Your Ex is Dependent
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Your ex is dependent on others for almost everything - and has trouble accepting responsibility.
Your ex is not able to be independent and fears being alone.
People with dependent personality disorder feel helpless when a relationship ends and need constant reassurance.
Sound at all familiar?
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The really sad footnote is: Bob has lost his battle to save his toes. The wound from the last toe amputation has been officially termed non-healing and incurable. They will amputate half of the foot (all toes plus a few inches above the toes ... essentially the entire ball area of the foot) tomorrow at 2pm mountain time. The only other choices were to spend the rest of his life on IV antibiotics, or to lose his leg entirely. The surgeon says he will still be able to walk after this amputation, with the aid of a specially made shoe.
Bob wanted me to make this decision for him. I refused. I told him my medical power of attorney over him did not kick in until and unless he was unable to make his own decisions. I told him he was nowhere near that stage yet. I suggested he talk extensively with the doctor and make the choice he was most comfortable with, after long and careful consideration.
So you're probably asking yourself, "What's the connection between the Blogthings quiz results above, and this little footnote?"
We are divorced, he is yet of sound mind (well - as sound as his mind can be) ... and when the surgeon walked into the room with this news today ... he literally put the doctor on hold, tells him to stay put, and calls me! His ex wife! To make the decision for him!
Dependent? Ya Think? Oy Vay!
