will you let go your 9 years lover for someone you've only known for 3 weeks????
@astryfernandy (66)
Philippines
April 26, 2011 2:24am CST
Yuppp... This is what's happening to me right now. I let my 9 years boy friend go for a new guy I have only known for 3 weeks.
9 years of relationship, without ever planning of taking another step forward..I think it's time to let him go. So I did let him go, and he regretted the decision I made. He said that "you should push me harder to make the commitment but leaving me? after nine year? for a guy you barely know? that's gonna be your biggest mistake dear" that was all he said to me..
DO YOU THINK I HAVE MADE THE BIGGEST MISTAKE IN MY LIFE???
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12 responses
@mohdaamir786 (14)
• India
26 Apr 11
ys i think its a very big mistake of your life.the person you know only from sometime can b ur timepass bt not your love it can b attraction bt not love it can b anything but not love youshould not take chance and say sorry to your loveone.....
@astryfernandy (66)
• Philippines
27 Apr 11
thank you very much mohdaamir, really appreciate it. actually i was alread thinking about it almost a year before i finally said it. thinking about "should I end it, or should I not?". the new guy was just a minor reason, if my ex and I were good and on the right track, i think that new guy, would never got the chance to have anything with me tough..
@astryfernandy (66)
• Philippines
27 Apr 11
Hi mohdaamir786
Thank you for your comment. I can not really say anything about you comment tough. It's your opinion. Hope for the best is all i can do now. I will not come back and say sorry to my ex, because i think somehow, he did hurt me,by did not think that marry me is important. and for what is worth, i think I am in better place right now.
thanks a lot buddy
@mohdaamir786 (14)
• India
27 Apr 11
you are most welcome astry bt its my opinion dear...i can understand what a person feel when it get hurt but where there is love there should be some faith.i dont know what actually happened but sometime we should not take decesions in hurry.relax and then think sereously and if you really want to be seperate then its your choice i just can say all the very best for your upcoming life take care.
@zralte (4178)
• India
26 Apr 11
Well, it may be the best decision, or it could be your worst mistake. If we could predict future, everything would be fine. Since no one knows what the future holds, all we can do is take risks.
Saying that, my personal opinion is that may be you are doing things a little extreme. From what you said, it sounds as if your boyfriend for 9 years and you have been comfortable together, and that no one is taking the steps towards commitment. Like he said, may be you should have brought that up before.
Not really knowing what your situation is, I don't want to pass judgement. May be this guy you have known for three weeks is good for you. All I can say is, only time will tell.
@astryfernandy (66)
• Philippines
26 Apr 11
Hi zralte...
hmmm i like this comment of yours. "all we can do is take the risks". and thank you for not judging me, because everyone has a reason for everything he/she does right??
many things I can not share here about my reasons, but believe me when i say that I have been trying to bring "that thing" up for quite sometimes.
for years he's been thinking that i would never leave him no matter what, he was way over me in that, he really knows me well, so i guess when he said that I should have brought "that thing" up and push him more, it was just out of shocked. He was not prepared nor ready seeing me saying the unexpected thing.
and what i told him was: "may be right now you feel I'm doing you wrong, and you cannot accept it, but a a day or a month from now, you'll be relief that i am finally gone from your life". :)
it was for the best of us i think!
@zralte (4178)
• India
26 Apr 11
Yeah, like I said, you know your situation best, so I'm sure you have a good reason for leaving him. People don't just leave a 9 year old relationship just for the sake of it.
Without risks, there is no reward either. We have to be prepared to take the risks. If the risk we take turns out to be a mistake, well, at least we've tried, and hopefully learn from that mistake. That's what life is all about. I'm not talking about blindly taking risks, you know what I mean.
As long as you are happy, that is good.
Just a friendly advice, take things slow with the new guy. I'm sure you already decided that, but I just had to say it out.
Good Luck with the new relationship.
@_sketch_ (5742)
• United States
27 Apr 11
It doesn't really matter what I or any other mylotter thinks. It's your life. Do you think you made a mistake?
@astryfernandy (66)
• Philippines
27 Apr 11
hi there,
nice questions. But it's hard to answer :)
well,
A mistake or not, it's already done. The purpose of me placed this topic for discussion was to make other people that by any chance having the same problems as what i had, so that they can get something to think about by reading it.
Thanks for the comment.
@cmang83 (285)
• Malaysia
26 Apr 11
Hey astryfer, the same situation did happen on my friend. She had a boyfriend and the relationship is about 9-10 years but the guy don't want to step forward and end up, they broke.
And then she started a relationship with another guy and after 3 months dating, they get married but as i know, she is regret now because the guy treat her not good. Always force her to do thing that she don't like. She said she suppose to spare more time with the guy and know more about him before married.
@astryfernandy (66)
• Philippines
26 Apr 11
to cmag83,
hi there. Oh My god, I am so sorry for your friend. I hope it won't happen to me. it is true you should spare more time with your lover in order to know him/her better.
from my experience: (hahaha..)
first year: too many things we don't know about each other. almost everything is fake.
Second Year: Gets to know a little more, but still a little we hide from each other.
Third Year : we don't really hide anything from one another anymore, and the flame is just not as big as the first to years.
Fourth : Plain. just the feelings of "ok, he/she is mine, so i got to treat her/him right"
Fifth year: is the hard one, So boring(ggggg), to the terms that we kind of get sick of each other. :)
the years after : wow..It's so hard to explain..hahaha
have a good night there..
@EstiiBabii (685)
• United States
26 Apr 11
I don't think that was the biggest mistake you ever made. I think you left him for someone new because you guys have been dating for more than 5 years and he has yet to put a ring on that finger. If I was dating a guy for more 5 years I would've demanded that ring on my finger a long time ago. If he didn't put that ring on my finger then I would've left him for some guy that I just met also. So, I don't think you made the big mistake as long as you're happy with this guy you met and as long as he treats you right.
@astryfernandy (66)
• Philippines
27 Apr 11
EstiiBabii,
Thank you dear, for the nice comment. Yes it's kind of true isn't it? i mean what could you possible hope in a man who just let you stay as girlfriend for many years? even if i go back to him, and he is promising me a marriage life, it would be just to make me stay around, not because he wants it, so i think i am in better place right now.
@kalithedestroyer (71)
• United States
27 Apr 11
no, i don't think it was a mistake. if he was that casual about the breakup, it's a good thing you let him go. you are going to be feeling grief and loss, even if it wasnt that great of a relationship. I wish you the best of luck with the new guy
@astryfernandy (66)
• Philippines
27 Apr 11
hi there,
Thanks for supporting what i did. Yeah, he was quite casual about the breakup and i found it irritating. that's why I said to him:
"may be right now you think I am mean, and too cruel, but a day maybe, or a week or months from now, you will be so relief with my decision today,I know you so well, and i know that's gonna happen".
I was literally sad just like normal people who lost their long term relationship, but this new guy he was quite nice to give me time to settle myself before we started our relationship.
so yes best of luck for me, and for you too.
thanks
@sender621 (14893)
• United States
26 Apr 11
It's not about the length of time you are in a relationship with someoneone. it is about the quality of that time that you spend together. you can live your whole life searching or your may find your bliss right away. it is not an easy choice to make but sometimes letting go will set your heart free.
@astryfernandy (66)
• Philippines
26 Apr 11
sender621, thank you for the comment.I like it.
It's about quality of the time not quantity. I agree on that..
We were together for years, but i think I what we were missing is the "good quality of relationship".
thanks a lot for the comments. it helps me a little you know, not to feeling so guilty about what I did to him..
thank you..
@tiina05 (2317)
• Philippines
26 Apr 11
hello,
I really respect your decisions because it is your own life. I am just having a hard time to think why did you leaved the person you know more for more than 9 years?. So, maybe your reason is valid. It happened actually that you met another guy which you think is much better than your present relationship. right? . I dont think that you made a decision that will failed you, I mean you wont take this action if you think this will not gonna work. i will support you! ha ha. I am just hopping that you dont regret it.
@astryfernandy (66)
• Philippines
26 Apr 11
Hi there..
Yup I did have a very good reason to finally end my 9 years relationship. We have been together for 9 years, and he never pop-up the question, or at least having a real conversation about our future together. I mean, I live in Asian country and I am pure Asian (which comes up with so many rules between women and men). so it was a big matters to me, wasn't being asked to marry him. So i said goodbye finally, after years of uncertainty relationship.
Yes indeed, I met another guy. and this was kind of relief to me, because finally after 9 years, i could at least attracted to another guy. (during those 9 years i was never- as in never cheated nor liking another guy,just him). so Even if my new guy now, isn't the one, I will never regret my decision, because because of Him, i got the strength to come out from my previous relationships.
apart from that, too many tears during my time with my ex. just too many tears..
@SugaraeHill (29)
• United States
26 Apr 11
It's hard to say. It all depends on if u were happy?? Or just content? It's funny because my niece made a comment about meeting someone 3 days prior and already knowing she loves them. I guess it's very well possible. However I don't think I could give up a 9 yr relationship for some one who I jus met UNLESS something bad happened eg cheating, lying. Not because I met someone else.
@astryfernandy (66)
• Philippines
26 Apr 11
I was happy being with my ex. He was one of my good friends, before we started dating each other back in 2001. but the problem we had was we were more like a friend than a lover. I was happy, he was happy, but at first we were feeling weird to talk about marriage. I think the first time we spoke about marriage was when we were 23 years, and we both laughed on it, and found it really weird. and we both agree that it's weird and not the right time. after that, we were never really discuss about it anymore. and as we get older and he has his new life (from university students to a professional,etc) he keep thinking that, "we should just enjoy this moments or happiness we were having after the lousy 5 super hard college time". And at that time I was thinking the other way around..anyway..It's done, no use of regrets or anything. Just keep moving forward..:)
it could take me forever if I have to tell all the problems we had till the moments i decided to end things with him. :P
have a good night..
@latoyablake (2)
• Jamaica
27 Apr 11
This is a bitter sweet situation. Leaving your boyfriend for nine years is kinda risky but if you believe that's what you want then go for it. On the other hand, you may be making the biggest mistake of your life because personally i think three months is not enough time to get to know someone. If after nine years your boyfriend cannot make a commitment then i don't he wanted you in the first place.
@karinxaaa (31)
•
30 Apr 11
Not necessarily. It's a huge gamble, to give up something that's cost you nine years of your life. Everything you've spent, emotionally, energy, money, for nine years.... given up for something new... it's a huge gamble, but that's not to say you won't win the gamble :)