How to tell someone to let it go

United States
May 10, 2010 10:08pm CST
Some people are in denial when it comes to ending a relationship, right? When they whine to their friends and all, they get advice but they think "Oh no no we'll work things out" even though you've said that a million times and you know deep inside that you are just holding on "for dear life". I mean, we've all been hurt before, I'm sure you've been heart broken from someone previously before this guy/gal you are with now. Look at it, you survived that one. When someone ask you "what should I do now? I left him/her. Now what?" It's good to think about the person's feelings but if you don't tell them straight up now, they will either 1. keep on bugging you about it. or 2. run back to the person and you have to watch them suffer all over again. So it is best to just be honestly brutal with them no matter how hard they seem to take it. Yes, call me cruel but if they ask well then hey, answer it with honesty. You sugar coat things, then you have not help a broken hearted friend, you've just wipes a few tears that kept on rolling down after you leave.
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4 responses
• India
11 May 10
Hi, To let something go easily, one should first come up with a firm belief that everything that happens, happens for good reason. This is not just a belief. It actually inspires a person to look at the positive side of everything, and indeed there is always a positive side. Nothing can be void of positive or negative aspects. It is a combination of both that makes material things complete. When we loose somebody, does it really change the person we are? Having someone around is just a habit. If that habit can be developed, the reverse habit can also be developed in time. However I firmly believe that you can't convince anybody to let something go unless he understands and appreciates the need of it. There is a duration for which person stay absorbed in his loss. There is a need for this stage of mourning and it is perfectly normal. The duration differs from person to person. But in the end, one has to feel the need for moving on. A break up of some sort usually breaks up the self esteem and confidence. It takes time to build up that self esteem. It definitely gets restored sooner or later. But how quickly one will recover completely depends on how accomplished he thinks he is. As a friend we can remind him that what happened to him will ultimately be beneficial in the long run. We can continuously remind him of his positive aspects, aspects that were his own and existed independently. Not having a certain person around can never change those things. Those are the capital things upon which his morale will be reconstructed. Thanks God bless you
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@Jeanii (80)
• United States
11 May 10
i see were your coming from 100% and yes my guy did ask wat the matter was with me one day a nd i had to come out with it truely even tho how bad i felt after it but im now getting over it it has took me along time but in all consideration im glad i did Jeanii
@Jeanii (80)
• United States
11 May 10
it takes awhile is wat im coming to and belive me you will get over sooner or l8r its real hard but see other people and youll get it over with :) Jeanii
• United States
11 May 10
Thanks for the comment. Im actually referring to a friend and yes I did go thru the same thing and rather than hearing people give me pity I chose the "mean" honest opinions and it works well :D
@besthope44 (12123)
• India
14 Dec 10
Hurt is part of love, so dear ones mostly hurt each other where i feel thats not a pain of hurt, but a part of love.
• Malaysia
31 Jul 10
You should tell that person, letting go of someone you love is a good thing. It is self autonomous. It means that you have made that decision yourself and you can come to terms with it because you didn't have it forced upon you. Letting someone go can be the ultimate show of love you love them that much that you will let them go if they will have a better life without you. Letting someone go whom you love is going completely against your emotional nature is an overwhelmingly hard thing to do. Letting someone go who you love can bring so much sorrow, and yet paradoxically so much peace. I know it is hard, but you have to know, what you are doing is for the best.