(((((( ))))) or {{{{{{ }}}}}} = hugs! 180 = Another Technique In DB 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 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. It is usually done to see if your WA misses you and tries to come around. GH = Ghost Husband (Not Really Here Any More) GW = Ghost Wife (Not Really Here Any More) H = Husband HD = High Desire 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 tape series program KLA forum = Keeping Love Alive Discussion Group forum (for future) LBS = Left Behind Spouse LD = Low Desire 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 by John Gray 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 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.) 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
Thanks for clarifying some of these for me! I appreciate all your hard work in keeping this great site up....I don't know what I would do without it during this extremely hard time.
Me: 36 H: 34 M: 1 yr T: 2 yrs D: filed by H 5/21/09, served 06/08/09, first court date for "maintenance" as well as a plea to restart Marriage Counseling and attend a Marriage workshop 8/24
Go back to the Newcomers Forum and in the top left is a "New Topic" button. Click on it and get busy . Cheers
M22,H45,W45 S21/18D12 Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.
M22,H45,W45 S21/18D12 Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.
Me 45, H 46, S 23, M 26, Together 30, Bomb 6-2-08, S 6-19-08; H left 12-29-08. H home 12-09, Still MLC in 2012! Me- I have my big girl panties on. Bring it.
M22,H45,W45 S21/18D12 Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.
Me 36, W 37 M: 08/02/97 D13, D9 1st Bomb 02/08 Reconciled 04/08 2nd Bomb: 09/08 W filed for D 02/04/09 Separated 03/09 D dismissed 06/09/09 Still separated...
