Breakups & Divorce Support Group
Just broke up with someone or in the midst of a difficult divorce? Breaking up is difficult no matter what the circumstances are. They say that time heals all wounds, but sometimes a listening ear or a hug can work wonders for the heart. Whether you need a place to vent, someone to hold you to No Contact, or need advice about what to do, we're here to help.
New here today. Struggling not to contact him.help
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A little backstory. I was my boyfriends daughters teacher 5 years ago. He was separated from his wife and would always try talking to me when he dropped his daughter off. (I was 22 he was 37) for months I blew him off. I never wanted to be involved with a married man nor a man with children. Eventually I fell for him. We started a crazy ride together and have been together ever since. He loved me. I knew it, and I loved him too. He was my first love. Fast foward 4 years later and I over hear him on the phone with another woman. I was shocked. He would always go away on long work trips (he's a federal cop) and I never doubted him nor thought he was capable of cheating on me. When I over heard this conversation I was broken. He came over that day and convinced me it was just a friend and that he would vent to her about our problems. He even cried. During that time my dad was very sick in a hospis. He never came to see my dad not once. I felt completely alone and unsupported. Because of the situation with my dad I was vulnerable and forgave him. A week later my dad passed away and the following day my sister got married. I took him to the wedding and paid for the hotel and everything. Even bought him his outfit for the wedding. Seeing him with my family made me SO incredibly happy I didn't want to imagine my life without him nor did I want to believe he was truly capable of hurting me. With the passing of my dad I couldn't imagine loosing him too. We moved on even though we had some bumps on the road. We fought often because after 4 and a half years he never respected me or gave me my place as a woman in front of his family , ex, kids nobody. I felt like a mistress even after 4 years: i had let him into my world but he didn't let me into his even after all that time. My family became close to him and we spent holidays together and that made me happy. But the problems were still there. I was always bitching at him because he never spent more than one day a week with me nor did he ever give me the love I wanted . After everything I had done for him he always took me for granted. Every time we went out to eat or something , I paid. I saw him spending less and less time on me and giving me more and more excuses about working late and not having money blah blah blah. I kept seeing little signs but didn't want to believe it. Fast forward two weeks ago I planned a little birthday trip to Busch gardens( about 5 hours from Miami where I live) I thought it would be good for us to get away and maybe rekindle the romance. It was perfect. We made love in the car, shower, you get the point. We got drunk and rode roller coasters and went to a concert and had the time of our lives together. It was the perfect weekend. I didn't care that I was the one who paid for the tickets to the park or hotel or gas. was just happy to be with him. He paid for the food and on our way almost home he told me he was broke and asked me to buy him cigarettes. I did. Three days later I get a phone call from a friend who found him at a bar ( when he claimed he couldn't hang out because he was working) buying some girl shots with his hands all over her. He was so broke yet was buying another girl shots ?!My friend approached him and he threatened her not to tell me. She told me anyways. His first reaction when I confronted him was " well I've been wanting to leav you for a while now and u kept wanting to work it out" I was broken. I went crazy on him. And I mean crazy. Called him every name in the book, insulted him and his family and even went as far as slapping him. It's been about a week now and we are broken up. The anxiety I get especially in the mornings is so bad I would rather die than feel it for one more second. I ended up driving myself to the hospital and getting a light prescription of Xanax prescribed to me. It's been helping me out but I still have my out bursts and call him and go crazy and then feel terrible. I don't understand I am 15 years younger than him, I am not an ugly girl, I gave him all of me, respected him, his children, supported him in every way I could. I know I'm not perfect but after he chased me and I fell for him, now he does this shit almost 5 years later. I treated him like a KING. My heart is shattered. I never cheated on him. Not once. Maybe it was my fault for being too devoted and giving him too much and making him the center of my universe. I was always there when he needed him. Always pleased him sexually, always looked good , always loved him. The truth is I have been bitter about him not being there all those months my dad was dying. I was bitter that he has not showed me he loved me in years. He loved calling me names and disrespecting me and shifting the blame on me. Now he says we can maintain contact even though we are broken up and he is the one calling the shots even though he is the one who cheated and lied ! I have lost all respect for myself and dignity. I leave him alone for a few days and then get a random outburst and tell him off again. I don't know how to move on. To make things worse I work 30 seconds from his house. I don't know how to just let go and move on. Any advice would help.
I feel really bad to say, from what you wrote I have to wonder if he loved you as long as you treated him like a king.
When you found him taking to another girl your perception of him being a prince charming was over. I can't help but wonder if he was doing this for awhile.
It sounds like your relationship was horribly one sided, after he once got you.
You said ". He loved calling me names and disrespecting me and shifting the blame on me."
I hope you come to realize a real meaningful relationship means both partners treat each other with respect and with love.
I can't help but think you will find someone who will treat you so much better than this guy did.
I wish you the best of luck.
His answer stuck with me and I always use it: "No buddy. A real relationship is 100% and 100%. Each one does it all for each other, the relationship, the family and themeselves. That is a true relationship."
Your relationship was all you and very little him. That is not fair for you. LET GO!!!
HUGS
Maybe be he does Have feelings for you, but they are ugly
And dysfunctional...
I am so sorry that this happened to you..
((( hug)))
after many signs, forgiving an affair (we were both young at the time), hearing him holler at women when he accidentally dialed me, i mean you name it hes done it but i always had hope. hope that for the sake of my children this man i married whom was also my best friend would rethink his actions and appreciate and love me just a bit more everyday...
well he gave up and im crushed...because like you ill be fine for a couple of days and then i just want to ask him why,,,,and ill end up crying myself to sleep. my advice to you. stay busy, watch funny movies, work out until you pass out, (not literally) but keep your self so busy that your mind has no time to wander. the heart is a powerful muscle and can literally make you sick physically because of a heartbreak. so keep your mind busy and eventually your feelings will follow.
easier said than done.. TRUST ME i know
It reads like you put everything into the relationship and he took and took without appreciating or reciprocating.
That's indicative of someone who is only in it for themselves, even if he stuck around for years. He probably stayed around so long because you took such good care of him. Why would he give that up? He's a user. I bet if you had him investigated, you'd find that he was seeing a lot of other women while he was with you.
He wasn't there for you at the most important times in your life because you didn't mean anything to him. He also didn't think enough of you to make you a part of his family in all those years. It's not anything that you did or didn't do. He's just that type of person,
He probably won't care too much if you cut him off. I'd bet you're not his only source. You're better off without that POS.
We don't really know what a loving relationship is until we have been through a few bad ones. I know, it sux. It should be that the first one we commit to, the first one we really trust, that first one we really want to love. But it very rarely is because most times, we don't really know what love is at that time.
I believe you have the strength and smartz to pick yourself up from this and walk on without looking back. That you are going to see real soon just how better off you are now that you can have those in your life that tell you the good and positive things instead of trying to drag you down to the level they live at by hating themselves and their own lives.
Welcome to the group
You are still young. Don't let this one relationship ruin your life.
He is a heartless man. Marriage is a 2 way street. Never allow another human being to mistreat you. Have a good cry. See a counsellor to talk to and then MOVE ON!!!!
I know this journey will be an emotional roller coaster as it already has been but I know i will make it through.
Stay strong everyone. Thanks again for the replies.
Yes!!! YOU do and it appears you are going to start to. Good on you.
It may have been what you said. You were believing in what you wanted, not what really was. I think we all have some hope that, if enough time goes by, if we are supportive enough and all they want, then we will live as "I" believe we can.
Its time to stop thinking it can be this, and finding something that will be.