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March 11, 2016 at 6:06 pm #98766AnonymousInactive
John – you look exactly like my ex. He would treat me badly, we had plans to move in together, until I couldn’t do it anymore. I loved him so much, put so much effort into the relationship, and he treated me the same way (even though he insisted we had to move in together anyway). But it was not enough for me. Yes I wanted to wake up next to him every morning, but I wanted to be treated the way i deserved. Then i broke up…he tried to convince me to go back with him…but 20 days later he gave up. And i was in a hospital, sick, and changing up my mind (he knew that, that i wanted him back as well) but he turned his back to me. And then I fought for him for 3 months, and he just treated me really badly. I’ve found out lies and everything. I’m still upset but…the way you described things, it was just like he treated me. I also developed anxiety disorders because of him… I don’t know why I’m saying all this since my situation just kept getting worse, and I felt guilty, but then realized I deserve better… But I also learnt a lot by letting him go and then regretting. And your lessons are very valuable.
She has learnt a lot as well, you can be sure of that. Just wanted to show a little bit of the other side…sometimes that makes us feel better, I don’t know. Let me know if you would like to talk some more.March 12, 2016 at 2:20 am #98790AnonymousInactiveI understand why she is avoiding me, although she might still have feelings for me. She did told me that from this relationship she learned to take care of her self more. Now, i am in her shoes:/ I wonder if showing her that i’ve changed and want a family with her, will rekindle anything. Her best friend, which happens to be my cousin, told me that she got really hurt and cried for almost a year but now she doesn’t talk to her about me anymore. She also insisted that i approach her once again.
March 12, 2016 at 3:27 am #98793AnonymousInactiveHello again John,
If you have changed, which appears you have and she’s not willing to accept you, communicate with you and or willing to give you the opportunity to see you as a changed man. Then she isn’t worth pursuing anymore, ONLY because she is still stuck on the past and hurt from the past. Feeling hurt is okay but after awhile, the healthy thing to do is to make peace with the past, forgive each other for both of your mistakes and move on happily. I’m not entirely sure what is going on with her since I don’t know her, so I’m just assuming here. If she still deeply loves you back, she will figure out a way to contact you by phone or come to your home to speak with you/reconcile with you in person. She will also give you an opportunity to see her again, to see if you have indeed changed in her mind. Wanting to have a family together is beautiful, any woman would be pleased to hear her partner ask that question, whether she wants a family or not – it’s still a beautiful question to ask someone you love. You can approach her once again too by contacting her in person and see what happens from there.
I wish you nothing but the best and I believe you have a good chance at reconciling with her, since you’ve had time to work on yourself and change for the better.
Wishing you nothing but love, positivity and light… 🙂
M.
March 12, 2016 at 4:44 am #98795AnonymousInactiveAs i said before, she is seeing someone new. I will certainly not do any ‘hit ‘on’ moves on her. I will just show my interest in a kind way once again. I will send her flowers at her workplace to wish her to recover well. Then, if she contacts back i will ask her for a meeting. If not, then it is not ‘worth’ pursuing. How about that?
Remember also that i sent her a letter 3 weeks ago telling her that i want a family with her. Of course, a letter means nothing. But after that letter, my cousin told me she was talking about me remembering random stuff. Also, when i sent her a message yesterday to wish everything goes well with the surgery, she replied ‘thank you’. 2 months ago she replied to none of my messages.
March 12, 2016 at 5:19 am #98797AnonymousInactiveOk I see, now that you clarified. Since she is undoubtedly seeing someone new, then it’s time that you move on with your life. Especially since she doesn’t really speak to you or acknowledge any of the efforts you have made to speak to her.
Life will present you a new person to love, sooner or later that is your match and best suited. The positive thing you have gained from this, is that you worked on becoming a better man and a better person by improving. Love will find you again when the time is right. 🙂
Namaste-
M.
March 12, 2016 at 6:10 am #98798AnonymousInactivemost probably you are right. What troubles me is that in my life, i stumbled upon a person that ‘seemed’ that truly loved me, wanted a family with me. How can one forget about it? Wasn’t it a real love after all? What will happen in the future? Will i find another person who seems to love me, have a fight and after some time they forget me again?:S
March 12, 2016 at 6:15 pm #98825AnonymousInactiveJohn, I also ask myself the same questions :/ all the time. If it was love, if I’m ever finding someone again, that will want to spend the life with me. Let’s keep hoping for the good 🙂
March 13, 2016 at 1:55 am #98837AnonymousInactiveJohn,
“How can one forget about it? Wasn’t it a real love after all? What will happen in the future? Will i find another person who seems to love me, have a fight and after some time they forget me again?:S”
I don’t know her and I don’t know why she is acting this way, it’s strange. You two need to communicate with each other somehow, so that you can get real answers. Nobody ever forgets anyone they’ve loved but she sounds immature, if she can’t even do the decent thing to speak to you like a grown adult. I really hope that you two can sit down and talk in the very near future.
For now… Just be kind to yourself, love yourself, find some peace and stay calm. And also continue to keep positive on having a beautiful life.
Wishing you nothing but love, positivity and light…
M.
March 13, 2016 at 6:16 am #98839AnonymousInactiveDear Cath, i see that you feel me. We all seek for that special person that will stick with us, both good and bad times in our lives. It is devastating when that person gives up on us, when some problems arise. What troubles us is that doesn’t this person see beyond our problems, doesn’t she/he sees that we love them? This is the void i feel every time one of my relationships end.
Maybe my absence was a ‘test’ for this love. The love i felt for her lasted, lasts up to date, but it didn’t last for her. Maybe breaking up with her was a 6th sense calling. I do not know.Dear Elle, a few other people, including myself, believe that she is generally immature. 2 months ago, i went outside her work to say hello. It was after i sent her emails and messages in which she replied to none. She was surprised and very angry that i showed up. I told her that i wanted to see if she is OK etc and told her the reasons i went away all this time. She replied, how should i have known, you haven’t told me you need space blah blah. She was deliberately distant.
Later, i decided to give another shot by writing her a letter. She didn’t even say anything to the person that gave her the letter for me.
This is where i stopped. She is now dating a foreigner, a relationship with no prospect, as my cousin told me. She denied having a family with me and shut down all open doors for me. She didn’t even send me a letter to explain.
Could it be because she got hurt? Could it be cause she wants to protect her new relationship? Could it be that she wants to make me suffer as she did?Can i provide you with any info so we can see which is the case? Thank you for your help ladies.
March 13, 2016 at 9:13 am #98845AnonymousGuestDear John_1/ Reader:
This is what you, John_1 wrote in your original post on this thread (you articulated it as “what if” and changed pronouns from “I” to “you”- creating a distance between you and your story, as if it was happening to someone else, to the reader. I changed the pronouns in your original post. This is what you wrote:
She had medical problems, but I wasn’t there for her. she still forgive me and stayed with me. Her health was shattered because I treated her…I acted selfishly and found an excuse to break up with her, just to make her feel bad. she tried to contact me for a month: she showed up at my place, kept calling me all day long, sent me numerous messages and emails, yet I responded to none of them… She went through a year long depression because of me.
PLEASE re-read this paragraph above, written by John_1.
YOU SHATTERED HER HEALTH.
Somehow in the process of this thread postings, you, John_1, are now the… victim?
anita
March 13, 2016 at 10:16 am #98851AnonymousInactiveNo, i am not the victim. I am just someone who regretted treating someone who love him bad. I took the time to make peace with myself and now, i want a second chance, if that is possible. Regards.
March 13, 2016 at 10:42 am #98854AnonymousGuestDear John_1:
In your efforts to prepare yourself for a second chance with her, will you take my challenge and re-write your original post using the pronoun “I”- do write what you did, not what-if you did, but what in reality you did. Be as honest as you can be. Pay attention to what is true and write what it is indeed that you did do that you regret.
If she accused you for things you are not responsible for, do not take responsibility for those things. Evaluate what it is that you did that was indeed hurtful to her, what you did purposefully to hurt her and what you did that hurt her otherwise.
Will you take that challenge?
anita
March 13, 2016 at 10:55 am #98855AnonymousInactiveI have already taken it. The point dear Anita, is that i have no information/feedback about/with her. Maybe she just forgot all about me and now accuses only me for the outcome. When you move onto someone else, you leave everything behind, don’t you? Why i insist? Because people that do know her tell me that she does not believe that i’ve really changed, cause i hurt her big time. Even so, i have nothing left to do, cause i don’t have any physical contact with her. ‘What ifs’ eat me inside. I hope this clarifies my initial threat title:)
March 13, 2016 at 11:02 am #98856AnonymousGuestDear John_1:
“what if…” then means: what if you did hurt her, meaning you don’t know if you did hurt her, or not, or how much if any? You don’t know? You need more feedback from her so to know?
Well, then: IF you indeed hurt her and if you do have further communication with her, I would ask the questions and listen attentively to the answers. I would evaluate the answers before accepting them as the truth. The evaluation is going to take time, more questions, more talking…
As to your next relationship, be it with her or with another woman, communicate more effectively from the very start and throughout the relationship. Let the woman know what you feel and believe and listen to what she feels and believes, about you and about the relationship. Pay attention to what you do, your participation in the relationship and pay attention to her participation in the relationship.
This way you will avoid What-Ifs.
anita
March 13, 2016 at 11:30 am #98859AnonymousInactiveIt means now, with a clear mind, if i had the chance to meet her again i would have understand what really happened between us and what i really feel about her. Keep in mind that i didn’t have any sort of communication with her after the break up.
In the case we meet, do you find it wise to dig into the old relationship? Shouldn’t be a totally new one?
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