Your Ex

Philippines
May 20, 2010 8:33am CST
What will you advice a person who is still in love with his/her ex after a break up? is there a chance for the couple to be reconciled? I'm not really sure what to say about this issue since I never had the experience having 2 or more relationships. i am not saying that i have the best relationship since we all have a unique and different love story.
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@aabuda (1722)
• Philippines
20 May 10
All I can say is that 'let it go!'. I mean, if you will not forget your ex, then, you will definitely be staying from his shadows, you will not evolve yourself into someone who can handle depression. Life has to move on. Do it. That was the only thing that I did.
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@smileonstar (4007)
• United States
20 May 10
HI, It's really depend on those two. if they are in love and just a little fight and broke up then they found something that was missing then, I think they can reunited again, you know Second Chance and everyone desire Second Chance. Love and hurt will come together and they have to learn how to deal and forget and forgive to stay in relationship long
• United States
20 May 10
Just want to add: what do you mean by advice? advice them not to go back or advice them to love each other? well, depend on them... if they are sooo crazy about each other then you can't do anything about it. let it be
@skysuccess (8858)
• Singapore
21 May 10
JoaniZik, I would really seek that this person to ask that question about what is it that motivate the reciprocity towards his/her ex? Most of the time, I find it silly for people to go back to their ex-love who has betrayed them blatantly. And I just find it hard to believe how they (the casualty of the betrayal) can dig up that 'extra-dosage of affection' when they had acrimoniously left their ex in the first place, comes back with some kind of "actually" reasons to bring up some guilt with some preposterous revelations and convince them to give their fractured relationship another chance. I just have to shake my head as they say that they are being spurred by love but I just have my (serious) doubts. They often sympathized that it could be a moment of folly; but loyalty is one thing that cannot be compromised in any context of a proper, serious relationship. I just do not see or cannot use loyalty as an expendable commodity, having to revise the definition of loyalty according to the flow of circumstances, so should your friend in this case. Besides, we will never know if this is going to be another fling or something worse and with the odds stacked so high, I strongly suggest that your friend avoid putting himself/herself in another predicament, if she cannot handle it. If the ex's contact is causing so much confusion, then cut it to gain clarity and be free from consequential liability. Remember: we are all responsible for our own emotional well being and consequences that comes with our choices.
• Australia
23 May 10
it depends really to whom you choose... You better choose the one who you in love so much and cant live without so that you wont regret later on in your life.
• Philippines
21 May 10
I won't interfere with a girl who's still in love with her ex. I just feel it's not my problem anymore. I've seen people getting reconciled and i've seen some settling up as friends. Either way, it's their issue so it's not my problem, as i've said. :)
• Philippines
22 May 10
If they are really meant for each other, then fate will bring them back together.
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
20 May 10
It depends on who decided that it was best to split. If you both decided/agreed together, then you both know why and how it is not good for you to be together. If one or the other has decided that the relationship should end, then you can only respect the other person's feelings and decision, even if you don't understand it and it hurts you to think about it. Everyone is an individual and there is NO reason that they should feel the way that you feel (or any reason that YOU should feel the way they feel). 'Love', very often, is just a chance encounter where, for a moment, you think that you feel the same as someone else. Real love is a great deal more than that.
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
21 May 10
I've been thinking a lot about exes lately, so I decided to respond this discussion. I think it's very possible to be friends with your ex. I'm friends with my ex more than a decade after we were together. I think you always have some degree of feeling for that person. I know a lot of people do try again. My ex and I have been through that about 14 times. As of this week, I'm tempted to say and counting because we're talking about trying again.
@babshish (1387)
• India
20 May 10
Hi JoaniZik, I guess no one can every forget his/her love , its only that as the time passes by that memories become faint,but are not gone completely. And of course there is possiblity that the people who had breakup may rebound in future as well as nothing is impossible in this world, it may happen that after break both of them may feel each other's importance and may get back together as well. But the thing which I feel is if relationship is broken once, and then again people are together, still there will be a gap kind of thing in that relationship. It will depend on the individual's way of tackling or handling that relationship.
@arystine (1273)
• Philippines
21 May 10
My advice for a person, for example a girl, who is still in love with his ex: move on and give yourself space. Try to forget the ex for awhile and enjoy the things that you can't do before because you're a part of a couple. Don't waste your time thinking about the relationship, especially if the ex is already moving on with his life too. Don't hope or expect for a reconciliation, you might be in for a disappointment.
@lamb_16 (63)
• Philippines
20 May 10
I don't know... because I can consider myself as one of it... Just want to be honest, but I think I have already moved on... She will be getting married very soon and she is engaged with another man whom is her x-boyfriend. Nah! let her be... the good thing is that were good friends and as well to my family... kinda awkward sometimes but it'll be fine...
• Philippines
20 May 10
it's up to you if you want to ask a second chance. well, there's no harm in trying, but if it didn't work out, it's time for you to move on with a head up high and tell yourself that it's not your lost, it's his lost without you. don't be trapped in a stupid relationship.
@zralte (4178)
• India
20 May 10
Depends on the situation like what caused the break up. If the break up was because of cheating or lying, then I would advise not to reconcile. If it is because of some one else's lies, then may be. Moving on is the best course of action. Life goes on and there are more fishes in the sea than the one that got away from your net once.