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Am i officially an idiot?

283 replies

lou33 · 05/09/2006 12:51

As some of you are aware, i split with exh in nov. I havent wanted any serious relationships, but am also not prepared to live like a nun, so i have had hook ups with people, where i made it clear that it was on my terms and just fun. There have been times when i felt the hook up was getting too attached so i have ended it there and then.

As some of you are also aware i have been seeing someone for the last month, and once again it started out with me saying it was nothing but fun, which it has been. However, last night i ended it with him, because i found myself starting to like him too much. I told him that as it was now starting to feel different to me, it wasnt fair on me or him to carry on seeing each other.

He says we should carry on having fun til he leaves next year to travel when he finishes the army, but i said the balance of the relationship is now not equal in my eyes.

We do have fun, we do get on, it's cheered me up enormously through a v difficult period of time, i like having him about at weekends. But i ended it. A male friend of mine last night said if i was a bloke he would call me a d*ckhead with the way i was behaving, that i was cutting my nose off to spite my face.

Soldier wants to still see me, but we wont this weekend, tho he has asked if he can come up overnight next weds to make up for it.

Am i being a twat or am i right to end it if my feelings have changed and i dont think his have?

Ugh at this!

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expatinscotland · 05/09/2006 14:21

No, you're not being a twat.

You are FREE and SINGLE. You were never dishonest. You said you wanted fun.

It's no longer just fun and you don't like it.

You were never in a 'go steady' relationship w/him, so therefore you are beholden to him for nothing.

He's miffed that his no-strings-attached lover isn't game anymore.

So?

Why let him compromise your feelings just b/c he's too lazy to find another sh(g.

Sorry to be blunt, but been there, done that.

Look out for No. 1 right now.

lou33 · 05/09/2006 15:09

my male friend reckon soldier is saying one thing but meaning another, and just doesnt want to admit it to himself he likes me more than he says

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expatinscotland · 05/09/2006 15:16

well that's his lookout then, lou.

you're not a mind reader.

who's got time for games, either.

lou33 · 05/09/2006 15:17

yes i agree

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expatinscotland · 05/09/2006 15:19

Don't beat yourself up b/c you developed feelings and decided you would rather break it off than get hurt.

I don't see what's wrong w/that.

I also don't see what's wrong w/having no-strings-attached relationships if that is what's working for you at this time in your life.

I think many of us who have been through divorce have gone through such a phase in life and it is what it is.

lou33 · 05/09/2006 15:20

thats why i felt it best to tell him why things had changed for me expat

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expatinscotland · 05/09/2006 15:21

You were mature enough to be honest w/yourself and w/him.

If he does have feelings and cannot be honest w/you about them, then that's really not your problem. He's a big boy. He knows where to find you.

You have enough on your plate just now.

lou33 · 05/09/2006 15:22

true

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lou33 · 05/09/2006 15:24

he did say he was worried about hurting me when he left if we started a proper relationship, because i have had enough to deal with and he didnt want to add to it

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expatinscotland · 05/09/2006 15:26

Fair enough. That sounds a good enough reason for ending it and fairly honest.

I'd accept that and walk away.

Why do some men always expect women to carry on and throw themselves at their feet when breakups happen?

If I had 10p for everytime things broke off w/someone and I said, 'K, fair enough. Goodbye' and just strolled off into the sunset, leaving them w/their jaws gaping, I'd be rich.

Dior · 05/09/2006 15:29

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expatinscotland · 05/09/2006 15:30

More than once, lou, I've done the same thing you have myself.

lou33 · 05/09/2006 15:31

my no strings flings have normally been no trouble

expat, yes i agree, but then this morning he was asking me if i took a pic of ds2's first day back at school for him to see, then telling me his plans for when he could and couldnt come and see me

mixed messages

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expatinscotland · 05/09/2006 15:38

Then I'd ask him point blank. Face to face, too.

I'd say something like, 'I told you I couldn't carry on w/you b/c I'm starting to have too many feelings for you, and you seemed okay w/that. But you keep coming round. That's confusing me. So I think I merit enough respect for you to tell me once and for all how you feel about me so I can either move on or not.'

Blu · 05/09/2006 15:39

Hmmm. Hard. I would say that if you have told him that you are feeling more attached than originally envisaged, and he hasn't turned and done a runner, he is probably also more attached than he thought - but having been told that he is a stop gap (very honest and straightforward - no problem with that) he has set up his own perimeter fence some way from his heart. I suspect that 6m would seem a long time to feel 'pinned down' by someone whose feelings weren't reciprocated, to most blokes.

If you know in your heart he isn't the ultimate Mr Right, and you foresee complications by continuing to see each other within certain parameters, then no, you are not at all an idoit, officially or unofficially! I suspect that you are quite sorted, actually.

noddyholder · 05/09/2006 15:47

If he was really only up for no strings he would have run a mile when you said your feelings had changed.He certainly wouldn't still be planning to see you and asking after your LO's.You are both playing silly buggers and need to talk straight Is he going away with work indefinitely or is he off travelling?I think he likes you

expatinscotland · 05/09/2006 15:49

It's possible, noddy. But like you said, it's best you just be straight w/him in person face to face and then tell him you need to know how he's feeling, lou.

Honestly, get it from the horse's mouth.

lou33 · 05/09/2006 15:52

he is moving abroad to become a diving instructor

also in my experience of no strings hook ups, they dont call me several times a day, send me texts inbetween and speak to me all evening online

maybe i should take one of the other offers i have, but they are also unsuitable!

or maybe i should just become celibate (gasps)

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expatinscotland · 05/09/2006 15:53

how about a one-nighter?

try craiglist.

lou33 · 05/09/2006 15:53

he toldme he likes me noddy, but he is inconsistent with what he says

ugh

headtrip

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lou33 · 05/09/2006 15:54

no one night stands are not really my thing atm

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expatinscotland · 05/09/2006 15:54

and the going abroad thing.

um, no.

k, i changed my mind. he wants an easy shag until he leaves.

no can do.

i'd tell him in no uncertain terms that this wasn't working for me anymore and that i needed to move on.

lou33 · 05/09/2006 16:03

he is calling me as we speak

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expatinscotland · 05/09/2006 16:04

then i'd be upfront w/him.

sorry, but he can't have it both ways.

he's leaving.

VeniVidiVickiQV · 05/09/2006 16:06

I agree with everything Expat said.

Feelings are "allowed" to change, irrespective of whatever "rules" you may have made.....but this is a definite no-go since he's leaving the country. Move on.

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