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Does real love even exist???

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User2410 · 16/02/2017 15:54

This is a wierd question/post...but me and H are going through a tricky patch. I've posted before about it, basically my H isn't sure if he wants to be with me anymore. Says that we have missed out on too much from having kids early on and isnt sure if we can make each other happy. I'm starting to doubt our whole relationship. Have I been missing something? Is it me? Im just wondering whether maybe this split would be the best....isit meant to be like In films where the love is so strong. Does that last? When someone u love tells u they don't want u it makes u want them so much more it seems. Is that just hormones?
I suppose what I'm wondering is who has met someone after divorce and found that ud been missing out all those years before??

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user1465335180 · 16/02/2017 16:39

Yes, real love does exist. I married young and divorced pretty quickly (no dc) and was alone for quite a long time. Met a good man in my 30's and we're still going strong 24 years later, he's supported me through bereavements,
and now cancer and I can't imagine my life without him. Never give up hope, you can have a happy ending. Good luck

CrokerCourtbullion · 16/02/2017 17:12

Real love does exist but not like in Hollywood films!

FrancesNiadova · 16/02/2017 20:47

User1465 Flowers

Thinkingofausername1 · 16/02/2017 20:59

Starting to wonder to op.

WonderingLover · 16/02/2017 21:01

From my standpoint, I've had exes cheating on me constantly or have had men wonder off (hence my username). So I can't honestly say due to how I've felt in my romantic life that I've encountered it. But from seeing others around me have successful routes in their relationship, from seeing them persevere through hard times. From seeing old couples stay together for so long: I can agree that its out there.

MooPointCowsOpinion · 16/02/2017 21:04

I think it's a choice you make, that even when time runs the shine off a relationship, that you can choose to stay and work at it if the foundations are there.

I am a pragmatist, and I don't believe in romance or true love or soul mates. I think two fairly compatible people can make it work long term with effort and no-one being an arsehole. That's about it.

textbook · 16/02/2017 21:15

I didn't believe in 'true love' or 'soulmates' until I met my current partner. In fact, I've always been hugely cynical about romantic stuff, and would have never believed this time last year that I could be this happy.

Before this, I had been in an unfulfilling and unhappy long term relationship, and had thought that was as good as it could be for me. I was so, so wrong. Never settle for something that doesn't bring you total joy!

User2410 · 16/02/2017 21:24

Textbook, how did you meet ur current partner?

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