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| Originally Posted by heartbrokinbama Only someone in this situation would know this feeling. |
these kinds of comments, seen over and over on threads like this, drive me mad. its a way for people engaged in adultry to try to exclude their situation from all others.
likewise the soul-mate talk that commonly occurs is of the same vein. its a lot like how teenagers talk... "nobody else can understand us". mkay. right.
youre THAT special that the rest of us mortals cannot relate? please! we understand heartache and frustration and wanting and hurt. we just also seem to understand willpower and self respect a little more... no etheral, mystical, magical "love" should strip me of that. but hey, maybe thats just me.
to address to OP, until hes free and clear you are engaged with a man who isnt committed to you. i understand he was separated. i also understand hes not divorced.
how can we tell our kids to keep their pants on and to do the right things if we cant ourselves? i have loved women i couldnt be with... never because they were married, just bad timing or a bad match. i wasnt a victim. i left.
you cannot stay and play the victim to the man. you dont get that luxury. you might love him, but i hope you love yourself more first.
time to step back, as much as it sucks and hurts. time to know REALITY. is he really leaving her? is he really that vested in you? staying and hoping and waiting is a ruse. its smoke and mirrors. its enabling.
i know good people get conned. and sometimes good people fall in love with others who are in a bad spot. ok. is he willing to get out of that spot? are you willing to be in control or are you willing to play the part of the poor woman who was used? at what point are you responsible for your actions?
better to know reality, in my mind. back off. he will come to you or not... and i dont mean plead for you to come back while he works things out... i mean he works things out and then chases you down... after.
scour the threads here ladies. there are many, many of them involving affairs with married men. it gets so ugly, and love doesnt have to be this hard.
hes making it this hard and you are letting him by your own choice.