Have you learned lessons from your past relationships?

Philippines
December 18, 2006 6:22pm CST
We have past relationships, do you learn from them or you just repeat your mistakes all over again. There's this song by madonna "A man can tell a thousand lies, I've learned my lessons well, hope to live to tell the secrets I have learned, till then, it will burn inside of me" Song :Llive to tell by madonna. Do we learn or just end up doing it again?
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@minxy67 (2707)
19 Dec 06
I think everyone learns from their mistakes, it is just if they remember not too repeat them again, it is human nature to learn to hard way.
• Philippines
20 Dec 06
That's the problem with us, we tend to repeat our mistakes. We sometimes get blinded with love and don't see our mistakes. Let's just hope that we just don't make the same mistakes again. Thank you for your response to the discussion.
@frosthon (2249)
• Singapore
20 Dec 06
Yes, I do agree with you, only fool make the same mistake twice. Everyday, we are in learning process, that makes us stronger.
• Philippines
20 Dec 06
There are a lot of fools in this world when it comes to love. We even have to hear it from someone else before we realize it. I just hope that we can stop and learn from our mistakes and stop history from repeating itself.
@pravibabu (135)
• India
19 Dec 06
Each relation ship will give you a lesson if we observe well.
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• India
19 Dec 06
yes i am aslo agree with you
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• Philippines
5 Apr 07
Well I do hope that I can be very observant like you because it seems I have been making the same mistakes and end up with the wrong person always. Thank you guys for responding.
@Lillith (774)
• United States
19 Dec 06
I am very familiar with that song. :) And yes, I do feel that most of us tend to follow a pattern that repeats itself in relationships. At least until we realize we are doing this. I have learned from my past mistakes but it didnt happen over night. Happily today, I seem to have broken any bad patterns that I had established in previous relationships.
• Philippines
24 Apr 07
That's so nice to hear that you have broken your pattern of repeating the same mistakes over and over again. And I do hope that you would find the right person and be happy contented and truly in love. Thank you for your response.
@urzicutza (1971)
• Romania
19 Dec 06
well my past relation ship was 4 years long! yes o course i have learn from it but most i think my ex learned because i left him!we couldent manage it anymore!and now he is sorry butt now i already love somebody else!he couldent give me that attention that i needed !well now we are both happy because he has a another girl and he is happy and i have my little angel that i love we are great friends thou
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@yorgaki (678)
• Romania
22 Dec 06
The fact that you left him shows nothing more than you used him as a tool for your own pleasure. He was not a man but just your male, sorry to tell you that. You thought that you "teached him a lesson", isn't it? The fact that he was sorry means that you are a cruel and selfish being not a loving one. You just enjoy your little "angel" not that you love him. You just share with him your being, for -who knows?-1 month, 1 year, few years maybe ? because it doesn't seem that you are ready to commit yourself to him, to respect him despite of all issues that could appear between you during the life. You just enjoy the "today" and use him as a shield for your "needs". Sad, but true ...
• Philippines
20 Dec 06
That is so nice to hear that both of you have learned and have someone else to be with now. Its really rare to be in speaking terms with an Ex. Thank you for your response and have a nice day!
@cheenlly (3477)
• Philippines
19 Dec 06
Yeah a lot of lessons in which thought me and make me stronger to become a better person.
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• Philippines
24 Apr 07
Well that is nice to hear and that's good for you. I do hope that you would find the right person so that you would have no need to learn from the past but learn to love the present relationship. Thank you for your response.
• India
19 Dec 06
YES OF COURSE I LEARNT LESSONS FROM MY PAST RELATIONSHIPS. I TRIED AND ANALYSED WHERE I WENT WRONG SO THAT I DON'T COMMIT SUCH MISTAKES WITH MY PRESENT RELATION.
• Philippines
25 Apr 07
It is good for you that you can reflect on the wrong things in the past but it is harder to finally learn from them and thus apply them in your future relationships. Good luck to you and thank you for responding.
@marciascott (25529)
• United States
19 Dec 06
No I don't repeating the same mistake that's why I got married. and have been Married for almost 12 yrs.
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• Philippines
27 Feb 07
You are very fortunate to have fund the right man for you. As for us who are still in the constant struggle of dating and trying to work things out, all I can say is good luck to us. Someday, we hope to find the right person for us.
@disvachic (10117)
• United States
19 Dec 06
I have definitely learned from my past relationship and I will be d*** if do the same ones again!!
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• Philippines
5 Apr 07
It is quite nice to hear that you have learned from your past relationships, as for me I belong to the ones who keep on repeating the same mistakes in choosing the loosers. I do hope that I would find the right person for me soon enough. Thanks for your reply.
@leilani47 (780)
• United States
19 Dec 06
Yes, i have learned a lot of things from my past relationships... In my opinion, mistakes from old relationships, make present relationships even stronger.
• Philippines
24 Apr 07
I would agree that mistakes from past relationships could make present and future relationships stronger if you wont commit the same mistakes. As what other people say history truly does tend to repeat itself and even in love! Thank yo for your response.
@janet069 (663)
• United States
19 Dec 06
I guess not, I seem to always make the same mistakes.
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• Philippines
27 Feb 07
Well I guess all I can say is: "Join the club!". It is so hard to actually apply what we have learned from the past relationships. Well I guess to err is human but we must also try our best to do the right things so as to make the new relationship work out. Luck are those people who could move on and actually apply what they have learned from their ex lovers.
• Indonesia
19 Dec 06
I lwearn.. 1. communitaction is the best part on relationship 2. be honest I think that will help me to find another nice relationship
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• Philippines
24 Apr 07
Communication is truly important in a relationship. But the point is, yes you may be honest to your lover but is your lover completely honest to you? I have been lied to so many times and each time sometimes I get used to them. But they lost my trust in them and that starts the end of the relationship. Honesty and open communication is always a pair in every relationship to work. Thank you for your response.
@lauriefnp (5111)
• United States
19 Dec 06
Unfortunately I have learned a lot of lessons, but I still seem to make the same mistakes again- does that make any sense? I have learned what I don't want and what doesn't work for me in a relationship, but then I seem to end up being involved with someone and the same things creep up again. I'm not good at judging people at the beginning. I find out too late that they are controlling and possessive, would rather stay home and be a couch potato than go out, find fault with all of my friends... Now I am taking my time with my current relationship. We have been dating for 6 months, but we spend a lot of time doing fun things and really having some good talks. Maybe I've finally learned?
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• Philippines
5 Apr 07
I am also not good at judging people at the beginning but I guess we never should. Sometimes looks may deceive us. I do hope that your current relationship would be the one for you. It is so nice to hear of happy couples who are truly happy and love each other. Thank you for your response.
• United States
19 Dec 06
The one thing I have learned above all is ...to be true to myself. I have to live with myself & my decisions. I know I have made mistakes & learned from them. Each relationship has made me who I am. Each one has left me a little smarter, a little more self aware, and given me different views of myself & the world. I hope I have done the same for them.
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• Philippines
24 Apr 07
Well I could not say the same thing regarding my past relationships. Some of them ended in a way that views of self and the world would change most definitely and I could not say that it has the same effect on them. All I know from all of this turmoil is that the search for the right person is still on going and I do hope I could find the shortcut and not be derailed. Thank you for your response.
• China
23 May 07
I always learn too much from the past, but some mistakes would still be there. Maybe just because I'm a stupid boy
@carmat (2849)
• Canada
1 Feb 07
I definitely learned the hard way...It took me over two years to finally get strong enough to turn the other way. I was with a guy who would leave, come back, leave, come back over and over again. Yes I was a sucker and took him back. I wanted our son to have a mom and a dad. I was against split family homes even though I was only 19 years old. Anyway I moved on for my son...he deserved much much better. I am now married with 3 other children and my husband adopted our first son five years ago when he was 3. Happy ending!
• Philippines
24 Apr 07
in every relationship we give our very best to make it work, but sometimes our best wasn't good enough. we ended up breaking up or part ways, well that's part of life. the best thing is we learned a lesson and move on.
@Bbilal (1998)
1 Mar 07
I've learned many things from my past relation and the first thing I want to mention here is 'not to believe any one' I was in a relation of love and after got ditched I don't even believe in the word 'love' I was hell curious about love when I'm not in a relation of this silly thing! But now no chance! I was not a lair before, but I start lying now and I had never think that I'll be no more but the circumferences telling me that I'll be no more after some time. God, relations relations! No trust on anyone now :) Have a nice day! Happy earnings!
@DavidReedy (2378)
• United States
24 Apr 07
A person can indeed learn, but it takes a strong-willed person, and a person who is willing to admit their own faults, and their own roles in the relationships. A psychological understanding of the kind of person were seeking and the roles we play help as well.
• Philippines
27 Feb 07
most of what you do are a spur of the moment. YOu just shoot right through the hips. Oops, you did it again. You've got reasons why you don't repeat your mistaskes, but it's got nothing to do with your learning. You fear for your life and sanity. Learning is a subconscious effort which mostly manifest in trauma or being aloof. If you don't fear the consequence you're going to do it again. But if you're not eager to spill your guts, I think that's the time you learn your lesson very well.
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@zer0charly (5614)
• Philippines
25 Apr 07
this is my favorite quotation that i always put in my mind and in action.."IF YOU DO NOT LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES,WHAT IS THE SENSE OF MAKING THEM?"..i guess,the quotations speak them all..we should learn from our past relationship..we should use it to improve more ourselves and also our future relationship..