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  • #47795
    buddha123
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    I wanted commitment but he couldn’t give it for various reasons. Ending was bad…. infact, communication was only through emails for last 4-5 months. He said, he can not marry. I was heartbroken and did all silly things, writing long emails and trying convincing him. So, finally I gave up and stopped. After one year, he picked one of that last email and responded saying hi.. I was in no mood of just saying hi hello stuff, so I responded- what he wants. There was no response from him then..its been four months now.. I still miss him after so many years..and feel urge to talk to him.. Don’t know what to do….

    #47797
    Helen
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    This is what I call a toxic relationship. With these kinds of relationships it is impossible to “talk it out” with the other person because they may feel one way in one moment and then a completely different way in the next moment. When you get a short email a year later (or months later, days even), they are acting out on a moment-feeling – it may be a temporary rememberance, a way to see if there is still a reaction, or plain boredom. It is possible they need a sort of validation that they still have “control” over you. And in a sense they do, because your response is still missing him after so many years, and a yearning to talk to him.

    So, what to do? Since talking it out with him is not an option, it may be wise to talk it out with yourself, with your heart, with your mind. Once you realize the toxicity you are feeling, the toxicity this “relationship” is feeding you, you will be able to not get a reaction when he decides to contact you out of the blue. Think of him as a separate entity that has no place in your heart any longer; you are in a sense carrying him on your heart. You have the power, the self-love, in you to let him slip right off and not emotionally burden you any longer. Ask yourself, do you really want to carry him on your heart after all this time? Or would you rather carry a sense of freedom and peace?

    #47802
    buddha123
    Participant

    Helen, you are right. In a way, I was frustrated….. but somehow, I still love him and that is killing me.. Don’t know, why feelings still remain even if the other person does so wrong.

    #47822
    Helen
    Participant

    Have you asked yourself why do you still love him? What did/do you love about him?
    Sometimes looking deeply at that can give you a look at yourself and help identify what is holding you back from truly letting go.

    #47953
    Neil
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    It seems to me that what you have between you and him is still open on your side. You still have feelings, you still want to continue things, you still want to talk. Unfortunately, it seems it is not open from his side (maybe I shouldn’t say unfortunately because maybe you are not meant to be with him but you just can’t think in that way right now). If it was, you wouldn’t be getting a reply after one year and waiting for a reply for four months.

    What I know is that you can have all the feelings in the world, but you can’t make someone feel. It is simply impossible. No talking, no convincing, no nothing can work on a heart once it makes its decision. Only if the communication continues there is a slight chance that things can go back but in your case, this is not happening as far as I can see. I am guessing that you still want to talk to him, you still want him to talk to you, you have a lot of things to say to him and you just can’t get them out of your mind. I know this is a very difficult situation. But think for a minute that he has no idea about this and he does not care anymore. If he wanted to talk to you, he would have done that long ago. He didn’t, because it is not open on his side. It is closed. It ended.

    For me, there is only one way to get rid of the urge to talk to him. I am thinking a verbal conversation is not possible in your case so write everything that you are keeping inside you as if you are talking to him. You will notice that you will start feeling better the moment you start writing. This time, do not write things that you think he would like to hear. Do write things as they come from your heart. Be honest with yourself. Express your true feelings. Your love, your hate, your anger, your pain, your hopes, whatever. Write only the true feelings. Whether or not you send that to him is up to you. You may send and wait another year to get a reply and maybe you will never get a reply which may make things worse for you. But also, if you know that he got the message and read it (how can you know… maybe a read receipt or something), you may also feel better. You can also try something. Write and wait on it a couple of days. Do you feel like sending after a couple of days or do you feel like deleting the message? You may delete it and when you have the same urge, write again and so on. I think in time, your writing will get shorter and shorter and at the end you will realize that you don’t want to say anything. Decision is yours. What I know is that whether you send it or not will not make a difference. What it will help is that some of the things that you have been keeping in your mind will be gone. Keep doing this, keep writing to him whenever you feel you want to talk to him, and you will see that the urge will get weaker every time.

    #48950
    buddha123
    Participant

    Hi Neil,

    Really appreciate your response.. It was a very painful and nasty separation. We had differences or financial issues, which I wanted to work out. But, he had few other problems because of which he couldn’t commit and our differences blew away the things. It was a very tough time for me.. I moved to another city but somehow wanted to work on that one more time. I had deleted all the contacts so, communicated with him over emails.. tried a lot to work out the things..but he had made up his mind. Said, I should choose someone else. It was really tough for me..I behaved crazily but he did not budge. I wrote him a long email, pouring all my true feelings and trying to convince him..after couple of month he responded saying he need money. I replied, can we talk. To that there was no response. no response for many months.

    After six months, to my one of b’day wish post to a friend, his response was there. I ignored that…. I did not have him on fb or any msngr or contact num. In between he again msged me on whtsapp and did not revert again. After more than a year, he chose that last long email and replied hi.. I was pissed off him, so asked him, what he wants from me. Then again there was no response..

    I always wanted to talk but it was closed from his side. He never took initiative to really talk or understand. I dn’t know whether he fell out of love or couldn’t sort out his life’s problem. After fighting and separation, I realized, I deeply loved him but any relationship involves two people. Till now, I haven’t been able to get over him..those feelings are still fresh. Its seriously almost three years of this mess. I understand that at times, we need to understand other’s decision of not loving us back but he was the one who started it and ended. It really hurts.

    #48951
    buddha123
    Participant

    Helen, thanks to you too.. I believe, I am stuck because of my feelings… I still feel those emotions

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