what would determine you to move on?

Romania
January 25, 2012 3:25pm CST
a friend of mine has a big problem and I don't know what I should do to help him. he was with a girl that he really loved. but one night he got drunk and he cheated on her. he couldn't live with the idea so he decided to confess his mistake. you can imagine how hurt she felt. they broke-up. the problem is that he couldn't get over it. he says that he still loves her and that he will spend all his life regreting what he did. he has been trying to get her back. she told him that she doesn't want that...that she couldn't see herself in a serious relationship with him right now and that she would probably see other guys even if they get back together. but still he can't move on.it sad because he is a good guy and he deserves someone that would love him ... what do you think he should do? should he keep trying to get her back?
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@hoodedboi (185)
• Philippines
25 Jan 12
Well for me, i think he should give your friend some space and time. If its true that he loves her so much, then he must find a way to win her back not now, but maybe in the coming months or so... Let her heal first, we all know that a woman's heart is fragile but still has the ability to forgive in a hearbeat... Moving on is different from moving forward...
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• Romania
25 Jan 12
it has been 2 years since they broke up and she told him that she doesn't want him back anymore...that she doesn't feel the same for him and it wouldn't be ok for them to get back together because he would only suffer. but he doesn't want to accept that idea
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@laligaboy (150)
• India
26 Jan 12
Hi Swissheart,, maybe it's time for him(your friend) to say her 'SORRY' very seriously.. By seriously I mean he should buy her a very expensive gift like a diamond or a brand new car and then take her to a 5 star for dinner for a month and finally he must listen to whatever she says and obey.. this may sound like being a slave, but trust me it's lot less than that. I think if he does all this he will win the girl.. If the plan does not work tell him to go find a new girl.... that's it.. Complicated issue simplified :)
• Romania
28 Jan 12
I don't think this would work in her case. believe me she isn't really that type. first of all she wouldn't accept to go anywhere. and what's most important is that she said she doesn't love him anymore. so I really don't see why he is struggling to get her back
@ladygator (3465)
• United States
25 Jan 12
I am sorry that this is hurting him so much. The thing is maybe he should have consulted with mylot before he told her. I mean its not that its a great thing to hid from someone. But if its only a one time thing its better to just not say anything. Its a mistake and things happen. He should stop trying to get her back and just wait to see if she comes to him later. She might, but a lot of time the constant pressure to get her back can push someone away. And once he leaves her alone then he will start to heal from the heartbreak.
• Romania
26 Jan 12
this is what I told him...that he should simply wait for her to make a move. but he said that he can't resist the idea of speaking to her. he feels like he misses her all the time and that he's extremly happy when she comes online or when she sends him a missage...all those little things
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
29 Jan 12
i think your friend would need to let her know that he is willing to lie low a bit for now until she realizes that he is sincere with what he is trying to do now, and that is to win her trust back. i think when you love someone you should really be fighting for that love... people makes mistakes and she will have to understand that no one is perfect... at least he admitted it to her and though she has not taken it with consideration... that is because she lost her trust on him... Maybe when she is already so open in not accepting her.. then that is really the time she moves on...
• Philippines
26 Jan 12
That friend of yours is so honest. How I wish that all the guys in the world are the same. If that friend of yours, loves her girlfriend so much he should do his best to regain the trust of his girlfriend. As woman, It would be so hard for me to trust again my partner, but If only I see his effort then I will know that he is now regretting for his mistake.
• Romania
27 Jan 12
you see the problem is that she was willing to thrust him but she didn't feel the same as she did at the begining of the relationship. as you said for me too would be really hard to get to thrust him putting myself in her position. so it probably must be so damn hard
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
26 Jan 12
I am sorry to say to but I don't believe he loves her. It's just he can't stand the idea she doesn't want you anymore. If you love someone you don't cheat. We all, already since ages, know what the results are if you cheat. How come men suddenly forget at the moment they are cheating? It has to do with being an adult, being responsible for your own deeds. it was his decision to cheat and he had to pay a price for that. I don't see any problem in her seeing other guys. They don't have a relationship anymore and ex = EXIT. He better go on with his life instead of being focused and fixated on that he (suddnely) loves her sooo much and she is the only one. He never proved to her she is, he proved the opposite. Let's hope he learned something from it and won't do this to his next girlfriend (who has to live with the knowledge that he cheated.. once a cheater always..)
• Romania
27 Jan 12
they both have their part of the guilt...and I agree with you that if you trully love someone you don't cheat that person. I understand her and the fact that she wasn't capable to get over this.she loved him and she felt terrible. I don't think there is any logical excuse for cheating. I mean if you feel like seeing other people than why don't you end the relationship so that you could do it in peace
@jdyrj777 (6530)
• United States
26 Jan 12
He should give up on her. If he wanted to be with her he should not have cheated. Or he should have just kept his mouth shut. She has already expressed that she doesnt want to be with him. I cant really blame her. Ive been in her shoes before. Where i took the cheater back but dated others after that.
• United States
29 Jan 12
If several months have gone by and she doesn't want to take him back then he needs to forget about her. He could be spending his time looking for someone new but instead he is wasting his time moaning over this woman who no longer wants him. She does not love him if she said that even if she did go back with him she would see other people anyway. Why would he want such a woman.
26 Jan 12
hi:) tell your friend to lie-low first, the girl won't forgive him now because the pain is still fresh, but if she also love your friend she will realize that in time that he maybe don't have intention to hurt her and that's the reason why he told her what happened for the first place.