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I need some serious help here! My ex-boyfriend and I dated for a year and a half, most of which I spent unhappy. At first everything was good and he was an amazing guy, I fell completely in love with him. I honestly believed we had the best relationship, there was no one else like us. Until I found out that he had been lying to me for a really long time, the entire relationship had been a lie. I broke it off with him and he promised if I gave him one more chance things would be different. So I did. I thought that if he did all the things he said he was going to do, that our relationship could possibly get back that old feeling I once had. And while it is true that he never again, to my knowledge, lied to me, things were just never the same again. I never felt that way about our relationship again, and I tried for a long, long time to get that back. I don’t know, I guess once the heart is broken by someone it’s impossible for it to be fixed by that person. I guess I should throw in that this guy wasnever very nice. He lacks courteous respect for women and often treated me like a friend, and talked pretty nasty to me at times. So anyway, after realizing that I was never going to feel that same way again, I broke up with him yet again. And this time, I thought it was for good. I started hanging out with friends that I had lost during the course of the relationship and began making new ones. But still, something drew me back to him. We began seeing each other again, not as boyfriend and girlfriend, but just as close friends. I suppose I led him on to believing that we might restart our relationship again. But I backed out and said that I couldn’t do it. He says I broke his heart. Since then, I’ve started dating someone else, a really great guy who makes me happy when I’m with him. But when I’m not, all I can do is think of my ex. I miss him so much and I wish I could go back in time to get that old feeling back we once had. My ex says that if I wanted to, we could start over. I need some help, I have a great guy right now but I love my ex more than anyone I’ve ever met. What should I do? I feel like what happens if I take a risk and stay with my new guy and one day wish I hadn’t, or what happens if I go back to my ex and wish I had taken a risk. PLEASE any advice would be GREATLY appreciated!!!!!!
The two of you are playing adolescent games with each other.Why would you want a guy who wasn't nice to you, and was even"pretty nasty"to you at times????Knock off the childish games and be an adult. Forget this bum and get on with life.
Wow sounds like me and my ex.......you are just having a hard time moving on because he was FAMILIAR to you....stop thinking about him, get rid of anything that reminds you of him and move on with the new guy. The ex sounds like a charmer and a pathological liar....you said yourself the relationship was based on a lie. dont let him manipulate you into feeling sorry for him. he obviously didnt care enough about the relationship to begin with to be lying to you (no matter how long ago it was).
You need to love your ex enough to let him go. You already know what he's about and you don't want to go down that road again. Give the new guy a chance, which by the way you aren't by still hanging on to your ex. Let him go. Move on. It wont hurt as much as soon as you decide to live in the present, not the past.Feel me?
There doesn't appear to be much about your ex to love. Is it possible you are stuck on that age-old thing we women seem to get hooked on? You know - the bad-boy thing and that we can be the one that will change him for the better?
Its okay to feel fustrated trust me, I've been there, but what really matters is if you and your ex are still keeping in close contact then its alright. As far as getting back with him, thats all up to you. If you truelly care about this person then do it again. We all have broken hearts and yes we do need some space, but if he's like no other guy that you talked to, then try some new methods. Because clearly you and him are not on the same page