what should I do?

New Zealand
March 11, 2011 11:57pm CST
Recently I was told that my ex had already stepped into a happier relationship. It seems she is prettier and smarter than I am. Sooner a wedding will be under way. I still have contact with him but not very often. He himself did not tell me about his new relationship. I felt pretty sad and down as I always thought he still treats me as a friend but appreantly not. Should I keep contact with him and congrat him his new and happy life?
5 responses
@angelic123 (1108)
• United States
14 Mar 11
you can send him a card or a small gift, sometimes it is difficult to remember everybody with all those preparations and everything or maybe he does not want to hurt you by telling you that he is going to marry.
@andy77e (5156)
• United States
13 Mar 11
Actually I think he still cares enough about you, that he didn't want to hurt you. I know many guys that would not only tell their ex-wife about their new girlfriend and wife, simply because they want to make them jealous or hurt. But your ex doesn't want to hurt you. You should be happy that although you and your ex do not have what your ex and his new girlfriend have, at least he still cares. I would wish him the best. Wouldn't you want him to wish the best to you, if you found someone new?
• United States
12 Mar 11
I would say perhaps not to initiate the congratulatory greeting. Sorry you are feeling this way but somehow you have to somehow disassociate your feelings about his personal life. Sometimes it can be sad to watch before our eyes that our exes move on but, we somehow must accept that it is completely over between us and cannot expect to be told all the new happenings in their lives. Maybe he was trying to spare you any pain and perhaps the news arrived to you sooner then he was able to tell you. I would probably suggest you begin to distance a bit, probably not in total but apparently it will continue to hurt you emotionally to see him moving on. Allow time to heal your heart and maybe with time you two can become friends but remember that includes the new wife if there is one. Best of luck to you and I do see that you are new to myLot so a very warm welcome to you!
@tiina05 (2317)
• Philippines
13 Mar 11
hello, It is not bad to be friends with your ex boyfriend but it doesn't really good at all if you still contact him and congratulate him at all even he did not say it to you. right? Sorry to say that I am just being honest to you. If you have a fiance already why you still contacting your ex? though you were friends. Even though you are wishing him a happy life you must think that what if your fiance notice it and at the same time his girlfriend. A big trouble so good luck to you. I hope it help,
• Philippines
13 Mar 11
Why don't you move on to your next life. You could be more happy with another level of it. Let him live with someone else and be happy for him instead.