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Galentine's Drama

I had a Galentine’s wine night on Saturday. I got drunk…too drunk. He said I was “mean” to him but I don’t remember any of that. I asked what I did and he wouldn’t tell me. He demanded I talk to my “shrink” and my mom about it. I said they’ll want to know what I did, and he still wouldn’t tell me. “Tell them something from the past, it’s the same every time.” I feel like I’m being gaslighted.  I feel awful that I lost control like I did. But, it happened. Not to make excuses (which sounds like I’m making excuses) but I haven’t been drinking much these days. We used to drink a lot more, and I have since cut back. Does this happen at bigger parties? Yes.  Is it a pattern? I hope not but I can see how it looks like one. I know I have a lot of papa’s “isms”—one of which is his drinking and it’s not the best. But, I’m also cognizant of that fact and work to not get there. Have I failed? Sure, but I’m TRYING. Also, I want to note until we started having issues, none of this was a “t...