Would you attend your ex-lovers wedding ????
By John4Christ
@John4Christ (1597)
India
August 1, 2009 11:40pm CST
Well, we see heart breaks very often these days and I have been through it recently.......and sometimes they are mutual so they still are close buddies and friends.......
I was wondering if they get married sometime later and they happen to invite you for the same would you be comfortable to witness that wedding? specially if you still love that person very much......this thought itself sends shivers down my spine.......I cant really witness such a thing happen to me......I don't know what would be my reaction, probably I wont even attend it......
What would you do in such a case?
Would you be comfortable witnessing that persons marriage?
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23 responses
@ShibbyKid (279)
• United States
2 Aug 09
Not at all. I am with you, i could not put myself through that kind of pain. I mean, he hated me, we fought all the time, and my brother finally made us friends again. Though i screamed at him after we broke up and fought, i still loved him. I do not think i could see him with another chick, especially not marrying one. It would cut me so deep.):
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@John4Christ (1597)
• India
2 Aug 09
You know what I am in exactly the same situation like yours.......I fought with her so very often only to realize that the fault was mine......we have fought "n" number of times and a common friend of ours brought us back together, she has now gone for her further studies, and I miss her so much now......I just wish I could get back time......
@ShibbyKid (279)
• United States
2 Aug 09
Yeah, i hate how the time of life works... It goes so fast sometimes. I hate having to be strong when he comes to me for advise on his new girlfriend Sammie. She is a bad girl in my eyes, all she does to him is cheat and he feels the same way about her as i do him... I wish he could see, but the past is in the past to stay for him. I have to let him go because he is probably going to spend his life being cheated on by someone he is blindly "in love with". Heh.
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@cyrus123 (6363)
• United States
2 Aug 09
Hi John4Christ! It's good to see you again. How are you doing?
I'm sorry this has happened to you. This is a pretty tough question to answer because I've never experienced this. I don't know why an ex-lover would invite me to his wedding. If it were me, I probably wouldn't go. I don't think I could witness it. I think it should be up to you, though. Kathy.
@cyrus123 (6363)
• United States
2 Aug 09
I don't blame you. I wouldn't go, either. I don't know if you have ever heard of Billy Ray Cyrus or not. He is a favorite country music singer of mine. Anyway, this reminds me of a song he sang called "Could've Been Me". Have you ever heard it? Kathy.
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@John4Christ (1597)
• India
2 Aug 09
Hi Kathy, how are you ????
well yes I know it is really painful, the only reason is we broke up mutually so we are still friends......I still love her and cant really get over her.....so I cant really imagine me being at her wedding seeing her with someone else.......
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@tkleyr (406)
• Philippines
2 Aug 09
In my case i just stay at home and cry a river, even though you separate in different path but still the memory and pain is still there,, thinking the break-up is painful one what more if you witness his/her wedding day.
But there is a case that past lovers become a very good friend. But if both of them find there real soul-mates.
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@John4Christ (1597)
• India
2 Aug 09
Oh yes you have mentioned a different thing all together......if we do find another soul-mate whom we can connect to and love that person just like you did to the earlier person then things might just get different.......
Thanks for your response !!!!
@flzmlady (418)
• China
2 Aug 09
well actually i have done that on this July and i played a more r less important in his wedding--to hold the rings for the couple. its quite heartbreaking and i can still remember that when the couple offered a drink with me how much i sweated.but after a while, i found out that to forget or try to forget him in most of time was not that difficult after ten years' deep love.
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@John4Christ (1597)
• India
2 Aug 09
wow.......you are simply amazing......I can never do that......not even if someone offered me the best things in life........but I really appreciate your stance.....you after the whole thing sometime even if I look into her eyes I feel like crying....its like why did this thing had to happen to me.......you know somewhere looking at all your responses I am feeling better.......as you all have done so much to get over things........
I am so glad you responded !!!!
@flyingsnow (85)
• China
2 Aug 09
It never happened to me. i think in the future if it do happen, I will. If we can't be lovers, we can be friends. So I will witness his happiness.
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@John4Christ (1597)
• India
2 Aug 09
I am glad it never happened to you......and I pray that it should never happen to you ever......its the worst thing that can happen.....
thanks for passing by !!!!
@songfeifie261 (21)
• China
2 Aug 09
i think i will attend my ex-boyfriend wedding and i will congratulate him. if i love him, i want him live in a happy life with his chrished wife, although i will be suffering pain.
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@John4Christ (1597)
• India
2 Aug 09
Ohk, I just remembered a famous quote....."Love is Sacrifice" and what you said just now, fits in perfectly to this case......sometimes it may seem difficult but then if you are ready to sacrifice then you are a real hero......well I must say you have a strong heart !!!!
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
2 Aug 09
If my ex boyfriend got married that contacted me recently on Face Book I would be happy to attend his wedding. I only have platonic feelings for him these days. He is currently living with his girlfriend. It is possible they might get married sometime in the near future.
If I still loved my ex boyfriend it would be a totally different matter. I would feel hurt that he was getting married and I might be jealous of his future wife. I would probably not wish to attend their marriage. I might end up in tears because it would be such an upsetting day for me.
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@John4Christ (1597)
• India
2 Aug 09
hehe......yes if that love was didn't mean anything to me, probably I would have danced to the core in that wedding......but then as you rightly say things do get different when you love that person so much and cant really get that person out of your head.......
@GADHISUNU (2162)
• India
3 Aug 09
I did. But that was more than 20 years ago. Of course it hurts like mad. I did because she extracted a promise from me that I will attend her wedding as a mark of my not feeling inimical or hateful towards her. My close family members were quick to brand this as a masochistic tendency in me, but then I believed going through the pain would help in getting it over in some way. I really don't know today in what way it helped. I imagine that she too must have felt it very painful to see me at her wedding even though it was she who insisted that I attend. It was a stupenduous effort to hold my emotions in check esp. in the presence of other colleagues who were socially connected to both of us and were also present. But as time passed, we hardly ever got to see or speak to each other. God has been extremely kind to separate us by a reasonable distance and make us unconnected through job or otherwise. I must say even today if I happened to see her my heart would not only miss a beat but go through one shot of pain.
@John4Christ (1597)
• India
3 Aug 09
I agree......it does pain a lot......and sometimes it is too difficult to wipe off that person from our heart forever........we might just say that I forget but then at the end of the day we do have that person in our heart.......I still miss her a lot and I miss her like hell......we have had bitter fights many times but still I cant really get her off my head !!!!!
Thanks for sharing your story........It does feel good to read all your wonderful responses !!!!
@strawberrychocodahi (4818)
• Philippines
2 Aug 09
Attending to the wedding of an ex? hhmmmm, never even thought of that. Because for me past is past and I don't have communication with my ex. I would rather stay away and that way.
I am happy for him to have a life of his own and if I am happy too with my life now, let it be. For me, it would now be impossible to attend such occasion since where geographically far , far away . So i can't attend such, and I won't invite him too to my wedding.
@John4Christ (1597)
• India
3 Aug 09
Offcouse dear once you get married things do get different.......but then if you still don't have a soul mate like in my case it gets a bit difficult to live upto it............
Thanks a lot for responding !!!!!
@jellymonty (2352)
•
2 Aug 09
HELL NO! geez I would rather give myself up to be hanged than attend my ex's wedding! our relationship ended on a very bad note (he cheated on me with my sister) so I vowed never to see him or have anything to do with him.. it's been six years and so far I've kept my vow.. so no thank you.. I'd rather sit home in my PJs and watch the the Simpsons!
By the way John nice to have you back here
@John4Christ (1597)
• India
3 Aug 09
Hey jelly hows you ???????
I know its been some time now that I have not been around, I miss you guyz so much........
Its really sad to hear about you, but then I am sure you are happy that you came to know about him before it was too late, these days people end up on bad note sometimes and you come to know about it only when you get married and then divorce is the only option left......it is not only a sin but also spoils both your lives......
Have a wonderful day and be in touch !!!!
@oindy54 (3445)
• India
2 Aug 09
Hey I have just been through a break-up and I can fully empathize with your situation because of the pain I am going through now.Our break-up is a mutual one so as you have said we still remain close friends because that is what we were before entering into the relationship.The issue you have thought about is what is bothering me day and night.I cry every moment thinking that not me but someone else will get married to him.I cannot even imagine that happening to me.I am still madly in love with that person and my parents are already talking of marriage within a couple of years for me.
The reason behind our break-up might surprise you.After four years we now feel that we are incompatible and the quarrels were becoming too much of a headache.But not that we are happy after putting an end to our relationship.Till 5 o'clock today morning we were awake,talking over the phone.I told him about the marriage talk in my house and he seemed rather depressed on hearing it,in fact ready to cry.Not that I was not feeling the same.I even told him that as a friend would he not attend my wedding and do all the necessary work preceding the marriage?I admit my heart was almost breaking into two while saying these words.After a lot of yes and no,he said he would come as a friend but I doubt he would do that.
As for me,witnessing the marriage of the person I love is a far-cry,I would not even see him with another girl because I am of the faint-hearted type.I love him too much to ever love anyone again and though my future is not in my hands but my parents,I know my heart is sealed forever.
I have revealed a lot here.Hope you did not mind.Just could not control since everything is so fresh and this topic just came at that moment.Hope you get her back or may something so good happen to you that you get over her soon.Good luck and God bless.
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@John4Christ (1597)
• India
2 Aug 09
Hey oindy,
its really sad to hear about you......well I am so glad you shed your emotions out here......I am sure you might be feeling a little better after you said this...........
many times life does not give us what we want, even god has different plans for us......but humans as we are cant really hide our weakness, I am very emotional when it comes to these things.......
Well its too late for things to turn in my favour, but all i want to be is her good friend now, and you know the very thought of her getting married to some other guy pains me a lot !!!!
Hope god gives us someone good.......
Have a nice day !!!!
@LetranKnight25 (33121)
• Philippines
2 Aug 09
There was this lyrics in the song that i kept popping to my head when ever i read,see, or hear this kind of stories. "they keep telling me, that if you really love her, you got to set her free" Love is supposed to be selfless act. and despite of what the other person or the x-partner has decide, you should respect it and probably at least be happy for her.
[b]I remember this classmate of mine back in college, i was hanging out with him quite some time..and then he picks up his girl friend from the theater that night..it was long ago before we graduated back in 2005. but then again, i checked their friendster accounts, i saw his X with some one else, married..and him..located somewhere in England..it's hard to believe cause they were so in love with each other at that time i was hanging out with him.
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If you won't attend an invitation it's ok. but it proves you still hold the scars of hate of what happened or how the relationship blown out.
I don't know if i will keep my word on this..but if that happens i will attend that wedding because it's her happiness and i would probably and should be there because I should be happy for her..just like that.
@John4Christ (1597)
• India
3 Aug 09
I agree with you on this.......but then scars are not really that easy to wipe off.......specially if you still love that person.......if it ended up bitter or you felt cheated then you feel happy that you moved on.......but then if it happened out of some mistake or misunderstanding and the damage is irreparable then you do feel bad about it........
But what you have mentioned dis indeed worth looking at !!!!
@patofgold23 (5069)
• Philippines
3 Aug 09
depends...if that ex was really special to me, I might, but would be very uncomfortable deep inside.....(i'll try my best not to show it)
but if that ex was not that special to me....I can go without any hesitation =)
@John4Christ (1597)
• India
3 Aug 09
I agree it all depends on what was our comfort level with that particular person.........if it was all that good then you wont really have any issues with it !!!!!
@dennischung14 (1)
• United States
7 Jan 10
i would feel like a 5 ton truck ran over my bleeding heart, like OMG. I would be happy to see friends and the family. But on the other hand, in dispair .... lol. People rejoicing and caroling and partying. Like WHAT!!!! Its like you window shopping for your love.
@x_Jo_x (1040)
•
2 Aug 09
It would depend on my relationship with the person. If i was still good friends with them and had no feelings for them then i could. But if i was still in love with them i couldnt, would be too hard! Think it would be tough anyway. Not sure if i could do either. I would want them to be happy though!
@ChrysanTflower (1607)
• Indonesia
3 Aug 09
Because its' my ex, I think I won't have any problem. But if i still love him, I won't come to that wedding. I don't wanna hurt myself. But I found myself can easily forget the feelings in someone after we break up, I think I'll just come and say congratulations. If I still love him and now it can break my heart, I simply won't come because I love myself and don't wanna hurt it. If I have no feeling anymore for him I will come if I have time Just make it simple..
@caughie (32)
•
2 Aug 09
i would definately attend the wedding.Not only for nosiness, but to show my ex that i'm a mature grown up who has moved on with there life.
@mjlimited626 (36)
• Canada
2 Aug 09
I think its a bad idea because it could lead your exlover's wedding to a disaster. Also it depends on how you guys broke up because it could make you feel really uncomfortable being there if that was the guy/girl of your dreams and watching them marrying someone could even make you feel worst.