Does he love me?
By Cleofe
@mackiejp (374)
Philippines
March 15, 2010 1:42pm CST
Someone I've known just came from a broken relationship, I saw the agony in her eyes wanting something, an answer to her question if his man really loved him when they were together, I felt like being torn between telling her the truth or the lies, I don't know what to say, but I know he once loved her only that when they were shaken by trials everything just spilled out... I don't want her to hope, I don't want her to wait and so I find a way to say it for she deserved to know than to give her beautiful lie.I tried to deliver it well...
I took a bottle-cap and placed it in front of us, I filled with water, then I started to shake it and its content spilled out and left almost nothing, I told her the point that the water in a bottle-cap represents the love, it is not about how much does he love her from the start but of how much there is left after they were shaken, almost nothing...and I was hoping that would somehow give her the answer to her question.
Now, If you were her would you move on and start to live again apart of the hope that he will return to you, or continue hoping for him to come back just as what the quote said that, "when you love someone set him free and when he comes back it means you are meant to be"...
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16 responses
@amjadmacs (467)
• France
15 Mar 10
After reading your post, I am bit emotional. Its human natural that sometimes he/she is very much emotional and does not use much of his or her brain rather than emotions. Sometimes, I am very much emotional and do not use my brain, instead use my emotions. At times, using you're emotions is better than using you're brain. But mostly it doesn't work ( at least for me).
As far as you friend is concerned, you should try to see her truth in simple. Tell her what you're totally wrong about everything then what will happened? I am positive thinker but I always start my thoughts will negative once. Its better to be safe then sorry. So, I think pointing out the negatives are very important then think about the positives. So, may be the realizing her what is loosing in real and tell her the negative side and showing the bitter truth in simple way might help.
@mackiejp (374)
• Philippines
16 Mar 10
Thanks for sharing your side, I have done my part to tell her the truth as I have seen their relationship from the beginning until it ended, as a friend I gave her the chance to weep, but I often reminded her that there is a life after everything that happened, it may not be simple to begin with since she just came out and shaped very badly but she needs to re-live her life not to look again for the right one but being the right one to someone.
Reality really bites, but crushing truth will only perish when you acknowledge it. I am not expecting her to be at her best shape this soon but I am the one who is building much hope that she can make it again in time...Thanks again :)
@amjadmacs (467)
• France
16 Mar 10
Thats so sweet of you. I mean, I expect you a friend to be like you. You are a true and helping her in worst time of her. I gave you thumbs up.
@shello (964)
• United Arab Emirates
16 Mar 10
If I am to rate you from 1 to 10, I would give you a 10 for giving her a perfect example of the kind of love that that man had for her. You are indeed a true friend for showing her the truth of what had become of that love, just like the water that spilled out of that bottle.
And if I was in her shoes, I would certainly move on and start a new life. I was in that very same situation some 12 years ago. I was so broken and hurt and that feeling kept me in agony for almost a year. I know that it won't be easy for her but she has to accept the fact that that guy doesn't love her truly. Because if it's true love, then the trials and other hindrances could not stop or change the feeling. She must let him go and at the same time she should learn to accept the fact that it's all over between them and she should wait no more.
@shello (964)
• United Arab Emirates
17 Mar 10
So it was true love then? Yet it was not that mature to face trials of different kinds that would somehow come to a relationship to shake it. If that's the case then maybe she has a point in waiting for that guy to come back to her. Cause for me true love does not fades that easy.
But if they were in that realtionship for a long time maybe they have lost something in the relationship and they noticed it too late and it would be very difficult for them to gain it back such as trust which is so essential in a relationship.
Now, I don't know what to say. Maybe she could wait for a while but what's the use of waiting then if the magic of that love has faded already. Well Mackie, its up to her to decide. If she has to follow what her heart is telling her then allow her to do that. What you could do is to comfort her and continue to let her know that you are there always to support her no matter what happens.
@mackiejp (374)
• Philippines
16 Mar 10
Thank you shello, we knew it was true love they had in the beginning but sometimes true love unpredictably fades away, we knew there were signs but it was really too late to save, sometimes, when you are too familiar with each other, you realized that you've lost something along the way. In a relationship we are not always creating a perfect circle and not always happily ever after are the ending. There are strong forces of nature to pull you down, yes, there was true love in the beginning but holding it until the end was 50/50 chances to survive.
@ongtina (1232)
• Singapore
16 Mar 10
You are very clever, being able to show love with the bottle cap. You are also a very good friend, it'll be so nice and lucky to have you as a friend. It'll take time so just be there for your friend till she stands well again. For me, I believe in letting the person have freedom cos without freedom, a person can't be happy and if I love that person, I want him to be happy. At the same time, I also will remember to live my life to my best cos if I'm not a happy person, how can I bring happiness to the other?
@mackiejp (374)
• Philippines
16 Mar 10
Thanks a lot for sharing your opinion here; I hope my friend who is in pain right now will see the effort of her friends who are only hoping her best. As of now, she can see us but not our efforts of pulling her back. What we can offer her now are more understanding and prayers that one day soon she'll wake us up with her sweetest smile just the way she used to...
@eLsMarie (4345)
• Philippines
16 Mar 10
If I were the girl, I won't wait for him to come back. Instead I'll just offer my love to myself and to all the people who loves me unconditionally. I don't really believe in that quote that you mentioned above because if he really loves her, he will always always find a way in order for the girl to stay with him. If I were the boy who loves you, I wouldn't do such a thing that will hurt you. Do you get my point? I really hate girls who are being neglected or whatever by a guy. I hope that he finds himself and his real mission. I would advice you to move on and continue life accepting the fact that he no longer loves you or that maybe he is still confuse. You can also wait but you have to understand that through waiting there was never an assurance that he will surely come back to you. It's your choice. ^_^ Good luck.
@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
16 Mar 10
Wow! you gave her a good example. nice one!
I just came from a breakup a couple of months ago and you are right. Love is lost if the relationship is going thru problems which are not solved properly. if it is just let go unsolved then it will compromise the relationship. But if it is solved with good ends then it strengthens the bond between you two.
@mackiejp (374)
• Philippines
16 Mar 10
Thanks basqui, seeing a friend in great pain you have to think of ways how to say it with less pain. When I gave her that example she looked at me as if I lost one screw in my head, and she even managed to smile at me as if she was listening to a person with mental disorder. But she really listened very carefully, that she even said "nothing is left now". I know that one day she'll be fine because we are by her side to help her get through those things she is facing now...
@dante_off (607)
• India
16 Mar 10
See this whole prospect of love can be categorised into many categories, but the real essence of love lies in its truthfulness, how much true is it.
Love according to many, is a healthy relation among two individuals which bases on emotional set and attachment and has a very positive effect on our minds.
Now do not get confused, sorrow in love are of two types:
1. When you are rejected, its never love by the one who rejected, so here sorrow or sadness is not really of love, its of of being rejected of love.
2. When there is some quarrel, or some misunderstanding between two individuals in love. Here the sadness and lonely feeling is overcome by the strength of their love only.
Life is a process where you encounter with events which define your life and give you meaning to live it. There are things which happen to you but you do not know of its importance at that part of time, but as time passes you feel to see the dots get connected and overall meaning lies before you and you, then is the most happiest person in the world.
In her case, if this has happened, if he has gone away violently then she deserves someone even better. So The Almighty has done this, never should she feel this in a negative way. Still the shadow of sorrow will remain for a period, but when she experiences true love all this pain will disappear as if it never was there.
As in my opinion, love is only and only one, true love i.e. love of souls, you see that when you feel that you can never live without him/her then you know its love, whereas a short lived such feeling is only attraction.
She will understand!
~cheerio~
@mackiejp (374)
• Philippines
16 Mar 10
Thanks for the share...yes, she really is deserving of someone that also deserves her. As I have just said, she should not only focus on finding the right one for her again, she should work of being the right one for someone who will come along.
Perhaps, their story is meant to happen for them to see if they are really the right one for each other. And knowing that they are not then somewhere here, there is really the right person for her to love again and love her back.
@cloud31 (5809)
•
15 Mar 10
Its hard to starts to live again with all emotions beside,she just came from broke up so its hard for her to move on but once he starts to step once she even can run over this...maybe you can show her what are the possibility she had to consider while the pain still there,she might soon realize she had to live a life for better.I think hoping for someone for coming back its not a good choice, It may end up hurting and even hopeless if the one you are waiting for mislead his/her of coming back.
I agree on what the quote says if the love really means for you it will no way to go but you.
Hope the best for her! And happy myLotting!
@mackiejp (374)
• Philippines
16 Mar 10
Thanks cloud, I never gave her false hope, at first I thought of telling her lies but as a friend I don't want to be awaken at midnight with guilt in my heart for not telling her the truth that she deserved. I do respect her weeping right now, no one of us can stand easily after your heart crushed into pieces...Like me, my friend is not a super woman, all I hope for her now is to find her way back to herself, she isn't doing well with anything now, not really the same person she was before it happened, what we gave her is our understanding. Thanks and happy myLotting too.:D
@lhadie (32)
• Philippines
16 Mar 10
I love the way you represented it. Yes... For me, the guy loved him for sure. We really don't know what had happened, hu commited the mistake but 1 thing is for sure "They love each other". Maybe that time, the load is just so heavy that to the point that the guy gave up. I mean, he maybe resting for a moment for him to give back the love he has before or the most painful thing - HE quits. I think they need to talk about it.
@mackiejp (374)
• Philippines
16 Mar 10
Thanks lhadie, that was the only thing I can think as the easiest way to tell her the truth. As a friend, it is hard to tell a friend who is in sorrow the exact words to describe the feeling of the person who've caused her weeping. And it is inappropriate also to tell her a lie.
Thank you again...:)
@scja16 (322)
• Philippines
16 Mar 10
It surely is not easy to move especially when you came from a big cup of water and even if almost half of it were spilled out. There are still more love left in it. My point is, there are no answers to which is which or to whom she will choose but the only way to find out is to give that person more time to think. That person really needs to have her time alone. Reflecting is one way but I think it is much better to know your feelings first before getting another cup of water (love) because it will end up having two cups...God knows what is the best for all of us... For me i think whether you love someone or that someone love some. Do not stop loving the person you love.. God bless
@mackiejp (374)
• Philippines
16 Mar 10
Thanks scja16, I am sorry for that mistake I committed above, the part "IF HIS MAN REALLY LOVED HIM, it should be " IF HER MAN REALLY LOVED HER" again for those who shared their thoughts sorry for the mistake, it was already late when I decided to post a new discussion haven't seen it to correct...
Back to the opinion you shared, you are exactly right, we gave her all the time to think what is best for her to do. We did not push her of doing what we thought is best for her now. We let her weep until her tears run out. Thanks again...:)
@tomitomi (5429)
• Singapore
16 Mar 10
i think you have done a good job mack. i may not be able to handle such a sensitive issue, a very delicate, fragile and difficult situation like this. love the way you put down your thoughts. love the way you explain things. that's realy great mack. two thumbs up for you again!!! keep it up, keep on sharing and keep on posting.
@dr0czh (53)
• China
16 Mar 10
I feel sorry for her,but i wanna say that nothing can't handle including love.I used to date a handsome boy at higher school,i felt that i was the happiess girl in the world .I hope to see him everyday and everymoment.But finnally i found him date with other girl.I was confused at that moment , i didn't kown what to do."pretend nothing happen?"no,I will not forgive myself if i do such thing .so at last,we broken.And then ,I felt relaxed.I can live my life again,and now ,i live with my new boyfriend happily.
@PDC111885 (7)
• United States
15 Mar 10
I once was in a similiar situation. All I can say that if he really did love her it will always remain there. True love doesn't just vanish like that. Now whether or not he will still be in love with her is a different story. Love hurts and I wouldn't tell her to wait at all on it. Only if she feels that there is hope. She can not be blinded though with wishful thinking. Chances are the signs are really there and we fail to see them for what they really are. Please don't be blinded by love because that only hurts more. I took things for what it was worth in my situation. The love on my side was still there and I did wait in my own little way for him to come back. All he did was take that love for granted and led me on until I finally opened my eyes and let go. It took me almost five years to let go but I did. During those five years I kept going but always had that hope he would come back and he never did. He actually got married and had a baby and left me looking stupid all because he led me on and I was too blind to see things for what it really was. Good luck.
@mackiejp (374)
• Philippines
16 Mar 10
Thanks PDC, I know he loved her in the beginning, I've seen them in loved then, but only when they were shaken everything just changed so badly, my friend's question should not be "Does he really love me?" it would be better express it this way, "How deep is his love to me." as I have given her the point that if only his love is like a water placed in an empty glass and even how you shake it vigorously the Love will always be there and nothing will spill out, but for her man it did not turn out that way, his love for her was like in that water in a bottle-cap, all spilled out.
Painful, but that is what reality is. Thanks again.
@swise1 (14)
• United States
16 Mar 10
I myself would take time to think this through and then tell myself that if he loved me, we would still be together. If this were me i would rather go out and live, there are many more people in the world and God has the perfect one out there for her, one that will love her no matter what. This decision is up to her, tell her that if she really cared enough about him, then to talk to him get his opinion, and then take that into consideration. But as i said before, if he really lover and cared for her, then he would still be with her.
I wish for the best,
Scotty
@mackiejp (374)
• Philippines
16 Mar 10
The confrontation already happened and that caused her so much pain, she cannot revived the love that is all spilled out, there is no question about his love for her when they started, but something went wrong and I tell you, there is no way to win him back if I were her. All we hope for her is to stand after everything, if pain is unbearable then pray a lot. Thank you Scotty for the share.
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
16 Mar 10
For me it is depends on you if you want the second change then it is happened if not then not to happened only you to decision but many are successful one if they show patient and forgiveness.