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Archived questions from: August, 2017 (see latest in Breaking up category)

Breaking up: Help and advice

I can't get over a guy I dated for a month?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2429 days ago

30 August 2017 (F) - Hi aunts and uncles. I still have feelings for an ex that I was only with for one month and it's really troubling me. He wasn't my first boyfriend, and it wasn't my longest relationship, but I've never felt this way before. We had a lovely ...

Our fighting has gotten worse, could this be the final breakup?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2431 days ago

28 August 2017 (M) - My long-term girlfriend and I have had many ups and downs over the years. Unfortunately, we're both hard headed and when we disagree, we fight. More unfortunately, those fights usually result in her breaking up. Within a few days I am always the ...

Break-up, Make-Up Cycle and After a Loving Weekend, He Hasn't Called. Why?

This question has 10 answers - newest was posted 2432 days ago

28 August 2017 (F) - I recently left my boyfriend two weeks ago, and now we aren't talking. My purpose in leaving wasn't necessarily to break up,but because I wasn't going to tolerate the verbal and emotional abuse. He can be extremely controlling and gonon tirades. ...

He finally admitted he didn't have an ex-girlfriend, he has and ex-BOYfriend!

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 2432 days ago

28 August 2017 (F) - When we first started going out, my boyfriend told me that he had an ex-girlfriend and that they broke up because she was horrible to him. I believed him and chalked up his refusal of talk about his past relationship to it being too painful. We have ...

My LDR says we are just prolonging the inevitable end.

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 2431 days ago

27 August 2017 (F) - I have been in an LDR for 8 years, and in that 8 years, we have only been physically together for a total time of 3 months on 4 occasions. The rest of the time has been spent talking almost daily on video skype and various chat apps. In recent...

Broke up with girlfriend after her dad died, what should I do now?

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 2426 days ago

26 August 2017 (M) - Hi, So.. I was with my girlfriend for 3 years and her Dad died about 7 months or so before we broke up. She wasn't close to her dad and hadn't seen him in years. She called me up when it first happened and I told her I was sorry etc and told h...

Boyfriend dumped me but when I date someone new he wants me back again

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 2432 days ago

26 August 2017 (F) - So I've been dating this guy for a month but I've been starting to have dreams about my ex who I dated for a year and a half, he was a guy i could never forget but he dumped me but he keeps trying to get back together all the time and when I'm with ...

I'm shocked at being ghosted by him! How did you get over a situation like this? Advice?

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 2433 days ago

25 August 2017 (F) - Hello everyone After 3.5 years of a LTR, my ex dumped me over the phone because he said it would be easier and that his mind was made up. He said he didn't want to see me upset or risk going back on his decision. The only thing he kept saying w...

What is your interpretation when a guy says that you are what he needs in a relationship, but he is scared that he is not what you need?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 2434 days ago

25 August 2017 (F) - What is your interpretation when a guy says that you are what he needs in a relationship, but he is scared that he is not what you need? His interpretation of need is that the girl is stable, respectable and knows what she wants in life and how to ...

How do I fix this verbally abusive relationship?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2431 days ago

25 August 2017 (F) - Hi, I'm really am confused by my relationship. I am 27 and my boyfriends 29. I've been with my boyfriend for over 4 years. It's not been an easy four years tbh. When we met I just finished university. He was living with his parents, getting...

I'm ready to leave, but how do I take my dignity with me?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2437 days ago

22 August 2017 (F) - Ive been seeing a 34 year old guy for two full months now. He treats me well, takes me out to nice places well until i saw him texting other girls on social me. I caught him once flirting with girls the one time we went shopping together. I told him ...

I can't get over my ex of 4 years ago. I treated her badly and have regrets

This question has 12 answers - newest was posted 2439 days ago

21 August 2017 (M) - Hi 4 years ago I was with a woman I fell completely in love with I admit now I didn't treat her how I should of done I called her a couple of nasty names and generally treated her like rubbish now every morning I wake up with her on my mind I see ...

She's boring and bland and I need to cut her loose but how do I let her down without hurting her feelings?

This question has 11 answers - newest was posted 2434 days ago

19 August 2017 (M) - Hello everyone, I've recently been speaking to a girl that I got speaking to through social media. I just randomly messaged her one day and things took off and we've now been speaking for roughly two months. We went on a date after about 10 d...

Why would he say he isn't right for me, yet I'm right for him but he still doesn't want a relationship?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 2441 days ago

19 August 2017 (F) - Please be patient as I outline my story. We were good friends and disclosed our feelings for each other a few months after re-establishing contact. He's been supportive of me from the beginning, and we have always playfully flirted. There was ...

My boyfriend of 8 months is going on vacation with his almost ex wife and their kids! Is this normal? Is this okay?

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 2441 days ago

17 August 2017 (?) - I have been in a relationship with a man (in recovery from alcohol) for 8 months. A few months back things got a little rocky as hes still not fully divorced that's not final for about 2 more months. I have not met his children, nor him mine. Hi...

His ex randomly pops up!

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2442 days ago

17 August 2017 (F) - My .... ex? current bf?... I don't know what we are... we dated for a year,he cheated several times, I broke up with him and 6 months later we are seeing each other and acting like a couple. To him and his friends and immediate family, he introduces ...

Could our relationship be salvaged?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2444 days ago

16 August 2017 (M) - So this past Monday my girlfriend of 6 months split up with me. She's just got back from a week away with her sister and the day she went away told me she had been thinking about it because of how I react to things and how she's constantly worrying ...

Have I done the right thing in leaving this relationship?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2442 days ago

16 August 2017 (M) - I've been in a relationship for 7 years. The relationship transpired from my girlfriend having an affair. She promised when separated that we would spend more time together. 7 yeas on and she hasn't told her children about me and her ex is around ...

What is the point of this relationship? Unbiased advice requested!

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2442 days ago

16 August 2017 (F) - I am so angry and upset. I am honestly considering if the better option is to just walk away from my five year relationship. I am really sorry but this is going to be quite long. I need some advice, or just pointed in the right direction. I wis...

He's a sweet person except when he's turned on!

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 2444 days ago

15 August 2017 (M) - Dear Cupid(s), I am very confused. At the beginning of the year I met a guy and things seemed to be going really well. Both of us were virgins, and when we finally had sex it felt like that became all our entire relationship was about. I started...

I cant break up with her because she threatens self harm.

This question has 13 answers - newest was posted 2446 days ago

13 August 2017 (F) - Hi, So I've been dating my girlfriend for about 3 years total now with some time in between here and there. I've been on the fence about breaking up with her for the entirety of this summer but I haven't been able to act on it because she is s...

I'm still friends with an ex and my new girlfriend gets jealous!

This question has 12 answers - newest was posted 2446 days ago

12 August 2017 (M) - I've been with my new girlfriend for six month's, my ex am still friends with,she babysits my granddaughter, if she needs help I help her like today, I have a pickup, she bought a big snowblower, so I pick it up for her, I help other friends too, my ...

He said he's not going anywhere. What does he mean?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 2447 days ago

12 August 2017 (F) - My male friend and I have recently shared our inner most feelings to each other, and as it happens we feel the same way. This was accompanied by him interlocking our fingers, many hugs (him saying "I just want to hug/hold you"), holding me while ...

Things were perfect then he began to change. Should I break up with him?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 2447 days ago

11 August 2017 (F) - My relationship was perfect with my boyfriend.and then things began to change..he doesnt go down on me when we have sex and making excuses saying the odour coming from my vagina smells terible when we have sex and thats the reason he cant.and ...

Each time I nearly had sex I pulled back .... now we have split up!

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 2448 days ago

11 August 2017 (F) - Hi, Me and my now ex boyfriend broke up and it was a very hard decision for us to make because we love each other very much...We met about four months ago at work and we've been together for a month and a half before our break up. Everythi...

I am trying to get over her betrayal so why is she driving past my house?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2450 days ago

9 August 2017 (F) - Hi aunties, My long term partner left me 18 months ago for another man who she is still with. As far as I was concerned the relationship is over and there is no need to stay in touch. Every few months though she makes an effort to get in contact w...

We were getting on so well .... but now he just blanks me.

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 2448 days ago

9 August 2017 (F) - Is it time for me to give up? So I was seeing this man for a while, things were great and he told me he loved me and we talked about a future together. We met at work. All of a sudden he has now started blanking me, contact fizzled out apar...

What makes a person act like my ex did?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 2452 days ago

8 August 2017 (F) - I was dating a guy for about two years. Around April of 2017 he breaks off the relationship. I was being needy and angry during that time because I was in my senior year of college and it was finals. And my father had stage four cancer he got really ...

How do I fix things and apologize in order to reconcile?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 2453 days ago

7 August 2017 (M) - My ex who I broke up with about 5 months ago asked me if I wanted to hang out yesterday with her and her kids and we spent the whole day together playing in the pool and stuff at the house and cooking dinner. We have been good friends the last ...

Why has this man reappeared saying he's sorry things didn't work out

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 2457 days ago

3 August 2017 (F) - I met a guy online a few months back. We got on well, there was chemistry and he only lived a 5 minute drive from me. Right from the start even though his profile said he was looking for a relationship I knew he was only after the physical side. ...

Does she want to get back with me? Why does she say "I understand"

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 2455 days ago

2 August 2017 (M) - Hi my girlfriend and i split up 3 and a half months ago i have been trying, to get her back , via mutual friend she met another man 1 month after we split. she Might be in rebound relationship. she has told me via friend to move on several times, ...

Do men ever regret dumping a good woman?

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 2458 days ago

2 August 2017 (F) - Want to ask the other women on this site,I treated my ex great I thought, I did every thing to try to make him happy,its been over a year now, do you think he ever thinks of me. Do men ever regret dumping a good woman, oh he ghost me, never got a ...

His friend is trying to get my b/f to break up with me and date someone else. He thinks I'm unreasonable because I ask him not to talk to her

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 2458 days ago

1 August 2017 (F) - Going to cut a long story short... Me and my partner broke up because he thought he liked someone else so I ended things. Me leaving made him realise he wanted me and after some time I decided to give him a chance to redeem himself. However...