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Down, but not out....yet


As per my last thread, I got very weak and texted M. I wished him and his family a merry Christmas as I know they have had a challenging year. I told him I think of his family and especially his son, very often and I wish them peace and love.

He did reply back wishing D12,me, and the dog a merry Christmas as well. I sent him a picture of the dog. And that was it.

I have been thinking of doing that and I don’t know why. And I did it. But god, I’m hurting so bad. A year ago I realized I was in love with him, celebrating Christmas with him and his family.

I deserve a big butt kicking it was dumb. Im in pain.

But I think it might have been a step towards closure .

I do miss them very much. More his son and family. But him too.

Kick my butt my now, I deserve it.

Thank you Jon, I wish the same to you and your family

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Not gonna kick your butt G. You do that enough by yourself. Don’t beat yourself up too bad though. You’re human and the holidays are tough. (((HUGS)))

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You don’t miss him - he was an arse. You miss the companionship, and the IDEA of him that you tried to wish into being.

And now of course you feel stupid because that tiny part of you hoped when you reached out that he would respond as if he’d been pining for you. (We all think that). But the reality is no, he didn’t , and the whole exchange meant less to him than it did to you.

No more chasing! Move on girl .

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I agree with k and you deserve so much better. Delete his number and never look back.


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You are both very right. I certainly beat myself up enough. I’m not going to. I’m just going to move on from it.

I expected him not to answer, which I think would have been better. The exchange meant much less to him than it did to me. Which was pretty much the reality of our relationship
And why it ended. I thought the original reason I did it, ( because this wasn’t impulsive, I’ve been considering it for a while now. In some weird way, it felt like it was going to be some SOS to his son and family. That I miss them and care for them .

Its time to finish off the grieving and move on. He doesn’t think twice about us, and his family will just love the next girlfriend who comes along.

It’s weird. The way I work is I cannot fathom throwing so many memories away and just turning off the love you’ve had for someone. I can’t seem to do it very well. When someone like that comes into my life it just means so much to me. And I can’t write off so easily things that mean so much to me. Others sure can. My ex H did. ExNG didn’t so much. I know this kind of for a fact. He was with someone else but his heart was still with me for a while. M managed toss me aside very easily.

I think I might finally have the closure I wed. I did need to close this out somehow and it wasn’t going to be the way I really wanted to. I shall settle for this.

I’m going to move on . New beginnings with hopeful happy endings.

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I am going to go against the grain here and say that if you did it with no expectations then I don't see any problem with it.

I'm really sorry you are going through a tough time but like my mama always says "this to shall pass".

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Originally Posted by Ginger1
I cannot fathom throwing so many memories away and just turning off the love you’ve had for someone. I can’t seem to do it very well.
Big hugs ((((Ginger1)))) Merry Christmas to you and yours.


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I am going to go against the grain here and say that if you did it with no expectations then I don't see any problem with it.


The problem with this is, no matter what lies we tell ourselves, we always have a secret expectation when we do these things.

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I am going to go against the grain here and say that if you did it with no expectations then I don't see any problem with it.


The problem with this is, no matter what lies we tell ourselves, we always have a secret expectation when we do these things.


Beat me to it... totally true though.

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I managed to fool myself that I didn’t have expectations. The only one I honestly had was of him not answering.

He actually replied to me not long ago, which would be the time he dropped off his son. I haven’t replied back.

Anyways, the good stuff. D12 loves everyone of her gifts. She couldn’t have been more thrilled, more excited, and more happy. I did pretty good myself. I got the new laptop/notebook I wanted, and alexa echo, the screen one. A gift certificate for an hour massage, and $500 cash which I really didn’t expect. They wanted to help me out.

And in more good news, I got a guy coming to fix my status and walkway for $300 vs $2500. I’m pretty stoked about that. I dropped D12 off at her dads and he came out and wished me a merry Christmas and asked if I liked the pug shirt from my D. I told him I did. OWW and I always throw in an edible gift for each other.

Going to dinner soon. Honestly, I’m sick of eating. My body is saying “no more!” I never thought that day would come.
I’m going to listen to it after dinner tonight, lol

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