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Do i fight for the one i love? Or do i move on?

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    rachel
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    So last month I received a text message from my boyfriend of a year and a half that ‘we are over’, I called him up and he simply said that he loves me but he can no longer deal with the arguments, he then blocked my number and deleted every trace of me on social media. Obviously I was in shock, only the day before it was my birthday and he brought me a necklace with our names engraved and our anniversary on it, and a card which he had written ‘I love you more than anything’. The arguing was getting us both down, but I never once thought it would lead to this. We were very serious and I know he loved me, we would talk about marriage and children – even the day before the break up on my birthday he was discussing our future together. Since we haven’t been together I haven’t heard from him, on the first weekend of the breakup I saw him in a club and he complexly ignored me, like I was a stranger. A couple of weeks ago I found out that he had been on a date which obviously immensely upset me, so I decided to go clubbing got drunk and stupidly kiss someone. My ex found this out and got very upset, which confused me even more. To make things worse I’ve recently discovered that I’ve had a miscarriage with my ex’s baby, which is hardly surprising with how constantly stressed I’ve been, I decided to tell him as it’s a hard procedure to go through on your own, but he simply ignored my message and calls. Instead he’s continually going out every weekend, looking like he’s having the time of his life. It sounds like I’ve painted an horrendous picture of him, but he in our relationship he was a great person, he works hard made me feel my happiest when I was with him. So do I wait around for him to ‘do his thing’ as it may be his way of dealing with this, or do I close the book and move on ?

    I will be very thankful for any advice!

    #182731
    Anonymous
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    Dear rachel:

    You wrote that there was arguing in the relationship. From what you wrote, reads to me that there were lots of arguments, which is verbal fighting.

    So you asked: “Do  I fight for the one I love?”- my answer: not a good idea to fight so to return to a relationship in which you fight. If you fight, fight for peace of mind, peace of both of your minds, together, or apart.

    What was all the arguing about?

    anita

    #182739
    rachel
    Participant

    Dear Anita,

    The arguing was never over serious problems, it  was  over little things. It was mostly the frustration of us not being able to see much of each other as I moved away to university.

    Rachel

    #182743
    Anonymous
    Guest

    Dear Rachel:

    He told you that the reason he broke up with you is because of the arguing. Be it over little things or big things, arguing is very unpleasant, it destroys peace of mind, destroys an otherwise possible sense of safety, kills love. Safety, really, is the most important element in a relationship, safety with the other.

    If you would like to share more, it may help you, maybe; who started the arguments, how did those come about, were there mean things said, hurtful words?

    anita

    #182733
    Alex Hewson
    Participant

    Dear Rachel,

    I agree with Anita. I believe a true relationship has peace in it. Obviously there are disagreements, but not as many that you are constantly arguing and in distress.

    I am just out of a 24 year-old marriage. It was brilliant at the start, and healthy, loving and supporting in the first 16 years. But once the arguments started we couldn’t have a moment of peace. What was once an interesting point of view suddenly became a pet hate or worse. It took us a lot of courage to call it a day. But I’m glad we did. We had a good marriage, and we did a lot of growing. It was hard to move on, but we did and we are both happy with our choices now.

    It took me 8 years of arguing and stressing out to realize I would no longer “fight” for the relationship. Enough was enough.

    I used to pray that the best would be done in our lives, be it together or apart. I think that was the best way to wish for the best possible outcome.

    Best of luck.

    xx

    Alex.

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