Is it better to have loved and lost?

Discussion in 'Relationships' started by AriLew, Dec 18, 2006.

  1. AriLew

    AriLew Member

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    My love will be leaving me in July.
    Is it better to postpone the end and to let myself fall deeper... to let it hurt more later rather than less now?
    Is it logic or emotion that should win?
    Is letting emotion win the true selfishness?
    Why ask these questions when I know the end?
    And that my heart can never lose a battle against my head, regardless of how logical I may appear.


    I want to hit myself for lack of willpower.
     
  2. salmon4me

    salmon4me Senior Member

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    Break it off now. Less pain.
     
  3. stonedimmaculate

    stonedimmaculate Member

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    don't break it off, you can't have true happiness without true pain. It's definately better to feel more emotion than none at all. Ya it will hurt but it will be worth it
     
  4. DancerAnnie

    DancerAnnie Resident Beach Bum

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    Why do you have to be without him?
     
  5. fexurbis

    fexurbis Member

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    I've been in that situation many times, because I've moved around a lot in life. But ending a relationship before leaving never crossed my mind. It's sorta like saying I'm going to kill myself now because one day I'll be dead.


    Sorry if it sounds a little harsh, but I say ending it now won't hurt any less. Enjoy it while you can and prepare yourself for a new beginning. Your affectionate life will continue afterwards, and there's nothing to keep it from growing even better.
     
  6. WhisperingWoods

    WhisperingWoods too far gone

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    I had a problem like that for which the girl shut me out, so I shut her out. Weeks before I left, she wanted me back, couldn't stand being without me. I figured why not, for the hell of it. She's casually awaiting a time when we can be together again..
     
  7. AriLew

    AriLew Member

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    It's not harsh. I think that there's no other way. Thanks!
     
  8. Duck

    Duck quack. Lifetime Supporter

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    it all depends on the situation

    discuss it with him
    make sure he is willing to do all that he can to make it work
    otherwise, it's pointless
     
  9. wizarddrew77

    wizarddrew77 The Wiz

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    Make the little decisons with your head and the big ones with your heart.
     
  10. makno

    makno Senior Member

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    fuck yea , everything has its end ....but you just gotta go for it , ride out the big storm surge of love till it wont move you any more and then youll have fond memories and few regrets .
     
  11. DancerAnnie

    DancerAnnie Resident Beach Bum

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    I've never understood why people think they ever HAVE to be without someone...I mean, if you and he really want things to work, you can make them work...you CAN be together. It's all about perspective and the willingness to make sacrifices.
     
  12. LdyNimue

    LdyNimue Member

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    Also try to keep in mind that true love can have a way of coming back around too. Events in life tend to make a circle. If you cut it off then you have no chance of it possibly coming back. I have lots of friends I may never see again, but the special ones seem to circle back around.
     
  13. lizziet84

    lizziet84 Member

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    as the saying goes...
    its better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, so yea i think loving and loozing them can be a good thing, if its meant to be then you will find them again...
    i believe that i do
    :)
     
  14. makno

    makno Senior Member

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    just cause something comes to an end , that doesnt mean anything was lost ......one would realy loose if one kept a thing going on that was souring ....then life can get shitty .
     
  15. Court_lew_0216

    Court_lew_0216 True Aquarius

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    sweetheart..... ive been in the situation before...... thanksgiveing the one i loved left ot go to school in arizona........ it was extremely hard on both of us.... esp since before he left we slept together which made the connection harder to break...... but in a few short months i have found someone whom i love....... sure i still love john but we talked and realized meither of us could wait for the other to make up their mind..... but i dont regret what happened ..... it was one of the single most amazing things thats ever happened to me...... keep it strong... hopefully itll turn out better for oyu than it did for us.......
     
  16. dawn_sky

    dawn_sky Senior Member

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    Yup. And when you factor in all the "what ifs" and "what coulda beens", ending it now quite possibly could mean more pain in the long run than letting it run its course.

    And, I'm with DancerAnnie -- why does this have to be the end, if he really is your "love"? I mean, is he moving to some totally "off-the-grid" (no phone, no electricity, no internet) commune in Siberia for the rest of his life? Long distance relationships suck ass, no doubt about it (I'm in one now), but is it totally not even worth a shot?
     

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