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Archived questions from: July, 2014 (see latest in Breaking up category)

Breaking up: Help and advice

Why marry me if I wasn't his type?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 3556 days ago

31 July 2014 (F) - Why would my husband have married me when I was cjwarky not his type ? All through our marriage he would make little comments about my looks .. Implying that there were things about me that disappointed him . He was constantly looking at other ...

He won't commit! We are stuck in a cycle of breaking up and making up!

This question has 9 answers - newest was posted 3555 days ago

30 July 2014 (F) - I met a guy 4 years ago. At the time I was 25 and he was 38. We soon started seeing each other and after 4 months I had met his family. Everything seemed to be going well other than the fact that he started working longer hours and going out salsa ...

Why did she get to move on so easily?

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 3556 days ago

30 July 2014 (M) - My girlfriend and I were together for 6 years. Her kids became my kids and I their dad. We split up suddenly without any kind of hint of things going awry. One day she just packed up and moved to her mom's. She's had a lot of medical issues and mood ...

Can people get back together?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 3557 days ago

30 July 2014 (F) - Dear cupid Can people get back together ? I am embarrass to be writing on here about my predicament but I am driving myself insane. I went out for 2 months with a man older than me (I’m 26 he’s 41) I did not realize my guard was down an...

How do I make myself be kinder during our last days together?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 3557 days ago

30 July 2014 (F) - I think we both know it's over but I'm being just so nasty and I can't seem to stop being so angry and mean. I can't afford to leave right away and he was kind enough to let me stay until I get myself financially sorted out. But I'm not even ...

Does letting go really work?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 3558 days ago

29 July 2014 (F) - much fun. I met all his family and friends. After about 4 months we were practically living together. Until one day, I felt that something wasn't right. I found out this the was on a dating website. I walked out and we didn't talk for a while. T...

Online dating issues. I want to message him, but what would I say to him now?

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 3556 days ago

29 July 2014 (F) - I joined an online dating site and met a man and had quite a few dates with him. He wanted to keep his options open, but I caught him out in a lie when he said he was not at a place when he was. Since then he went quiet on me and so I told him he's...

He was prosecuted for domestic violence and now lives in a hostel. So why do I still feel so lonely without him?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3558 days ago

29 July 2014 (F) - I have been married for 25 years i have an 18 year old son. When i first got married things were great then about a year into our marriage signs of my husbands bad temper started to show. I didnt worry too much at first. Then he started smas...

I feel like I've rebuilt myself from the ground up and am ready to explore a new relationship. How do I convince friends and family not to worry?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3558 days ago

29 July 2014 (F) - I'm needing some advice on how to handle a new relationship situation which has honestly got me stumped. About 3 months ago I came out of an abusive long term gay relationship. The abuse was mostly emotional but there were tmes when it crossed ...

Have I missed the bus?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 3558 days ago

29 July 2014 (M) - Have I missed the bus? Hi I'm a fifty year old from rural England who is at the end of a relationship that has not worked for the last few years, the thing is I feel as though I won't find a woman for love at my point in life, I'm getting quite low ...

Why should I have to pay to have given him a second chance that has crushed me?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 3559 days ago

28 July 2014 (F) - I had a boyfriend for ten months that I loved alot, and he said he loved me too. We are in our late 30s. He left me for his ex that he was married too, she didnt want him to move on. She didnt like me, so she said shed give it another try if I was ...

How do I reassure him that I'm here for him but not trying to make him get back together? He broke up with me out of the blue so that's why I'm here this week!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 3558 days ago

28 July 2014 (F) - Me and my 1.5 year bf just broke up last week. It came out of the blue. We were in a long distance for about 9 months. We always texted each other and try to make skype call everyday. About 2 months ago I suggested him that he should move back...

I know its hypocritical of me, but I am jealous!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 3559 days ago

28 July 2014 (F) - Hi all, So my ex and I broke up a Couple of months ago. We needed the time to resolve some issues and now we have decided to try again. I dated during our break up, and he did too except he went on a dating profile as he's not a big drinker and also...

My B/f's having a relationship with another girl who I was led to believe was his ex, I snooped though his texts and guess what I found?

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 3558 days ago

28 July 2014 (F) - Hey all so I've been dating this guy going on 3 months we started dating while he was in another relationship. The relationship was serious he and the girl he was with had been together a year and 3 months and they lived together. Any way I was so...

He was still in love with his ex while with me! Why is it so hard to get over him?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 3559 days ago

28 July 2014 (F) - (Mod note: language has been slightly moderated) Hi, I am so sorry for this long story but I really need some words to console me. I was dating a guy for the last 15 months. It was my first relationship and I really wanted to have a future ...

Did I make a mistake in breaking up with my boyfriend?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 3561 days ago

26 July 2014 (F) - I recently broke up with my boyfriend and I'm trying to figure out if it was a mistake or not. We'd been official for about three weeks, but we'd been seeing each other for almost 3 months. I broke up with him because about a year ago he dropped out ...

I am not thinking straight but I desperately want him back!

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3561 days ago

26 July 2014 (F) - I am 29 and my ex boyfriend is 28. We had a very sweet and loving relationship. We had great times together. We would be so happy and sweet just like in the movies. BUT, if we had arguements it always escalated in him breaking up with me. Now I know ...

He left me, I moved on, now he wants me back!

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 3559 days ago

25 July 2014 (F) - Hi aunts and uncles Here's my problem...my partner broke up with me six weeks ago after three years. I was upset but the spark in our relationship had disappeared long ago and so I was happy to move out. I missed him for a couple of weeks...

If this marriage was so important to her, then why didn't she stop contacting her ex?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 3561 days ago

25 July 2014 (F) - I got married a few months ago, it was a rushed wedding, after barely knowing each other we married because she told me to get married because I was having trouble with my immigration status and it would give me a green card and working visa ...

I miss my ex but I don't know why..I don't want him back!

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3562 days ago

25 July 2014 (F) - My ex was controlling, manipulative, unwilling to work, immature and treated me like his personal bank. Towards the end of our 3 year relationship he also started to get physically abusive and extremely verbally abusive. We have been split for 2...

I broke up with my ex but I want her back and can't even think of being with someone else

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 3562 days ago

25 July 2014 (M) - Hi everyone. I need to talk and get advice. Its a long story but the key points really are, me and my ex were together for 3 years, a year ago half of my family got involved in my relationship causing trouble, saying i wasnt happy even though i was, ...

I feel like a booty call without the sex! Should I give him a chance or run for the hills?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 3562 days ago

25 July 2014 (F) - My boyfriend and I have been dating for about a month now. My issue is for some reason if I plan a date something family related always comes up and he either ends up coming really late or rescheduling. The huge thing is we always end up hanging out ...

Any advice on ending this relationship?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3562 days ago

25 July 2014 (F) - I started talking to this girl a little over a month ago online. we seemed to get along well have some similar interests so i asked her to meet. i didnt feel any sparwhen we metks or anything but i figured thats just because we are still just ...

I'm already prepared to put my marriage on the line, that's how sick of his family I am. What should I do?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 3562 days ago

24 July 2014 (F) - In a few weeks time I am due to go and stay at my husbands parents house, they are a muslim family. I have not met them before only spoken to them by phone and skype. His mother seems to be boss and interfering and has already made som comments that ...

It's been 2 days since he sent an email, what is he playing at and what should I do?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 3562 days ago

24 July 2014 (F) - Ok so there is this guy that i really like and we just broke up for the summer hols. He took my email before we left and signed my shirt as we are leaving school. He sent an emmediate email to me with a load of random letters. I replied saying what ...

The men I meet talk the talk but don't walk the walk!

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3563 days ago

24 July 2014 (F) - Hi all, just looking for a bit of insight on this one! I'm 26, and literally the only single one left out of all my friends! When I was 15, I had my first boyfriend and we were together for 5 years. I broke it of as we drifted apart, and I finished ...

What do I do ? Go back to a safe comfortable marriage with a kind man and be unhappy? Or try again with a new man?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 3563 days ago

24 July 2014 (F) - I have been married for twenty years and although I love my husband there has never been the chemistry that I had before him in another relationships. Even at the beginning with my husband it wasn't there , yet I had been in previous relation...

Why would a girl that I hurt so much want to meet up after a couple years just 'to see how things were'?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 3566 days ago

21 July 2014 (M) - Please advice on this would be great!! I don't want to be swayed by the lads incase I'm wrong and do something stupid again. I dated this girl for a while just over 2 years ago, a long time now and she didn't know how strong my feelings for her...

How do you tell a fake cry from a real cry? I think my ex fake cried to get me back!

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 3565 days ago

21 July 2014 (F) - Im not sure, but I think my ex might have fake cried as a way of trying to get me back. He told me before that he cried to try and get his exes back but he did it becuase he knew it would get them back. He knows that I know this, and he s...

Should I warn him about my behaviuor that caused problens in a previous relations?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 3567 days ago

21 July 2014 (F) - I have the most amazing bf ever. I am in my late 20s and he is in his early 30s. We get along so well and have only had a few short disagreements in the year and a half we've been together. We never argue, we are so similar. He treats me like a ...

Two exes, both wanting to rekindle the romance!

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3567 days ago

20 July 2014 (F) - I was with my ex boyfriend for 8 years. We broke up two years ago but last month we bumped into each other randomly for the first time since the split. A lot of old feelings came up. We've been casually dating and hanging out since we met up. The ...

What can I do? I have conflicting feelings about my relationship and it's scaring me.

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3569 days ago

18 July 2014 (F) - Thanks very much for taking the time to read this. I've been struggling with my conflicting feelings about my relationship, and as time goes on and I grow more and more attached to my boyfriend, my feelings just conflict more and more. I used t...

I think a man who wants woman will not let her go!

This question has 15 answers - newest was posted 3563 days ago

17 July 2014 (F) - I met a man and everything fell together so seamlessly. We were both crazy about each other and he told me he saw a future with me, and very quickly was telling me he was in love with me (within a month). I am weary of people falling too quickly ...

I was left in the dark and he chose to be uncommunicative when we broke up. What went wrong? How to deal with it?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3570 days ago

17 July 2014 (F) - Advice needed on how to deal with being left in the dark. I was seeing someone, it wasn't really going anywhere serious but I liked him .Our last conversation wasn't great- by text - and ended with a question from me. And no answer from him. Being...

My parents hate my boyfriend who was also my ex...and now I'm 6 weeks pregnant. How do I break this news to them?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 3568 days ago

16 July 2014 (F) - When I was 15 I met a guy and started dating him, he was everything a parent didnt want their teenage daughter dating. Part of me liked him because he drive my parents crazy. He was older (20 yrs old) had run away from home , lived with friends,...

I'm fine with being single, so what do I say to my parents?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3571 days ago

16 July 2014 (F) - I'm 24 years old. I've been single for almost 2 years now and I'm completely content with it. As soon as I broke up with my ex, I was talking to other guys but that completely faded. Being on instagram liking people's pictures clearly won't help ...

Should I break off my engagement to my LDR? Concerned about so many issues.

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 3570 days ago

15 July 2014 (F) - Should I break off my engagement? I'm engaged and I love my fiance-he has a lot of wonderful qualities-honest, loving, caring, etc. I do feel like I am taking on perhaps too much baggage to be with him and I am concerned about how our future w...

Does "narcissistic" ex miss me?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 3572 days ago

15 July 2014 (F) - My ex and I dated very briefly last Aug-Oct (2013). I met him through my job (he was a customer there). We had a very intense short term relationship. We never really fought, the sex was amazing, we did fun things together. And behind closed doors ...

Not sexually compatible. She's beautiful and we've been together 5 years. What can I do?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3562 days ago

14 July 2014 (F) - I have a problem that I think may be pretty common, so I would like to hear from people who have been through it, or are currently dealing with it. I have a partner who is great in every way. Independent, smart, good looking, shares a lot of ...

He doesn't realize that the way he was treating me is wrong!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 3573 days ago

14 July 2014 (F) - I broke up with my ex a few weeks ago. We were together for two years. He is a bit of a narcissist, didn't seem to know he was. Lied to me about a lot of things such as: having feelings for an ex, he was on sex sites, masturbated to porn four times ...

Should I leave this FWB?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 3570 days ago

14 July 2014 (M) - We've now known eachother for 5 five and have been FWB for four. In the beginning, I was instantly attracted to her but due to certain anti-social qualities, I didn't want to be in a relationship. She was also attracted to me as well so she wanted ...

Going the distance. Can love become friendship?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 3573 days ago

14 July 2014 (F) - Our 3-month relationship has been going great. It's been rather serious, too — given that I've met his mother on several occasions, such as dinner and coffee. But in a month I will go to France on exchange and he will go to England for Masters. ...

Am I too manly?

This question has 11 answers - newest was posted 3574 days ago

14 July 2014 (F) - My whole life I have been into sports. I love sports, I love games I love things normal woman don't. I grew up an only child for 12 years and I was basically my dad's son. But I've also been hurt many times by men in my life. So to protect myself I ...

I know I'm better off without her but I would deal with it for my son!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 3568 days ago

13 July 2014 (M) - Well, I was with my now ex for a little over 3 years before we split. We split last year for 4 months an got back together. This time its been a year an I have been patient with her. We broke up for stupid reasons an in the beginning we would talk ...

I thought our date went well--why has she blocked me on social media?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 3573 days ago

12 July 2014 (M) - There's this girl that I have a bit of a history with (albeit a couple of make out sessions a long time ago) and we both wanted to go to a theme park, and so we went; as friends. At first we got on well with conversation flowing, and then when we ...

Reconnected with my ex.... but does he prefer the girl he dated while we were apart?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3575 days ago

12 July 2014 (F) - Silly question here.... I was with my boyfriend for 8 years and we broke up two years ago. I broke up with him for some various reasons that seem to have all been a big case of misunderstand now it seems. Miscommunications. We recently reconnec...

Should I take back my ex? He had casual fling during a brief split.

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 3575 days ago

12 July 2014 (F) - OK, I am very confused. Me and my partner recently split up and just got back together, and I just found out by looking at his phone (bad I know but I had a gut feeling) that he was casually involved with another woman during the break. I know it's ...

I don't want him back but I know I have to arrange for him to be able to see our baby!

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 3575 days ago

12 July 2014 (F) - I really need some advice on how best to deal with my boyfriend cheating on me and setting up some form of contact for our baby while I allow myself time to take it all in. My boyfriend of three years had cheated on me while I was pregnant, it was...

Boyfriend of one month lives with me and I pay the bills, ex boyfriend says he cant be with me but wants me to wait for him.

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 3576 days ago

11 July 2014 (F) - So this is kind a long story that will lead to the question. Please give me some advise though. I am currently dating someone and have been for a month. Now my ex, who was made at the fact I was dating his friend or anyone for that matter, sai...

Is it time to call quits on my relationship?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 3573 days ago

11 July 2014 (F) - Is it time to call quits on my relationship? I've been with my boyfriend for close to five years. We've had some amazing times together but the cons have been building up to boiling point lately. I've never liked how disrespectfully he speak...