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Created on : Friday, July 01, 2005, 05:06:14 pm
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Is it time to end things with your significant other? Or, have you just been handed a relationship pink slip? Share your stories.

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November 4, 2005, 1:38 pm PST

True Love??

I am 21 years old and my girlfriend of 2 1/2 years and I recently broke up.  We started dating when I was a senior in high school and she was a freshman.  I am 21 now and she is getting ready to turn 18 in december.  For 2 years our relationship was perfect.  She was very mature and we thought that we were soul mates.  Everything clicked and we knew that we wanted to be together forever.  Her senior year in high school came and she realized that she was only 17 and just wanted to have fun.  She didn't want  to be in a serious relationship and she didn't know how to tell me.  We stopped spending time together and talking and after about a month and a half of school we started fighting.  We both made some big mistakes and we both took things the wrong way.  She wanted to go to a party at a college and i was mad at her, I thought that she was too young to be around college guys and i was jealous cuz she didnt want me to go with her...I was just trying to protect her and she took it as if i was controlling her and being her dad because i am so much older than her.  After that our relationship went down hill.  Two weeks later she told me that she liked another guy and she didnt want to ever go out again.  I didnt know how to handle it so i went out and made a big mistake with another girl.    Now she tells me that she wants to move on and she still likes that guy.  Should I just move on with my life or should I keep loving her and hope that one day she will come back to me??
 
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November 4, 2005, 8:17 pm PST

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  You did the right thing by telling him you need to take a break, that shows him that your not going to deal with the distance anymore.  He needs to change and by making him realize that he will lose you if he doesnt gives him more of a reason to do so.  The thing you have to remember during a break is that the idea of a break is to see what it's like to be broken up with someone, this means you can't act like you did when you guys were together.  Wait for him to call you, make him intiate all the things you guys do together.  I know from experience that breaks dont work unless you really take a break from each other.  The time apart should make him realize that he doesnt want to lose you and he needs to be the one to come back to you.  About the smoking thing, maybe if you two could sit down and make up a set of compromises about it, for example he can only smoke outside or when your not around, or something along those lines.  I don't think he is choosing smoking over you, but it's something that he is probably addicted to and it's hard for him to stop.  You shouldnt let something like that come between a relationship.  I hope everything works out for you and if you ever need anymore help I'm here! 
Thanks I am going to try that but I'm going to wait for him to call me like you said. I mean he text me earlier today and said I love you so much and I hadn't talked to him since the other night when we took a break so I guess thats a good sign.  But I will try everything you said and I'll let you know what happens Thanks alot!!!
 
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November 5, 2005, 1:25 pm PST

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 So, I am on an exchange for ten months in Sweden. But before i left i had a long term boyfriend and we were planning on moving in together. We were in love. The relationship was not perfect. I was scared to get mad at him and he made me mad a lot. Sometimes he would stand me up or get high around me when he new i hated it! I knew he had his glitches but i could live with them.  I loved him so much. When i got to Sweden things got really difficult. He stood my up a few times when he was supposed to phone me and it really made me angry. I thought if he cannot even call me while i am here this relationship must not mean as much to him. Soon everything just really got to me. So i told him we should go on a break and see what happens when i got back. Now he is dating my best friend. I am soo pissed off. I thought that i meant more to him than that! I just want to email him and tell him i want to get back together but i know i cannot do that. I have no idea how to get past this because i dont want to get over him i want us to be together when i get home. But then i am confused if maybe i only feel that way becase i cannot have him anymore! i really have no idea what to do!
 
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November 5, 2005, 1:46 pm PST

Thats a girl for you!#2

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Recently I found a saved messenger conversation between my girlfriend and a mutual male friend of ours,he has a long term girlfriend. The conversation was mostly about my girlfriends rear end and how much he enjoyed it so to speak, she didnt even attempt to discourage the conversation and never mentioned it to me, ive been friends with him longer then her, they were friends, not close, before we became a couple and he has a way of beeing like that with everyone even around his girlfriend. Heres my problem(s). first I find that very rude that he would say that to her only because I would never say that sort of thing to his girlfriend, second that she didnt seem to discourage it and third that she actually saved the conversation! she tells me she doenst know why she saved it........and that nothing has ever happened to them before or after we started going out. I want to believe her but Im having a hard time trying to decide whether to blow of the sorta friendship with him and work it out with her or just to blow them both off, weve only been dating for 2 months and i feel like that is not a good way to start a relationship. If this has happened to anyone in the past or youve got some words of wisdom please let me know as Im confused right now how best to deal with this. One thing I am sure of is the friendship with him is done, Im not putting up with that kind of disespect for our friendship.  

 lets try this again! My thought is that girls just like to be complimented on. They love to hear things like that about them, no matter who they are. So when a girl hears something like that it makes her feel good and all that. Even when i have a boyfriend i get compliments like that from guys, some are his friends. Really thats just a guy for ya! Some just like to flatter girls, they just flirt instinctively. I really wouldn't take it to heart. A girl just likes to feel good about herself and know that someone thinks something like that about her. Who knows why she saved it. I say if you like her, then stick with it. A guy flirting and saying something like that is nothing, as long as it doesnt go any father than that. you should feel proud your girlfriend had a nice ass! lol
 
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November 5, 2005, 3:21 pm PST

Whats a girl to do

  

  On my 50th birthday my boyfriend of the age or 45, my daughter and her boyfriend and my son were at my home to help me celebrate.  I had too much too drink and had said a couple things that upset my boyfriend to the point that made him decide that he probably would not want to be with me from that point on.  So anyways what happened I started to tickle my daughter's boyfriend foot and my boyfriend said what you have a foot fetish I'll give you something to suck on and I said that I would suck on anything. Now mind you that I was pretty damn good. 

  

  So it wasn't until the later the next day that I found out from him that he didn't want to be with me because of what I had said.  I told him that I was sorry but it wasn't enough. And since then I have been begging for him to take me back and crying my eyes out and feeling sick to my stomach. He has been saying to me that I would be better off with someone else that would treat me better.  You see we live 3 hours away from each other so he also mentions the situation of my family being down here too regarding us being together.  Which seemed okay before this ever happened.  In the past he has broken it off with me 4 times and we have gotten back together.  I am in love with him which I have told him so and he has told me that he loves me.  You see hes not sure if he wants to be with a women like me.  I guess a women that talks like that.  I told him that I won't be drinking anymore which I won't be and that It wouldn't hurt me one bit to clean up my act but he's telling me to find someone to be with that will except me for who I am.  But I am so in love with him and he makes me feel so good. 

  

    So with our last conversation his last words were "okay have it your way" which I am not sure exactly what that means.  I know that I should probably just leave him alone and not bother him. But I have left a text message for him telling him that I miss him.  This is something he already knows. I don't want to get him pissed off nor do I want to lose him.   

  

   We have been / or were together for 6 months and I am not sure if I should move on.  Could you folks please offer some kind advise. 

  

Thank you so much 

  

   

    

   

  

    

 
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November 5, 2005, 4:11 pm PST

anyone know the answer??

I am 21 years old and my girlfriend of 2 1/2 years and I recently broke up.  We started dating when I was a senior in high school and she was a freshman.  I am 21 now and she is getting ready to turn 18 in december.  For 2 years our relationship was perfect.  She was very mature and we thought that we were soul mates.  Everything clicked and we knew that we wanted to be together forever.  Her senior year in high school came and she realized that she was only 17 and just wanted to have fun.  She didn't want  to be in a serious relationship and she didn't know how to tell me.  We stopped spending time together and talking and after about a month and a half of school we started fighting.  We both made some big mistakes and we both took things the wrong way.  She wanted to go to a party at a college and i was mad at her, I thought that she was too young to be around college guys and i was jealous cuz she didnt want me to go with her...I was just trying to protect her and she took it as if i was controlling her and being her dad because i am so much older than her.  After that our relationship went down hill.  Two weeks later she told me that she liked another guy and she didnt want to ever go out again.  I didnt know how to handle it so i went out and made a big mistake with another girl.    Now she tells me that she wants to move on and she still likes that guy.  Should I just move on with my life or should I keep loving her and hope that one day she will come back to me??
 
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November 6, 2005, 12:03 am PST

Don't waste your time

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  On my 50th birthday my boyfriend of the age or 45, my daughter and her boyfriend and my son were at my home to help me celebrate.  I had too much too drink and had said a couple things that upset my boyfriend to the point that made him decide that he probably would not want to be with me from that point on.  So anyways what happened I started to tickle my daughter's boyfriend foot and my boyfriend said what you have a foot fetish I'll give you something to suck on and I said that I would suck on anything. Now mind you that I was pretty damn good. 

  

  So it wasn't until the later the next day that I found out from him that he didn't want to be with me because of what I had said.  I told him that I was sorry but it wasn't enough. And since then I have been begging for him to take me back and crying my eyes out and feeling sick to my stomach. He has been saying to me that I would be better off with someone else that would treat me better.  You see we live 3 hours away from each other so he also mentions the situation of my family being down here too regarding us being together.  Which seemed okay before this ever happened.  In the past he has broken it off with me 4 times and we have gotten back together.  I am in love with him which I have told him so and he has told me that he loves me.  You see hes not sure if he wants to be with a women like me.  I guess a women that talks like that.  I told him that I won't be drinking anymore which I won't be and that It wouldn't hurt me one bit to clean up my act but he's telling me to find someone to be with that will except me for who I am.  But I am so in love with him and he makes me feel so good. 

  

    So with our last conversation his last words were "okay have it your way" which I am not sure exactly what that means.  I know that I should probably just leave him alone and not bother him. But I have left a text message for him telling him that I miss him.  This is something he already knows. I don't want to get him pissed off nor do I want to lose him.   

  

   We have been / or were together for 6 months and I am not sure if I should move on.  Could you folks please offer some kind advise. 

  

Thank you so much 

  

   

    

   

  

    

 Don't waste your time being with someone who does not respect you for you. If that is who you are then don't let some guy change you. If you guys have broken up that many times there obviously has to be some other problem. Espicailly if you have only been together for 6 months, that is a lot of breaking up for only 6 months. Just let him know that you are not going to waste your time with someone who is going to force you to change who you. If he really loves you he will realize that he cannot change you. Use the old saying 'just let it go and if it comes back then it was meant to be'. Go out meet some people, have some fun, who knows maybe you will meet someone even better. Don't waste your time with someone who cannto respect you for you.
 
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November 6, 2005, 8:03 am PST

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Hi all,

 

My ex common law husband for 4 years and me had a 6 yrs. old daughter.  During those time of separation, we were off and on until last time was December 2004.  He had dated here and there and had a girlfriend in 2004 but only lasts 5 months.  He introduced our daughter to this girl only once.  After that girl, he dated another one that only lasts 3 months.  He came back to me and got back together again but only lasts for not even 2 weeks.  After a month he started seeing a new girl and already started exposing our daughter to her.  They are still together and both been spending time with my daughter sometime every other weekend when my daughter is with him. I overheard on his voice mail messages that this girl is already saying I love you to him.  I know it is not illegal for him to expose my daughter to her..but it's making me really angry.  I wanted to know this girl so I know who my daughter is spending time with when she is with her dad but he would not introduce her to me.  He already introduce her to her family but not to me.  Am I entitled to know or for him to introduce to me to his girlfriend or is this out of my business? 

 I know exactly how you are feeling, I went thru this a few years ago.  My boyfriend and I were together for 7 years. When we split, our son was 4 years old.  My son would come home from his weekend visits with his dad and say things like:  "I slept in bed with Daddy and Stephanie", then a few weeks later " Daddy and Tiffany took me to the races".............I was livid!!!!!!!   I was so angry that I could not see straight.   I tried for many months to "control" what goes on when he was at his dads but I eventually learned that I have NO CONTROL over what takes place over there.  I finally just had a very long talk with my ex and told him that I was not exposing our son to the men in my life and I would appreciate it if he did the same with his women. I told him I had a "3 month rule" and if I was still with someone after 3 months, then they could meet my son.  Of course he said that I was jealous and that I was blowing it all out of proportion.  But, I also told him that we are setting examples for our son by our actions .  I also told him that each time he rids a girl that our son was close to, then gets a new one and then she leaves; that our son  feels abandonded by each woman.  Its bad enough that mommy and daddy split, he does not need to feel abandonded by anyone.  I told him that I knew in my heart that he was good dad and would not want to hurt his son and I trusted he would do the right thing after our talk.  After this long talk it seemed that my ex took my advise. Now he is engaged, living with his fiance. So thankfully I do not have to worry about it anymore.
My point to you is that unfortunately you can not control what happens when your daughter is with her daddy.  I know that is not what you want to hear... trust me .. I know!! LOL
I think you should talk to your ex and/or write him a letter.  Make sure the conversation stays on topic "your daughters best interest" , if you steer away from that , your ex will probably say what mine did.  Your jealous, you are blowing things out of proportion etc...

Good luck!!
 
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November 6, 2005, 8:10 am PST

Breaking Up

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 Don't waste your time being with someone who does not respect you for you. If that is who you are then don't let some guy change you. If you guys have broken up that many times there obviously has to be some other problem. Espicailly if you have only been together for 6 months, that is a lot of breaking up for only 6 months. Just let him know that you are not going to waste your time with someone who is going to force you to change who you. If he really loves you he will realize that he cannot change you. Use the old saying 'just let it go and if it comes back then it was meant to be'. Go out meet some people, have some fun, who knows maybe you will meet someone even better. Don't waste your time with someone who cannto respect you for you.
 I agree with the other reply, the first 6 months of a relationship is supposed to be "blissful".
If you guys have already broken up several times then CLEARLY there are more issues than the way you talk when you are drunk!!
It sounds to me like this guy wants out of the relationship and is using what you said the other night as his excuse out.  For some reason men think they have to have a "valid excuse" to get out of a relationhship and what better one to use than the one he is using.  It gets him out of the relationship AND makes you feel guilty and responsible for the break up.  What a genius he is!!
You are better off without him!!  
Also, dont call him, text him, email him.. etc.... you have to give him time to miss you.  If you keep finding ways to contact him he will not feel that void where you once were.  If you do get back together with him.. dont comprimise your integrity and stay true to yourself!!

Good luck
 
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November 6, 2005, 8:37 am PST

Breaking Up

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 Don't waste your time being with someone who does not respect you for you. If that is who you are then don't let some guy change you. If you guys have broken up that many times there obviously has to be some other problem. Espicailly if you have only been together for 6 months, that is a lot of breaking up for only 6 months. Just let him know that you are not going to waste your time with someone who is going to force you to change who you. If he really loves you he will realize that he cannot change you. Use the old saying 'just let it go and if it comes back then it was meant to be'. Go out meet some people, have some fun, who knows maybe you will meet someone even better. Don't waste your time with someone who cannto respect you for you.

   

  

  I want to thank you for your advise.  I have heard that saying if it comes back then it was meant to be.  Yes we were seeing each other for 6 months and yes I did do some stupid things like taking my top off at the beach while we were in Maine. But I had my bra on and we were at the end of the beach where there were no one else.  It was hot and I had no suit to wear.  And as soon as someone came that way I put my top back on and left it on.  That and what he thought was the way I walked and talked and dressed that I was looking for other men which I wasn't.  You see I haven't been with a man that has loved me the way he has so I am not sure of how to carry myself.   

  

  I am more than willing to straighten my act up because I am sure that there are other men that would love a "Proper Women".  I probably should just leave it alone and move on but it is so damn hard to do.  Being in love really sucks and since the "so called break-up" we have been talking and he has convied to me that he loves me.  I am not sure what to think of that.  I do know that we need to get together and have a good one on one. 

  

Thanks again. 

  

Jackie 

 
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