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Dealing with a break up with dignity

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GandTTTT · 05/08/2017 19:32

Just after some moral support really. About 6 months ago broke up with a really good guy, my fault: i was overworked and very stressed and became horrible to be around. Trying to be kind to myself and move on but I just saw him in the street with his new GF, who is actually an old friend of his. I don't think they saw me but if they did they pretended not to but I just wanted to run after him and say hey remember me. Clearly i didn't and instead i'm at home having a little cry. My best friend is out of town and my plan for this evening was to catch up on odd jobs at home. Does anyone have any kind words which will stop me behaving like a crazy woman and stalking them in the pub where i think they've gone Smile

OP posts:
bouquetdiva · 05/08/2017 22:31

Hope you are feeling a bit better now Flowers

LoveforPGTipsMonkey · 05/08/2017 23:11

Is this the first time you've regretted it, OP? if not, you could contact him and come clean about your regrets, how do you know she's a GF? it could poss be that she an FWB or even a temp rebound. After all she was in a friend zone for all this time.

HeddaGarbled · 05/08/2017 23:45

Dear god no, do not contact him. Ex girlfriend treats you badly, you get over her and move on, find new girlfriend, ex girlfriend sees you with new girlfriend then immediately contacts you and says she's changed her mind. What are you going to do? Turn her down gently while secretly feeling very very delighted and smug. That is the very opposite of dealing with a break up with dignity. That is like lying down on the floor and saying walk all over my stupid deluded desperate body.

Sorry, OP, those are not kind words, those are a reaction to the advice from PP.

Kind words coming - this will pass. Get those odd jobs done, then reward yourself with whatever is your treat of choice. If he was really the right man for you, you would have both behaved differently.

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