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 What could I have done differently?

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itekderp
post Sep 26 2014, 03:40 AM

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You can't look at it from that perspective, TS. It's not a question of what went wrong in the first place. Just my thoughts, you could probably figure this out but her heart was never in it from the start. Her perspective is that yeah, she's weak and in a bad place. She needed security and you were there to provide. You're her comfort zone, in a way of speaking. But now she decided to do right by you (oh yeah, women and their convoluted sense of justice) and let you go. Saturday was just her way of showing you her gratitude, a symbolic parting with happiness (again, their logic).

"Different perspective and goals in life"
She obviously has different ideas of what her life is going to be, who she will be. Sad to say, you're not a part of that. Maybe you're too grounded, maybe you lack ambition. Maybe you're just not cool enough (unlike me brows.gif). But you're just not her dream guy. You could probably gauge her hopes from her constant rambling about the UK, the sort of life she wants to have. Some people are just naive that way, dreamers to the very end...

So what do you do then?
Have you ever thought of migrating (Big risk, you might still not be cool enough. Unlike me)?
Would you change who you are for her (again, something detrimental to you. People just don't change, yeah.)?

IMO there's nothing much you can do, her mind is set. If you insist, it's up to you how to force yourself into the puzzle that is her expectations. I'm not telling you to do this, but here's the best you can probably do if you must.

If you want to remain her comfort zone, tell her. If you're willing to wait until she gets tired of fluttering around indulging in her fantasies, tell her. She might be touched and come back to you. She might not. But end of the day, will she change her perspective and see you for who you really are? I don't know. But if I were you, I wouldn't wait. Those who forsake their dreams IMO end up bitter, and she'll take it out on you.

Take your time to think about it, think about the future. Don't beat yourself up over who you are. You seem decent, you try hard enough. Just feel the empty space in front for where to go next. Maybe talk over it again with someone you can trust. I heard brokenagain's free this weekend. brows.gif

Now excuse me while I go indulge in my own coolness.






 

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