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Hi, I'm after some help and advice. My partner and I have been together for 5 years. Unfortunately last year for 3 months we had broken up. During this time my partner had started seeing someone else.. Then we decided to work things out, but my partner had a change of heart and was confused wanted us both. I was unable to handle that situation.. So my partner continued to see her leaving me heart broken. Then only 8 weeks after she decided she couldn't be without me. And we got back together.
But she still want to continue to be friends with the other person. And I'm not coping at all with this. I've told her how I feel. But she thinks I need to get past it. As she loves me and only wants me. Amd sees the other person just as a friend. Unfortunately I do not see her the same way. And I don't know if im being ridiculous and just need to move on. Or if my feelings are valid???
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Hi Sar667
Completely understandable you'd be feeling this way. Personally, I'd feel the same way. If my husband and I had a break, he met someone, came back to me, returned to them and then finally came back to me, I'd call that 'Him picking and choosing what he wanted whenever it suited him'. If I said to him 'Give me an absolute guarantee you'd never return to her. How would you give me that guarantee?', I'd like to think he'd say 'With her completely out of the picture, that would guarantee I'd never see her or communicate with her'. Makes sense, in my opinion. Another thing to consider would be if he could not feel for me and how I'd be feeling her as being a temptation hanging around, that would mean he's simply feeling for himself and what he wants and/or what she wants. Hope that makes sense. In developing a new kind of relationship together, one that requires a guarantee of trust and a greater level of consciousness, evolving without that other person in the picture would be a part of that.
I think, to get past something or to get over something requires an understanding of what exactly it is that we're trying to get past or over. Do we actually want to get past or get over another person's continuing dismissive or self serving nature that causes us heartbreak, for example, or do we want to leave those kinds of depressing hurdles behind us? I feel for you so much as you face what you shouldn't have to be facing, while doing it all without your partner's full understanding and ability to feel deeply for you. ❤️