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Archived questions from: September, 2005 (see latest in The ex-factor category)

The ex-factor: Help and advice

My ex and I still talk and meet sometimes. Does that just prolong the break-up?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 1072 days ago

29 September 2005 (F) - Im a 31 divorcee (of 3 yrs) and have recently split up with my boyfriend of 1 1/2 yrs. He too was separated, his wife cheated on him 3 yrs ago. He says he loves me but his head's all screwed up, and not just because of his ex - I'm sure he's ...

I still love my ex, and she's single again. But to get together with her means breaking up my new relationship!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 760 days ago

29 September 2005 (M) - I was with my ex girlfriend for almost six years. She was married throughout the relationship but we were deeply in love and she never once made me feel like the other man. In fact went to great lengths not to. She attempted to leave her husband but ...

He wasn't the source of our problems, and I realise that. Is there a chance for us to try again?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 1073 days ago

29 September 2005 (F) - I was with a guy long distance for a while, then I moved to be with him and it was too much too soon. He called it off. He has since called me and said he doesn't know where we stand and I just let him know i wasn't angry (I now realise a lot of o...

The girl I like won't even talk to me when her ex is around, in case she hurts HIS feelings...

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 1073 days ago

28 September 2005 (M) - Over the summer me and this girl became very close. We would talk every day and we hung out a lot and eventually I started to have feelings for her. All of her friends said she always talked about me and likes me but there is a problem. She and ...

Could he really be over his ex? And why do I feel so threatened?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 1075 days ago

27 September 2005 (?) - Hello, Me and my boyfriend have been together for a while now. The problem is I've met his ex twice. She has cystic fibrosis. He says she is dying and will die in maybe 2 years, is that right? She's in her 30's. He was with her 21 years. Is he ...

With him, it's all or nothing... and right now, I have nothing.

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 1075 days ago

27 September 2005 (?) - I miss the sex with him, and can't fathom being sexual with anyone else other then him. What should I do? We broke up and he moved out back to his house which ia 250 miles from me. I started driving up to see him again, but he pushed us living b...

My ex keeps hanging around, saying he loves me. So why is he stalling on getting together?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 1075 days ago

27 September 2005 (F) - Alex and I dated for 4.5 years, but in February 2004 I broke up with him over a petty fight. He spent the next year begging to get back together with me. When he found out that I would be going to school in Florida starting in Fall 2005, he ...

It just seems wrong that my girlfriend wants to hang out with her ex!

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 585 days ago

26 September 2005 (M) - I have been with my girlfriend for 4 months. I am so in love with her and have asked her to move in with me. She has been with quite a few men before, including a one night stand with a guy she used to work with. She is still friends with this guy ...

I never stopped thinking of my old flame, so when we met again...

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 1076 days ago

25 September 2005 (F) - Last night I went out with my friend and bumped into a man I fell in love with at school. He was my soulmate. I have been married 8 years been with my husband 14. All this time I have thought about what could have been. We did not sleep together...

My pregnancy drove my boyfriend back to his ex. Is this really my fault, like he says?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 1069 days ago

25 September 2005 (F) - I would like some help as the problem I have is eating me up inside. I have been with my boyfriend for nearly 2 years and have always had an issue with his ex wife and their child, in the sense that she rings him a couple of times every day to see i...

My ex wants to stay friends, but she also wants to prevent me going out with her best friend!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 1057 days ago

25 September 2005 (M) - My ex-girlfriend has a new boyfriend but she is jealous because I want to go out with her best friend. We stayed friends after we broke up and talk on the phone a lot, but she is always trying to make me jealous and I'm not that kind of person. What ...

My old ex lured me back from my new ex. Now my new ex won't take me back again!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 1075 days ago

22 September 2005 (F) - hi, I really need some advice. I have been with my boyfriend for 2 and a half years. Earlier this year, I got to know a guy from work and I really started to like him. I told my boyfriend I needed a break and we split up for 2 months. In this...

Still hanging on to a thread of hope the my ex-girlfriend will come back to me...

This question has 17 answers - newest was posted 149 days ago

20 September 2005 (M) - I've asked questions on here before. The answers have been very helpful, but I'm sure you are all aware, things change. I told my ex girlfriend (who dumped me for someone else) that we couldn't be friends. At the time I said that to her, we were ...

I can't get over her past with her ex. I feel like her second choice!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 926 days ago

20 September 2005 (M) - Girlfriend's Past and present I have been with my girlfriend for nearly a year now and I love her more then anything. She is amazing and she loves me so much. The problem is I can't get over her past. I know this is standard. A lot of guys have...

My husband and I have been separated for 9 years, but we still talk and we're still married...

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 1082 days ago

19 September 2005 (F) - I just wanted to see if anyone can help me. I've been separated from my husband for 9 years and he's been with this other woman for 8 years. He has asked her to marry him a long time ago, but of course that has never happened, because he's still ...

I knocked back most of my ex's sexual requests, but he wants us to meet again! Why?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 1083 days ago

19 September 2005 (F) - I recently met up with a very old flame, who I am trying not to think of as the love of my life. He wanted to show me his new house and we both knew where it would end up. However, his demands began with oral sex and got more extreme, and included ...

My friends say he cheated, even though he denies it. Now we're broken up.

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 1083 days ago

19 September 2005 (F) - hello everyone! I really need some advice about my ex-boyfriend. We were together for 3 years (high school sweetheart) and have been seperated for 3 months now. I found out that he had cheated on me while he was away at school. I confront...

Should I wait until he's ready for a relationship, or is it just less painful to move on?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 1083 days ago

18 September 2005 (F) - Dear Agony Aunt, I had been dating one of my friends 6 months ago, for 4 months. Things were perfect, we had so much fun, could talk about everything and we were really close. He was the most polite and caring person I knew, treated me with ...

I thought my abusive ex had left the area, but it looks like I was wrong...

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 1083 days ago

17 September 2005 (F) - I am 19 years old. In February this year I split up with the guy I had been going out with for 18 months. We were living together in my parents' house for over a year. He was abusive both physically and mentally to me, but never in front of my ...

Is "J" gone, or is there a chance we'll get back together?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 1085 days ago

16 September 2005 (M) - Hi All, I was engaged when I met the girl of my dreams. My ex wasn't the one, so my new girl J, and I fell deeply in love. However, I kept in contact with my ex out of guilt. J didn't like this, and now, 3 years later, has had enough. We took ...

She can't get over her ex, and it's coming between us...

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 1083 days ago

16 September 2005 (F) - My partner has an ex who constantly texts him says she misses him. This is constantly coming between us. She says he is messing with her head. She lies about him visiting her to cause trouble. She likes to buy him gifts. She won't have anything to ...

I'm engaged to a new man... but still dream of a life with my ex!

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 1087 days ago

15 September 2005 (F) - Who to Marry?? I was dating a guy for 10 years and he was the love of my life. We started dating when we were very young and many things happened in those 10 years, including him cheating on me, and myself cheating on him. However, our relation...

I've never forgotten my ex, and I'd never leave my wife, so why do I regret not seeking out my ex?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 1067 days ago

14 September 2005 (M) - I have been married to my beautiful wife for the past two years and she is everything I could have asked for. I love her but before we have even met, my high school interest had always been on my mind for the past 10 years! Although we have lost ...

Flirting with my ex is nice, but should we get back together?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 1088 days ago

14 September 2005 (F) - Hi, recently I've become friends with my ex-boyfriend and we flirt all the time. We had a long talk the other day about why we split and that we should put everything behind us. And now I'm starting to feel for him again and I think he feels t...

My girl didn't seem to care about me, until there was a chance I'd go out with someone else!

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 322 days ago

13 September 2005 (M) - I was recently seeing a girl for about 2 months. I went on holiday and when I came back she seemed different. After a lot of chasing on my part she said she didn't want to be with me. This was about a month ago now but the other weekend she found ...

After I slept with my ex, all those old feelings came flooding back! What are our chances?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 100 days ago

13 September 2005 (F) - I broke up with my boyfriend of 3 and a half years nearly 2 years ago. We didn't really have much contact as he had a new girlfriend! I saw him out clubbing a couple of weeks ago and we got on so well as if we had never split. I ended up going ba...

If I vent my feelings to my abusive ex, would he try to find me again?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 1087 days ago

13 September 2005 (F) - I broke up from a man who was very abusive towards me about a year and a half ago. I have since entered into a healthy realtionship and have become engaged. Knowing all of this I still keep thinking about my Ex. I think it may be because I feel ...

Is it playing games to try to get my ex back into my life again?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 477 days ago

13 September 2005 (F) - Thanks for the quick reply on my question I posted last month! Well I took your advice and feel soo much better for it! The guy friend (I had at work) had promised to just be a "friend" but then he started flirting with me through e-mail and I ...

Should I worry that he called me his ex's name when we were having sex?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 1090 days ago

12 September 2005 (F) - I have been in a relationship for two years. He is two years older than me. He has a bit of a temper which has affected relationships with his children. Also at night on several occasions he has called me names of ex-girlfriends, specifically ...

I want my ex back, but he'll never take me back if he finds out I've lost my virginity to someone else!

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 1090 days ago

12 September 2005 (F) - Ok I have a huge problem! I am 19 years old, currently dating a 31 year old for the past 3 months. Everything is great and he's so much fun and I like him a lot. I lost my virginity to him and he's such a sweet guy, treats me very kindly. The only...

We're not ready to date because I'm afraid of what my ex might do if he finds out!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 1090 days ago

12 September 2005 (F) - Hi, I had a bad breakup with my ex about 4 months ago, and when I left him, his best friend mostly stopped talking to him as well. I became really close with his friend and I like him as more than a friend. I've told him I like him and he likes me, ...

Over a few drinks I got intimate again with my ex, then he dumped me a second time!

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 1092 days ago

10 September 2005 (?) - I have went through a painful breakup from my 3 year relationship about 2 months ago and was just starting to see a "light at the end of the tunnel", when he said he wanted to see me again and that he was missing me terribly. Against my better ...

Is it fair that he dumped me for sleeping with someone 9 years ago?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 1089 days ago

9 September 2005 (F) - My Boyfriend of three years has dumped me. The reason he cited is that I slept with his best friend 9 years ago and he can't cope with that fact. He says I don't understand the male ego. I think that this is deeply unreasonable, what do yo...

How can I be friends again with my ex?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 1090 days ago

8 September 2005 (F) - Dear Cupid, I need some advice. I want to be friends again with my ex because we had such good times together and I didn't want our relationship to end on bad terms but it did. I want to make things right again but I don't know how. Could you help...

Should I write and apologise to my ex about the bad way I handled our break-up?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 1093 days ago

8 September 2005 (F) - I found some old letters in my stack of books and in them was one from "Jake". We dated 8 years ago when I was 18 for about 3-4 months. He was amazing to me, maybe the nicest bfriend I ever had. We were never intimate with one another, although ...

My friends say to forget about my ex, but I want to know why we drifted apart!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 1094 days ago

6 September 2005 (F) - Dear cupid, I have just split up with my boyfriend, whom I've been with for 8 weeks, and we are still very good friends. But one of the reasons I broke up with him was because of one of my previous relationships, 'ex', that I had 12 weeks ago. ...

We broke up and I want to move on... but how do I forget my feelings?

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 346 days ago

6 September 2005 (M) - Dear Cupid, My fiance broke up with me a month ago and I'm still in shock over it. We were deeply in love. She would say all the time how she couldn't wait for us to be married and living together. I wanted to be with her in all eternity but now...

Should I give my fiance another chance?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 1096 days ago

6 September 2005 (F) - Almost two years ago I broke up with my fiance because of nonsense. Since then we haven't really spoken to each other and about a week ago he came to me and we got to talking. Now the feelings that I once had are returning and to make matters worse ...

Feeling like I should leave my marriage and go back to my first husband...

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 284 days ago

6 September 2005 (F) - I am a newlywed of one year and was divorced from my first husband 1 1/2 years ago. My ex and I were together for 13 years and married nine. We have 2 children together and have maintained a very close friendship. The problem is, even though I...

I don't expect love with my ex... I just want it to end nicely!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 1095 days ago

4 September 2005 (F) - Three years ago I suffered a really messy break up with my first love - but I've still held onto the love, I suppose. I've had other boyfriends since, but never felt the same. Recently, we started sleeping together again - but only a few times an...

Why does my boyfriend still have a ten-years-ago ex's name in his address book?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 1099 days ago

2 September 2005 (F) - I'm 20 and I am so frustrated that my boyfriend of 2 years still has his ex girlfriend of 4 years in his email address book. She contacts him maybe once a year or visa versa. I have asked him to take her out but he says they are just friends ...