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Stories of ex's regretting breaking up with you.

42 replies

Twopaperaeroplanes · 16/08/2020 21:02

Hi, I wanted to know if anyone had any stories of their partner/ex breaking up with them and then later down the line (however long that may have been) coming back to speak to you cause they realised that wasn't what they really wanted?

Please could people share their stories whether they're positive or negative?

OP posts:
SnowdropFox · 17/08/2020 23:18

Both of my previous serious relationships before my husband have.

  1. After cheating on me and getting the girl pregnant he used to get in touch whenever I joined a different social media site. Hes married with more children now and I block him on everything.
  2. Similar story but without the kids. Hes been through a few different women and is now married.
Both of these relationships after over 12 years ago! The last time one of them tried to get in touch was about 2 years ago when I made a twitter account. Block block block.
SnowdropFox · 17/08/2020 23:22

I meant to say, both were trying to weedle their way back in but I stopped that nonsense straight away.

Brom29 · 17/08/2020 23:24

My ex said he’d never come back, moved on...so happy....

Guess what.

Mountainsandhuts · 17/08/2020 23:44

DP and I met during our PhDs and got together with no long term plans, at the end of our studies we moved to different countries for our respective careers and I told him that I'd fallen for him and was willing to give a future a go if he was. He said he wouldn't be comfortable asking me to move for him and we broke up. I was sad but accepted it quickly as it had always been our plan.

One month later he comes back and says the years we were together were the happiest of his life and he's thought for a month about how his career couldn't bring him the happiness I could. He's leaving his job at the end of his contract and moving to be with me.

chitofftheshovel · 17/08/2020 23:51

My dad and step mum went out when at university. Split, got married to other people, had children etc and got back together 30 odd years later.

Brom29 · 18/08/2020 10:15

Loving all these stories :)

Happynow001 · 18/08/2020 10:41

@alittlebitofsunshine

I have had this today from an ex of over 30 years ago! He said that he can't stop thinking about me and he loves me. I pointed out that when we were together he was not very nice to me and that I would never forget that and that he doesn't even know me now. Prick

Are you able to block him?

firstshift · 18/08/2020 11:00

My father cheated on my mother for 11 years, they then divorced. After 2 years he tried to come back. She considered it and then said no. But 40 years later when they are at a family event, for instance, you can see he looks at her and thinks, I ballsed that right up!

Ironically my ex husband was often the one to point it out.
He cheated on me and broke my heart, I suspect he has had similar thoughts to my father and now 8 years on I am precisely the woman he married! I had apparently changed following a most horrific event/period in our lives. He is now on partner number 6 since the divorce.
Karma bites like a bitch!

Flipflopfoodle · 18/08/2020 11:23

Yes, bizarrely even the one who came out as gay contacted me after his boyfriend dumped him. Apparently, 'itd been ages since he'd been with a woman and he missed it'. The fact I was married with a young kid at this point didn't seem to make him think I might say no to such a lovely offer.

firecracker69 · 18/08/2020 12:05

It never fails to amaze me just how many men fuck up in the worst ways.... move on very quickly.... realise the grass isn't greener at all.... then try to worm their way back in. Just fuck off..... if you were unsure enough about me to dip your dick in someone else, just keep dipping. Once that trust has gone, it's well and truly over. There's nothing worse than wondering if someone you love feels the same. It's quite simple, if they love you wholeheartedly, the dick won't be dipped!

I do believe in giving second chances. However, I've done this twice, to two different men and they both fucked up again. I allowed them to fuck up again by having them back. It's so hard because there's a fine line between being forgiving and being a fucking fool. I was a fool.

Happynow001 · 18/08/2020 13:10

@Flipflopfoodle

Yes, bizarrely even the one who came out as gay contacted me after his boyfriend dumped him. Apparently, 'itd been ages since he'd been with a woman and he missed it'. The fact I was married with a young kid at this point didn't seem to make him think I might say no to such a lovely offer.

Wow people can be so self-centred and Weird! I'm assuming you didn't have to think very hard to turn down the offer! 😁

GreyGardens88 · 18/08/2020 13:13

He broke up with me just before Christmas a few years ago and I immediately went NC

He didn't make it to Easter before the "Hey how are you" messages started coming through

Ignore ignore ignore

Brom29 · 18/08/2020 17:03

I am sure females do this a lot too. But men always say they’ll never come back, act so cold, meet some else, plaster it everywhere and then.....back they are!? Why!?

madcatladyforever · 18/08/2020 17:26

First and 2nd husband in fact they are a pain in the neck.

First husband who I last saw in the early 90's has been messaging me on facebook, we are not facebook friends so I just ignore him. He didn't know I did so much for him, took it all for granted, can't cope, has no job or home despite me leaving him the family home and buying my own much smaller place - he has spent all of the money and has nothing.

2nd husband pissed off with someone else after 20 years, has now been dumped and has no job. Desperate to come back but I'm having none of it. I don't love him any more.

I also suspect he loves my bank account more than me and the 24 hour maid and escort service I provided. Life must be very depressing (and messy) for him in his bedsit because he can't iron a shirt or cook.

Flipflopfoodle · 19/08/2020 11:02

#Happynow001
Apart from his self centered nature, he also had an absolute tiny penis, so no, no temptation at all!

Laserbird16 · 19/08/2020 11:28

My DH but pretty unusual circumstances.

We were friends for years and started seeing each other but soon after this his dad was diagnosed as terminally ill.

DH went back to his country, we kept in touch for over a year, it was pretty intense. His dad died, DH was going to take some time and do some traveling. He was going to meet some friends while on his travels...one of whom he'd slept with a long while before we got together and was pretty keen on him.

I asked him if what we were doing, were we together or not together. He said he wasn't sure and so I told him I didn't want him to contact me for a while as if he didn't want me I needed to get on with my life.

I was generally very sad. Then about a month later I got a very beautiful love letter. He couldn't live without me, he was coming to my country and he would do all he could to be with me. And here we are married and two kids in.

My other exs just called at like 1am wondering what I was doing, not you mate that's for sure.

Make the choice that's right for you OP

Zaphodsotherhead · 19/08/2020 11:39

I think all this backtracking just shows what a lot of men think about women.

Why the HELL would some of them even think they would be welcome back, unless they believe that women are somehow only existing to serve them?

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