She got on birth control and left you after seven years. Sell the ring, don't take her calls. That's it.
Oh my god, i just realized, i forgot too save my ffxi chat logs before reformatting my hdd. I had them going back to like 2005 too.
Cut ties dude. She dropped you after seven years. Jumped on birth control. If she wasn't banging other dudes before she dropped you she's definitely doing it now. By showing up and talking with you the other night she's trying to keep you on the hook a bit longer to make sure this is what she wants. If you've been with her since you were both 16 she's probably your first and only serious relationship. Get over that right now. Because it's now your longest past relationship. Don't get hung up on one girl. You're 23 years old. Far too young to even be considering marriage imo. Go hang with the crew, remember what it was like to be single. Have a couple of one nighters. In short stop being a pussy and move on. She's capitalizing on the fact that you're acting like a weak ass bitch.
And posting pics. Posting pics is always important.
Take most of the relationship/masculinity advice given in this thread with a grain of salt. The hypermasculine/ womanbashing/ 'alpha' talk sounds great on a internet forum but doesn't translate too well in the real world.
Sounds to me that you are reacting to this [very shitty] situation with a lot of respect for yourself, and for someone that you loved dearly which should be admired. However, I would echo the sentiment of some posters though and suggest you continue to show the caution /prudence you've shown already as time goes on in regards to the actions of your ex.
Also, I would advise against taking on board what some of the posters say regarding 'beta's and that linking with events leading to, or causing a break up. People break up with people all the time, for a multitude of reasons. Being honest, the most likely cause being ye're age. Starting a relationship as young as ye did, for as long as ye did put ye at much higher rate of divorce and other relationship issues. You're only young once, and you've got so many experiences to have, which unfortunately being in (most) serious relationships can restrict. As an aside, I've been with my partner for 3 years, and we're both young as hell. However, because of school putting us at other sides of the atlantic and our general beliefs in relationships we've opted into the poly-amorous relationship paradigm. Its brings about its own unique issues /problems but, we much prefer it.
Best advice I'd give would be to continue what you are doing; mourn, feel like crap for awhile and trust in your friends / family / whoever when they say it'll stop feeling like crap after awhile (which you shouldn't feel pressured into putting into a unit of time; some people might be one month, others a year). With all my [limited] years of noting and studying human behaviour I've always been shocked with our ability to adapt to the shittiest of circumstances (I say that while in for the first time in -40 F...place is like the ninth circle of hell)
requesting jackie chan memeNo i didn't get crazy break up sex sadly, especially since she decided to get on birth control.
I think holding onto the ring is preventing her from being forced to make a decision, that in her mind as long as it exists the door is still open. If you give her a deadline then she has to decide (regardless of whether its to try to make it work again, or to move on.)
I find it fishy that she wants to sell the ring but not today (for some reason??), and that she's gotten on birth control after leaving you. I'm sure you have made your feelings clear with her, she knows you are hurting but it seems like she is not being considerate of your feelings. The fact that this has been an unknown for 3 months sounds like things are just dragging on, she should know what she wants by now.
Thanks for the advice. And yes I kind of feel obligated to be considerate and respectful to her because it was 7 years and yes my only sexual partner and first real relationship. It was like that for both of us. Yes I'm ignorin all the beta alpha shit. I'm not that kind of person am who I am could care less about that bill shit. Other wise she claims she wants it sold so I will Probally just tell her I'm going to sell it at the first of the year. Trying to avoid talking to her as much as possible but some times I cave. Moving on the 3ed to get away from
All the shit and when that happens I think it will be a lot easier to ignore her. She won't have any reason to come over any more. Sorry for shitty spelling on my phone @ work.
get out fast, and stop talking to her. echoing every sentiment in this thread. my first wife left after 10 years, ever speaking to her again was nothing but an exercise in pain and fucking misery.
you gotta go fuck some other bitches
Homie you were never IN the game if you got with that girl at 16. You're going to go through the shit that most of us went through in our late teens/early twenties in regards to dating etc.
Why did she wait until she broke up with you to start birth control? What were you doing when you were together?
precisely