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  • #147341
    thomas
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    Hello everyone,

    I have been looking and watching these forums for a few weeks now to try and feel better about my situation. So i signed up and  eed to vent and express what im going through hoping someone will understand. So i met my ex girlfriend in 2014 and it was amazing we chatted everyday for a month before we even met… she was 42 and i was 24. We fell in love and were together up until the start of 2017. I had to move cities for work and she said she couldnt follow and did not want a LDR. Ive been without her for 4 months now and ive felt soo lonely and heartbroken… she has a new partner now and wants to just be my friend… it kills me… i want to be her friend and i want her in my life but right now i cant imagine being just friends with her. We still talk but everytine we do it makes me happy but then tears me apart!. I spent 2 weeks at the beginning of this month crying several times everyday, not eating and not sleeping, i was anti social and miserable i lost 5 kilos of weight. Ive been through a bad separation before but damn this hurts… she is 17 years older than me and i understand she is in a different stage in her lofe and she does not want to wait around for 3 years until i come back to the city she lives in which i can accept and understand but damn it hurts… she went so cold and seems to not care about me anymore.. i want to go no contact but i dont like the feeling of not being there incase she needs me bwcause she has things going on in her life and im her only true best friend and vice versa… im struggling to shake the lonliness and because she has moved on it killllls me some other man replaces me. I have tried to force myself to move on but i cant… i feel unloveable. I feel so heartbroken… every message she sends telling me to have a good weekend or asking me how i am my heart just drops to my stomach… my friends dont talk to me any kte because they dont want to hear me whining as they call it. Im only 27 now and i know im young but i thought she was perfect for me in every single way…. it took me 9 months to fully get over my first fiance now this… i loved and still love her with all my heart… anyway i just need to vent and someone to talk to… im damn lonely and nothing seems to make me happy… i dreamt about her last night and woke at 4am then i laid awake hurting in bed until 11am to drag myself outa bed… i appreciate anyones honesty and reply… i know i had to move so its probably my fault but she didnt try to make it work :(.

    Thanks for listening everyone.

    Thomas.

    #147381
    Anonymous
    Guest

    Dear Thomas:

    You wrote: “she has things going on in her life and im her only true best friend and vice versa…”- not anymore, is my understanding: she is no longer your “true best friend” – she has a new partner in the city where she lives.

    Clearly the contact with her hurts you, so I would consider having no contact with her so that your pain of separation from her can heal. When she wishes you to have a good weekend, for example, that hurts you; it opens up that emotional wound and it bleeds again.

    Vent here anytime.

    anita

    #147421
    Craig
    Participant

    Dear Thomas,

    You’re in a hurting place, understandably. Hmm, yeah, I think you’ve got a longer road of pain ahead of you if you don’t take a break from her for a while. You can even tell her what you’re doing, and why. If you choose to have a period of no contact, brace yourself for any little prodding messages she might send you.

    Craig

    #147437
    thomas
    Participant

    Thankyou for your replies, I do realise no contact is the best way to go about my situation. The only thing that makes me hesitant is she may drift even further away. The problem is i have never had a connection with anyone in this world like i did with her. We got along so well every single day we talked, we could do anything together. She was my best friend my only true friend. Its hard for me to go no contact in the fear i will loose our connection forever. The relationship is over, i know this and im slowly accepting that. But damn it hurts, she said she is only dating this guy because she misses me and feels lonely and likes someone to do things with. But why wouldnt she be able to do that with friends? So i feel she is just telling me this to make me feel better. Im having trouble letting go of her. I dream about her and i cant her out of my head. I will be moving back to her city in 2 years time but i dont wana spend the next 2 years basing everything on that and its not even guarenteed she will try again or be single. It is time to move on but damn its hard to. Im getting all those toxic thoughts lately about my worth and love and everything. Thinking i will never find anyone like her again and i fdel like i lost my soul mate. I cant stop thinking about what shes doing with him and where she is. I need to stop but its damn hard. I just want to be happy again. And i want her to be happy, i hope she is. I just always thought i would be the one to make her happy 🙁 . It also hurt me alot that she find another partner within a couple of months after we split. My healing is slow, it feels like ill be sad and lonely forever. I hate my own company right now. I dont want my weekends and i cant look at myself in the mirror. Im still in love with her.

    #147443
    Craig
    Participant

    Thomas,

    I get that you’re hurting a lot that  she found a partner within two months, and that you fear that you will be sad and lonely forever. And, you’re still in love with her.

    If I understand, you chose to move to a different city, and she didn’t want an LDR. I don’t see this as having to do with whose fault it is, as both of you had a role.

    If you want to have a relationship with her, then I’d share different thoughts with you than if you want to be friends (without benefits and without romance or passion).

    Are you clear what you want?

    Craig

    #147451
    thomas
    Participant

    I want to be in the romantic relationship we had but she has told me for now its over. She doesnt want a relationship outside of best friends. Because of the distance. I want to be friends atleast because i love having her in my life. What i want and what she wants are 2 different things… i asked her if we were both single when i go back to her city if we could date again and she said who knows what the future will hold… ive heard these replies all before from my ex fiance they were just to keep me happy. Im here for another 2 years until im back in her city but i dont wana wait 2 years for something that might not even be guarenteed. I understand i could meet someone in my future that could blow my ex outa the water for me and make me regret wasting my emotions hurting over someone because its happened to me before but right now it hurts and all i want is her. I might be answering my own questions here but it feels nice to vent and for people to understand and give me advice… i loved soo many things about her and if she wanted me nack i would say yes in a heartbeat..

    #147453
    thomas
    Participant

    I just love her so damn much and i miss her every single day. And the thought of her makes my heart just stop. I hate being heartbroken. Ive dont a lot of hard things in my life like deployments but nothing compares to this. I just hope things for me will work out somehow. And i dont wana feel like this anymore.

    #147457
    Craig
    Participant

    Hi Thomas,

    All those feelings of loss, and missing her, and feeling heartbroken, can be really tough. Believe me, I’ve been there.

    Can you imagine being friends with her in the true sense of friends, i.e., you wouldn’t be having secret desires to get back with her? My opinion is that as long as you have this flame for her, you can’t be friends. (I certainly may be wrong about that).

     

    Craig

    #147461
    thomas
    Participant

    I agree  Craig,

    Problem is i dont want to lose her from my life because we were best friends and lovers. She said our hearts are bonded forever because we were so deeply in love during our relationship and because i care so much about her i wana be here for her incase she needs me. I guess im putting her above my own healing progression and i know thats wrong. My problem is i never put myseld above the people i love. Maybe a month or two no contact. Its just hard because i spoke to her every single day about everything and she was my support through all my life problems. Im very confused and lost in what i should do. My head tells me move on and no contact until i feel i can talk as friends. But my heart sais do not sever the cord because my heart misses hers. She sais she misses me and is lonely but its not enough for her to do long distance. Im probably babbling on now in what might seem like a whinging episode but im so very conflicted with life at the moment. Everything throughout my day just reminds me of her and its killing me. In the end after all this i just hope i can find a love like her again. I keep thinking about all the things i did wrong and shoulda fixed. All the things i regret and blame for it all even though the only reason we arnt together is the distance.

     

    #147581
    Anonymous
    Guest

    Dear Thomas:

    You wrote: “She said our hearts are bonded forever’ and “she said she is only dating this guy because she misses me and feels lonely and likes someone to do things with”- well, she is not telling you the truth, like you suggested yourself (“i feel she is just telling me this to make me feel better.”)-

    She is physically, sexually involved with another man and so… her heart is bonded with yours? What does it mean: her heart is bonded with yours and forever, while she is with another man and while she has no definite plans for a reunion between the two of you in two years or ever?

    What does it mean…what she says? If it means to make you feel better, is it working…?

    My suggestion is that you have no contact with her during the two years before you move to her city. When you move to her city, then contact her, if you are still interested. Let her know this is your plan, to contact her in two years, not before.

    Post and vent anytime.

    anita

    #147595
    Craig
    Participant

    Thomas,

    You want something so badly it’s practically coming out of your pores. I get it! I’ve been there myself, more than once.

    Are you familiar with the chemistry of being “in love?” Google it. It’s interesting. A person in love has different chemistry going on, and fantasies of your ex, or these little teasing contacts from her, keep poking at the pleasure centers of your brain and keep you hooked on her.

    She is not unequivocally coming toward you. Instead, it sounds like a big tease (even if that is not her intention).

    The way out, in my humble opinion, is to stop the cycle of craving her, getting amped up when she says something you interpret as hope, and then crashing when again she reminds you that she doesn’t want you enough to do anything about it.

    It’s a tough time. You’ll get through this! Be really good to yourself.

    #147609
    thomas
    Participant

    I appreciate your replies and input. Im finding it so hard to let go of her. Im still completely in love with her and i feel unloveable if she doesnt love me. She is so cold and i dont know why. I havnt spoken to her in almost a week now and im very slowly healing. She is a very honest person and always has been and i know this from being with her. So i dont believe she is lying to me but damn its confusing. I pours my heart out about how i feel because she asked and her reply was if you arnt coping you may need to get help! I was like thanks.. i put my heart and soul into every relationship i get into and it always leaves me broken and angry at the world. I consider myself a kind caring heart and i put myself last and i feel there is nobody out there like me. I know thats mot true but it certainly feels like it at the moment. Anyway me and my work collegue who is going through the same thing have made a goal to no contact for a week then 2 then 3 and keep at it. I want my happiness and positive outlook back. I hate being broken.

    #147611
    Craig
    Participant

    Dear Thomas,

    Yes, I see how hard it is to let go of her, as you’re still in love with her. Your work colleague may be a very important friend to walk through this at the same time as you. A week at a time sounds reasonable. Be kind to yourself…

    #147619
    thomas
    Participant

    My first relationship my ex ended up coming back to me after about 8 months but i knew it was because she had guys treating her badly abd she realised how much she valued me and wanted me back and i foolishly said yes. Im hoping the same happens if i go no contact she might miss me and realise she wants me back. But im positive she wont. A week at a time is working but at this stage im going one day at a time and times going so damn slow. I have so many regrets about this. But life doesnt rewind. I know life has good things for me. But i thought she was one of them. Thankyou for your time and advice i really appreciate it. Tough times ahead.

    #147637
    Anonymous
    Guest

    Dear Thomas:

    You wrote:”I consider myself a kind caring heart and i put myself last “- better not put yourself last- it is not a good strategy for a person to put themselves last in a relationship.

    anita

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