My own private stupidity.. ignore

freakygirl

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Everyone knows about my Ex boyfriend "D".. right? ok maybe not.. so I'll give a little history.

D and I met and got together during a rough point in both of our lives. I was newly divorced and he was newly sober. It started as fuck friends.. my heart got attached and I knew I wanted to be with no one but him. I don't think he felt the same way.. but I pushed on anyway.

A few months after getting together, and a just a few short months into his sobriety, I found out I was pregnant. Yes, I was using birth control but they didn't work.

I went through the pregnancy basicly alone (atleast that is how I felt). He wasn't even there the day she was born. He had to work, yes, he needed the money, but I needed him there for me and the daughter I was giving birth to. I had a c section...My mom went into the operating room with me. He did show up a little later, and crawled into bed with me and our daughter. It was an amazing feeling.. one of the happiest I had been in the year we were together.

this was in August of 96..

Eventually we moved from the place we were living in with some friends into our own little apartment. I thought then that I should get out, I didn't feel he wanted to be there. He wasn't affectionate towards me but I thought about my daughter and stayed.

In June of 96 my world came crashing down on me.. my brother was killed and shortly there after my father died. D was there for me, I messed up and took my aggressions out by drinking. That wasn't fair to him, but he never once lectured me. He gave me the space I needed and the time to sober up. But he was still there for me.

In July of 96 his step brother moved home. He showed me the attention I craved.. I had my mom pushing me from one side.. telling me to get rid of D.. (my mom and her obsession over me is a whole other story).

I have no excuses but I asked D to leave and I got involved almost immediatly with A. We have been together since then. Over 5 years.

Ok with the "story" out.. i will go into the hell I am living now.

I'm still in love (always have been) with D.. yes, I love A but not the same way I do D. We have seen each other on occasion at holiday get togethers (i'm still apart of his family).. I drop my daughter off to him on the weekends, he brings her home. He has come to a few of her school things (remember my last bitch about him? part of it stems from the feelings we have for each other). These things are hard for both of us. I knew he had feelings for me.. and i'm sure he knew I did for him also.

We both love to play cribbage online.. we met up again on Yahoo and started playing.. a little innocent flirting led to a really long discussion via emails and yahoo messenger.

He is in a relationship and has a child with her..

We have talked about getting together to have some fun... this is not my style but I have thought seriously about it. I know I will never have D in my life again except for what it is now. I know doing anything would ruin the relationship I have with A. I can't cheat. I couldn't do it to D (not that I hadn't had the chance).. I can't do it to A (not that I haven't had the chance). My ex husband cheated on me, i know the pain it causes. That is why I jumped to "dump" D so I could be with A.. I couldn't cheat but I wanted the newness of the other relationship.

I told D that I couldn't do it, he understands.. I honestly don't think he could do it either.. maybe he could. He says I'm the only one he has actually thought about doing it with. He tells me now that I'm an "erotic elixor".. the only one that could make him cheat on K.. He says he loved me but didn't show it. Part of our break up was his fault.

There is so much to this.. so much I haven't said.. I don't even know why I'm posting. I know the answer to all of this.. but it's damn hard..

I'm rambling.. I do that when I'm upset..

How stupid can I be?
 
FreakyGurl32

I know I don't know you or ... I don't know the whole story to what is happening in your life.

And I know you are not seeking advice ... etc.. but as I was reading what you wrote and you question yourself "How stupid can I be? "....

Don't you answer your own question in what you wrote ??

Hope you feel better.:rose:
 
(((Hugs)))

The easist way to amputate is with a razor sharp hacksaw.

Cut him out as much as you can. No emails. No phone calls. No cribbage. Nothing. At least until you can get some perspective in your life and your head rules your hormones.

Start doing special things with your guy. The little things that make you feel in love. That will help a lot and will mend your relationship. See, you've ripped it already and you need to fix it before you hurt even more.

We're with you, darlin.
 
Good luck, sugar.
I have to say I'm glad I'm not in your shoes. :(
I hope you figure it all out!
 
KM.. exactly what I told him a little while ago in an email. Thank you.

And thank you to everyone else..



I'm taking my daughter up there tonight, and it shouldn't be a problem. A is going with me and I'm not allowed in their house anyway (because of calling CPS on the girlfriend a few years ago) so it's not like I will be hanging out for any amount of time.
 
hi

i dont know you but i read your post and my heart feels for you...i am such a hopeless, hopeless romantic and i can help but wish for you that you could get back together with D...both of you seem to have such strong feeliings for one another coupled with the fact you share a child together...i know you dont want to hurt others but at the present you seem to be hurting...

there are no easy answers but i wish happiness for you...

vylette
 
hugs to you, FG

"The heart wants what the heart wants." - Woody Allen


"Sometimes, you have to shelve your feelings, and do what you believe is right." - erosman
 
You are obviously a loving caring woman, with deep emotions and a well developed sense of what is right for you. Of course you know what to do. And you will do the right thing. The Dalai Lama speaks of the difference between pleasure and happiness. When looking at a choice that has to be made, consider this... will the choice only bring a momentary pleasure ( a truly selfish decision), but unhappiness in the long run... or... will the choice bring happiness in the long run, thereby bettering the world by thinking beyond one's own immediate desires. I am also a hopeless romantic and agree that keeping D as a great memory and appreciating A and rekindling the flame may give you more peace, calm, and deep happiness than any reliving adventures from the past. Not knowing 90% of the story, and since we do not know each other, I only wish you strength and thank you for sharing such an intimate dilemma. I can only offer you the support and ear of a stranger.

pet
 
just pet said:
You are obviously a loving caring woman, with deep emotions and a well developed sense of what is right for you. Of course you know what to do. And you will do the right thing. The Dalai Lama speaks of the difference between pleasure and happiness. When looking at a choice that has to be made, consider this... will the choice only bring a momentary pleasure ( a truly selfish decision), but unhappiness in the long run... or... will the choice bring happiness in the long run, thereby bettering the world by thinking beyond one's own immediate desires. I am also a hopeless romantic and agree that keeping D as a great memory and appreciating A and rekindling the flame may give you more peace, calm, and deep happiness than any reliving adventures from the past. Not knowing 90% of the story, and since we do not know each other, I only wish you strength and thank you for sharing such an intimate dilemma. I can only offer you the support and ear of a stranger.

pet


What a wonderful post.. thank you. Between everyone on this thread and the many that pm'd me.. I think I have it all figured out. I think I did before, but I just needed someone, even strangers on a message board, to tell me what I was going to do was right.

I know I can never go back.. and after thinking about it.. I don't want to. I think it's the fact that this man is still in love with me. It's almost exciting.. but what I have here is exciting too. It's just not "new" anymore. I have a wonderful life.. with a wonderful man who loves me.. and my children.. unconditionaly.. I can't ask for anything more.. can i?

Again.. thank you my friends.. You have helped me over a very large hump in the road called life.

I'm glad I can count on all of you

:rose:

Jenn
 
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