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Am I finally over him?!

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ImSoOverIt · 13/04/2014 00:55

Regular poster here, have name changed as this is sensitive.

I have not been able to get over exp of 4 years who I split up with in 2009, despite meeting dp in 2010 and having dd in 2011. I initiated the break up because things weren't right, despite lots of chemistry, he was sexist and emotionally abusive.

Exp went on to get engaged and then married to new gf. I was gutted each time when news got to me, but of course did not let on to dp. This has been a cross I have had to bear, along with the guilt, all this time. I have even had counselling, and have tried to work through these feelings.

I blocked him and her on facebook. Tried not to think of it, but then last night I was looking through old photos and came across a pic of his sister I had removed all pics of him). There was a link to her profile, so I clicked. Scrolled through and inevitably found pics of him and "her". And I felt - well - nothing. No sorrow, no regret, nothing. He is not even as attractive as I remembered. Neither is she, although previously I thought she was stunning and I was insanely jealous of her.

Yes they seem to be very happy. But they are living a life nothing like the one I desire to lead. Once upon a time I would have bent over backwards to have pleased him. I noticed they have relocated. I wonder if that is because of his job that always took precedent over mine (which has taken off quite nicely since we've been apart).

I always saw him as the one that got away. Now I see him as a lucky escape. I genuinely wish them well, which hand on heart, was not something I could have said before

Is it bad that I just wanted to get this out?! I have been racked with guilt all these years about my residual feelings for him, and noone else knows I had them Sad [happy]. I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders and I can finally move on.

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Suzannewithaplan · 13/04/2014 01:37

Its so weird isnt it, like being under a spell, over time it just sort of wears off until you realise it's gone and that person (with whom no one could compare) now seems utterly unremarkable.

ImSoOverIt · 13/04/2014 01:49

Thanks for your response, yeah that is totally it.

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Suzannewithaplan · 13/04/2014 01:57

Suspect lots of people have had similar experiences, I dont think there's any thing to be guilty about, it's painful and we cant just switch off our feelings.
Sounds as if you put considerable effort into dealing with things, even so it seems to me that these sorts of feeling can take a long time to shift, they seem to have a schedule of their own Confused

ImSoOverIt · 13/04/2014 07:40

Thank you.

I remember the actual ex in question saying that he thought he was going to take a long time to get over me. Apparently he had been told when you come out of a serious relationship it takes the same length of time that you're with someone, to properly get over them. We broke up in 2009 but tbh we stayed in touch a while longer, so I have probably been "mourning" the relationship for about 4 years I guess.

I never thought I'd get over him, as I felt like there was such a lack of closure and what ifs. He stayed in touch with me for quite a while and tried to win me back. Then just as I was thinking about it, he met this other girl, but still kept telling me it was me he really loved, she was boring etc. but he couldn't split up with her because it would hurt her etc.

However he then went on to get engaged within a year and married within 2! And what made it all the more painful was that one of the reasons I split with him was he seemed to be in no hurry to commit. He however tried to explain to me that he did not want to make the same mistakes with her that he did with me, hence the big commitment. Yeah thanks for using me as a practice run!

I guess my head was also full of, "what if I'd just held in there, or taken him back a bit sooner". I used to envy my friends who'd been dumped, or even treated really badly like been cheated on, because at least they could just hate him and move on. What he did to me was a more subtle grinding down of my confidence, criticising me all the time, hinting I needed to lose weight (I was a size 10), slagging off my friends and family, not really caring about my opinion because I was a woman. And I'm ashamed to say I missed the lifestyle I had with him. He was very wealthy and we had a lovely home and expensive holidays etc. but that in a way turned into a way to control, he earned the most money, so he decided where we lived etc.

On Facebook it seems she has opened her own business. Once upon a time this would have made me sick with envy, I am still as poor as a church mouse as I have been studying. However I know his and probably his family's money will have been used to fund it and there will be conditions attached. It was also all a bit wanky and new money! Smile

It all seems a bit ridiculous now writing it all down, and I'm sure you are not the least bit interested, but writing this is helping me convince myself that I just don't care that much any more! Grin

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Suzannewithaplan · 13/04/2014 12:45

No really it never ceases to amaze me how one can care deeply and obsessively about a person, until one day it just shifts and you just think 'yeah whatever' and can't imagine what you saw in the person :o

ImSoOverIt · 13/04/2014 12:53

Meh! Smile

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arsenaltilidie · 13/04/2014 13:45

Out of sight out of mind.

Morley19 · 13/04/2014 14:55

You have given me hope that this may happen for me one day Sad

Really pleased for you x

ImSoOverIt · 13/04/2014 16:56

Have faith Morley - I honestly thought it would never happen...Smile

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