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    basil
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    I am in severe regret while writing this post. I was in a beautiful relationship from the past 2 years until last year that i broke up with him. I was a fool to do that because I was attracted to a new guy whom I had assumed could change my life. I also didn’t have a smooth start with my former boyfriend. Back in 2011 , we started the relationship and he broke up 8 months later for another girl. I kept on chasing him( in my mind) , pretended to be a friend, refused to move on , and we also had sex meanwhile( me  and him knowing that its not the right thing. But we did it) and eventually that girl broke up with him in 2013. Karma acted and my bf came back to me . i was happy . we again started a relationship. my bf gave all love to me . he helped me forget the bitter past of us. it was the best things that was happening to me. until , i myself broke it with my own very hands.

    My boyfriend’s parent weren’t happy with our marriage as according to them the match was unfit (related to  astrology). 2 years the same fight was on. Meanwhile i met a new guy , who liked me. At first instance , it was a normal feeling me and i didn’t take it seriously. But eventually , when i got to know him, he turned out to be a nice guy. he was different and i got deeply infatuated to him.

    He liked me a lot and wanted to continue things with me. I was still in a relationship with my boyfriend and I  convinced myself that i should break up because my bf’s parents were not ready. But I loved my boyfriend a lot. Not that I was entering a new relationship with this new guy but i wanted to give myself a chance to see where can I go with this new guy. breakup was not easy . we parted at mutual friendly terms . i traveled to a new city where this  new guy  was staying. he was good ,supportive and charming. But he said that he would not be able to marry as he has some family constraints.  That left me shattered but i felt that as in my earlier relationship , if i stick around things can happen.Initial days were full of love and butterflies all around. I and this new guy were developing a new bond that was all beautiful , but my ex boyfriend was missing me back . He often called me . But i had yet not told him anything about this new guy.

    Suddenly out of nowhere , My ex somehow convinced his family for marriage and he was very happy , when he told me about it. But this time I was not. I still cant forget that feeling. i pretended to be happy but he knew something was wrong. I told him everything about this new guy . one hand was a relationship and bond of 4 years and on the other hand new love , charming personality , hopes and passion. I rejected the marriage proposal of my ex,  leaving him badly devastated. Nothing , I could do to reduce his pain. I was equally in pain.this issues had also created a wall between me and this new guy. things were no longer smooth . Things changed. after my breakup. i tried to push things with him but ended up shaming myself. he said that he is just sexually attracted and does not see any future with me. i called my ex , cried and regretted . he supported me. I told him everything. but he had also moved on. he is also engaged now.

    for what did i do all this?  wanted some changes in my life. I destroyed my beautiful relation with my bf. all for nothing. I know I was wrong. I had set wrong expectations out of life. its only now i have realized that how weak I am. Knowing that maybe i ‘ll have to regret , I took that decision in a thought that maybe life has to offer more than this.  I thought i should live the present feeling.  I just couldn’t remove my head from this new guy. And what shames me more is that knowing that this new guy is not that much into me (which he had cleared very early , itself) , I went on giving myself each time not only emotionally but physically. I find myself so weak that I always physically gave in. I shouldn’t have.

    Here i am today. I have lost my bf , my friends and myself. I have lost respect for myself because i think i am too weak that I couldn’t even say ‘NO’ to respect me and my body. I was living in a imaginary world created by me .

    #143649
    Anonymous
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    Dear basil:

    You have judged yourself as wrong and shameful in hindsight- looking back and realizing now things you didn’t know then. Also, the things you know now are not necessarily correct.

    Please follow my thinking:

    You wrote: “My boyfriend’s parent weren’t happy with our marriage as according to them the match was unfit” that was in the last two years- you didn’t know that later there may be a change. As far as I know, in the culture of arranged-marriages and most intense loyalty to one’s parents, this fact was a deal breaker. No matter how “beautiful relationship” you were in those past two years- a marriage couldn’t have happened.

    Your old boyfriend past behavior was concerning, as far as it indicates a not-so-great character. He broke up with you and then had sex with you while in relationship with the other girl. He continued to have sex with two women until she broke up with him. You wrote that your old boyfriend “helped me forget the bitter past of us”- but you didn’t forget, after all, you are telling about it here. You remember… and it is quite memorable.

    Then you wrote: “Suddenly out of nowhere , My ex somehow convinced his family for marriage and he was very happy , when he told me about it.”- because of his questionable character, and my understanding of the arranged-marriages culture, I question what he told you. He may have lied.

    You wrote: “And what shames me more is that knowing that this new guy is not that much into me”- you didn’t know it at the time, only later. It is not that you knew the new boyfriend was not into you and you continued the relationship with him. You didn’t know at the time. He acted as if he was into you.

    Your shame doesn’t make sense to you (although I do understand you feel it) because there was wrong doing on three parties in the story- the old boyfriend, the new boyfriend and you. Unlike the others, perhaps, you honestly shared what happened with the old boyfriend.

    Regarding being weak- we all are.

    I hope you post again with your thoughts and feelings.

    anita

    #144287
    basil
    Participant

    Hi Anita ,

    Thanks for showing me a different perspective. Currently , I am doing well. But , I want to make myself mentally strong. Those

    1.5 yrs  , i had spent pleasing my ex-boyfriend has encrypted in my mind that If i just  keep pushing for  relationship , that can be a success.  I didn’t realize the damage i was doing to myself. At times , even i was hurt by the behavior of my bf , i kept showing that I am fine , trying to be the perfect girl in the world. I don’t wanna be like this anymore. i want to build up a respect for myself. want to learn the ability to say ‘NO’ when i am not comfortable , even if it means to hurt the person whom i love. Sometimes , a negative energy creeps in me , that may be i ll never get a guy , who will love me again and i will end up adjusting with someone, whom i am not comfortable with.

    I also dream that may be , i’ll meet my boyfriend in future and he’ll again fall in love with me. I immediately stop my imaginations, because that will lead me into again thinking and customizing myself according to his requirements. I don’t want to do that.

    I just want to grow myself as a person , who can stand for oneself and again want to believe that after all my mistakes , the universe will give me another chance to fall in love. Just want that.

    Anita , help me believe that’s possible. I keep thinking from where did i  get this people pleasing attitude within me. I try to control this behavior of mine. I no longer want to be people pleasing. I want to be myself.

     

    #144293
    Anonymous
    Guest

    Dear basil:

    It is possible, very possible for you to be yourself, to become yourself more and more. To be less and less people pleasing, “customizing yourself so to win others’ approval.

    Where does your people pleasing come from? Probably where it comes from for most people: trying to please a disapproving parent. Children need parents’ approval and will go to any length, using your word, “customizing” themselves to win that approval.

    Insight into how you have customized yourself as  child will help you see the ways you have customized yourself in your romantic relationships and in maybe, all relationships. Then, you pay attention to that strong drive to customize/ people-please in your daily life, in this and that particular instance, and intentionally act differently. As you act differently, authentically, it will feel uncomfortable, but if you endure the discomfort, you will become more and more authentically you.

    anita

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