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February 17, 2018 at 9:13 am #192969anjum nikloParticipant
hi
i came here last year with some issues and this time also I need some insight to help me judge better .
Back ground story
I was dating a guy for past 6 years and we were very committed to eachother .
Others our friends and wells wishers had a perception that I deserve much better guy then him . I’m smarter ,better ,much better qualified blah blah nonetheless I was very much in love with him so I never thought that way .
He was an ideal boyfriend, he cared , loved and never cheated but at same time he was bit narrow minded and possessive and it was very hard to communicate with him since he has very rigid opinion .I cheated on him and confessed because I was so sad that I kinda went in a depression state .After lot of crying and talking he forgave me .
But problem was that he never told about our relationship to his parents ,since he thinks they will never accept me for him.
In this 6 years there were many occasion I told me to talk to them but he told me clearly he can’t but he always said he loved me and will never leave me .
So deep inside I had a fear that this is not going to work as he is very dependent on his family .
He kept assuring me one day things will work ,He never met any girl his family was suggesting nor he showed any intrest but also he didn’t clear his wish to get married to me .
last year ,I put him in a lot pressure to take the matter in hand because it’s been long so he said he can’t and broke up with me.It followed a lot of crying ,yelling and other drama but after few months we were talking again .
But he would still say , he can’t say if he can get married to me but at same time he wouldn’t want to be with anyone else
amidst of all these things , I met a men . He confessed his feelings for me .First I wasn’t physically attracted to him but we became friends and I told him all the story . He was a constant support agonist him,my parents who were also making my life difficult .
this new guy is ideal guy everyone wishes for , independent ,successful ,caring , loving , traveller and above all he loves my parents as if they were his own .He never encouraged me to break up with him but always told that if there is a bleak chance of us getting together ,he will never come between . Though he loves me but he is mature enough to handle .
while we are still friends and some feelings deep side he helped me in my career and without 1 year ( you can say I sort of became a célèbrated personality ) in my town .Eventually I feel in love with him and his goodness and we can talk about anything in the world . Now I even find him physically attractive may be its my feelings .
now my earlier boyfriends wants me to be ready as he is going to talk to his parents and he is pretty sure he will be convinced .
All my friends tell me , why wasn’t your boyfriend so sure when you were struggling ?I also feel the same, as I’m right now a person anyone would like the idea to be with me .
Young ,smart ,kinda pretty, very successful . But at the same time I also know my boyfriend – that his feelings at one point of time were genuine just that he was bit spineless.
So today I told my bf that’s it’s not going to happen between us. I can’t act as if nothing happend and start loving his family . So it’s kinda of a break up but I’m feeling so bad and guilt as if I’ve ditched him.
Im going to be completely Honest with my reason
I have a much better life with the new guy plus I can’t forget what my bf put me through all these years ,on top of that his mother didn’t show s slight respect and acceptance .
please tell me if I’m a terrible person . I’m really trying hard not to hurt people
niklo
February 17, 2018 at 9:55 am #192979AnonymousGuestDear niklo:
Good to read from you again. You don’t read to me like a terrible person at all and your thinking reads reasonable to me. If I was in your place, I too will not go back to the man you were with in a limbo-relationship for six years. I think that if he feels hurt by the fact that you are doing the right thing… it is a consequence of his own choice, a choice he practiced persistently for six years, again and again, to not move his relationship forward.
anita
February 19, 2018 at 8:53 am #193313anjum nikloParticipantHi
thank you so much for the reply .
You are right and part of me also thinks I’ve done the right thing .
But as I told you he was a very loving , caring and loyal guy to me except that he will do it without knowledge of his family .
In this 6 years I never doubted his loyality and he would almost do whatever I wish except for sometime .I wonder ,that may be he was really not in a place to tell his parents and stand up for me . May be his problem was also genuine ,his mother is very difficult .
Though I’m at a very happy place right now ,it breaks my heart thinking he must be broken .
thank you for listening
February 19, 2018 at 9:09 am #193321AnonymousGuestDear anjum niklo:
You are welcome.
I assume his problem was like you stated a genuine problem. His mother was probably very difficult. Thing is we people are not 100% automatic reactions to other people. His mother has a lot of power over him by nature of him being born to her, by nature of her role in his life. But not all the power.
There was plenty of time within the long six years he was in a relationship with you, for him to gather the courage to stand up for you and for the relationship with you.
It is the consequence of his consistent, long term choice- however difficult it would have been to make- that he may suffer.
It is not your job to protect people from the natural and understandable consequences of their actions, or lack of action.
As you choose and continue to choose to do what is right, there will be more people who will be displeased. There is simply no escaping this reality.
anita
February 21, 2018 at 1:10 am #193667anjum nikloParticipantHi Anita
Thank you again .May be I should start expressing my happiness without any guilt .
I deserve to be happy . Thank you so much , you give me so much clearity .
Thanks a lot , I will come again in future . This is a wonderful platform
niklo
February 21, 2018 at 4:07 am #193673AnonymousGuestDear anjum niklo:
I agree and do hope that you allow yourself to be happy, and not let this (or any other) unjustified guilt ruin your good feelings. There is no valid reason for your guilt and there is nothing you need to correct, therefore. Anytime you feel guilty, ask yourself, is there a valid reason for that guilt. If your answer is No, then let it go.
You are welcome and I hope that you do return here anytime you would like.
anita
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