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 ichi-bon

Joined: 3/30/2008
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Transformed by love or break-up
Posted: 2/5/2009 8:57:53 AM
I was transformed by love, and by a break-up. I think we all are.

I was so devastated by the loss of my husband.......I was not looking for someone like him, but a good decent man. I , unfortunately DID have the idea that most people are inherently honest and forthright.
I met a really good man, but no chemistry. He and I are still friends, good friends.

The next man was a real charmer, his actions ( fake)reminded me a lot of my husband ( which were genuine), and I fell.
I,only after a few months found out he was good at acting. It nearly crushed me. Never really met anyone like him................and hope I never do again.

Somewhere inside him may be a decent man, but I never saw that side. It was such an emotional turmoil to care and despise him at the same time. I found myself playing a game just to get along with him...It was so exhausting!!
Occasionally he crosses my mind,but the pain is gone............ and I just hold that much closer to my friend now. The man I have now is soooooooooo easy to be with. I feel my face flush when I see him pull into the drive, or tease me.

We laugh, we joke, seems sometimes we finish each others sentences.........He excites me, but it is a great feeling...not with anxiety of saying or doing the wrong thing.
He is a little younger and that bothered me for a while. I have always taken to the older. But age really is just a number. The last one was soooooooo much more immature!! .....Like a little boy that always had to have his way. This one allows me to be me, and I love it!!
My children see me genuinely smile and be happy.....so they love him, too.

I wish I had not had to go thru the break-up..or experience the kind of man the other one was, ....but if not..............I may never have appreciated this one so much.
I guess it is up to all of us to let a break-up or love affect us in a positive way.




 sphinx-fire

Joined: 9/19/2007
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Transformed by love or break-up
Posted: 5/7/2009 1:57:38 AM
It is important not to be jaded by love's heartaches... to come out of them with clarity and not a chip that ruins your chances with the noble ones that are out there for sure!
 citizen_joe

Joined: 1/31/2009
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Transformed by love or break-up
Posted: 5/7/2009 2:34:21 AM


Transformed by love or break-up... which do you feel or believed changed you the most?


Breakups, hands down. Since wife #2, I've been less tolerant of terminally miserable people, mendacity, and in general, women who profess love for me but secretly hate everything about me.



How were you transformed? was it a physical change, a mental change or an emotional one.


Both, I think. Married, I weighed about 175 lbs. Today I barely break 160. In terms of attitude in general, I've found that even in the worst possible situations I have an excellent sense of humor, and note the moments of happiness amidst all of the mounds horse sh**. Of course, I had to work for happiness, especially during the time between us deciding our marriage was over and up to the time she finally left.



Do you feel jaded by your memories? Would you go through it again if the situation presented itself or are you searching for yourself and trying to find who you were before, because it was a more joyous time?


uh. no. Next!!!



What leaves the deepest scars - profound break-up heartache from unrequited love, or cruelty, and/or cold indifference from ex-lovers?


Of the 3, I found unrequited love to be more of a childhood issue. Cold indifference is more of a disappointment than anything else, and I'd hardly call it scar material. Profound breakups, although painful, simply suggest that I missed something in getting to know her, or we wouldn't have gotten together in the first place.



Are you in love and finding yourself changing and developing such that you are self-aware and can feel it inside yourself and finding it magical as it happens to you?


Loving someone comes in many forms. Lately I've been in emotional conflict over one woman and until recently could find things that would keep us from moving forward. Lately, the only overriding thoughts have had to do with placing her happiness and the happiness of her kids above my own selfish thoughts/feelings, but it's obviously had an affect on me. Being on 3 dating sites, it seems odd to me that virtually no one on any of the sites sparks any kind of flame. So yea, I can feel it.
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