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Well, I have think I have decided to give up. My ex lives across the street from me, and today I was at my neighbors house playing with her granddaughter doing an Easter Egg hunt, & my ex pulls up, & him, his sister, his new fiancΓ©, and his fiancΓ©'s daughter, all get out of the car. They're all having Easter dinner together at his mothers house. I tried not to look at them, and just gathered up everything and went in the house. I tried to see his girl, but she never turned around, but before she went in the house she looked across the street at the house I was in, but it probably just looked like it; still couldn't see her face well. My neighbors son then showed me his fb (ugh I know not supposed to be doing that) & it's just countless wedding posts from family members, his fiancΓ© posting pics of them all, I saw that he definitely moved into her apartment in one of the pictures, and he was posting statuses about how he was the luckiest guy in the world and he was so blessed (I remember when he said that to me every single night) to have her & her daughter, & that he got two for the price of one & just how happy he is. And everyone liking it and commenting it, posts saying I love my fiancΓ©, it's just crazy but from the looks of it he & his family & her family are all so incredibly happy, & I give up bc after seeing them in person & seeing these posts I just feel like I don't want to mess things up for him anymore. If he's happy I wanna let him be happy with her. He has clearly forgotten his love for me; he had to have been lying to me for months to get engaged to her and move in with her, and be so in love with her so quickly. I don't want to come between them anymore. If he's happy, as much as it hurts me, I have to let him be. So I gotta give up.π
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Is that the best thing to do? It sucks to feel this way but I love him and feel he should be happy despite what he did to me & if he's happy with her, why should I attract him back to me? Even though I had always thought he was really happy with me, he always said he was really happy with me...:/
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Hey Lar! Thanks for your response, it's much appreciated. The major thing here is I DO love myself, verrrryyyyy much, even though It may not be coming out that way, but I definitely do. And on the other side, I do love him very much too. Which is why I'm genuinely saying..that while I do very much seem to see this situation as hopeless, I really am seeing how happy he is, and I'm questioning whether I should continue on if I know that he is this happy with this other girl. If he genuinely is, I don't want to break that by trying to attract him back. I really do mean that, and yes I admit half is because I see it as hopeless too. But just coming from a place of love for him, I'm asking if it's right to keep trying To attract him back when it seems he is happy where he is at.
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Also I forgot to add, I have moved up the ladder, I think I've been hovering around anger/hatred like you said, and I am definitely okay with being single right now. I haven't reached the point of forgiveness yet though, but I am happy & do sometimes just purely love him. Most of the time I am at anger though. And it is through that that I have actually begun to heal, and nevertheless at moving up the ladder I still have wanted him the entire time. It wasn't even seeing him yesterday though that made me feel like this..it was reading how much he was saying he felt blessed and thankful and loved her and was happy that made me step back like, is it worth it if he's happy? I know I made him happy & he said the same stuff about me..but still if he is happy, is it really okay to still be trying here?
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Hmm you've definitely given me something to think about. I'd love to say yes, I can, but he just seems so so happy. I have once thought before if it was all for show, bc it's like all his statuses lol, but Idk, he could really be that happy too. Unless...am I possibly creating this happiness that I am witnessing in the first place?
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lar019 wrote:
Then the thing to remember is that what you see on social media is a blip in time. How many times have you posted something really up beat and positive about your life, and then a few days later or so you're having a really terrible day? Or most of the time you just feel good, but you are inspired to post wonderful things when you feel fantastic? My point with that, is that feelings change constantly; and on social media, most people only post about things when things are great. He once felt really happy with you, and then he didn't...so why can't that happen with this girl too? Plus, you aren't in his head; you don't know that every moment he's completely thankful or blessed - maybe he needs to write that to affirm he isn't making the biggest mistake of his life. You really don't know, and can't know how someone truly thinks and feels.
This weekend, you had the realization that looking at his social media was drawing focus on to what current reality is; and was only bringing you more of that. At the first opportunity, you allowed someone to show you his fb page lol, and you fell off the wagon you just got on to. I think you described checking in on him like an addiction - well if you want to quit drinking, you can't accept the first drink that someone offers you! lol.
It's good that you're moving up the ladder and feeling the emotions. I can understand the feeling of loving him, while still angry and not at forgiveness yet. I had feelings like that too towards my guy - however, once I did reach that forgiveness; the love that I had was different for my guy. I don't believe love can be pure when there is still anger there; and it wasn't until I reached forgiveness that I came to that believe. It's easier to turn it around and think "if someone was really angry at me, and couldn't forgive me; would I feel pure, unconditional love from them?" For me, I feel there's a condition in there. I'm just throwing that out there as a thought to chew on.
Do you believe you can make your guy happier than he already is right now? Do you think you can make him the happiest he'll ever be, while also maintaining your happiness? If you honestly, deep down believe that you would be the best person for him, that no one will can/will make him happier than you can; and in being that person, you are being exactly who you are/want to be, and truly feel happiness being that person - then I ABSOLUTELY think you should continue trying. But if deep down inside, you don't feel that way - you don't think you can be that person, then it's time to step back until either you do believe you can be that person; or until you believe there is someone better out there for you. Β
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Absolutely love this. I have been separated from my fella for over a year. I still feel that if my Love is still as strong as the day I fell for him that is pure. Not just my ego talking.
I have made an absolute fool out of myself. I have had him cuss me. Yes I do deserve better but I also brought it on myself because of desperation. I kinda feel that anger is still an emotion, that was taken out on me. We were just not in alignment yet.
Trust me, I actually came to this realization in the last couple days. Right now I just feel at peace. I just know that the universe (God) has my back and it is going to work out.
As for Facebook though. My advice get rid of that crap. It's more like fakebook. I'm sure your ex knows that you check up on him through it. It just adds fuel to the fire.