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relationship breakup

awrinkle_in_time
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Hi , i was in a relationship the first after a divorce of a 20 year marriage , i didn't think i would find love again , i meet this lady through some good friends and we started slow seeing each other on weekends , we lived 2 hrs apart .. we found comfort in each other and the time we spent together was the best time i have ever spent with a women , i could watch the grass grow for ever in her company . as time went on the baggage in both our lives came out and instead of dealing with it we just broke up .. she was scared and so was i .. the going our own ways happened so suddenly and i couldn't believe it happened ...approx 10months ago ... we had little contact and got on with our lives ..i whole time feeling very sad i felt a massive loss .. honestly thought we wold spend our lives together .. i speak of the good times now but there were times that her baggage came out and with out an open communication at these times it would be impossible to have a lasting relationship ...no such communication was possible ... and i know us being apart is better ..but i am still so in love with her ...i messaged her a few days ago and showed her pictures of my apartment which i have renovated ..the finished product ..she didn't reply ..i messaged my feelings and she replied with i think you should move on like i have ..i asked her if she was seeing anyone and she said yes ...i had to get myself home and i vomited many times and just put myself to bed ..i am reliving the weekends i said with her and seeing another guy in her life exactly like i was ...i try to reflect to the times that help me understand that it wouldn't have worked between us but my heart is so full of love for her .. its painful and i can't stop crying
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Letting someone get into every part of you to then have to take them & their love out of you- possible. Ive had to do it. Im not sure if his spirit has fully left, but i think it does eventually. You can become haunted by the past love. Love how your dancing is something else that can take up a lot of you, a good time out.

Today I was with friends, did some gym, job search,cleaned. I'm hoping to go for a jog tomorrow.

Hope you have some things to keep you occupied as well & I'm sure you do! You're doing good & I managed to find one of your posts, short, but you hit the mark.

Hi , How did you go with you job looking ? hope you got it . I had a busy day and went out with a mate from work for dinner it was fun , I got a big walk in after work it was nice the weather is so perfect in QLD ..she is still on my mind ..i hope it passes soon ..i will stay busy on the weekend .. thanks for being hear . hope you have a nice weekend

Since its not easy getting a job I'm just applying and not expecting anything to avoid disappointment.

How was the weekend. Has it been an easier time getting over her for u? I'd still b giving it time and then you can start meeting other woman in time as well. I've been spending time, talking to lots of men recently to cover myself. Makes it easier with lots of support. I know he's not the be all and centre of the universe then. I like distraction.

Hi Simon.

Your thread struck a chord with me. Just checking in hoping you are ok. These guys here are great. You're in good company 👌🏻👌🏻

Take care and be kind to yourself.

V.

Hi , have had a strange weekend i did lots of walking yesterday and today started out ok i have bee saying over and over ..she is not part of my life anymore ..i went and jumped in the beach this morning trying to cleanse myself of her ..i deleted all the photos i had and threw out lots of things she had given me .. i truly hate how she has found someone else to fill the void .. i am just resting now and am tired ..will watch movies and go to bed early ..i have turned the phones off and just want to be alone .. i am lost .. am feeling like life has no purpose for me . the girl i met was so different in the end . i feel a hold over me ..like its so difficult to let go of thoughts of her and feelings for her .. the saying over and over she is not in my life anymore seems to pull me out of that pattern and back to an awareness , clarity .. I'm just sad .. i just wish it was all ok .. and we could wake up together tomorrow and laugh and be happy ..

I like your style Simon,

Going to the beach to cleanse yourself of her, self talk both good strategies. Both things I do too!! You are championing this even if it doesn't always feel like it.

You too will find someone to fill the void again one day even though you wish it to be the happy, laughing her. The good times you can run with...take those with you...or let go....I take them with me at times....I can't wait to do an ocean cleanse. You're lucky you're in qld, the water is beautiful not cold like where I am. The best I have is my bath. Hoping you get through tonight OK 🙂

Yeah ill got through ..been watching a series called glitch ..Aussie drama ..it ok not the greatest , just watchable .. just had a nice shower and a shave , clean clothes on, feels good .. Im just solum at the moment .. will go to work tomorrow and just go slow ..will have an easy week .. Yes am lucky with the beach it was a little chilly but it was good impact when i went under .. shocked me .. get her out of me .. Ive cried a lot this afternoon .. real hard bloody crying .. I'm not hungry either .. when i split with my wife after 20 odd years i didn't feel half of this maybe it was cause it was a slow let go over 18 years ..we do shitty things to each other don't we ..hope you can get a ocean cleanse in soon ..its good for the sole .. I went to the spit at Mooloolaba today it was flat and still .. i went early like 7.00 am .. i walked the beach yesterday 3 times .. Hope your weekend was ok ..

Hi , Just checkin in how are you going , good weekend ..

hi ya , how was your day

Haven't been back in 10 yrs but we lived up at coolum for a few yrs, my daughter was born up there. we're back in vic now , or we , as , in we, were/ But we're no more either , same as you pretty well, 19 yrs.

Andddd , have just split with new gf after close 2yrs also. such a mind blowing women l know l'll never meet again , never have before and never will again. My one in 10 million l use to call her.

But she , or maybe it was just we , l dunno , but sadly there was a bad side too and it's just gotten crazy .

So much to give up though , so much to throw away, but yet l don't think we had a choice. tried everything , over and over.

l know what you mean all round , the divorce, now this, feeling like now there's no future, l dunno. the whole box of rocks as an American friend of mine says. l know l've been so lucky through my life to have know the women l have but gf , she was above and beyond and l just can't effg believe there just isn't a way to fix it , or that thing in her , or was it just in us , l dunno , but the waste, and maybe the last chance . l feel like my luck is for sure out now, l've had more than my share .

Not that l even want anyone else , and sadly , they couldn't even come close anyway , which just makes the whole mess even worse. Damn.