Why did he leave after 9 years? a heartbroken journey
about 6 weeks ago my partner of 9 years completely blindsided me. out of nowhere he told me he didn’t know if he wanted to be with me anymore and felt like our relationship had “gone as far as it
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Why did i take her love for granted?
we were together for 3 years and looking back now i realize she loved me more deeply than i ever allowed myself to fully appreciate at the time. our relationship didn’t end because there was no lov
Why do i still want one last night together?
my boyfriend and i have struggled pretty much since the start of the relationship. lately i’ve been realizing i’ve emotionally outgrown him and that he just can’t meet me where i am. we’ve tal
Why do i keep remembering him?
So yesterday I met up with a friend whom I haven't seen for a long time. Of course, I told her about the ex. I cried, and laughed. On the way home, we passed by his workplace and I pointed it out to h
Why 'lover you should've come over' hits so hard after a breakup
lover you should’ve come over came on and I contemplated a lot of heavy things
Why can't we fix this conversation?
can we at least try and fix where this conversation has gone. we had something good going. Where you feel nauseous over having to talk to me I feel sick at the thought of this sitting unresolved. plea
Why i reached out on day zero and regretted it
fucked it up and decided to reach out because I felt better. because i thought we were in a better place. i guess not.
Why it didn’t hurt the same anymore
Yesterday was good. I was busy, laughing, just doing my own thing. For a while, I didn’t even think about you. But when everything got quiet and I was alone again, I picked up my phone like I alway
Why healing from a breakup isn't linear
Thought I’d give an update as it’s been a while since I posted on here. Honestly, the last few months have changed me a lot. Since the breakup I’ve lost weight from 99kg down to 83kg, started r
Why am i so depressed after my breakup?
I’m on day 23 of no contact after an on and off 6yr relationship. I have good days and bad days but every single day I obsessively check social media for “clues.” we had broken up in December bu
How to handle seeing your ex at work after a breakup
I work with my ex and I have to see them tomorrow since breaking up on Friday. I’m also giving back their stuff. Any advice?
Why did i let my past ruin us?
We broke up 1 week ago , it was all cause of me , to sum it up , I let all my past trauma and insecurities burn her out , I lied about something , and kept it from her because I thought that it would
Do they ever come back after a breakup?
we lost our way of communicating. we were long distance and we were supposed to travel together. he is going for longer. he says he wants to try when we he gets back and he wants more space. but the t
What do i do after 14 days of no contact?
14th day of our no contact. The last Mother's Day, you greeted my mother, so I figured you still remember me but chose not to contact me. I know you don't want to come back. I know that now. I saw you
Why i cried after a coffee date with an old friend
During a night out, i bumped into someone I knew from way before. He told me I looked really good. It was the night I bumped into my ex, the first time we saw each other since the breakup. I concentra
Why do i still have hope after my breakup?
hey guys!! this goes with mu last post o made!! it’s officially been 21 days NO contact at all. i’ve been blocked on everything, he even went as for as blocking me on spotify but didn’t bother t
Why is day 1 of no contact so hard?
I’m struggling to remain no contact with my ex. We were together for 5 years and lived together for 4 of those years. I broke up with him in December. He moved out but I’ve been having a hard time
6 months after the breakup: am i moving on?
I am doing a lot better then i was when we first broke up , he doesn’t consume my mind anymore . I will admit i do still miss him , but not for the person he is now and instead i miss the old him -
Why can't i move on from him?
i can’t move on bc i don’t know for a fact he’s moving on. he left bc he didn’t feel like he could sustain the effort for a relationship but i know it’s prob bs. i keep scouring social media
Why did she leave me so suddenly?
I got broken up with yesterday. it was sudden and she already decided that it was over before we had a chance to talk about it. I’m trying to pack up her things and it’s killing me. we had been to
Why is he dating at work again?
I heard that he's dating the cashier where we used to work at today I'm abit hurt but I'm still not looking back he showed me who he really is.
6 months later and still heartbroken: why can't i move on?
and im still heartbroken. I think of them everyday. this grief is unbearable. everyone seems to be over my sadness and expected me to be okay but I’m so shattered. NC is unbearable but contact isn
Why did he lie? just found out he has a girlfriend
I was doing so well moving on living my life but i just found out he has a girlfriend after telling me after we broke up the first time he doesn’t want a relationship and that he wasn’t speaking t
Why can’t i stop thinking about her? the struggle of moving on
I have been letting go of her slowly and trying to do better I have been bettering myself I have been working out. But I still only think of her everyone keeps telling me she will come back but I am s
Does time and distance really heal breakups?
I’m still very hopeful for reconnecting in the future. There is no bad blood, he pulled away because of long distance for college and I think a fear of emotional vulnerability (his first relationshi
Does surviving a breakup really make you stronger?
They say what doesn't kill you, Makes you stronger. I disagree. What doesn't kill you, Will kill something inside of you. Something already cracking, On the verge of being broken. What doesn't kill yo
Why letting go is so hard after two years together
i was with him for 2 years… yes!! i’m really young and half way through our first year i got pregnant, miscarriaged. then recently found stuff on his phone, but previously i kept begging him to ch
Why i don’t miss him but still feel lost
I ended things again after we got back together because he doesn’t seem certain about what he wants from me. He expects full love and commitment, yet he still holds onto feelings for his ex and seem