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April 20, 2022 at 10:30 am #398475DavidParticipant
Hi helcat and honey blossom:
I did what my therapist and you Helcat recommended and blocked her.
She doesn’t want me to change for the better. Only wants me to hurt for what I did to her. She said that she’s going to travel to where I live and spend the summer making sure I’m not dating anyone. She said too that I’m not going to date anyone for years because she will let them know what I did to her and who I am. It feels like no matter what I do will never be enough cause she just wants to hurt me.
I’m going to keep going to therapy because I want to be a better person. I will have to tell any future partners about her too. I dont wanna tell my job but I will if I have to.
David
April 20, 2022 at 11:58 am #398481HelcatParticipantHi David
It’s good to hear that you are moving on.
Your situation reminds me in a round about way of a relative. Her husband beat her for 10 years. She finally had the courage to demand that he stop and he did. Then she started beating him. He complained and asked her to stop. She said I’ll stop in 10 years.
10 years is a long time to be in a relationship with someone and people say it takes half the length of the relationship to get over it. Your ex experienced a lot of pain throughout your relationship and despite that she was unwilling to let you go.
What you are doing now is the kindest thing you can do for both of you. When she is no longer in contact, in time you will both have the chance to move on.
This is a big step for you! Well done. I’m sure that you and your therapist will accomplish some great things together.
April 21, 2022 at 6:52 am #398563HoneyBlossomParticipantHi David,
I’m glad too to read that you have blocked her. People are all different. I don’t think I would ever cv er have gone as far as she has. I was in a long-term relationship once and suspected my partner was cheating or SOMETHING. I found he was strongly connected to another woman so I tracked her down and introduced myself to her sure enough, he was “chasing” this woman big time. We compared a lot of notes, and we actually got along very well. The ex denied that he was pursuing the woman. A year later, similar thing happened with another woman, and she claimed to have been in a committed relationship with him for 4 months. I simply wiped my hands of him. I blocked him. I did not respond to the flowers and notes on my doorstep, and eventually, he went away. One of the best things I ever did.
That ex, at one time near the end of the relationship had wanted to “choose a man for me to have a one night stand with” I flat out refused. At the end of the day, in these matters we make our own choices and have to take responsibility for them. He isn’t the only man who wanted me to do similar. Frankly, the idea of that sort of thing revolted me, and I won’t compromise that part of myself for anyone.
These days, I am much happier without any men in my life (in an intimate way). If I was younger, I might feel differently. I don’t buy it that she is just hurt. I think she has her own issues, but best for you to simply move on and don’t buy into any of this.
I think and hope you have learnt a lot from this, and hope you continue with your therapist.
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