torn between the two of them

@winterose (39887)
Canada
January 25, 2008 12:19pm CST
okay, here is the story, You were very much in love with someone and then they broke it off, three years went by and you found somebody new, you are happy with this new person, but then the old lover comes back and you find that all the feelings are back. now you have a problem, the old lover wants you back and you also want him or her, but the new one wants you and you want him or her too. what do you do, do you see both of them and not choose (bad choice everyone gets hurt that way) do you choose the old lover and break the new ones heart and say I am sorry but the person I love is back, or do you stay with the new lover who you love as well and put the past behind you.
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
26 Jan 08
I think i would just have to go with my heart. I have been in a situation like this in the past. Before my husband and I married, he had left me and was dating someone else so I moved on with my life as well. I really liked or cared for the new guy I was with but my heart and my love was still for my now husband. I had to break the news to the other guy that my husband wanted to work things out with me. It wasn't easy but the other guy understood.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
26 Jan 08
I am glad that it worked out for you
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
26 Jan 08
Thnak you. My husband and I have been together for 15 years and married 12 of those. It will be 13 years for us in July.
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• United States
25 Jan 08
I would stay with the current relationship and put the past behind me. There was a reason why the first relationship didn't work in the first place and eventually it would probably come back up again. Out with the old in with new.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
25 Jan 08
good point
• United States
29 Jan 08
Thank you for best response!
@Stiletto (4579)
26 Jan 08
Well I was in a very similar situation and for a short time chose the first option of seeing both of them. You're right about it being a bad choice by the way! Anyway, then I chose the old lover and broke it off with the other one. As it turned out it didn't work out in the end anyway! However, I don't regret it because if I hadn't done that I would have kept up with the "what if's" and at least it taught me a lesson (I hope!). If the same situation arose again I would pick the third option and stay with the one I had. It's very easy to allow sentiment about the past to blind us to the realities of it!
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
26 Jan 08
my sentiments exactly
@dlkuku (1935)
• United States
26 Jan 08
I think that a situation may be similiar but different for each person and there would be many different factors to consider. Maybe the old lover has changed and matured, or maybe not. For me, I don't know, I think my ex lover would turn my head a bit, and give me something to think about, but I would choose to stay with my husband. What I have with my husband is real, and the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
26 Jan 08
yep if you already have a good thing why go back to the past that never worked the first time anyway.
@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
25 Jan 08
I'd tell them to wait if they could until I can clear my head from this quandary. Weigh the options and the pros and cons. I might as well have them meet each other. Who knows? They migh both leave me ^_^;
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
25 Jan 08
yes waiting and thinking it through is always a good idea
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
26 Jan 08
we could say that but remember we are in great pain and words don't cut it at a time like that
@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
26 Jan 08
And if we really don't end up with either of them, we could always just say that it wasn't meant to be ^_^;
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@kiran1978 (4134)
• Australia
26 Jan 08
If you love your current partner stay with him. Think of why the previous relationship broke up in the first place. I have gone back to my ex before and I regretted it, sometimes we always think the grass is greener on the other side. If this guy treats you right then you should definately stay, try and forget about your ex. It will only diminish the relationship you are in now.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
26 Jan 08
this was just a hypothetical question it has never happened to me.
@mcc371 (918)
• United States
26 Jan 08
I have been on both sides of this fence and it really depends on the people involved and what you want in your relationships. I was married to a guy and he decided to get a divorce and go back to his ex, I moved on and found another man who rocked my world. Well my ex came back and wanted things to be the way they were between us and I just couldn't find it in my heart to go back. Years have past and I still wonder at times if we would have made it together. I lost the man that rocked my world in a hunting accident last year. I haven't wanted to get back in the dating scene as it is just too soon. My ex has moved on and been in and out of relationships. I can't help wondering though if the reason is because his soul is still missing mine, or if he is just that bad. Either way I will never know as I have my own memories to carry me the rest of my life.
@subha12 (18441)
• India
26 Jan 08
I think this is a difficult situation, But i would like to stay with the current one. the past is past. whgen the past let me broke away, why to make those feeling revived? And also what is the fault of the new one? Why to hurt him?
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
26 Jan 08
good point, that is what I would do as well
@m3mema5 (90)
• United States
29 Jan 08
I would stay in the current rlationship and forget the past. For the past is the past and the future is now and the present
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@m3mema5 (90)
• United States
28 Jan 08
Put the past behind you for they are the ones who broke it off with you. Now you are happy with some knew. You will still have feelings for the one from the past.BUT thats the past.Life goes on.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
28 Jan 08
you must answer the questions, this is not about me, the question asks what would you do, it is a hypothetical question not a question about something that really happened, what would you do in that situation