Breaking up is hard to do

@pagibig (297)
Philippines
February 17, 2007 1:53am CST
My bf and I love each other, but from my former discussions, you'll know that he and i have been having problems lately. 1 is that he is way too attached to his family that he sometimes neglect me in the process. and 2nd is that at the end of the month, he's going away. we have been fighting almost every other day, and we break up only to get back together after a few minutes or a few hours. We talked about it finally, we both know that although we love each other, i'm not happy with the present situation and that he is helpless to change it. and that although we love each other, we are miserable most times. I asked him if it's just time to take a break and see if we were really meant to be. We both agreed on it. Only to get back together after a few hours. We both realized that we are in a difficult situation, but we are miserable when we are together and we are more miserable without each other. breaking up is hard to do, and in our case, we can't even last a few hours knowing that it would be over between us. Have you ever been in a relationship that you know is no longer working out and that everything just seems so wrong, and the only that's keeping you together is the fact that you just really love each other so much?
8 responses
• India
18 Feb 07
I think love will surely see you through in the end. You just have to have some patience! Sometimes a person is pinned down by his/her commitments to his/her near and dear ones or job etc. It is only the one who understands him/her who can give him/her some space till he/she completes the commitments. True, a relation does need time for each other. But it also needs some sacrifice on part of each other. I am sure not being able to spend more time together is weighing as heavily on him as it is on you. He is feeling the same pain as you. This is where a loving person can support another. Just the knowledge that you both love each other can keep each of you going, fight all odds and finally emerge victorious when you get together forever!! I and my GF have never stayed in the same city for almost 10 years, meeting only for a couple of days or so in at least 3 months and once even 2 years! Still we stuck together, our voices keeping our hearts beating for each other, till, after a long time, we were to meet forever and we got married! If either of us had given up anytime in between, we would have lost our love then, and today I would have been without her! I am very happy today because I am with her finally after years and years of waiting! Try it - the fruits of patience taste much sweeter!
@layney (1053)
• Italy
17 Feb 07
It seems tha same situation between me and my girlfriend. We often discuss and argue because she is too involved in her family issues, thinkng about me only after her family problems. This is a thing I hate...
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@pagibig (297)
• Philippines
17 Feb 07
It is really an extremely hard situation. I'm not asking him to abandon his family of course. i just want him to find a bit of a balance. Get to spend time with me from time to time. i think once a week would be a reasonable time of spending together. but what happens now is we're lucky if we see each other once a month. we haven't missed a day of talking to each other anyway. but usually it's just a few seconds of good morning and a few seconds of good night. i want to of course be close to him. especially now that he'll be going away in a few days. he'll be going away by the end of the month and we won't see each other for 2 years. it is hard. there are so many reasons to break up, but i love him so much. it hurts.
• United States
17 Feb 07
I have gone through that. It is very hard breaking up. Everything in the relationship can be going wrong, but the love you have for each other is what keeps you together. I think after time of going through this over and over again, some people just say enough is enough and move on.
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• Philippines
17 Feb 07
thats very tough but come to think of it like you said the fact that you really love each other then for that word love alone then you can survive any hardship that will come on your way. i think its part of the relationship, you will both grew and learn through it. so both of you should be strong and have faith to each other and to God. Pray that he wil guide your relationship.
@FrancyDafne (2047)
• Italy
19 Feb 07
Eh eh eh eh.... I live in Italy, in my country men are very attached to their mom.... it's really awful.... so I can understand your trouble.... Unfortunately I'm married and I'm unhappy, we always fight, every day, and it's really very hard to go on in this way. The only thing that forces me to stay still in this family is the fact that our son is very young, and so we decided to stay still together, but this is very hard to manage.... You and your boyfriend can't break up because you need to stay always together.... maybe the fact that you always fight is a way to live together, if you stopped to fight, may be, you'd break up.... who knows....
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@nashelsky (124)
• Singapore
17 Feb 07
i've seen similar situation from one of my friends. But, it's a bit different. They both just have nothing to talk about anymore when they meet. However, both just can't lose each other and feel sad when just think about that to happen. Finally, one of them suggest a separation, and tell the other that someday probably they'll meet and be together again, start afresh, n hope the love is on the air once more.... Until now, they haven't get their reunion done :( ...
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@xelissa (776)
• New Zealand
17 Feb 07
Sometimes, love just isn't enough to keep a relationship standing. Have you tried counselling? Try to address your problems and working through it? This hasn't happened to me cause I've known my partner since I was 16 and only had a few boyfriends, but whatever you and your partner decide, all the best
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• Australia
26 Feb 07
Try talking things over, but do not bring up break up topic. Just try to evaluate yourselves together while avoiding to raise your voices..in the process resolve things by telling him things you dont like about him and how he can change them or avoid doing...the same thing with him, telling you things youve done wrong...eventually you should come out with a compromise....goodluck lola!