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September 4, 2016 at 12:18 am #114179MarkParticipant
It took me forty years of life to find the one, I Love her so much, I want to give her everything, but …
We were together basically four years and she didn’t treat me right. I gave her every chance to change, to make amends. After the last 2 and a half of the 4 years getting worse and worse I told her things need to start moving in a positive direction, if she wasn’t going to make changes immediately I at least need a plan, a time frame, or I’m leaving. I said at this point after 4 years things need to be about us not just about her. Her response was that at this point in her life it’s about her and I can deal with that or leave, so I left. I don’t fall easily and feel I’ll never love again at least until long after it matters. I’ve loved one girl per 20 years of life and the first was a cheater, which is an automatic deal breaker for me. I’ve tried dating for a whole year but I click with no one and honestly most people don’t care anymore and just want sex anyhow. I seriously love this girl and I’m pretty sure despite her saying she’d love me forever and such she has pretty much moved on. Do I contact her and if not what do I do? I’ve tried almost every dating site and not had luck once, not once! I’ve asked out countless women and there’s never been a second date with one I wanted to pursue, though some I thought of as friends have fallen for me. I feel lost and completely hopeless and that’s sad because I have plenty to offer.A Lost Romantic
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September 4, 2016 at 6:09 am #114182InkyParticipantHi funmark,
You will always have a connection with this girl. But she is not girlfriend material ~ for anyone, it seems! So what you do is refer to her as “The One That Mattered”. This phrase simultaneously honors her, accepts her and has her live primarily in the past.
As for your romantic life, become comfortable with being a bachelor. You might NOT find another The One until you’re an older man. But leave your world open for The Universe to surprise you. You could meet The One That MATTERS tomorrow!
Blessings,
Inky
September 4, 2016 at 8:21 am #114189AnonymousGuestDear funmark:
You wrote: ” I’ve asked out countless women and there’s never been a second date with one I wanted to pursue, though some I thought of as friends have fallen for me.”
If you’d like to examine further the possibility that you may be attracted to women who are not emotionally able-and-willing to love you, who need fixing so that they will love you;
and (still a possibility for you to consider, or not) that you don’t feel attracted to women who are emotionally able-and-willing to love you, who treat you well-
then let me know and we can continue.
anita
September 4, 2016 at 11:24 am #114214Call Me IshmaelParticipantHi, funmark.
In response to your question, “Do I contact her and if not what do I do?” Based on what you wrote about her, I suggest that it would not be to your benefit to contact her. What would be the point? Would you be willing to go back to a relationship where everything revolves around her, and there is no reciprocity? If not, then what would be the benefit of contacting her?
If she ever gets to the point that she realizes that relationships are two-ways streets, so to speak, and if she is willing to make an honest effort to reciprocate in a relationship, and if she contacts you wanting such a relationship with you, then, at that time, resuming communication with her might be a beneficial thing, until then, not so much, really.
Regarding what you do if you don’t contact her, that is not an easy question to fully answer. The short answer is that you go on with your life: you get up every day and do what needs to be done; you enjoy life as you can; you pursue your interests; you date as you choose; you make it through the hard times as best you can, and you enjoy the good times to the fullest; you don’t give up on life or love, but you thoroughly evaluate your hopes about life and love, and be realistic about things.
In the end, though, you are the one who must ultimately decide what you do if you don’t contact her.
From my own perspective, finding someone with whom I want to be in a relationship, and with whom I want to spend the rest of my life, and who also wants the same with me, is going to be extremely difficult in this society that highly values and perpetuates false, illusory, and even ridiculous standards. But to sit around dwelling on not finding someone would be a HUGE and indefensible waste of my life, as would be settling for a relationship that is non-beneficial and destructive to me. I’m fully open to the possibility of finding someone, and I certainly explore the possibilities that present themselves, but if it happens, it happens. If not, then I’m good with that, too, as long as I don’t waste my life in the meantime.
Also consider that if you contact her, and things don’t change, and you end up settling for her, you run the risk of not meeting, and more importantly not being prepared to meet—by not having had the opportunity to grow from processing the loss of this destructive relationship, etc.—someone with whom you could be happy and with whom you might be able to spend the rest of your life.
CMI
September 5, 2016 at 1:11 am #114274AnonymousInactiveAlso maybe stop dating if you’re not emotionally or mentally available for a relationship.
September 11, 2016 at 2:48 am #114908AnonymousInactiveIt took me thirty years of life to find the one, I Love him so much, I want to give him everything. . .
I realised it all when I’ve lost him. It’s been almost a year and my love for him grows bigger and bigger every day.
I’ve tried to contact him multiple times and I think I pushed him far away to the point that he will never come back but… at least I tried! I think you should give it a last try .. if you really love her don’t let her go. Let her know what you feel about her and give her as much time as she needs. If it’s a real love it will last forever and you will never give up on each other no matter what circumstances life brings for you two.
Stay strong … Good luck / Love matters always. Xxx -
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