soundsofentropy wrote: But I must point out that it's a very sweeping generalization to see relationships as positive and being single as negative. They're the same in that they both have the potential to be may different things (see Hamlet: nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so).
To sum up, keep your chin up, focus on the way things go and not the way they've gone, and don't feel a need to cling to what was. Life is too short to be caught up in the idea that someone else is important enough to consume your life. And again, disregard this if you want. Best wishes, regardless.
I felt the need to quote this for emphasis. For I totally agree.
Relationships are rather strange things... I'm kinda on the other side of the fence here, which by reading everyones responces I feel like an asshole. I'll try and explain what I mean...
I haven't really been 'single' since... 14 I think. It's strange, whenever I've had to come out of a relationship, there's always been someone else there. Which to be honest, is probably very unhealthy. But I digress. During the phase of 15-16, I left the person I was with for someone else.
I lot of events occured during that relationship though, and I... Lost the feelings I had for that person I guess. It was only really meeting this other person I realised what I toxic relationship I was in. Now... I feel like ass because of what you guys described what you're like, is exactly how he reacted. But, the bad thing is, is I couldn't tell you if he really did care about me by some of the stupid shit he pulled, or if it was just because he was afraid to be alone. I had to stop him from killing himself several times. That is a horrible thing to have to go through, and I seriously hope that none of you ever have to go through that.
But basically, the point of view I was trying to get to, is that...
I thought it would be less heartbreak for him, if I told him as soon as I can to get out of the relationship, rather than try and patch together what I had with just more false feelings and doubts about everything, and drawing out a long painful death. If she knows you are a romantic person, and shes only in it for the sex, if you carried on much longer that way, you feel (Or I would at least, obviously is all down to personal opinion) a lot worse, than if it just got cut of when the emotions (or lack of them) are realised, if that makes sense?
Sorry, rambled there.

I wish you the best of luck in healing yourself.
