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Girlfriend broke up with me, do I need to know the truth?

Asked Jul 14, 2010, 07:49 AM — 38 Answers
Sorry this is so long!...
My girlfriend of 3 years broke up with me 3 weeks ago. I was completely surprised and devestated. We were very close the whole time we had been together, and we were madly in love. About 2 months before we broke up, she met a guy who I was immediately suspicious of. They met in the library (we are both students) and went for a drink. She was honest with me about this so I didn't worry about it. She just said they got on well and were friends.
I accepted this, but I warned her that she should be careful, because guys don't usually ask random girls out for drinks just to be friends! She has always been a bit naive in this sense.
Anyway, we carried on and I knew she saw a lot of this guy. I got a little suspicious but I trusted here. Then after a while when I asked what she had been up to I could tell she was lying to me. She'd quickly change subject when I asked about this guy and she didn't seem as comitted or loving towards me as she had been. I asked her several times what was wrong. I gave her many opportunities to tell me what she was thinking and I told her I knew something was on her mind. She said everything was ok to start with, then one day she told me she was having doubts about our future. She said she wasn't sure we were outgoing enough, which annoyed me as she had glandular fever so I thought was unreasonable.

Moving on, when she told me this, I said that we could try to do more things individually as well as together, and that I didn't see it as a problem that couldn't be solved. She agreed. At first I felt like a weight had been lifted, but I soon realised that this wasn't really what had been on her mind. I continued to ask her what the problem was but she said there was no problem. Then, one day, a friend told me he'd seen her with this guy in the library having lunch every day and studying together. I confronted her and she said there was nothing going on. She then got overly protective of her phone. By this point I was convinced she was lying to me. I justified it myself to read through her messages. I know it was wrong but I felt I'd given her every opportunity to tell me the truth.

There were a lot from this guy, and he had openly confessed that he was falling in love with her. The fact she hadn't told me this hurt a lot, but I trusted that she wouldn't cheat on me. I gave her another opportunity to tell me about this guy's feelings for her and again she refused. So I admitted to reading her messages and I knew he was into her. We spoke for hours about it, and she said she didn't want to worry me and that she had no feelings for him. She offered to stop contacting him and I accepted, thinking that would solve any problems.

This time I felt like a huge weight had been lifted, and that we could return to how out relationship had been previously. However, as time went on, she would see him now and again. I didn't mind the occasional bumping into each other so I didn't say anything. With time, she seemed to see him more and more, and when I asked, she said that she thought I didn't mind. I told her that I didn't want to stop her having a social life but that I thought seeing this guy would damage our relationship. Anyway, we were getting on well again, and then she broke up with me. She said it was because we were too similar, not outgoing enough, etc. I was completely heart broken. The first two weeks were horrible, I couldn't believe she would end our relationship without giving it more of a chance. We hadn't spent much time together recently due to exams, and she broke up with me just as we had time to see each other.

This was around a month ago. A few days ago, I went onto hotmail on my computer(my account that I hardly ever use) and she had saved her password from when she had used it months ago. My curiosity got the better of me, and I read some of her incoming facebook messages (Icouldn't see anyting she had sent). Anyway, there were some from a mutual friend of ours, which said that he had told her that he liked her (my ex) but that she had decided she wanted to be with this library guy. There was no mention of me being considered in any of this, as if she had been weighing up these two other guys (one of which was a friend of mine who I trusted)for a while, without considering me into the equation. An email from this other guy saud that he was missing her too etc.

This completely devestated me and I don't know what to do. Should I call her and ask her to tell me the truth and the real reasons she broke up with me? We both said we wanted to stay friends, and we've spoken a couple of times since we broke up, but I feel this changes everything. I am not sure I could be friends with someone who could do this. What really hurts is that she knew I was having a horrible time coming to terms with the break up, and that I couldn't understand why she had done it without giving me a chance, yet she just left me to try and get my head around it when she was lying the whole time.

Sorry for ranting so much, its pretty complicated. I don't know whether to confront her and find out the truth (which means admitting I read her emails, and may jeapordise any chance of friendship, as well as hurting a lot), or to ignore all this and just pretend it didn't happen?
Any advice? Thank you!

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#31

Jul 17, 2010, 01:20 PM
Take it from a guy who was dumped for another guy.

You will NEVER find out the truth. Even after 2 years, my ex and I are decent friends, we have both found other people, and we chat to catch up every once in a while, and even then, I still don't get a straight answer.
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#32

Jul 17, 2010, 01:28 PM
Why in the world do still want to know "the truth"? You need to stop this and get on with your life.

She isn't going to tell you truth.
She's out of your life and she is with someone else.

Let it go..let her go..You are so overthinking this issue. She lied.
Accept and move on.
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#33

Jul 17, 2010, 03:59 PM
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Thanks for all your help. I decided to take KyleS28's advice and sleep with all her friends.
Haha, don't worry, I'm not an idiot.

Seriously, I'm going to wait a few days until I feel lesss angry, then I'm going to call her and confront her. I'm well aware that this won't help things, that it will hurt, and that she'll probably lie to me again, but I'm sure she doesn't realise what she's done. Whether it will help or not, I feel I need to do this. It will improve her as a person and it will make her realise what she's done. At the end of the day, I want her to be happy. I know that she has treated me badly and been selfish, but I think she made mistakes, simple as that. I won't be able to forgive her for a long time, but I know I've been the better person.

I am feeling quite strong at the moment, largely thanks to your help. I know that sometimes life kicks you in the balls, and people can do awful things, but I know I'll get over it and I'll be ok. After I speak to her, I'm not going to speak to her again till we're both back at uni (in october), if things feel ok then. Thanks to Adapa, that sounds like a good idea with the letters, I wrote one a few days ago that was pretty raw and angry and that's already gone into the draw! At first I thought of her as a , but I don't think that's true. I think I am a good judge of character, and that tells she that she's not an awful person, just that she messed up really badly. I don't wish anything bad to happen to her, or for her to be sad, I just hope she realises that she's made some bad decisions, and that she learns.

Thanks for all your help guys, I know I am ignoring a lot of it by confronting her, and that it probably won't help, but its just something I feel I need to do. All your tips for NC are greatly appreciated, and more are welcome!

Do you know what will happen? She will speak in tongues. Who care if she 'understands' what she has done. PEOPLE don't want to hear about THEIR mistakes, and WILL MOST LIKELY just laugh in your face. SHE WILL LEARN ....

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EVEN if you confront her about her "mistakes"..

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SHE DID NOT MAKE A MISTAKE BECAUSE IT WAS


HER CHOICES THAT SHE MADE

SO... How can it be HER bad choices if SHE made them? YOU..

Yes YOU. Believe they were BAD choices, but TO HER... SHE HAS MADE GOOD choices.

GO NC. LET THE DOG DIE.
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#34

Jul 19, 2010, 03:52 PM
I have decided that you are right. The more I think about it, the less important the truth seems. I know we had an amazing relationship, and it was the best 2 years of my life. I don't want to taint such a memory with a messy break-up. Sure, I have lost some respect for my ex, but everyone makes mistakes and bad decisions. In time, I know I'll be able to forgive that and maybe we'll be friends in a year or two!

Thank you for all your help. I am going NC. My target is to have no contact till september, and see how it goes from there.
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Jul 19, 2010, 03:57 PM
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I have decided that you are right. The more I think about it, the less important the truth seems. I know we had an amazing relationship, and it was the best 2 years of my life. I don't want to taint such a memory with a messy break-up. Sure, I have lost some respect for my ex, but everyone makes mistakes and bad decisions. In time, I know I'll be able to forgive that and maybe we'll be friends in a year or two!

Thank you for all your help. I am going NC. My target is to have no contact till september, and see how it goes from there.
Keep us posted and good luck.
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#36

Aug 15, 2010, 03:57 AM
Hello everyone!

I haven't had any contact with my ex since earyl July, and its definitely helped a lot! But...I am not sure what to do next, at the start of september, we both go back to uni. We live 100m apart, we generally go to the same places and know a lot of the same people. So, it is inevitable that we will have to see each other at some point.

Would it be a good idea to meet intentionally when we're back to clear the air?

On another note, I have met someone else who I really like, but I feel like it would be unfair to act on my feelings. I am definitely not completely over my ex, and I won't be for a long time, but I do really like this girl. Do you think that if I am honest about my situation from the start, it could work?

Thanks again!
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#37

Aug 15, 2010, 04:04 AM
I agree.

She disrespected you. No reason to show her any further respect.

NC.

Back to your studies, right?
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#38

Aug 15, 2010, 04:30 AM


I think your best course of action is to do your own thing, the way you normally would, and be brief, polite, but generally unavailable for any deep, conversations about the past.

The need to clear the air and get some type of closure is only because of the history you had and how things transpired. Its over let it lie, and don't dwell on it any more, as why keep stirring those feelings up and wonder endlessly again about what she feels or if she thinks of you. Curiosity need not grow into something more than what it is, and you don't have to act on it, or be friends about anything, just to stroke egos. Let it go and leave it gone.

She made her choices already. What's air is there to clear? NONE at all.
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Aug 15, 2010, 04:33 AM
Oh. By the way.

" am definitely not completely over my ex, and I won't be for a long time"

"but I do really like this girl"

Dont get with another until you are over the last one.

Thats not the way to heal.
Replacing someone with another. That's just cruel on both parts.

Is that what you want?
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