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    Magnolia

    Hello I’m F25 and my ex is M23,

    As many of you have guessed: I’m going through a breakup.

    When the breakup occurred I wouldn’t say I was surprised. We had been fighting a lot due to an unresolved fight that escalated during quarantine and thus not being able to see one another face to face (damn you corona!!).
    So what I’m wondering is if there’s a possible chance or I will face a horrible heartbreak when contacting him again at some point. I’m kind of afraid he would find someone else considering he’s quite successful career wise and had been successful with the ladies before we started dating as well (despite him not showing much interest).

    The initial break up was my fault really. I had been the one who emotionally and very childishly told him I didn’t want him anymore and that he had to get my bags ready by tomorrow. Now usually he would be afraid of losing me, which he seemed to be at first. He told me he found it really sad I would break up for this. And eventually when he had given up on fixing things I regretted it.
    He however, ended on choosing to go through with it. He said it was my punishment. That he never ever wanted to feel like I could throw him away like that again. I couldn’t argue and ended on apologizing. He left whilst crying and after the break up talk was over I got angry. I guess you all know the process of how that goes. So the next two times I opened the conversation with him in a uncivilized angry way. Me ignoring his requests to stop hurting him got me blocked on messenger (not facebook itself), whatsapp and his phone number.

    I hadn’t contacted him for a good week and a half before getting my stuff. He wasn’t home so I had no awkward confrontation. However, we did text by snapchat (how else was he supposed to know I was getting my stuff). And the conversation seemed a lot better. We were both calm. And he stated how he hoped I was happy about getting my stuff back and that he cleaned my playstation, games and controllers before putting it in the bag.
    We had a short recap of the break up how he felt really s***y about how he broke up with me. That he had miss understood my intentions and that it really bothered him I only told him afterwards that I had made a list with friends to fix things but we never got it because he broke up. He also said he was doubting about what I even felt for him still at this very moment. And I know you all will scold me for this because I did so myself afterwards but I replied that of course I still loved him and wasn’t really sure what to do with the whole situation. In the end he still stated that he felt like he wasn’t fit for a relationship until he was able to provide his partner with everything and that he really felt like he lacked the ability to be there for me emotionally. To which I agreed and we didn’t continue the conversation about our relationship afterwards.

    I do want to give some extra information on who he is as a person and his possible dating history?
    As a kid he was neglected as a kid and ended up getting raised by his grandmother (whom passed away) and her partner. Why is this important? Because I feel like this experience had a huge effect on who he is as a person. He’s the type who would put logical actions above emotional ones. Which is the part that makes me think he won’t come back.
    However, I wasn’t just a regular person to him. The last time he had cried was when he was a kid. His parents had bought him a broken toy and his grandpa calling them up for it had his parents reply: well he’s just ungrateful and won’t get any birthday presents again. That was the last time he had cried, before I happened.
    The first girl he got into a long term relationship with. So you could say I was / still am his first love. The first person that met his family and got all his friends to compliment on getting the impossible guy actually fall in love with her. Now this is probably the part that makes me hold hope.

    I’m not sure if this is needed for the calculations of my odds but:
    He used to have enormous pain with sex. He had an operation to fix it, hence why he had tried a relationship and one night stands before me. But it hadn’t worked. Now this issue has somehow actually been fixed with me. He had no issues whatsoever and was able to enjoy sex for the first time in my life.
    But this actually makes me more afraid he would try again with someone else?

    I’m really not sure. Is it possible for me to get him back?
    He was really a sweet guy. Very awkward at giving me presents because he wasn’t used to it but it got so much better with the time! He loved showing me off which was an amazing confidence boost. And whenever we had a small fight with me giving him the fake pout silent treatment he just fixed it with hot chocolate and nice notes.
    I really feel like I kind of f***d it up and lost someone who really was good to me.
    It’s also going to be such a pain in the arse with all our mutual friends! They love us both and I know they won’t be able to keep us apart for future gatherings (which will thankfully be prolonged thanks to corona so I have the time to mentally prepare).

    Sorry for the long text I just want some more accurate results than a quiz!

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    Hi Magnolia – I saw that you had attempted to post to the forum, but your post got trapped in our moderation queue. (We have some cuss-words on our moderation list because some search engines have problems with swearing. It’s odd, I know!) Anyway I took care of it and published your post, and I hope that you come back and see it here. Best wishes!

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    Phoebe

    “The initial break up was my fault really. I had been the one who emotionally and very childishly told him I didn’t want him anymore and that he had to get my bags ready by tomorrow.”

    Just out of interest… What was the issue that caused you to decide in the moment that that was it, that it had to end?

    “He however, ended on choosing to go through with it. He said it was my punishment. That he never ever wanted to feel like I could throw him away like that again.”

    You abandoned him. You triggered something deep inside him that his parents made him feel – unwanted, unloved.

    In my experience, no, once you abandon someone like this they won’t forgive you. But maybe I’m wrong…

    #791123 Reply
    Lane

    Honestly, based on what you said here, I don’t think it would be in his, or your best interest to try again. Why? Because you fight dirty to the point it reignited deep trauma’s, and reopened deep scars that he’s been carrying around since childhood. He’s gone into “self-preservation” mode, and it would be best to leave him be as I think too much damage has been done for this to be recoverable.

    The crux of your problem is the two of you are too different. You aren’t compatible in the way a couple needs to be compatible to get over the hard knocks life’s going to throw at you. When you’re compatible with a partner, you meld like peanut butter and jelly, you rarely argue or fight because your needs and wants are naturally being satisfied by your partner, and vice versa, so you have little to no reasons to fight or argue.

    He hit the nail on the head when he told you “he felt like he wasn’t fit for a relationship until he was able to provide his partner with everything and that he really felt like he lacked the ability to be there for me emotionally.”

    You are highly emotional, and he is not. He is not magically going to change who he is, and you can’t magically change who you are. I’m sure there’s a guy out there who can give you the emotional support you need but he’s not one of them, so best to move on so you can find the partner who be that person for you.

    #791125 Reply
    mell

    You broke up with him – if you break up, you should mean it. Because you can’t take that back. On top of that it sounds like he tried to win you back for a while and you insisted. Out of interest, if you regret it, why did it take you so long to change your mind?

    He felt like he wasn’t fit to be in a relationship with you because of the way you handled the conflict. You blew things up, dumped him then didn’t want to work on it until he moved on. Of course he felt rejected and like he didn’t know how to deal with you – because you weren’t able to approach it as a team with him. He didn’t feel confident you cared because you literally dumped him like he meant nothing. You resisted him tryig to fix it – and you need to accept that YOU ended it, not him. you broke up – he chose not to get together because you broke his heart and lost his trust by how you treated him. It sounds like he couldn’t trust you enough to get back with you afterwards -and if you dump someone you should expect that this might be the case. And if you resist their attempts at reconciliation, of course they will get sad and give up and stop trying – again, that’s not his fault, it’s entirely your choice.

    In a relationship arguments need to be approached as a team -you’re people trying to understand each other better and work together to fix it. Think carefully about whether you put that across. And in a team, you need to NEVER react so badly that you bring up their worst insecurities or hurt them that badly. Everyone has some triggers they can’t forgive.

    I see what Lane means, but I don’t even think this is about you two being wildly different in how emotive you are – that can cause drama and miscommunications for sure – but as long as both people are reasonable and can explain where they are coming from, and their viewpoints aren’t complete opposites, they can meet in the middle.

    You triggered his feelings of rejection – and you did reject him. Dumping someone is about the biggest rejection you can give them. If that is how you respond to arguments, then you are not compatible with him. He will take your way of arguing very personally.
    It wouldn’t be in his best interests to be with you again – you might dump him again when you have a row and that’d be too painful for him to have to keep going through. Nobody owes us forgivenness if we hurt them like that. I know it’s hard to hear – but he has very good reasons to be unable or unwilling to forgive you, and you’re going to have to live with it.

    It sounds like you have some misconceptions about sex. You didn’t fix his penis, the operation (I’m guessing for phimosis, probably) fixed it so he could have sex with anyone, you included. Of course he’ll have sex with other people if he wants. Now that he is single after you dumped him – he can do what he likes.

    But you should try not to focus on that at all, because it’ll only hurt. Now he’s made up his decision, there’s absolutely no point in you worrying about someone else being with him – it’s likely inevitable, but you also made it none of your business, and it’s now too late. He’s no longer a part of your life and i’m afraid you should try to move on and learn from this so that the next time you meet a guy you think is that great, you don’t push him away.

    And if you can, see your friends separately, especially if you love him. Don’t put him through that, and don’t put yourself through it.

    #791126 Reply
    mell

    And I’m not trying to be harsh.It sucks, breaking up – and I can see that you’re sad and scared and don’t ant to lose him.

    But I wonder if you didn’t want to lose him, what made you dump him and then resist all reconciliation? What were the arguments about that you found so unforgivable, even though you now list his good points? You don’t have to tell us, but you have to understand it for yourself.

    I als wonder if you only want him now because he walked away – you sound terrified that someone else might have him. Even though until recently you were the one rejecting him. It sounds like you’ve been very confused in your feelings over him, and I hope you can get some clarity.

    And please work on understanding the role you played in ending things – because if you paint it as his fault, you run the risk of doing this again with other relationships and wondering why people won’t come back after you dumped and ignored them. Life is a learning process – I’m not saying you’re a bad person at all. We can all do things that hurt the people we love. It sounds like this will be an experience that you grow from, and helps you learn to be a better partner.

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