilling to accept that she has responsibility of it. Now I’m surprised how quick Dr. Laurel stops Bette from interrupting but when Bette was talking she let Tina stop Bette’s flow a few times…(right? I mught have to re-read) anyway…continue with this emotional tale..also whatever you do with the ship is fine by me…as long as it isn’t just Bette making changes…I did notice that you had Tina notice that Bette seemed to be changing and she had missed so that’s good…from a character stand point…ok, enough of my rambling…get to writing more!
They both need to make changes in ther life. Stopping work at a certain time. Having as many meals together.If only morning and evening meals. They need to get the work place in a bldg besides their home and take time to talk and listen to each other everyday. Love this thanks