I was dating a girl for 6 years, really she was my first true love (I’m 28, she’s 26) and I was hers.
A year ago, almost to the date, she was moving to attend school in another town. It put some pressure on our relationship and I never really wanted her to move. I felt I could not tell her that, because I had to support her career choices also. It put strain on the relationship, and I just had this feeling it would not work if we were that far apart. I finally just called it off with her even though I still loved her.
Fast forward 1 year (present day):
In the past year, I’ve dated 4-5 girls. I’ve never committed to any of them because I was still in love with my ex. I always thought about her, talked with her and compared her to them. She lives in town again now, and she has a “girl friend” who I know as well. They are both real nice girls, they don’t really have there shit together, but nice girls.
For the past 3 months, all she has wanted to do was work things out with me. Any time I saw her, she would cry and just ask “why won’t you just try”. The fact is, I had a girl friend, and she did too. I don’t want to be a unloyal person, and I don’t want to cause heart break for her girl friend.
I broke up with my other girl friend though, I just was not happy with her. I finally did talk with my ex, confessed I still loved her. She wants to work things out, so do I. We spend time together, and she stays at my house 2-4 days a week for the past 2 weeks.
The catch:
She has not told her girl friend. She says she does not want to break her heart before the holidays. I try to stay out of it, but finally spoke up today. I just think it’s better to break her heart before the holidays, than to 2 time and cheat on her through the holidays. She knows she wants to live/be with me, but is putting it off. I think it’s selfish, and it’s just because she does not want to deal with it. Some times people cheat, because it’s easier to get caught than to have “the talk”.
But hey, I’m narcissist, I think I’m always right. What do you guys/gals think?