Comments on: When Do You Begin Dating Again After a Long-Term Relationship or Marriage?

By: Lily

Lily — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:03 +0000

I have been recovering from an 8 year relationship for the past year and a half. It ended abruptly, and was not my choice. I was blindsided, and very very hurt by the breakup. I thought he was THE ONE. Obviously, he did not. To add insult to injury, a few days later he was in a new relationship with a woman we had known from church. The night he broke us up I asked him if there was someone else, thinking that was the reason he was dumping me, to be with someone else. He lied and said no. Obviously he had her waiting in the wings.We live in a small town, an now he shows up at all the social events we used to attend together with her. It is humiliating. The worst thing is getting over the FANTASY of what I thought my boyfriend and I had- I thought we had a fantastic relationship, great chemistry, amazing compatibility, we really enjoyed each other’s company and created a wonderful life together. I was shocked he wanted it to end. So to answer the question, for me it has taken almost 2 years to recover. I am still not entirely out of the woods yet, had to figure out what I did wrong so I do not repeat history. The main thing I realized is that I need to pay attention to his actions. If after 2 years he has not made a concrete commitment to me, a proposal, living together, etc, i need to walk away because it means he prefers to keep his options open rather than ensure I am his. A VERY HARD LESSON TO LEARN. And obviously our communication SUCKED otherwise I would not have been blindsided but would have seen it coming…

By: jacinta

jacinta — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:24:50 +0000

Great blog Evan, I think you are right, you might feel like you want to be in someone elses company, but it´s just not fair on the other person. At the moment I am kind of in that position (on the recieving end) and I am treading carefully and so is the guy, since his 4 year rel ended over xmas, and he is just putting the pieces back together. He told me he wanted only something casual, and so we kind of decided to go our seperate ways, but the problem is that we do like each other, so I kind of threw out there “if u want we can hang out as friends” but whether that is realistic (and whether he is interested in that at all) is another story. For me something casual would be painful, cause its kind of a false distance that you have to know how to manage and maintain. And really, i dont want to sleep with someone, but not be able to call them to talk about our day. Either way, I have decided to back off somewhat and see how things play out.

By: Super Ways

Super Ways — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:55:33 +0000

10 Ways to Heal Spiritually from a Breakup….

Divorce can be a difficult thing to go through for some. You may feel like your family is tearing apart and you may find that there are many feelings that you are going to have to come up. There are some suggestions that you will want to do to help you…