The material presented
here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method
to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
One year my ex-husband who was an A and a drug addict was in bed with a hangover when i got home from work. No he hadn't went to work that day, no he hadn't remebered it was V-day. Needless to say, a very good girlfriend of mine at work who knew I was ready to leave and start a new life, made me this beautiful basket (as i got nothing for x-mas either). I cried when she gave it to me and to this day i don't think she realizes how much it ment to me. Any way, when I got home that night who asked who the basket was from and I told him, His response "well at least you got something". I said to him that your V-day present to me this year could be a night in peace. Please go out with your friends and don't come home. I left my marriage 2 months later.
I so hear your frustration and give you a big hug.