wayward19: I ask this question based on my experience in finding out my partner was cheating and discovered it when it was too late to do anything. I moved out of town to get away. I was in shock, unable to think clearly and took a couple of years or so to get a grip of myself. Were you in shock when you left your partner?
no, not in shock. I left because there was nothing else in the relationship ... haven't heard from her since, and don't expect/want to hear.
JeanKimberley: I wonder if this is a gender thing - because I hear a lot of men are shocked when their spouse leaves them.... I don't hear this so much from women - must be the company I keep.
The principle of loyalty - particularly in terms of love fidelity - is essentially male and this why men are more shocked. Women are more familiar with the concept of fleeting emotions so they are less shocked.
This is why team sports, an army and civilisation can be relied upon and expected to be male. And it is why men can rely on their male friends, but women can't rely on her female BFF because at any moment she could talk behind her back and switch allegiances to her own social advantage... Men often feel a connection to something for better or worse, and so men carry the noble ethics of sacrifice, standing to the last man and going down with the ship.
yes I was. I had a local Lutheran Church calling in on me for the first 48 hours or so. My Catholic parish basically abandoned me except for one woman there. I was in a hotel room with nothing but what could fit into a suitcase. I could not stop shaking. It probably took 2 or 3 years for me to come around but it was a few more years before I could function really well...anything approaching normal.
wayward19: I ask this question based on my experience in finding out my partner was cheating and discovered it when it was too late to do anything. I moved out of town to get away. I was in shock, unable to think clearly and took a couple of years or so to get a grip of myself. Were you in shock when you left your partner?
No, It was the best decision I've ever made and I never looked back.
My ex couldn't leave me lol So she took a vacation.A year later she tried to have a conversation with me telling me she thinks about me everyday. I told her to get out. sure theres a lot more to the story but there is no emoticon to describe it.(middle finger in the air emoticon.
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chatonlyman2: My ex couldn't leave me lol So she took a vacation.A year later she tried to have a conversation with me telling me she thinks about me everyday. I told her to get out. sure theres a lot more to the story but there is no emoticon to describe it.(middle finger in the air emoticon.
rebel2: No, i just rolled over and put my arms around my girlfriends
Mine tapped me on the shoulder during what I thought was an excellent love making session and I looked at her and said wait your turn and she left (kidding again)
chatonlyman2: Mine tapped me on the shoulder during what I thought was an excellent love making session and I looked at her and said wait your turn and she left (kidding again)
I wasn't shocked since I was the one who initiated the brake up with my LTR boyfriend, but it took me a whole year to get over.. Often people need to go apart even if love is still there.. It's been over five years, and I still get texts from him for every holiday....
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