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Ex has moved on at the speed of light :/

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arabella4 · 09/12/2014 21:03

My ex-boyfriend broke up with me a few months ago, not giving me any reasons or closure, just went cold on me after 3 years and said it wasn't working any more and it 'wasn't good for anyone' (whatever that means.) Obviously it has turned my world upside down. We didn't live together but I felt that this was it, we were talking about marriage in the future and it's all gone. I'm late 20s, he's early 30s and I felt we were ready to settle down.

Imagine my shock this week when I log on to Facebook to see pictures of him with a new woman all over his page, his friends' pages and the woman herself's page. I feel numb and can't believe how insensitive they've been. They knew I'd see it and it is unbelievable that he can be all cosy and happy with someone else this early when I feel like I'm still processing what's happened.

To make it worse, he seems so different in these photos. Towards the end, he never made an effort to look nice when he went anywhere with me. Sometimes he'd come out in tracksuit bottoms covered in paint or old scruffy jeans, hair flat and messy, looking miserable and moaning about everything. With her, he's wearing a SUIT, hair perfectly styled with a huge grin on his face. Everyone is so happy for him ('you're such a cute couple, so glad you're happy' etc. Even friends/family members of his that I liked and I thought liked me.)

I didn't do anything nasty to him to deserve this behaviour, I put everything into that relationship and I feel so pissed off that he's treated me like this. His friends have made me angry too. They always kept me at arm's length, never really wanted to get to know me, yet there are pictures of them all in the pub all over this new woman like they've known her for years.

It's like I've gone into an alternate universe where everyone has turned into a complete arse with no empathy. Is it just me or is this a weird way to behave? :(

OP posts:
Sickoffrozen · 10/12/2014 09:49

"It's literally like I have been replaced"

Unfortunately you have been! I personally think women invest a bit more in relationships than men on the whole although I accept there will be exceptions. I think we are conditioned to believe in the happy ever after and once a relationship gets serious we tend to look into the future. Hence the reason it sometimes takes a while for us to get over these things and be ready to move on.

I can't really see what he has done wrong as an outsider.

springydaffs · 11/12/2014 00:29

Dear me, sledgehammer the op why don't you.

He has behaved with no grace and that will smart, when your heart is already very sore.

Pick yourself up, op. He has behaved like a slug. You deserve more than that Flowers

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