Do you still think about your old love/crush?

thinking - looking back at previous relationships
Philippines
December 8, 2007 9:21pm CST
Question for the married people: I'm just wondering, when you're already married do you still find yourself thinking about your previous loves? Like your high school crush or your previous boyfriends/girlfriends? Or does it all go out the window as soon as you get married with somebody else?
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@nkhanna (922)
• India
11 Dec 07
well frankly speaking since life after marriage changes a lot.so i think its better not to think or discuss about the earlier crushes since it can only lead to fights and problems in the marreid life.however i dont think its possible to forget or not think aobut a person who was a part of your heart once.obviously no one can just remove a part of his heart where that person used to be so easily.but ues one thing is very important and that is past is past.never think about past since it can destroy the future.
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• Philippines
11 Dec 07
Yes you have to be careful how you talk to your current partner about your past loves. It sure can lead to conflicts.
@calicot (256)
• Philippines
17 Dec 07
imho, just don't get to a point that you would make comparison between them and giving more favorable comments to your ex than your current. Imho again, that is why love, trust, communication, an open mind, respect, acceptance is what marriage should have to make it work.
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@artemis432 (7474)
• Abernathy, Texas
9 Jan 08
I think about that but not in any dreamy, romantic way. I wonder how they're doing as I've lost touch with these three the past few years. As for first crush, like many I've knowm, friends, friend/crushes I wonder where they are and what they're doing. Sometimes I do dream about a heady romance - like in the movies. Okay, maybe a lot. I'm a writer to, and this is fodder for ideas too. Not with those I know but some character I make up. I have a safe marraige with someone I share goals and dreams and a baby with. There's a lot to be said about safe. A lot to be said about sharing experiences and memories and sharing goals. I've heard all that other stuff fades, and with it, the relationship can break up. We may have skipped the honeymoon period, but that just means we skipped right to the comfortable.
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• Philippines
23 Jan 08
Well, being a writer you're entitled to conjure up such ideas. It's your job after all.
@angelface23 (2494)
• United States
9 Dec 07
yes I agree that it depends on who you marry. I did not marry the love of my life. I left the love of my life because we were at different places in our lives and it just wasn't working anymore. I often think that maybe if I would have worked on it more then we would have made it but I know I shouldnt think that way. I carry around a lot of guilt about that.
• Philippines
10 Dec 07
Thank you for sharing that. Maybe it just wasn't meant to be. I hope you can finally find inner peace.
@ky1119 (698)
• United States
9 Dec 07
I think it all depends on who you marry. I'm married to the love of my life, my soul mate, so to me it's as though no one ever existed before him. I have been in relationships where I thought of old boyfriends though. I just don't now that I'm with my husband. There isn't anyone who could even compare to him.
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• Philippines
10 Dec 07
I see. So it depends on the person you're with at the moment.
• United States
17 Dec 07
Eevryone from time to tome thinks about their exes and things that happened in those relationships...Wether its regrets or longing for those relationships depends on your marriage and if everything is going great. I personally on occassion have dreams about my exes or they pop into my dreams...However its not really that I want them or miss them...There are always some regrets and wondering if things could have been differetn or better, but all in all I wouldnt trade my husband in for anyone! I fell in love with him and married him because he was the person I couldnt live without. And as for my exes...I hope they find the same happiness that I do! :)
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• Philippines
18 Dec 07
That's a great attitude!
@calicot (256)
• Philippines
17 Dec 07
I agree on some part with nkhanna, that you cannot simply forget someone whose been part of your heart/ loved. Fortunately for me my partner and I constantly communicate regarding matters like these: past loves. Although, we may not give 100% answer to every question we trust each other that everything will remain as that-in the past. Dunno if anybody would find us odd, because we try to befriend our exs, loved, crushes. It can be uncomfortable true but then either of us can also gain newer friends and associates.
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• Philippines
17 Dec 07
It's great that you and your partner are very open minded. Personally I find it difficult to befriend a former love or crush, especially if I'm involved with someone else.
@kurtbiewald (2625)
• United States
9 Dec 07
yeah, often she is maybe 120 pounds or so maybe it might last 4 months or so then
@kurtbiewald (2625)
• United States
9 Dec 07
this sort of questioning is inherently evil and can only lead to bad things
• Philippines
17 Dec 07
I think only this one person in my life- Alvin Ang. i married him and he satisfy me