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  • Mar 5, 2009, 12:47 PM
    chuff
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    reading that again, you guys were just brutally honest, and it kind of hurts.


    Brutally honest yes, because we want you to see what is going on here. Look, we could lie to you and you could make the same mistakes over and over, and to be honest with you that's what my friends always did to me, because they never wanted to hurt my feelings. Well, I'd rather my feelings be hurt now if it meant a better future and understanding and that is what I think we are trying to drill into your head.


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    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    This is my first real relationship and first love.

    Nothing wrong with that, it was hers to. But you have to understand the dynamics of a relationship, which you don't, and that is what we are trying to explain to you.

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    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    I don't really know exactly how to be the best boyfriend but i do know i love her more than anything and i hurt her badly.

    You may not know how to be the best boyfriend, but come on, the stuff with the other girls is not rocket science. That being said you are at least honest about, which to me still counts for something.

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    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    I am willing to do anything i can to have her again, and will be the best i can be.

    Then you have to do exactly what your mind tells you shouldn't. You have to pull away from her and focus on your own life. Because the only relationship you will ever have that will last is the one with yourself. Right now you are so focused on her, that you have made yourself secondary which in turn has allowed her this power over you, which in turn is driving you nuts, which in turn is depressing you even more. It's a never ending cycle.

    What she did was get off the downward path and distanced herself from you, and now I'm suggesting you give yourself permission to get off the downward spiral for your own good... not hers (in this circumstance it is OK to be selfish) and distance yourself from her. Only then will you be able to put some focus into your life and move forward with a clear head.

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    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    I"m young and inexperienced with this stuff, you think she should just 100% leave me and never talk to me again?

    This is what I mean. I think you shouldn't worry about her right now. It is easier said then done, but worrying about her next move does your mental and emotional state no good. Your next move should be about your own next move, which is not bullying her, but bringing yourself back up. Be honest with yourself, if you were her, would you date you? Of course not, your not in a place where you can think straight, and she knows it. So back off for now and see where it takes you, with you.
  • Mar 5, 2009, 02:14 PM
    talaniman
    You have been given some really great suggestions, so its up to you if you want to do the right thing and leave her alone and get your own act together. Women are not like dogs, you can kick 'em around, and expect they are going to stick around, and eat your crap. You had your chance, you blew it!!

    No need to start another post about this, just update this one.
  • Mar 9, 2009, 12:26 PM
    jman123h

    Thanks for the advice from everyone. I was planning on meeting her and talking with her but she kept having excuses to why she couldn't hang out. I then delivered all of her things that I had in my room back to her house and told her to check on top of her car. I wrote her a note and she told me that was a drastic move because she actually did want to see me but was really busy the past week.

    We planned to see each other tomorrow and we talked today about what we were going to do and I told her I really wanted to talk about things and she just wanted to go as friends. That is bull sh**. She said we didn't need to talk in person because I know how she feels. I told her that I needed her to look me in the eyes and tell me that we are over, for good. She told me that if that's what I wanted she could have told me that when I dropped off her things. I told her then that she was out of my life and that I can't talk to her, deleting her on aim,Facebook,etc. I then told her I loved her and goodbye.

    She called me back about 20 minutes later, definitely upset. She says I'm being immature and just like what I said, it's been 3 years and why would we throw that away, we should be able to talk because she had wanted time anyway before she knew about the cheat. She told me she didn't want to go to college in virignia (roanoke college) not knowing exactly who she is and not knowing she can stand alone on her 2 feet. I told her I completely respected that and had at the time she wanted that space. However, I still love her and I can't hear about all of her new friends and see pictures of parties at her house of her having fun while she doesn't want anything with me. I told her if she was still "in love" and wanted to go out on dates here and there it'd be different because maybe that is what I would have wanted too. But it isn't that way and she claims she isn't "in love" with me anymore. She told her that I was being mean by saying I hated her and calling her a . I reassured her that I never said she was a and didn't feel that way, nor did I hate her. I told her she is the nicest girl I know, and I feel nothing but love towards her. She made her move to better herself and I let her know now I'm making mine since she can't be with me. I then told her goodbye again.

    I feel I made the right move, and now I can start to move forward. After doing all of that I feel great. But when I'm on this site listening to music fit for my mood, I feel I can do anything. How do I keep this vibe that I'm a great person and I don't need her? (which are both probably very true.)
  • Mar 9, 2009, 02:49 PM
    anthony1222

    OK wow time for a bit of sensitivity for you. First of all, you messed up bad, but people have grilled you for that already so ill move on to REAL advice because that's what this site is here for.
    From the sounds of it you love her, but time to step up and prove it to her. Tell her how you feel, you can start with what you've been saying here ("shes perfect... shes amazing... I love her... etc).
    Then if you get the chance, never break her trust again and that means you should cut the drinking and partying and hanging with girls stuff for a while to prove yourself. Tell her your plans and always be honest.
    Tell her how you messed up and take 100% responsibility for this. Tell her you won't party or w/e and tell her you'd do anything for her BUT ONLY IF YOU MEAN IT.
    Then say a prayer and hope for the best.
    If it doesn't work out and she won't come back then sadly you know why and LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES.
    I hope it'll go well for you, yeah you messed up but if you two really love each other then maybe you'll get a second chance...
  • Mar 9, 2009, 04:09 PM
    chuff
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    thanks for the advice from everyone. i was planning on meeting her and talking with her but she kept having excuses to why she couldn't hang out. I then delivered all of her things that i had in my room back to her house and told her to check on top of her car. I wrote her a note and she told me that was a drastic move because she actually did want to see me but was really busy the past week.

    Jman guess what? After all my previous posts guess what I'm going to say. Ready for it? You are 100% in the right on this action. Your ex is purposely trying to get you to hang on. She's telling you, you'll she'll do something, but then making excuses. In the relationship game... and this is a game to her, you her actions have to match her words. When they don't then just walk away like you did. You were classy about by returning her things. She wanted a break, so you did the right thing by giving her things back. By holding onto them, she knows she has given you something to think about her, and she knows she can use it as an excuse for either saying she never intended to end things (oh and look, she did use that excuse) or a reason to call you should you start to drift away. Giving them back was more then returning them, it was a singal to her that you are not playing this game.

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    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    We planned to see each other tomorrow and we talked today about what we were going to do and i told her i really wanted to talk about things and she just wanted to go as friends. That is bull sh**. She said we didn't need to talk in person because I know how she feels.

    I agree with her. Look, you are way to emotional, and she's in control. You need to be casual, funny, relaxed, and at in control. She's moved in a different direction, and what you are doing it dragging her down because it comes off like begging.

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    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    I told her that i needed her to look me in the eyes and tell me that we are over, for good. She told me that if that's what i wanted she could have told me that when i dropped off her things.

    I know you are emotional. But this is to emotional and emotions are the woman's territory. You have to be strong. Right now the roles are flipped.



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    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    I told her then that she was out of my life and that I can't talk to her, deleting her on aim,facebook,etc. I then told her i loved her and goodbye.

    Again, I know you are emotional, and I even understand your reasoning, but telling her you love her, but you won't talk to her are behaviors that do not go together. Furthermore, you don't have to tell her you are doing anything. Just do it. Speak with actions, not words.

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    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    She called me back about 20 minutes later, definitely upset.

    Acting upset. She wanted the break. You followed through and gave it to her. When you took control and were strong (with some weakness about that emotional stuff) she came to you. She still wouldn't commit because she knows she can keep you guessing and jumping.


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    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    She says i'm being immature

    She's lying. Mostly. You were the mature one here. You returned her stuff. That's classy, not immature.

    The deleting stuff and never talking to again was immature.

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    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    and just like what i said, it's been 3 years and why would we throw that away,

    She threw away last time. Her reasons might have been valid, but then why continue to string you along?

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    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    we should be able to talk because she had wanted time anyways before she knew about the cheat. She told me she didn't want to go to college in virignia (roanoke college) not knowing exactly who she is and not knowing she can stand alone on her 2 feet. I told her I completely respected that and had at the time she wanted that space. However, i still love her and i can't hear about all of her new friends and see pictures of parties at her house of her having fun while she doesn't want anything with me. I told her if she was still "in love" and wanted to go out on dates here and there it'd be different because maybe that is what i would have wanted too. But it isn't that way and she claims she isn't "in love" with me anymore.

    Okay. There you have it. Back away.

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    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    She told her that i was being mean by saying i hated her and calling her a . I reassured her that i never said she was a and didn't feel that way, nor did i hate her. I told her she is the nicest girl i know, and i feel nothing but love towards her. She made her move to better herself and i let her know now i'm making mine since she can't be with me. I then told her goodbye again.

    Classy and in control. This was good.

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    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    I feel I made the right move, and now i can start to move foward. After doing all of that I feel great. But when i'm on this site listening to music fit for my mood, i feel i can do anything. How do i keep this vibe that i'm a great person and i don't need her? (which are both probably very true.)

    First let me say that I feel you made the right move too. I would have left the emotional stuff out... but that's easier for me to say then for you to practice in the situation, I do realize that.

    As far as maintaining this vide, read some of the other posts and figure out what you would do in different relationship settings.
  • Mar 9, 2009, 05:08 PM
    chuff
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by anthony1222 View Post
    ok wow time for a bit of sensitivity for you. first of all, you messed up bad, but people have grilled you for that already so ill move on to REAL advice because thats what this site is here for.

    With all due respect Anthony, this REAL advice isn't going to land any guy a girl.


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    Originally Posted by anthony1222 View Post
    from the sounds of it you love her, but time to step up and prove it to her. tell her how you feel, you can start with what youve been saying here ("shes perfect...shes amazing...i love her...etc).

    Let me tell you what I told Jman. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE HELL YOU ARE DOING!
    She is in control, she asked for the break and she is playing the game of telling him it's a break but not a break. Why on earth would he continue to be emotional and tell her these emotional things? In fact if you read what has happened, when he's done what you are suggesting, she's thrown it back at him yet kept him at a distance.

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    Originally Posted by anthony1222 View Post
    then if you get the chance, never break her trust again and that means you should cut the drinking and partying and hanging with girls stuff for a while to prove yourself.

    He shouldn't cheat, but if you think he should change his life for a girl you are nuts. Why would you ever be someone's slave, always available and never any fun?

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    Originally Posted by anthony1222 View Post
    tell her your plans and always be honest. tell her how you messed up and take 100% responsibility for this. tell her you wont party or w/e and tell her youd do anything for her BUT ONLY IF YOU MEAN IT.

    Hasn't he already done this?

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    Originally Posted by anthony1222 View Post
    then say a prayer and hope for the best.

    That doesn't work in relationships.

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    Originally Posted by anthony1222 View Post
    if it doesnt work out and she wont come back then sadly you know why and LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES.

    Well, I agree with the learn from your mistakes, but when you have to resort to becoming an emotional whipping boy always available, and ready to tell her you love her again and again, why would any woman want a man who acts that way?
    I hope it'll go well for you, yeah you messed up but if you two really love each other then maybe you'll get a second chance... [/QUOTE]
  • Mar 9, 2009, 08:17 PM
    jman123h

    I felt good throughout most of the day today but now it's night and I get to thinking. This is probably normal. But anyway, I told her that not to talk to me and that I was going to not talk to her because it made me feel better. I felt as though I gained some control and let her know I wasn't putting up with her sh**. I also now don't look at my phone hoping it is her every time it vibrates because I know it won't be.

    I've actually hooked up with a couple other girls recently when I had been getting feelings that it was definitely over. I woke up feeling worse than ever before the next morning. When does that feeling go away? Maybe the answer doesn't have to be 6 weeks or something definite like that, but at what stage does it not hurt?
  • Mar 12, 2009, 10:30 AM
    jman123h

    So this is the 4th day of absolutely no contact, no hope, no number in the cell phone, not friends on Facebook, not buddies on AIM, and I feel terrible. I miss everything about her and I can't look at another girl the same... I just want to be over it. What do I do
  • Mar 12, 2009, 11:27 AM
    UnluckyDucky
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    So this is the 4th day of absolutely no contact, no hope, no number in the cell phone, not friends on facebook, not buddies on AIM, and i feel terrible. I miss everything about her and i can't look at another girl the same... I just want to be over it. what do i do

    Hang in there and take things one day at at time. You will have some really tough times ahead but also some not so bad days. I promise you there is a light at the end of the tunnel as long as you have faith that you'll get through this. Many of us have been on the ride you've just started and look at us now - we speak from experience that there is a better life waiting for you after a breakup. You just need to take the steps necessary to refocus on your life to get there.

    Make sure you read through the stickies if you haven't already. They are chock full of ideas on what you can do to better your life but at the same time make the time pass and lessen the pain for at least a short while.
  • Mar 12, 2009, 06:41 PM
    jman123h

    Thanks for the advice. She was always so loving and loved having me and seeing me and loved having me as her boyfriend. The last time we talked she kind of gave off the impression she's just sick of having to tell someone what they're doing, and where they're going, and talking on the phone and all the bf/gf stuff. I've had those feelings and we have had different break ups, and I got over that within a few weeks. Now that it's been 2 months is she really not going to wake up one day and say, holy... the biggest part of my life isn't here. Or could she just be so beyond it and going to get back into it if she doesn't have to.

    Is she still thinking about me? Does she wish she could wake up to my phone call like she did every morning at 630? Does she still hug our matching teddy bears?
  • Mar 13, 2009, 06:25 AM
    talaniman

    She, she, she, she, she,
    She, she, she, she, she
    She, she, she, she, she

    Enough, think, me, me, me, me, me,!
  • Mar 15, 2009, 05:54 PM
    jman123h

    OK. So I've gone through with everything I was trying to do, by not talking to her and erasing her from my life. On Thursday, three days after I pretty much told her I never wanted to speak to her again and to please never call me, she calls. I answer and ask why she is calling and she says because when we talked the other day I said that she never wants to talk to me anymore and never has time, and that right now she has time and really wants to talk. I told her that I don't want to talk to her. She told me I just made her feel like crap and she's going to go. I told her that I just can't talk to her.

    So, yesterday, which was Saturday, two days after she called me.. she calls again. This time I ignore the call and figure if it's important she'll leave a voicemail or a text. Nothing, and no word since.

    What do I make of this? And why does she call me! I gave her all of her stuff back and said she's hurt me so bad and now I need to move on to better myself! I'm not going to let her toy with me! What do I do?
  • Mar 15, 2009, 06:03 PM
    chuff
    You are doing the right thing. If she calls, ignore her.
  • Mar 15, 2009, 06:56 PM
    jman123h

    OK, and I will. Why is she calling though?
  • Mar 15, 2009, 06:59 PM
    chuff

    Because she thinks you'll be available at a moment's notice. Prior to the other day, you told her all kinds of things about not wanting to break up, and wanting to be with her. So she's now going to try to keep you interested by calling every now and then until she gets the message, you won't play the game with her.
  • Mar 15, 2009, 07:58 PM
    jman123h

    Okay, why is she playing the games? When she gets that I'm not playing the games is that going to bring her back?
  • Mar 15, 2009, 09:37 PM
    talaniman
    No!
  • Mar 16, 2009, 10:30 AM
    jman123h

    So today during school, I receive a text message from the ex. It read, "I would suggest not using a butch ugly sheman in your attempt to make me jealous, it didn't work, it just pissed me off more about your immaturity and inability to have a friendship with me"

    I was taking a test which I wasn't prepared for when I received this and I couldn't finish it. I sat there for 90 minutes thinking and wondering and all that dumb stuff.

    She had called me over the weekend and I hadn't answered. I didn't want to receive another text/call so I responded today by saying, "please don't talk to me"

    Why is she doing this?!
  • Mar 16, 2009, 10:31 AM
    jman123h
    I just re-read that and I forgot to put why she said this. There is a picture of me and a girl she absolutely hates as my default on Facebook, and we are no longer friends so that is the only thing she can view of mine.
  • Mar 16, 2009, 11:03 AM
    Romefalls19

    "Eye for an eye will make the whole world blind"

    You put that default there on purpose, you are trying to hurt her whether you want to admit it or not. Stop acting like a child and just live your life
  • Mar 16, 2009, 11:29 AM
    UnluckyDucky
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    Why is she doing this?!
    You know what... who cares? Change your number - POOF no more texts/calls! End this, now. Stop dragging this out, you are only hurting yourself. Change your Facebook pic to a picture of a fluffy bunny and end this drama. You are only creating more emotional suffering and trouble for yourself here.

    Seriously, enough is enough. Snap out of it! There's no need for any of this. Don't let her have any power over you and get on with your life. If she's trying to play games, DON'T PLAY BACK - you will ALWAYS win by doing this.
  • Mar 17, 2009, 09:42 AM
    jman123h

    Ok, so after the text messages, yesterday I received a call last night! I was on the other line and I just clicked over before looking, so now I was on the phone with her. She just can't understand why we can't be friends and she wants to talk to me about all of these things that she listed and that it's been 3 years of talking to me everyday about everything and now I can't even be friends with her.

    I told her that I'd love to talk to her all night about that stuff but I can't anymore, we're over, I'm beyond it and I'm moving on. She still doesn't get it and I told her not to call me, again. I'm not going to change my number because 1. I don't want to and 2. because then she'll know she's getting to me.

    I have a few questions about all of this
    1. Does she miss me and wants to start loving me again?
    2. Why doesn't she get that I can't talk to her, I understood when she wanted time and such.
    3. What do I tell her if I'm forced to talk to her again?
  • Mar 17, 2009, 10:21 AM
    chuff
    I am going to bang my head against the wall.

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    Ok, so after the text messages, yesterday i received a call last night!! i was on the other line and i just clicked over before looking, so now i was on the phone with her.

    Then you should have told her the truth. The truth was you were on the other line, when your done if you have time you will call her back. By the way, when you were done, you would not have had time.

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    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    She just can't understand why we can't be friends and she wants to talk to me about all of these things that she listed and that it's been 3 years of talking to me everyday about everything and now i can't even be friends with her.

    So she wants to break up and stay friends so she doesn't feel bad, while dragging you down. That doesn't work. Why are you asking this question again?

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    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    I told her that i'd love to talk to her all night about that stuff but I can't anymore, we're over, i'm beyond it and i'm moving on. She still doesn't get it and I told her not to call me, again.

    Dude, quit being a p*ssy and just quit telling her your not going to talk and she can't call you. Just stop. Don't tell her, just don't call. Don't tell her not to call you. Just don't pick up. If you do by accident then end the conversation.


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    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    I'm not going to change my number because 1. I don't want to and 2. because then she'll know she's getting to me.

    SHE IS GETTING TO YOU!! You are doing nothing to stop her from talking to you. Honestly, has anything you've done worked? Why not try something different, like just not talk to her. Don't tell her, just stop.

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    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    I have a few questions about all of this
    1. Does she miss me and wants to start loving me again?

    No.

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    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    2. Why doesn't she get that I can't talk to her, I understood when she wanted time and such.

    Because she knows she can dump her emotional garbage on you and the only response you seem to give her is, "uh umm ... could uhh umm ... would you please ... uhhhh umm can you please, pretty please not talk to me?"

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    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    3. What do I tell her if I'm forced to talk to her again?

    WHAT THE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT??

    You aren't forced to do anything. Just don't talk to her.

    For the love of all things holy, getting dumped sucks really bad. It does, but we are all telling you what to do, and you aren't listening to a damn thing, and they you keep posting asking the same question a different way.

    So here's the deal. You've tried it your way. Your way isn't working. Your way is prolonging the pain. Your way is not getting results. Your way still has you at the end of her string.

    So here's the way we are all saying you can escape the this. STOP TALKING TO HER!!
  • Mar 17, 2009, 10:30 AM
    kctiger

    You don't owe her an explanation... you do, however, owe yourself some defined action towards progress.

    Quit trying to talk the talk, when you can't even walk the walk.
  • Mar 17, 2009, 10:48 AM
    jman123h

    Okay. I won't answer ever, and I won't text back ever. Thanks.
  • Mar 17, 2009, 10:56 AM
    chuff
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    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    okay. i won't answer ever, and i won't text back ever. Thanks.

    Dude, I'm not trying to bully you around because I know it looks that way, as God as my witness I have your best intentions in mind. Just trust us here. Just follow your own words above and let the pain heal.
  • Mar 17, 2009, 01:06 PM
    jman123h

    Okay, okay. I will do my absolute best. It's just so tough as everyone knows. I just miss her so much. Her laugh, smile, touch, kiss, the way she talks, the way she sneezes. You know all that little stuff. The feeling she gives me as I feel her body on top of mine.

    How do you do that again with someone else after 3 years of that crazy feeling with the same person, how do you love again?
  • Mar 17, 2009, 02:36 PM
    talaniman

    By healing!! That's what we have been telling you, over and over again. You really need to cope with those feelings, fella, and that's the whole point. Its called growing up, and being good to yourself.
  • Mar 17, 2009, 05:25 PM
    chuff
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    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    Okay, okay. I will do my absolute best. It's just so tough as everyone knows. I just miss her so much. Her laugh, smile, touch, kiss, the way she talks, the way she sneezes. You know all that little stuff. The feeling she gives me as i feel her body on top of mine.

    How do you do that again with someone else after 3 years of that crazy feeling with the same person, how do you love again?

    It is tough, not impossible. I've been in 3 year relationships too, and like you I've been dumped. I don't doubt for one second that you are in love with this girl. But she doesn't feel that way about you. That's just a cold reality of life. But by the same token, she is one of 3 billion girls. You aren't in a place to date any of them now, but if you just take a step back, let this emotional pain go away.

    After 3 years, I won't lie, this isn't going to happen overnight. It's going to take some time, but for your own mental and emotional help, you owe it to YOURSELF to just back away and not talk to her. I have been on this site for 3 years, and I can tell you that every poster who has responded to you cares more about you then she does. Next time you have the urge to let her lie and manipulate you think about that. Who's really looking out for you? Has she been or has she been emotionally abusing and torturing you? Granted you allow it, because you won't quit talking to her, but she don't care. But go back and read all these responses, even the ones critical of you, we still have your best outcome in mind, she doesn't. Now it's your turn to decide, do you want to follow the advice of people who have been there and understand it, or the girl who is using you when you are emotionally weak. Do the right thing.
  • Mar 17, 2009, 07:42 PM
    jman123h

    Wow. You're definitely right. And it's so hard for me to see that cute innocent girl who was the least selfish anyone could ever be and was there at any moment, is gone. And she doesn't care anymore. She's thinking totally about herself. I hate selfish people, I actually wrote a college essay on it. It's so crazy how people change.

    Chuff, after being in different serious relationships do you still miss them? Or compare them? And those certain things that were perfect on the first girl are now not like that on the next. And I know now that girl is going to have other perfect things that you should love. But I'm so picky.. she was everything I ever dreamed of in a girl.

    How long does it take to heal and move on? I know every one is different, but I am crushed still and I don't know when it's going to end.
  • Mar 17, 2009, 08:51 PM
    UnluckyDucky
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    How long does it take to heal and move on? I know every one is different, but I am crushed still and I don't know when it's going to end.
    It is true that everyone is different. I've found that the most important factor is your willingness to TRULY let go of all false hope. The sooner you get to that stage, the faster you are on your way to recovery. Having a good support system helps too. Luckily, I've had unbelievable friends and family I could rely on to help me through my last breakup. This actually made me realize that I had such a great support system. Now I appreciate them all even more because of what I've gone through.

    I know right now it seems like it isn't going to end and like there's no hope. But what if I promised you that if you gave your best effort to follow the advice offered to you here that would be at the point in life where you'd be over this - would you do it? Because here's the thing... many of us have been through these same trials and tribulations - we're living proof it works! Have faith in yourself and that the pain will fade away, and it will.
  • Mar 18, 2009, 05:24 AM
    jman123h

    I don't know if I'd do it. She was really confused when we broke up. I feel deep down that she's going to come back. I'm not telling myself to think that and it's something I'm trying to stop thinking. But once she is a couple weeks of 100% NC, I think she'll realize. I just woke up from sleeping and my dreams consisted of me talking to her mom and having her help us work through it, and also me being with her.

    It's terrible.. I still feel empty and that a huge piece of me is gone.
  • Mar 18, 2009, 06:19 AM
    UnluckyDucky
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    Originally Posted by jman123h View Post
    I don't know if I'd do it. She was really confused when we broke up. I feel deep down that she's going to come back. I'm not telling myself to think that and it's something I'm trying to stop thinking. But once she is a couple weeks of 100% NC, I think she'll realize. I just woke up from sleeping and my dreams consisted of me talking to her mom and having her help us work through it, and also me being with her.

    It's terrible.. I still feel empty and that a huge piece of me is gone.

    I know what you mean... I've been there before. It truly is very much like having a loved one pass away (obviously not to the same degree, but it damn sure feels like it). There's definitely a sense of loss and that is totally normal.

    What I tell people in situations like this is that even if you do want her back, you still need to cut that last thread of hope and start working on being the best person you can be. If by some odd twist of fate she comes back, you will be a better person than you were before right? This all boils down to the fact that you need to clearly define what is within your own realm of personal control and what isn't. Her coming back = not within your control. You moving on, working on yourself, and becoming a better person = in your realm.

    It is time for you start working on things you can directly control - as we all know trying to control things you can't is pointless and a waste of time and energy. Cut that last thread of hope - you will feel relief. Then work on yourself and your life.
  • Mar 18, 2009, 10:47 AM
    jman123h

    I try and I try and I try, and it's becoming more that the hardest part of my day is waking up, and going to bed. I think about her all day but it isn't as painful. It's great to not hear her voice or see her face in pictures or on the computer.. it really helps me through the day.

    But, she texted me today. Right after I posted a received a picture message. It was a picture of her favorite ring I bought her. A piece had broken a few months back and now another little piece had fallen off. She wrote on it too, another piece of the enamel fell off!

    I sent no reply, and don't plan on it. She obviously still wears my ring and still thinks about me a lot. We meant so much to each other... I can't let go of that hope, my body won't let myself.
  • Mar 18, 2009, 02:05 PM
    talaniman

    Until you get a grip, and get healthy, you are no good to anyone, not even yourself!!

    Get with the program!
  • Mar 22, 2009, 11:51 AM
    jman123h

    I had a good weekend, but now that it is Sunday I have a lot of downtime. I got to thinking about her. I really really really miss her. Every Sunday at this time we would always hang out so sundays weren't as boring as usual. I'm hurting so bad right now, and am just reviewing everything we've ever done in my head. How can she be so comfortable with this... Right now I feel like I'm back to square 1, when the past couple of days I felt like everything was going to be okay, and it was in the past
  • Mar 22, 2009, 12:47 PM
    talaniman

    Life is full of highs and lows, your sitting there letting your mind play those tricks on you because you have no plan that gets you busy.

    Sunday is a good day to dress up, and visit people after church.
  • Apr 18, 2009, 10:24 AM
    jman123h
    It's been 3 months now, how do I completely overcome it?
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    I'm still as anxious as ever and miss her uncontrollably.

    We've been no contact for only a week right now, because I don't talk to for about 10 days and then she'll call me constantly. So I finally blocked her number, admitting to myself that it's 110% over now. But I still find myself having most of my thoughts about her. She was really a special girl to me, but she must not have been the one.

    I'm just confused on how to ever open up to someone again, how to call someone new 'baby', how to go to the restaurant that used to be yours again, and importantly how could she let someone go who she has shared the greatest thing she's ever had.. This took a big toll on me and my life, I just want to feel good again and one day love again.
  • Apr 18, 2009, 10:50 AM
    Krazi

    You never get over your first true love, but in time it will get easier. Hang out w/ your friends
    Have fun and in time you will find yourself taking interest in a new girl that catches your eye. Don't be hard on your ex she is going through the same emo roller coaster... as said it will take time.
  • Apr 18, 2009, 10:57 AM
    JohnnyBlog

    I'm in the same situation, finally reinitiated no contact for the second time last week. Its so hard but after going no contact again I've started to realise the importance of why you have to do it. The more time you have away from her physically and mentally you start to get yourself back a bit. Only once you get this back should you even begin to think about what to do next. You may even realise that there could be someone better than your ex. I'm starting to think that, but I know that I still love her.

    Once you do get yourself back, the realisation that you have the capacity to love (not just her but to love in general) will allow you to move on. Hope you are OK, I found message boards such a help in getting my confidence back and allowed me to kind of externalize my pain and realise that its not just me who has felt the amount of anguish I once did.

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