i need to get this out

[Edwina's Secretary]

Gayle...I am sorry your visit ended so badly. I would not presume to give advice that has not been solicited to someone I do not know. I hope you find the best solution for you.

And I hope you will come back to SoCal someday and make much happier memories.

[carole]

Gayle i do not know all the circumstances or know you very well either, but from what you have posted now and before ,this is an ongoing thing, the abuse from your husband,honestly i don't think he is going to change, but i could be wrong, i hope so, i hope you can find the courage and strength to leave ,because no-one deserves to be treated this way,drink is often the excuse, and IMO it just does not wear with me, i too have lived with an alcoholic, he was not physically abusive,but mentally, i had a young child with him, and i have never regretted my decision to leave him,i am now with a man who is nothing like him,you too can have such a life without all this pain and suffering.

I wish you all the best in whatever you decide,i really hate to see you going through all of this. HUGS.

[Catty1]

I am not posting them here, but have PMd them to Gayle, and to several others here who have said they have "been there".

Let's just say this started in December of 2005 - and advice certainly was solicited after that.

Prayers for Gayle.

[ramanth]

So many prayers for you Gayle.