Case of the EX -- Real Reasons?
By ainee82
@ainee82 (618)
Philippines
January 31, 2010 12:19am CST
Case of the EX -- Real Reasons
So you both have broken up. He told you that he wants to be single for now. But you have been together for years. And you just want to know why all of a sudden he wants to break up with you. He says he just wants to focus on his career. He was many ambitions and you were just a distraction to all that. It hurts you to hear this because he is your everything... or at least he was until he crushed your heart into million pieces. Since you already know him that well, you knew that he was not lying when he said he wanted to focus on his career. So a third party is out of the picture for this story. He said he does not want to have any girl friends for the mean time. He said at least for a year or 2. It gave you a bit of hope because you think you can wait for him for a year or 2 because you too had your own aspirations. But being with him was more important.
So you have broken up. A year later he tells you he is dating someone new.
It hurts you. Even though, you also have been seeing somebody. But that somebody was just to fill the emptiness that you feel for your ex.
Knowing this, the past comes back and you have flash backs of the night of your break up. Hearing his voice telling you that he wants to focus on his career. Then you blurted out to yourself saying "but he just wants t focus on his career." "Who is this girl anyway?" Because of this, you thought he was lying about the break up and just didn't want to focus on his career. That maybe he just wanted to meet another girl.
Now you ask yourself... "was what he told me the truth? Did he lie to me? So that I won't make a fuss about the break up? And so that I would just accept it?"
Now, now, now. You forgot one important detail. He broke up with you. Regardless of what reason. The fact that he broke up with you means that he is not in love with you anymore. That he cannot reciprocate any feelings for you. The career was just the second reason. If he really loves you, he will not let you go. He will appreciate of the thought of you waiting. But he doesn't. And he will never will. That chapter of your life is done.
Sometimes because of our emotions we only hear what we want to hear and don't get to absorb what's behind it. When the true reason has always been in front of you the whole time. You've just refused to look at it.
This is something that we all should learn. It doesn't matter what the reason is. No matter how big or how small the reason is for you or for your partner.. (on this case, your ex partner) the fact that one of you wants to break up or leave is reason enough for a break up.
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5 responses
@danitykane (3183)
• Philippines
31 Jan 10
hi ainee82!
First of all I want to say... "Girl, I'm intrigue with your writings!" haha! I mean, I seldom find a story that has feelings on every words especially here in mylot. Of coarse, there are some that are remarkably unique and made me go "ga-ga" over their stories but yours made say, "I'm feeling every line girl."
Okay, back to your topic. I also believe in that, if my partner wants to end our relationship, I will definitely give what he asked for. It'll be so damn hard to accept it but, if he don't want me anymore there's nothing I can do about it. That's life. I had three relationships in the past, one of which ended awfully. I totally hated him (past tense...hihi! I hated him before) Now, I've accepted the fact that we are not for each other. It was hard at the beginning because it seemed that he just let me go and he didn't even try harder to get back at me. I mean, he moved on so fast, like a thunder. It pissed me off, and the fact that he replaced me with someone who looked like bride of chucky..made me so mad. HAHAHA! Seriously! I was hoping for him to come back but, he didn't. My life is better now, and I've learned a lot of things. Every breakup is like a nightmare to me but, if it is for the best I will definitely do it and go on with my life again.
Happy Lotting!
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@ainee82 (618)
• Philippines
31 Jan 10
Hi DanityKane! Thank you for saying that. It means a lot to me. I really love writing. But I feel like I haven't practiced enough. I want to write stories and novels. That takes time. So at least for the mean time I can work on my writing skills. I hate break ups especially when it's the guy who doesn't want the relationship to work anymore. It's usually the guys who want to end it. Poor us!
@danitykane (3183)
• Philippines
31 Jan 10
ooppsss.. I mean, "of course"..haha! typo....lolz..sorry!
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@danitykane (3183)
• Philippines
31 Jan 10
No, poor them! hello to that?! j/k..Honestly, as the popular saying goes, "Everything happens for a reason." It happened because "better" things will get in our way. And God has more amazing plans in store for us.
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
31 Jan 10
Relationships can be complicated and I like the way you describle how the couple split up. The man said he wanted to focus on his career. He concentrated on his work for a while but then began dating another lady. The lady he was with dated someone else even though she was still in love with her ex-boyfriend. Well it sounds like the original couple regret spliiting up. Because of the other people getting back together for the other people isn't an option.
In 2005 a lady began dating a man and they had a lovely relationship. It came to an end in early 2006. The man wanted to concentrate on his career. The long distance had been hard for the couple to manage with. The man began dating a local lady. This hurt the lady so she on the re-bound got another boyfriend. The man said that he would meet up with the lady one last time. So without telling the new partners they met up. The lady stayed with the other guy even though she still was in love with her ex-boyfriend.
The lady meets up with her ex-boyfriend for days out. It is a friendship but she wouldn't tell her partner about it. It is obvious that the couple are still in love but they won't ever get back together. The man decided to split up because of is career and so the break up will be forever. Love is complicated and break ups can be painful.
@ainee82 (618)
• Philippines
31 Jan 10
Love and relationships are truly complicated. But even when knowing this we still manage to take the risk of falling in love and in a relationship that will eventually become complicated. It's a vicious cycle. That hopefully in the end we will be with the one we truly love.
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
1 Feb 10
Thanks for the best response. Love can be challenging and highly complicated but is is very popular. These days couples split up and they should have learned to communicate clearly in the first place. There are break ups and there has to be a real reason.
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
31 Jan 10
I agree with you on that but you still can't help thinking though and wondering where you went wrong
I have to admit if I was given the Career as a Reason, my mind would have told me straight away, that he never really loved me and just wanted to get away from me so to me that would have been enough reason not to waste my time waiting as he did not love me enough to let me be in his Life and support him
@teamrose (1492)
• United States
31 Jan 10
Why is it so hard for people to face a break up. Once a person tells you they don't want you anymore, no matter how much it hurts, you should just go somewhere and cry alone. You will eventually get over it, but if you cry alone, at least when you decide to start over you don't have to look a bunch of people in the face all feeling sorry for you.
@ainee82 (618)
• Philippines
31 Jan 10
It's different for most people. And break ups also vary on different levels of commitments. If you risked a lot, then it will definitely hurt a lot. For me a relatinship is like investing on your own new business. If you invest a lot and it doesn't work then you'll be losing a lot on your part.
@junmae (1586)
• Philippines
1 Feb 10
That is a good one Ainne, maybe there are really painful reasons behind the break up because the partner doesn't want a long argument and just let them go, or they dont want to see there partner cries a lot. As I was reading your post Im thinking about my previous relationship, he is my first love but he is the one who break up with me and it really stopped my world because he is everything to me. He said that he wants me to concentrate on my study and forget about him because of our different status in life. I accept it but hoping one day he will come back to me. At the end of the day i realized he is lying and he just want me to leave him alone.
@ainee82 (618)
• Philippines
1 Feb 10
yes. it hurts but the pain will go away. it may be sooner than we expected or longer. i think what hurts also is that fact that we try to make it work and they are the ones who break up with you. it hurts because you can also think of a million reasons to break up with him before he did. but it only takes one reason for you to stay. it hurts because we can't get the same treatment from them as we give them.