"you treated me like an option"

@prashu228 (37525)
India
September 14, 2012 11:10am CST
hello friends, Recently one of my friend broke her relationship with her boyfriend, the reason was, the boy who is in love with my friend from few years,is also maintaining another girlfriend in his office/workplace, my friend came to know about this through some other friend. When my friend asked him , why did he do so, the answer was, "he was seeing both the girls,so that he will have an option ,and marry one out of them" my friend was very serious. she immediately broke her relation with this boy.is it right in what she did? on the other hand the boy says ,he is yet to find true love.friends what do you think of these kind of people please share, she asked my opinion, i didn't say anything, as its their personal matter. but still i am thinking about it..hehe
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21 responses
• United States
15 Sep 12
She had every right to break up with him. No one feels like being treated as an option, unless you are the kind of person who likes to mess around, or doesn't mind being treated like a second, or any other number after two. If she was serious and he wasn't, then she didn't need to be with him if he wasn't sure about being with her. She doesn't have to wait around.
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• United States
17 Sep 12
I know many people who love to play with people's emotions, and it's not right because you end up wasting that person's time. You either love the person, or you don't. You either want to be with the person, or you don't. People will tell me, "Well, love is complicate, and what you say sounds very black and white." Well, love doesn't have to be complicated unless you make it complicated.
@prashu228 (37525)
• India
17 Sep 12
yes love should not be so complicated , we should enjoy every part of it, but some people just ruin it
@prashu228 (37525)
• India
15 Sep 12
yes , nobody has he right to play with ones feelings, and we should not give them a chance to do so.
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14 Sep 12
hey prashu, Your did a god job, she should have never gave him a thought that she is for granted, besides if the guy doesn't love her obviously he wont takecare for her neither will priority to her ever in life so i believe she did right. I mean it feels like he is just having her for time pass which is totally wrong. Your friend deserves a beeter man I think its time to make new friends now:).
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@vandana7 (99282)
• India
15 Sep 12
Better men are hard to come by, especially for divorcees. :(
@prashu228 (37525)
• India
14 Sep 12
yes she did the right thing, but it was not at all easy for her, previously many of our friends warned her, of this boy but she never believed them, but now she is regretting, we all said only one thing, past is past, she should be happy that at least she understood now and took the right decision.
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16 Sep 12
yh i agree with vandana , better man are hard to come by, but i don't thnk so its late to get along with someone else.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
15 Sep 12
oh my God, if i was your friend, i would have slapped this guy's face and even try to hurt his balls. haha just so i could be happy for an instant. some men are really such losers failing to recognize and know one person's value and try to see if they can get away with it. i am glad though for your friend that she was firm to let him go and leave him. she sure does not deserve a guy like this ahole
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@prashu228 (37525)
• India
15 Sep 12
hehe, you are too good, yes she did the right thing, but now she became very moody, may be due to the shock, we are trying to bring her to the normal state, and why should she suffer when she is not the culprit.
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
14 Sep 12
Hi prashu, You are wise not to get involved because it is indeed a personal matter. However, I believe that your friend was right to break off the relationship as he was not being honest with her. Sometimes, before two people are in a committed relationship, they will agree to see other people,but that is an open and honest decision to which both agree. This young man was not being honest with your friend. Blessings.
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@prashu228 (37525)
• India
14 Sep 12
yes , i think so too, honesty is important ,in any relation ,so friend took the right decision, but cant believe anyone, because i have seen people who accept their boy/girl friends when they come back to them. so i am just watching everything silently.
@vandana7 (99282)
• India
15 Sep 12
Pose sweetie most men are not..at least out here. :)
@alberello (4752)
• Italy
14 Sep 12
Well, I will not give absolutely no opinion on what he has done to your friend. However, let me give this topic, just my opinion. According to me, in love, the first thing that matters is mutual trust. I personally mind if my partner (who, however, still have not!), Frequented other men. Or better, mind you, of male friends can have as many he wants, but if he is seriously involved in a relationship with me, he is out of his mind to aim for two people. Either one or the other. Here I conclude.
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@prashu228 (37525)
• India
15 Sep 12
hmm, quiet complicated , but yes, i feel my friend did the right thing in breaking her relationship
@caopaopao (12395)
• China
15 Sep 12
Hi, friend Your friend is right to break her relationship with him. I can see that the boy is not a person for a girl to rely on for a whole life. Love between men and woman can't be shared. It's pure and single-minded. The boy is looking for an excuse for his mistake, if his girlfriend does the same as him , having two boyfriends at the same time in order to choose the better one, does he agree? He is such a selfish man. The girl will find her true love, I believe.
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@prashu228 (37525)
• India
15 Sep 12
hi, yes she is right, but you know she is very unpredictable types, she loves him so much, hmm cant help, even after breaking she was continuously thinking about the same, but the boy didn't deserve her , she is very sweet person
@vandana7 (99282)
• India
15 Sep 12
The thing called true love rarely happens. I saw one yesterday on BBC where a woman who is a professional massager, has been looking after her husband who is for all practical purpose not good enough for work. Extreme Makeover. Admire the lady. But to be honest, I am not sure I could ever be that great. At some point of time, frustration and fears do take over and stress too. So if she thinks she would find somebody who would truly love her for what she is, she might simply have to wait forever. Lets be practical. Out here, no marriage truly has genuine love component in it. Its more like a contract. So it was kind of ridiculous reason for divorcing. However, if your friend is truly finding it insulting, which I must admit it is, and finds it difficult to live with a person of that type, then this is the best option, because once she forgives that, the guy would only get bolder and repeat his experiment till he fell head over heels in love with somebody and ditched this one. So forgiveness in this is ridiculous thing as well. In her shoes, I would remain married, and make the guy so miserable with words, acts, and deeds that he wouldnt dare to look at another girl and make another girl unhappy as he must have done to the girl at office / workplace.
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@prashu228 (37525)
• India
15 Sep 12
haha, i never found one, yes of course, she took the right decision. Are you serious? Do you seriously say that marriage is a contract even in our country? where husband is worshiped, in all possible ways, Pathi Parmeshwar and all are seen only here, which i find very ridiculous.
@vandana7 (99282)
• India
16 Sep 12
If we are going about defining rights including monetary rights, it is. And we have a new bill on anvil already. :) Anyway, that is the way it should be. Finding the loved one might mean many trials and errors and children whose responsibility nobody wants.
• Philippines
15 Sep 12
Honestly, I want to beat that guy who is a two-timer. Just so that he has an option?! What the hey! That's just... Ugh.. I want to strangle him! I think that you did a good thing to not say anything because a person has his or her preferences. We also carefully choose our friends. Our thinking is different from others. We all have our own way of judgment. As for me, if I was your friend, instead of cutting of my relation to the guy ... I would give him an honest advice as a concerned individual.
@prashu228 (37525)
• India
15 Sep 12
yes, she is too sweet, very soft spoken , and we were really shocked to she her , in the state, but its quiet natural i feel, she has every right to do, for what ever she did
• Philippines
15 Sep 12
Hi tecchigurl, I will join you in beating up that guy I also agree with you that people have different preferences. I could only pray that guys like that person who wants to have an option should have a clear understanding that being selfish can really hurt other people.
@natliegleb (5175)
• India
15 Sep 12
there are some people who do these things,they want the best for them and dont care to hurt others feelings,i hate them and if i found out i will ignore them forever
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@prashu228 (37525)
• India
15 Sep 12
yes, some people just care about themselves and hurt others , but doesn't care about it, which is really disgusting, they will realize it when the same pain comes to them
• United States
14 Sep 12
She did the right thing to break up with that scoundrel! He was two-timing her. Cheating on her. Who wants that?
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@prashu228 (37525)
• India
14 Sep 12
yes no one would ever want that, but she was just too blind in his love, so it took lot of time for her to realize the fact
• Philippines
15 Sep 12
It's a good thing your friend broke up with that guy! Those kind of people are cowards. They are good for nothing. They are afraid of rejection that's why they always keep one spare tire and that is so being a coward!
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@prashu228 (37525)
• India
15 Sep 12
yes we should be careful about such people, we should never give them a chance to cheat on us.
@riyauro (6421)
• India
14 Sep 12
Oh yeah it is better to stay out in these kind of matters. let them deal with it. Did she consult you when she got involved with the boy, then why when this happened. i think if she can choose a boyfriend, she can deal with it in the sense that she by now knows the boy and does not need anyone's opinion on whether she did the right thing or no. For me, she did the right thing to break up. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day ahead.
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@prashu228 (37525)
• India
14 Sep 12
No she never consulted anyone, it was her own decision, but she never listens to anyone so easily, she may even blame us later ,if we advice her to leave her boyfriend, so its better to leave everything up to her, i also feel she did the right thing, but have to wait and see, until when she is going to stand on her decision.
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• India
15 Sep 12
I think both of them were right at their places. However the girl took the decision in much hurry but that's alright if she has analytic or logical mind and does not get hurt by this. The boy was also correct as he was of some different mind, more analytic and logical mind and was making himself capable of any possible strokes (that he ultimately got from one side and the strategy worked out). Keeping one's options open and working on them is not a bad thing. It is just like adding colors to RANGOLI. And yes you should not be involved in this as it is not your case. Be apart.
@prashu228 (37525)
• India
17 Sep 12
are you serious? is the boy right in what ever he did? but he dont have any right to play with the girls feelings ,right? he would have been open about this, and if both of them like that way, then there wouldn't be any problem at all.
@fatlex06 (895)
• Philippines
14 Sep 12
Oh. That guy has some problems I think. If he is really a nice man and finding for true love, he should've waited for the perfect girl to come in his life. I think what your friend did was just right. Every girl deserves to be the only one in a man's life. I think and hope that she'll find a much better guy soon. I also pray that the guy would find his true love for him not to cheat and victim other girls anymore.
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@prashu228 (37525)
• India
14 Sep 12
yes, he would have waited, but this was not right, he would have acted more wise.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
15 Sep 12
hi prashu this reminded me of a autbiograph of a female singer called"Whats love got to do wit it?" I do not blame your friend for splitting up with a so called boy friend who was also dating another girl at the same time.,No he does not love either girl and hes just treating them like they were objects for sale on a store shelf.You are right to not say anything,its too personal.
@prashu228 (37525)
• India
15 Sep 12
yes, he as just using both the girls, he will realize it when,the same happens to him, then he will realize how it will be to hurt others feelings
@ladym33 (10979)
• United States
15 Sep 12
She certainly did do the right thing. Why would you stay with someone who is cheating on you like that? Obviously he did not love either woman enough to not cheat on them. Nobody should have to be an option. It is either first choice or nothing.
@prashu228 (37525)
• India
15 Sep 12
yes of course, we should not give anyone a chance to take us for granted, he is a big looser
• Philippines
15 Sep 12
Hello Prashu, SHE HAS THE RIGHT TO BE MAD and upset! . Who the hell does he think he is? this truly offends your friend because the guy is loser two-timer. He's like treating them like a pet as an option who is deserving to be adopted or something. I think the guy was wrong, I'd wish some one who have told the other guy that he's a double timer.
@prashu228 (37525)
• India
15 Sep 12
yes, he is just mad, and above all he doesn't feel any thing wrong in what he did
• Philippines
15 Sep 12
Of course she did the right thing! Because what the guy did was really wrong. He shouldn't do that because he just made your friend stupid and clueless all the time. But if I were you, I wouldn't answer your friend question. Because its better to stay away from getting involved. :)
@prashu228 (37525)
• India
17 Sep 12
yes, but she is recovering from her pain slowly
• Philippines
15 Sep 12
Hello prashu228, I am sorry to hear that this has happened to your friend. But if ever I am in her shoes, I would also end the relationship with my boyfriend. I always believe that one should never make someone their priority if they are considered only as an option.
@prashu228 (37525)
• India
16 Sep 12
yes, she is right in what she did, the point is, she did all the things with much courage and now she is in depression.thanks for the response
• United States
15 Sep 12
Your friend did the right thing. The guy was not worth her time. He just did not care enough about her. You are a good friend, to stay out of it and just listen. That what a friends really needs sometimes- just someone to listen. Your friend is hurt now but there is something much better awaiting her down the road.
@prashu228 (37525)
• India
16 Sep 12
yes, but she is in depression now, she thinks may be she would have given him time, and then he would have selected her instead of other girl, but all this is due to depression and nothing else, once she comes out of it, she will know that she did the right thing,