Fell in love with another man and told my boyfriend honestly, now he dumped me
This might be quite extensive. I fell in love with another man and tried to work things out with my boyfriend but he dumped me. I understand him but he does not want to give me another chance. Can we get back together?
I am 23 and I fell in love with another man while I had a relationship of 7 months. I loved my boyfriend, I fell in love because I had a lot of stress at that time and I found it scary to know that I would never be able to explore any other relationship ever again, that is why I was a bit open to these feelings, it had nothing to do with my feelings for my boyfriend who I loved very dearly. Nevertheless, I knew after a while that my boyfriend was more important to me than exploring new things. I never cheated on my boyfriend or never did anything really bad. I told my boyfriend honestly that I fell in love with an other man, but that I wanted to stay with him. He was really hurt, but he supported me. This reaction made me feel like he was the man I wanted to marry.
As it was hard to break off contact with this man, I made a few mistakes through which my boyfriend saw that I had feelings, which really hurt him. I broke off contact with the other man with the sweetest e-mail, for which my boyfriend was very mad that I was too friendly to him, but I wanted a sweet closure because I cared for him too, It was hard to let him go, but I did and I told my boyfriend everything honestly and tried to figure out why I was so confused and why this had happened. After that, I knew for sure my boyfriend was the one for me and I was sure it would never happen again and I was ready to settle with him for the rest of my life. Since that time, my boyfriend was not happy anymore and he did not see me as his angel anymore, I hoped that it would pass.
But 4 months later, my boyfriend dumped me because he was not in love anymore, because he was unhappy and frustrated and he could not forget the things that happened, he could not get over the fact that I fell in love with someone else while he had been so crazy about me, and resented me for a few things I did which made it clear to him that I longed for this other man. I touched his ego and his heart and he said that he was always jealous and frustrated because even after that I fell in love with an other man, I kept hanging out with male friends. During our relationship, he was not satisfied with me meeting with male friends, but he never got angry, so I just kept doing the same thing. I believed this would never happen again so I just assumed he would believe that too and would not be so worried.
Off course I should have known that you can not keep doing that when the trust is vulnerable. I've been really stupid and I should have payed more attention to my boyfriends feelings. This has been a real lesson to me. I was really broken when he dumped me, I begged him for forgiveness and told him I would change, that he was right, that I was not evil, but just a stupid flirty girl who loved him very much. I begged for another chance, but he wanted his freedom. He told me that he loved me, but that he was no longer in love with me, that the magic is gone. Other times he tells me that the magic is gone, but that this is normal after a while and that that is not the problem. The problem is that he should have been more happy in our relationship, but he felt more insecure and less strong, and he does not want that again. He says he is not sure he can do this right now, so he does not want us to start over, because he might break it off again and then there is never again a chance for us. He told me that we could get back together in the future, after a few years, now he does not want a relationship, not with me but also not with anyone else. It has been three months now and we still have contact, he would sometimes call me for hours and we still talk about what has gone wrong in our relationship. He told his best friends he doubted me and he doubted if I was the right girl for him, and he wanted to be free of worries, so that is why he does not want to be back together now, but at the same time he told them he could not get over me and he still misses me.
When I see him, he acts weird and you can see that he has a hard time seeing me and he tells me that every time he sees me, he wonders if he has done the right thing. But he never really wants to get back with me and he does not let me come too close. If we have had a good talk, he would not call me for like a week, so I get a little crazy and then I lose hope and then I start thinking that he is just playing with me. Maybe I am just a safety net, maybe he just keeps contact in case he has made the wrong mistake, but has no intention of getting back together. I do not know where I am standing, and if I ask I will scare him away because letting him know I only want this contact because I hope he will change his mind will not bring him any closer. I wonder if I should keep trying, and I wonder if his reaction is normal. I know I have been really stupid, but I have given him everything on all other areas, and I really love him, I do not want anyone else. However, he told me he felt like he did not ever really have me, he did not think I took our relationship very serious. At the same time, he told me a few things about me were bothering him at the end, but they were not really important or hurtful.
Nevertheless, they are there, while he never bothered me a bit. But then again, he was the one always loyal and faithful and giving me the feeling I was so special, while I just enjoyed this and did not think about giving this feeling back enough. He knew I loved him, but I did not make him feel like he was the only one, the one which was so special to me and he felt replaceable. A week ago, I saw him at a party and he was constantly trying to impress me and getting my attention, so I do not think his feelings for me are totally dead, although he had told me that the butterflies have gone. Is this a lost matter and should I just forget him and, as he says, maybe in a few years? I do not stalk him at all, I do not tell him I want him back, Im just being his friend and showing that I do not want anybody else and how special he was and is to me. I wait untill he calls me, and once in a while I ask him to see him but there is always a week in between, so I am totally not clingy. But this is making me so unhappy, I keep being patient, but if his feelings of in love are gone, then I am not sure if they will every come back. Maybe I am just torturing myself. Is there hope that he will forget about the whole thing and realises that I am the woman he will want to spend the rest of his days with? Or is he just playing with me?
Edited by Frasbee for your reading pleasure.
how to make a guy forgive you for falling in love with another man?
I fell in love with another man and told my boyfriend honestly. I hurt his heart and his ego. and since that day it was not the same between us. I chose to be with him and did not cheat on him, but he feels betrayed because, at first, I was still using work to stay a little bit in contact with him. After a few months he dumped me, as he was no longer in love and he did not feel special and he was scared he would not be happy with me in the future and he did not like his role in the relationship. I should have treated him with more respect, as I was a flirt.
He does not want to get back together, he said maybe in the future, but not now, he doubts if I am the one and he wants freedom and no responsibilities and worries. Nevertheless he has not moved on even after three months.
He is very stubborn. Is there a chance he will be able to forget all this and start over? He says that everytime he sees me he wonders if he did the right thing, and he still feels bad afterwards, he can not get over it and still he wants to stay in contact. But he makes no effort in getting back together and keeps saying that it will not happen now. Im trying hard to make him see that I do not want anyone else and how special he was. Not by being clingy, but by being patient and by being his friend. Do my efforts come too late? Has he no intentions of getting back together now or is he making me suffer? At parties he is still trying to impress me so I do not think his feelings are totally gone. What can I do and say to to show him we had something very special together and make him think about getting back together? What can I do to make him feel good? How can I make it up to him that I fell in love with someone else and repair his ego and his good feeling when he does not want to give it another chance. Should I just let him go?