Re: got dumped..
gonelifting said:
I might have read the whole thread, not sure because I did it in segments. Did she give you a reason why she`s breaking up with you? You were together the whole day and she tells you that night? Was there a problem that you were`nt addressing? Is this the first time this happened? If it were me, I would like to know what my faults are. Of course one woman`s opinion does`nt mean it`s a "fault" but at least you`ll know SOMETHING.
You may not want to share that with us, that`s cool. It just seems from your post that it was sudden. Maybe she met someone else. Hate to say that, I know you`re hurting bro. When they say "I want to explore other" or what ever she said... "freedom"... She might be feeling guilty and wants it over before going with someone else. just a thought.
To me, 23 is young. She does sound like a mature 23 yo but the years gotta pass for the experience... Sorry man. I wish you luck. You`re a smart fucker and will get what you deserve. You`ll look back on this time and say you`re glad it went down like that.
Just know that you`re definately not the first or last person to be going through this. I think this type of pain just shows how much passion someone has inside them.
Good questions.
The reasons she gave me at the time were that she wasn't happy with who she was right now. She had this feeling in the back of her mind from time to time that she needed to live life on her own, be single, have some new adventures, meet new people, know what its like to just date.
Now, I sure hope there is no one she had her eye on, that would suck. And here is where I may have dropped the ball...... about maybe 6 months ago.. maybe longer.. we had a talk... it was a near breakup... she felt she wasn't right for me.. that I could be happier with someone else.. that something was missing. And she also mentioned at this time that she has this thought that was eating away at her.. the thought that she just wanted to be single, go out, have fun, do whatever.... freedom.
This hurt at the time, but again this was over half a year ago, probably more, things were not as serious.. they were serious, but the feelings were still growing. We talked about things.. I told her i understood her feelings because I have felt that way before, but she needs to decide whether or not she thinks its worth it to stay together.. I told her I thought it was. I told her that even though right now things may not be perfect, I felt our connection was strong enough that our love would continue to grow, our bond would continue to deepen. And it did, very much so, and that talk was pretty much forgotten by both sides and just chalked up to growing pains, to just part of the normal process of growing together and the thought process that people go through. I'm no expert in relationships and neither is she, we were just taking things as they come, being careful not to rush, but always being considerate of each others feelings. After that talk we had MANY great times today, very intimate emotional times.
I asked her a couple days after the breakup to tell me exactly what it was that was missing. It couldn't just be all her, that is a nice thing to say, but its never true. If it was all her then theoretically once she had her time of freedom, her experiences, she would want me back right where we are today to continue things. But she doesn't feel that, so there is something about the relationship, or something about me that is making her feel that way. I told her for future reference, I'd love to know, so that with other relationships I don't do the same things, or am at least aware. I told her I can take it, I'm a big boy, that I wouldn't just argue with her about the details.. I just wanted to know.
She told me this:
I dont know. theres nothign i can put my finger on but it surely
isn't a glaring fault of yours that is for sure. maybe its US or ME
or something about you that i cant describe but i dont know. maybe
with time when the emotions clear a bit ill have a better
understanding. as vague as this all must feel for you, i dont know
how to explain anything much better.
So that is basically all I have to go on right now as far as the specific reasons.. we didn't fight, we didn't clash too often... certainly on nothing serious. We were so much on the same page it was scary.. we thought very similarly about the world, life, other people, ourselves.