Do you think he still loves me?
By Aja103654
@Aja103654 (5644)
Philippines
December 20, 2011 6:43am CST
Last summer, we held our high school reunion at a beach resort. We rented rooms for us to stay for the night.
My ex was there, too. He kept teasing me like before and trying to get everybody's attention. Everyone was aware of it, because they tease him about it, as well.
That night, as my ex was serving everyone a shot of tequila, he said that he doesn't believe in love anymore. He told us about his girlfriends, me included, whose his relationship with has not lasted.
Later, my boyfriend and I slept on separated benches outside(despite the flying mosquitoes and the cold breeze) because the rented rooms were full. As I slept, I felt someone cover me with a cloth as a blanket. I slowly turned my head around to glance at the shadow who was making his way into the rented room. It was my ex. The blanket cover thing was, as much as i want to deny it, sweet. The following morning, my BF said that although my ex doesn't believe in love anymore, he still cares for me.
Huh? What the? I don't quite get the logic in this. Can someone help me? Tell me what you think. have you had similar experiences with your ex-es?
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11 responses
@chicksdigscars (5483)
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20 Dec 11
when someone has a place in your heart, and you care for that person. you will always want to look after them. i have ex's, and to be brutally honest with you, i hate their guts.. but if anything were to ever happen to them, or if they needed my help, as someone i once loved and spent time with, and got to know like i would a friend, i would help them.
my question to you is, do you WANT him to still love you?
and when you say BF.. do you mean best friend, or boyfriend?
@chicksdigscars (5483)
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22 Dec 11
well to be honest with you.. if he DOES love you. you can't return the feelings. and if he DOESN'T love you. you can't return the feelings.. so to be honest with you, considering nothing can actually COME from knowing.. so i would just let it go. because if he doesn't love you, no harm done, as you say.. but if he does love you, and you know it, it could make things awkward between you, and make your new boyfriend uncomfortable!
@chicksdigscars (5483)
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24 Dec 11
well if you feel that this could be a chance for you to get your own back, and let go of those grudges, then i guess it would do no harm in trying to find out? muahaha! ;)
@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
21 Dec 11
I meant boyfriend.
Hmm, good question, chicks. Actually, It doesn't matter to me if he loves me or not. I'm only concerned of knowing and confirming either. If he loves me, then I wouldn't be able to return those kind of feelings to him. If he doesn't, well, no harm done.
@ramonah (211)
• Romania
21 Dec 11
I believe it's pure chemistry.
First of all,, if he doesn't believe in love it doesn't mean he doesn't feel it. He can't stop it because it's a chemical reaction in the brain, he can only deny he is feeling it, and even that to a certain point.
About ex'es, well, I think everyone breaks up with someone for a reason, or more reasons, but those reasons can coexist with love, just they might be enough to deny the good reasons for a relationship to work.
Getting to the point, your ex might still care for you in certain ways, but those ways are not enough for him to necessarily want a full time relationship with you.
For example I care for all my ex'es because I never broke up with someone for a bad reason, not cheating, not lies, just a simple both sided agreement that we were not really meant to be more than a short term team for having fun, and even if it was bad, I think I'd still care for the good reasons. I am in a long term, probably soon to be married relationship right now and I still remember all my ex'es, some I still see around, some not but I care for them all, as friends, as acquaintances I appreciate and care for, and I'd cover them with a blanket if I thought they were cold. :)
I'm not saying he couldn't feel even more for you, but I am saying it could just be a simple care he holds for a friendly person he had in his life, and loved at some point for some good reasons.
@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
22 Dec 11
, that's an interesting theory you have there.
He did more things than the cover blanket stuff, he also told my boyfriend to make sure that I was accompanied home. For a second there, I thought he was behaving like a father, not an ex LOL.
@purplealabaster (22091)
• United States
20 Dec 11
I agree with what most people have said here - I think he still cares for you, but that does not mean that he still loves you. I still care for most of my exes ... in fact, I still love a couple of them ... but that does not mean that I am in love with them - there is a difference. I care about them (and love a couple of them) like I care about (and love) my other friends, but I do not want to be in a romantic relationship with them any more.
@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
21 Dec 11
I see. You are kind purple. Hehe, unlike me who doesn't think about my ex-es. I still want a good life for them, but not willing to be in a relationship with them. Thank you for your response.
@craziestqueenever (1819)
• Philippines
20 Dec 11
Maybe or maybe not. Maybe your ex still has a feeling for you, or it's just that he is just concerned or he is the type of person who cares a lot to others. If your ex still loves you he will try to make a move to get your attention. You've said that your ex doesn't believe in love anymore right? I wonder what had happened.
@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
21 Dec 11
I'm curious about that too. I wonder what really made him lost his faith in love. Maybe another girl broke his heart completely. I'm pretty sure it wasn't me, because he's the one who broke mine LOL
@stuckonu (726)
• Philippines
21 Dec 11
First of all, I want to apologize because all this time I thought you are a male. (Never checked your profile) :)
Sometimes being sweet doesn't necessarily mean that you love the receiver of that sweetness. But it was a good gesture at the part of your ex. He may still care for you because after all, you have shared some good moments together (I pressume). I remember having the same feeling for my ex back then, I even feel jealous of the guy whom she is dating. But I realize that I no longer love her, but I still care for her in some ways.
@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
22 Dec 11
LOL, haha, I wonder if a lot of people thought that I'm male the first time they notice me here? Ey, you don't have to apologize for anything.
I see. So it's kind of inevitable to not care for your ex, then. But why am I not sweet to him? Probably because of my boyfriend, but I don't think I would be sweet even if i don't have boyfriend. argh... I think I'm one of those bitter ex-es.
@girl_thinking (1959)
• Philippines
21 Dec 11
Oh how romantic This is just like the love stories that I read. It's like you and your ex are the main characters. You fell out of love then you met again and then "love" happens-- again. Aww.. too good to be true though but I think your ex might still like/love you. Is your boyfriend not jealous? Haha, I'm just curious.
@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
22 Dec 11
LOL, yeah it might seem romantic. Hate to disappoint, girl_T, but I don't think this story will be like those romantic books. I have no romantic feelings for my ex anymore.
My boyfriend was a little disturbed, and he suspects that my ex might be trying to take me back, which I doubt.
@SpikeTheLobster (6403)
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20 Dec 11
Love is a big jump from caring for someone. I have several female friends who I'd cover with a blanket and pull their shoes off for them if they fell asleep on the couch. It doesn't mean I'd want a relationship with them, just that I care about them as good friends.
@cearn25 (3456)
• Philippines
20 Dec 11
Don't misunderstood what your ex boyfriend has done to you. He is just being friendly and caring as much as he wanted to be. Good thing that your boyfriend now wasn't angry about what happened between you and your ex boyfriend. Some boyfriends get jealous of the exes because of having a past.
@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
21 Dec 11
Yep, it's a good thing. he's a little protective and paranoid though so I showed him I don't love my ex the way I used to. In fact, I kind of hated my ex.
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
20 Dec 11
I'm not sure about this. But maybe somehow he has gotten over it and moved on. But the fact that you both are still friends, maybe this is his way of showing that he still cares for you as a friend, and still respects you no matter things between the both of you didn't go well when you both are still in a relationship.
@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
21 Dec 11
Probably, it's just a form of undoing on his part for his past misgivings in our relationship. I can't really tell what he is thinking, I'm not confident that I know him like that. Which is why I wanted to ask people around mylot what they think of this situation.
@LifeOngoing (129)
• United States
20 Dec 11
It sounds like he cares for you, but love is a stretch. I think you ought to ask yourself why it matters to you when you have a boyfriend already? If you already have closure from that relationship, and you're just wistfully wondering what if's, I guess, that's okay as long as you realize that what was in the past is past, and the new him is not the old him. If you haven't seen him in years and don't know what happened to him in the meantime don't assume you know who he is now.
@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
21 Dec 11
Thank you.
Hm, the love word in the title is just for extra drama. I don't think he loves me anymore and even if he did, I wouldn't respond to those feelings. I love my current boyfriend too much, I rarely think about my ex. It was just that time that I was curious.
@sabado_dc (1001)
• Philippines
20 Dec 11
In my own opinion according to your story, he still cares about you. He says he does not believe in love anymore and that really means something. If you were a part of that experience made him detached his belief about love, for sure, till now, he still suffers from stress out from that breakup. Some person does not take stress easily but when someone really loved you and being attached to each others for a long time, he might lose his sanity intact out of him.
@Aja103654 (5644)
• Philippines
21 Dec 11
I hope he doesn't lose his sanity like that. He may be a little crazy but I don't want him to ruin his future and chances for happiness.