When will I stop waiting for the phone to ring?
I ended it with my girlfriend, and am glad I did, I suppose. I really needed to cut off contact, as so many of you have posted about (thank you), otherwise I was not going to move on. She just kept stringing me along and I was willing to give up everything for her. Ugh.
Your posts gave me the confidence to do something that was really, really hard for me, and it was the right thing. So thank you.
Anyway, it's been a couple of days and I'm already feeling a lot better. Stronger. Like I've been hit by a truck, but that I will mend someday.
My question right now is...when will I stop waiting for the phone to ring? Most of the time I have accepted that the breakup was for the best, but I miss her so GD much that I expect every phone call to be her. Someone rang my doorbell today and my heart hit the floor. I was so scared and hopeful that it would be her. It was a Girl Scout selling cookies.
I'm keeping busy, I think, and listening to upbeat music and watching funny shows and leaning on my friends, exercising...but at the end of the day I still miss her so very much.
I know everyone is different, but in general, how long do you think it takes to let go of the hope?