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July 4, 2014 at 12:01 am #60188
RJGParticipantI am posting here for the first time…may be bcos i wan to let go of the heavy baggage m carrying…too heavy & m drained….m tired…
I havenβt had a happy childhood…i have grown seeing my parents not have a loving relationship….but they still were & are together….our financial state was very bad…i have grown seeing struggles….emotionally….mentally & financially….but things did change…we did grow…my parents although dint have a loving romantic relationship, maintained a decent companionship…with age, they understood the need of each other in their lives…may be bcos they are together for so long now…
I had a relationship in the past…n was completely into it…kind of madly into it…& one not so fine day everything seemed to end for no fault of mine…i was not even said y its all over…i was shattered…i did deserve to be told y its over…it was the most difficult time for me to get out of that emotional trauma…after spending 10-12hrs of each day with sum1, after sharing the smallest of things with sum1, after feeling completely secured, i was lost wen everything was over in the blink of an eye…i yearned…i tried…i tried hard…i tried harder…to bring back things to normal…to set everything right…without letting my ego cum in between…i never took a back seat in making the first move…but all of it in vainβ¦i had to accept that its all over…i took me time…not days & months but years…it took me years to get back to the normal me…i did heal with time…but i also did change as a person…the healing process make me wiserβ¦brought in a lot of patienceβ¦made me stronger than beforeβ¦made me realize wat truly is valuable in lifeβ¦taught me art of forgivingβ¦& today i dnt have any hard feelings for him…he did wat he thought was right…i dnt hate him for wat ever he did cos I did truly luv himβ¦but I no longer luv him eitherβ¦itβs a neutral feelingβ¦One main things tat helped me get over it was my work…in the process I became a workoholic (i still am)…work kind of keeps me well…n i moved on…
After all this I strongly thought I wud never again get into a relationshipβ¦bcos I was not strong enough to face all the pain againβ¦& moving on with sum1 else kind of seemed impossibleβ¦but cuming from a society wherein woman who donβt get married are looked upon differently I realized tat what I was thinking was not practical for meβ¦I started getting marriage proposalsβ¦& I was not ready to get into with sum1 I dnt even knowβ¦I am sum1 who doesnβt believe in the concept of arranged marriageβ¦with absolutely no offence to any1 who believes in itβ¦its just tat it doesnβt work for meβ¦
After few years…in one of the official trips, i got to meet sum1…n yes, there was sum charm which i was attracted to…but tis time i was looking for sumthing that is 2 sided…it wasnβt easy for me to even think of getting into a relationship with himβ¦but there was sum attractionβ¦although we just met once during my trip, we continued to exchange chats once I was backβ¦it was all going wellβ¦we both were clear that we would first ONLY get to know each other & then decide if things will work out between usβ¦everything seemed to be nice & gudβ¦until we had our first verbal spatβ¦which took me by surpriseβ¦it wasnβt tat big an issue but I feel he blew it out of proportionβ¦n yet againβ¦I made the first move to solve thingsβ¦after that, he kind of stopped the calls & chatsβ¦although not completely stopped, but drastically reducedβ¦he has had a broken marriage & does not believe in virtual worldβ¦so everytime I used to let him know that we should spend time, he wud say, we should meet up & spend time cos this virtual thing is not giving us both a true picture of each otherβ¦although I was not convinced, I did put myself in his shoes & thought that he had a reason for believing soβ¦& I still had hopesβ¦one fine day I told him tat I would cum over to his place to meet himβ¦& I was making genuine efforts to let things workβ¦I wanted things to workβ¦I did like himβ¦I did think he is sum1 who values relationshipβ¦.n there I goβ¦to meet himβ¦spend time wit himβ¦speak with himβ¦.say the unsaid thingsβ¦.hear the unsaid thingsβ¦it was a trip for 2 daysβ¦I was all excitedβ¦I was very eagerly waiting for the dayβ¦finally I reachedβ¦& the first day was goodβ¦he did not make any attempts to talk anything I thought he wouldβ¦but I still remained to be patientβ¦..but sumwhere I did feel tat he is not seeing/valuing all the efforts I had been putting inβ¦tat night wen I returned to my hotel room, I did decide that I wud initiate the talk the next dayβ¦cos I did not want this trip to go for a wasteβ¦there came the second dayβ¦once again excitedβ¦& it did start wellβ¦I did initiate & say certain things I wanted toβ¦& he too did say certain thingsβ¦but then I found that he was not ready to be flexibleβ¦he kept saying βthis is how it is, cant help itββ¦he was not ready to spend time with me once I return back to my placeβ¦oh yea because he doesnβt believ in this virtual worldβ¦but he was not talking to me wen I was physically present as wellβ¦how do we get to know each other if we dnt spend time in whatever ways possibleβ¦I was disturbedβ¦at one point we both remained silentβ¦for atleast an hourβ¦I had my flight back that evening & time was just movingβ¦I wanted time to pauseβ¦I wanted to let him kno that we should work out thingsβ¦after an hour of silence, out of frustration I said that I had cum there for himβ¦& what I got to hear in return took me again by a surpriseβ¦I was told that it was my decision to cum overβ¦it was me who wanted to speakβ¦then y donβt I speakβ¦I was told many thingsβ¦& I could not take it anymoreβ¦I could not take such harsh words wen I dint deserve thatβ¦I walked offβ¦I left the placeβ¦I was in painβ¦terrible painβ¦he did call me couple timesβ¦I finally answered his callβ¦& there was no apologyβ¦instead there were some real harsh wordsβ¦words that r still echoing on my mindβ¦& finally there was a single message he had left for meβ¦wherein he told me that he realized whom he was running afterβ¦I could never understand when did he run after meβ¦he never didβ¦.its been 2 weeks nowβ¦he never did try to reach meβ¦I did send him an email a week backβ¦because I did not want things to end this wayβ¦even if things donβt go any further, things should always end on a gud noteβ¦n as I already knew, he never respondedβ¦m hurtβ¦.i cant put in words the pain m experiencingβ¦for a hyper sensitive person like me, all tis is very diffciultβ¦how can some1 end things like tisβ¦I thought relationships are to be valuedβ¦.thereβs nothing that cannot be fixedβ¦until 2 people wan to fix itβ¦I dnt know if my walking away was wrongβ¦but everytime I sit back to wrong myself, I do not find a convincing answer for having stayed backβ¦
I am once again experiencing the same painβ¦although this time, it wasnβt proper relationship that I shared with him, I still was true to himβ¦we did spend sharing many things initiallyβ¦I did want things to fall in placeβ¦I did see us both together lead a lifeβ¦& I know its all overβ¦he would never cum backβ¦
The loneliness is draining meβ¦I blame myself for getting into it & hurting myself againβ¦I sumtimes feel I will be void of this loveβ¦Worse part is that I have had a role switch in my job & my current work is not occupying me fully (God, are you hearing!!! I do wan a job that totally occupies me)β¦& that is increasing my painβ¦I know I will healβ¦heal with timeβ¦but the process is not easyβ¦
I wish he sits back one day & realizesβ¦not to get back to me but because for a relationship, 2 ppl need to equally contributeβ¦.2 ppl need to be flexibleβ¦again, i donβt hold any hard feelings for himβ¦but yes I am sadβ¦m disappointedβ¦m in pain & I wan to healβ¦*Excuse me for making it tis long…
July 4, 2014 at 2:49 am #60197
LoliParticipantDonβt be too hard on yourself, we all do the same mistakes(let me say I). Just occupy yourself with the things that you love (easy said than done) not a job. You are now giving that ungrateful….donβt wanna use harsh words, let me call him Mr troubled and confused . ….okay donβt give Mr troubled and confused power over you…..let him go…release him and move on. Yes you made a crap move – pity the woman that will be with him. you donβt deserve such.
tThe way we put ourselves under pressure and sometimes even allow our relatives and friends put extra pressure…..two days back my Aunt called just to ask me why I am not married at 37, geez what am i supposed to do…marry a frog?….I felt like I was in a big stadium with lots of people applauding it was as if I was a Matador dressed in sparking Spanish costume carrying a red cloth in front of a black bull. I could visualise her mouth β it was like the eyes of a fighting bull staring right at me and blowing its nose and words ready to attack at any time. .and boy she did- the words went straight for the heart and paralysed me instantly.
In time you and I will find our soul mates who will appreciate us and love us the way we deserve to be loved. Just be open and not rush to anything. Eat cocolate and go and work it out in the gym…..
July 4, 2014 at 3:13 am #60198
AnonymousInactiveThe problem is that you blame yourself. You shouldn’t do that. But you could blame yourself for caring too much for people who don’t deserve it. Don’t believe when they say harsh things to you. They have their own issues, you shouldn’t take it personally. It is not personally. It’s all about them. Everything they say or think. You wanted this to work out, you tried enough. Please remember that if someone really wants to be with you they will be with you. And they will treat you so good.
I know this is hard. It is really hard when things don’t work out when you want them to work out so desperately. But that’s just how it is. You have to accept it. That’s all you have to do. Be sad, cry until you have no tears left, accept the pain you’re feeling. Accept the situation and learn from it. If you learn from an experience, that experience will never happen again, because you learnt your lesson. ( Oh, and by the way don’t try to forget about your hurt by working so much you can’t think. You should accept it, you should get over it not pretend it doesn’t hurt anymore. If you really want to heal yourself, deal with the pain !)
From my point of view, the lesson you should learn ( so that you can truly be happy with someone) is to love yourself and respect yourself. You don’t have to humiliate yourself just so that others accept you. If you want to be respected, you have to ask for it and show you deserve it. You have to be sincere from the start and you have to ask him what he wants from you, from the relationship. You have the right to know. You two have the right to know what you actually want from each other and from your relationship. Be true from the start. Talk about it. And when you know you are right, don’t make the first move to make things good. Let him do it, if he has to do it and if he was wrong.
Also, when you see that he does things that you don’t deserve, just tell him. If you will not say anything about it he will continue to do so. And every time you’ll think it’s your fault, when in reality it isn’t. Speak up !
July 4, 2014 at 4:44 am #60203
nakshatraParticipantI know it’s difficult being a woman…. But don’t be so harsh on yourself..!! I mean u are an independent woman who can earn for herself and take care of herself very well.So just go and enjoy the freedom u have in your hands…!! Hangout with your friends, go for a movie, go for shopping and just be happy for no reason!!!
July 4, 2014 at 5:50 am #60205
RJGParticipantLoli…Thank u so much for spending time to read through it…ur words are comforting…
Denise…certain things u had jus written there are just thought provoking!!! i definitely take them…
Nakshatra…thank u so much:-) i have taken up few things tat i have been longing to do from long…Dance & swimming to start with…would help me shred few extra pounds as well π
Wow…i never thought tis wud be so comforting…may b bcos i am a very private person & dnt share my personal stuff with anyone…which kind of puts that extra toll on me…thank u all…here’s a virtual hug to all 3 of u…#hugs#…i m badly in need of one too…. π
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July 5, 2014 at 3:08 am #60235
Susan CParticipantxxx
Here’s a hug for you ( ) π
Sue x
July 7, 2014 at 9:30 pm #60389
RJGParticipantThank you Susan… π
August 19, 2014 at 11:26 pm #63688
Jane KearneyParticipantHave you stopped and looked at your on going pattern with men? Do you truly understand how men think? Sorry, but I am going to disagree respectfully with other, that you have no responsibility for the failure of these relationships. These maybe relationships you should have never entered into in the first place. Two people always enter into the relationship and set up the dynamics that will play out. There is a life lesson here for you and the pattern will repeat until it is learned. Start by taking care of you first, because you are the most important person there is right now. How can you build a relationship when you do not have a solid foundation and are not secure with you. Poor upbringings we all have our baggage in this department, but what you need to learn is how to move forward and not let it define you. Barbara De Angelis Ph.D has two excellent books that saved me years ago. The first is “How To Make Love All The Time”, which has excellent exercises in it to help you workout any past resentments and hurts you may have. In the other book “Are You The One For Me”, this helps identify those unhealthy patterns with men and breaks the cycle. My first marriage was eight years of bad news, which was why I was single after that for twelve years. During that time I had many unsuccessful relationships, but one day I knew that I wanted someone in my life. After reading these two books, doing the exercises in them, within less than a year my husband of twenty years came along. He was out of my typical type toxic pattern with men, because I broke that pattern that I previously had going on in my life. Don’t despair and work on healing you and being happy and secure with yourself. Include in your day 30 minutes focused on improving you, whether that is exercise, self-help reading, writing in a journal etc., this will help too. Good luck.
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