Loving someone you know you cant have

United States
February 28, 2009 1:59am CST
I am single right now. I am married, but we are separated. I do love my wife more than I should. I know that I cant have her in my life anymore. Due, to the fact that she wont let me. She has moved on. But, I still love her and am having problems moving on. Do you love someone that you know you cant have, and is this love keeping you from finding love in your life?
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5 responses
@joram328 (503)
• Philippines
1 Mar 09
Hi! I feel bad for what happened to you. I know the feeling. I am married now but I still have someone else in my heart. As you say, someone i know i can't have anymore. And he's married now too. But that's how life is. You can't always have everything. Sometimes you just have to be content with what you have. You should try to find someone else or at least try to meet new friends so it can/may open new doors for you. Good luck!
• United States
1 Mar 09
How is it being married to one and wanting another? Doesnt that put a strain on your current marriage? Thank you for your response.
@joram328 (503)
• Philippines
3 Mar 09
yes it does put a strain in the relationship but i could say that I'm stronger than my husband when it comes to loyalty and commitment. he was the one who cheated on me instead of the other way around. maybe if i were weaker or less-rooted in faith, i would have given up on this relationship long ago.
@annierose (21977)
• United States
28 Feb 09
hi gvannorman, I am so sorry to learn what happened to you and your wife.It is a very sad thing hearing stories like that.But just keep in mind that, there is a reason for everything.What is the reason why she left you? Think of the reason and from that, analyze if there will still be a chance for her to come back into your life. Do you have kids? I can say that if you already have kids, then it is one good reason for her to come back and build again a happy family. I just hope that there is still a reason for her to come back. However, if she had already made a decision and nothing can change her mind anymore, I think that it is the time for you to move on.It is very difficult to love a person whom you know you cannot have. You will just feel bitterness and your life will be full of sadness.It will be a torture on your side hoping for someone you know will not come back. Life is beautiful. Instead of thinking of her, why not give your attention to something else.Believe that God has a special plan for you. Just trust on him . I hope that someday, you can recover from the heartaches or your past.
• United States
1 Mar 09
Thank you for your thoughtful response. I agree that if there is a chance for her to come back, the she might. I have started to work on the moving on phase of this. The good news is that we do talk, not daily, but at least once a week. Once again Thank you
@rsa101 (40976)
• Philippines
2 Mar 09
Well I am just sad that you can't move on. I am just curios what caused the separation. Why would your wife wanted to separate with you? It is rather uncommon that wives are the ones that want a separation and it is usually the husbands that usually initiates separation. Well for now I think there is one thing that you need to do start loving yourself. If your separation did happen a long time ago it is high time to find some time loving yourself as your loving her is just like punishing yourself further and depriving yourself of the things you could hav enjoyed. You can see your wife has move on and is happy about herself I guess you deserve to be happy. Find yourself again with her around, it may be difficult, but that is the best thing to do right now.
• Philippines
28 Feb 09
Maybe you have to move on also with your life because your wife is doing so. Staying in the corner and still hoping for her to come back in your life even when you know for the fact that she will not is useless. Maybe you have done something wrong for her not to forgive you and give another chance.It is really the love for her that keeps you from not finding new love because it keeps you blind to see others.
• United States
1 Mar 09
I have done nothing wrong, at least as far as I know. She told me that it wasnt anything I did. Maybe it was something I didnt do. I dont know, and I am working on moving on. thank you for your response.
• China
28 Feb 09
I'm sorry to hear what happened to you. I did love a boy I knew I could not have relationship with him. I met my boyfriend and I think I love him more than my first dreaming boy. Plz prepare well for your love any time, and you never know when you meet your love one. Wish you happy!
• United States
1 Mar 09
Thank you for your kind words.