Memi wrote:
I got that bad habit of not pushing people away without knowing it. I miss my old lover, for lack of better terminology I will call him that. No one was ever good enough who accepted me too. He helped me realize that I had a problem. I will always be greatful for knowing him, but I feel like a part of me has died sense he stopped communications with me. LOL. He always seemed confused or upset by the things that I would say and I could not figure why. I was blinded by my love for him and of course I really did not stop to pay attention to what his view was. On one hand he seemed to love me and on the other he seemed to use me. I got so confused by it all. Apart of me still wonders if I could just have one more chance to explain...but my verbosity killed me every time I tried. That YES or NO answer seems to escape me.
Also...I am not sure if what I was feeling was love anymore. If I am even capable.
Yes, you are capable of love (and yes, it was love, because you are still thinking about it). I have noticed that I can love stronger and stronger as years go by and without the stress that was associate with it before. All I can do is be honest and just express my feelings as kindly as I can, I don't want to regret later. I hope that I am expressing my feelings right. AS people have enough trouble with "reading" what others are trying to convey to them , so why not use my "defect" that I am honest to a fault to my avantage. I really don't care about the NT norms that state that you don't have to show your feelings freely until it is the "right" time (who knows when iss the right time anyway? To me the right time is "now", in the present.). I think that if it is the right man, he will apreciate it, regardless of when it's coming, maybe better sooner than late in a relationship (That BS that we scare men with our feelings...if it's your man, he will not get scared). If it's not the right one, maybe it will help him realize that a woman really has feelings for him and maybe he will be more honest (merciful
)with the next woman and with himself later in life.
It seems like you did your best at the time, regrets are not necessary, for your own health. No need to be depressed.
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my verbosity killed me every time I tried.
The most important words in those two sentences are "I tried", the rest you can't be sure, but trying is the best you can do. You're speculating that "my verbosity killed me", but you don't know...he would be the only one to explain what "killed" it for him, maybe nothing did, maybe he was not ready for what you were giving him? Or we can imagine a zillion reasons, but it doesn't matter, you don't know for sure...you will in the future, if you really want to.
Sometimes, just when you think you will never see that loved person again, you DO see them again (with no warning) and you feel different about them. I never thought that I would EVER talk to my first boyfriend again, but I did (this year, after more of a decade) and I was just shocked of the feelings that he shared with me. He did appreciate me, he did love me and he always will. That took away all the confusing feelings I had about him for more than ten years. I know that somewhere somebody knows me so good and loves me for ever and I feel the same about him. Love without being in love. So my point is, you WILL have a chance to explain one more time, maybe it will not be soon, but it will be. Just don't stop your life to think about it (don't spend too much time, tell yourself that you do not deserve to be depressed, because you don't!). Put it in G-d's hands (if you believe in G-d) or just give it to your subconscious to work at it, that future meeting will take place, if you really want it to.
I used to belive that I push people away, but I realized that it wasn't me, it was just not the right person. Now, more recently, I thought that I run away from people, but I do know now that I was running for a reason, I just know that they're not right for me (and my survival instinct kicks in and I "run" for my life). Who really really loves you accepts you for what and how you are, I saw it happen and it happened to me, too. I also can love people that are extremely hard to love, I am not talking of being necessary in love with them, but just love them with all their "defects" and always being "there" for them. My best friend does things that I would never do, but I am trying not to judge her and I love her deeply, she is the sister I always wanted to have. I probaly drive her crazy, but I know she loves me. The same goes with lovers, I think.
I am sorry if I sounded like Dr. Phil (I don't like him a lot...
). I just was hoping that something that I said here will make you feel better.
I wish you all the best and I guarantee you that you will have your next meeting with your "old lover"...I just know it.
Sincerely, Cerasela.
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Dalai Lama
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