Would you stay, or run away?
Philippines
April 7, 2009 3:18am CST
If you have been married for 10 good years and all of a sudden, a person whom you loved so much in the past tells you he or she wants to get back together with you (and you realize you still love this person after all this time) would you go with this person or would you stay with the one you are currently with?
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@roanne05 (1290)
• Oman
8 Apr 09
is it worth it???that is the first questions i would asking myself...
10 year long relationship is very hard to leave...there are a lot of things to think about...
is he the same guy i used to love???would i be happy with him or with the current one? we are talking about 10 years and everyone change, including me and the old flame...what if i found out some bad things about him that i never realize before?can i accept it???
think, think and think it over a thousand times...
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@Jenniferp (210)
• United States
8 Apr 09
I agree with others in the fact that this is a huge risk. I would sit down and make a list of the things that you love about your spouse. There must have been something to stay 10 years. I would have to think long and hard about this. Too many people leap and wish they could go back ;)
@angelbelle578 (1635)
• Philippines
7 Apr 09
i would stay with the one im with coz we r married. and i woudnt marry if i didnt love the person. So even u still have feelings for ur past lover u should not tolerate that coz it's just not right.
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@chiyosan (30183)
• Philippines
9 Apr 09
no. you cannot love a new person if you still have feelings for another, well that is at least true for me. whatever my ex tells me and no matter how good it sounds.. it is not true. there are just some people who are not happy with their lives and would also want other people to be miserable like them. do not destroy your family.. forget about the person and there is a reason why he did not make it in the present with you.. because you are not made for each other. stop thinking about him/her and the words he gave you. those are meaningless.
@srganesh (6340)
• India
9 Apr 09
Well,I loved a girl sincerely in my life and it didn't end with marriage.I have told all my story to my wife and she can understand my love for her.If there will be a chance as you said,I would like to merge my lover into my family with my wife's support.Living with two wives is not uncommon in our society.Cheers!
@thanusha85 (532)
• Malaysia
9 Apr 09
Living with two wifes is common in the society but would you consider if your wife lives with two man. Its being selfish if you go for your love.
@thanusha85 (532)
• Malaysia
9 Apr 09
I would stay with the person who I am married to. I will never leave the one who loved me for 10 years for the one who I loved for 10 years and the one who suddently loved me after 10 years. It wont ake me a second to say my decision to him to leave me forever.
@suveer35 (98)
• India
7 Apr 09
Hi there this love of your life has not supported you when you really needed love and support.That love never helped you when you were depressed or needed help,so who was the person who did so???????????? she was your wife who was there with you whenever you needed so its better to forget past and look at your bright future with ur wife .now your wife is the only love of life
@lovetobeme (215)
• Canada
7 Apr 09
i definetly would stay. I love myhusband and i could never do that to him.that person would have had his chance and blew it so no i wouldn;t give him another chance when I'am already married
@vheilugto (149)
• Philippines
8 Apr 09
i would rather choose to stay. those pipz will choose to leave, its an idiot or narrowede minded. when you commit your vows to get marriage you have to keep it, not broke it. unless you didnt love your parnter. right?
@mgraham126 (156)
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8 Apr 09
I owuld stay with the person I am with now because if you were meant to be with the other person you would never have split up in the first place.
mgraham126
@lei1983yu (38)
• China
9 Apr 09
The only thing i can think of when i saw your topic is that you must stay with your current love. However, i can give you some advise before you make your key decision. You may ask yourself whether you love your wife or not probably. After that, you should consider seriously to make sure what you want get from love for example harmony home life and higher social class.
@janjohann (1)
• Philippines
8 Apr 09
I would definitely stay with the one I married. Love is not just about feelings. It's something more. One should never be trapped in loving the idea of "being in love". True and lasting love is something that you work on together as a couple. Something that requires time wherein you see the worst and the best of each other, yet being able to say that you love the person even more at the end of the day.
True love never happened overnight. The same applies when you suddenly realize that you still love your ex after having 10 good years of marriage. You maybe thinking the good old times with him when you were younger that confused you and gave you the idea that you still love him. But the fact is, you're just missing the feeling of having a sweet, young relationship but not actually the person. Meaning, you just associated that strong feeling with your ex, but actually you just love the feeling of being inlove. And who wouldn't be. But we should never be trapped because as we mature and grow old, we would seek for a different kind of love... something that's greater than romantic love.
The feeling of being inlove is never enough. Love should always be compounded with respect and trust. This formula never fails in any relationship and produces the best kind of love.
We all wanted to have a good, lasting relationship with someone. Someone whom we can grow old with. Why bother thinking of somebody from the past when you already have what you have wanted? Sometimes our hearts doesn't give us the best answers, that's why God gave us our minds to think and evaluate things over and over.
@trixygirl (37)
• New Zealand
8 Apr 09
Hi there,Why after all this time he has decided he,or she wants to be with you?,I would stay with the current person you are with otherwise you are going down to his or hers levels of unxspectations.I would not go there!!!!!.
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
7 Apr 09
i'd stay.
they've been gone for 10 years,i'm not dropping everything for them now.
even if i still loved them.
@bluangel628 (383)
• Philippines
7 Apr 09
I won't take my current relationship at risk for a past love. Maybe the first meeting of someone you love is so overwhelming and you might mistook it for love but the truth is its just that you were just surprise or amaze by the happening.
@shiwangipeswani (613)
• India
7 Apr 09
hello dear freind
it is a very critical situation that you are in ,and i suggest you not to go ,as you have given your 10 good years to your marriege and as you have mentioned them 10 GOOD YEARS ,you should stay with your partner only.