Do you prefer to meet your ex or not even you are in a relationship already?

@thereza (314)
Philippines
April 8, 2011 8:24am CST
Last week My ex boyfriend invited me to attend His despedida party on their house. And I attended that party without a permission of my husband because Im very sure that he wont allow me. He is a very very very jealous person and sometimes for me He over reacting already. Im sure He will get angry if he will knew it. But guys I tell you I really enjoyed that night. His family still liked me. I just laugh and enjoyed the night and went home very early. I also felt guilty for what I did. Im sorry to my husband. You guys have experienced it before? Will you attend or not?
5 responses
@jbrooks0127 (2324)
• United States
9 Apr 11
You really need to ask yourself why you did that. It would be one thing if you only had a boyfriend that you were not married to but when you married you promised hold them only in your heart. If you had gone to a party with a girlfriend it would have been okay and you could and should have had fun. But an ex-boyfriend? I would first ask myself why is he an ex-boyfriend. It seems to me from your statement here that your relationship with your husband could use some work. Just because he might be angry, as no doubt he would be, is no reason to hide this from him. You did it and you know in your heart you should not have. I was married to my first wife for 30 years and trusted her without exception. Because of a simple question I ask about a man we both knew back at the beginning of our marriage I found, with much prying, that she had had seven affairs during the early years of our marriage. I was devastated. Do not do this to your husband. If you have a poor marriage, fix it, or get out, but do not begin to hide things like this from him. If you do you will indeed come to regret it. Remember this.....if your husband is very jealous it only means that he values you very much but doesn't trust you. Does he have good reason? It would seem so.
@thereza (314)
• Philippines
11 Apr 11
I know what I did is very wrong. It's just that He became my ex bf when I was in high school year. He was my first bf when my Auntie said that I'm allowed to have a boyfriend. I just broke up with him when my Auntie one night after my school said that I'm not more allowed to have a boyfriend we are just 1 week in relationship during that time and I just immediately broke up with him the very next day. That time I still don't know how to handle relationship better that's why I let him go very easily.He cry a river after and He almost didn't attend our mass before the graduation. I had a good times with him and with His family. His family respected me and so as He so much. That's why I accepted his invitation he also said that his family missed mo so much. I told Him i'm married with 2 kids. And I just came there because of my friendship with him and with his family and give respect for his parents for that they do not forget me as their son's ex girlfriend. My husband only thinks of me negatives things and jealousy like that because He used to do cheating on his ex gf's before. He is afraid that I will do that also. He is my 2nd boyfriend after him. He is 39yrs old and I'm only getting 26 this june. On my 5 years of marriage with him he never allowed me to attend parties or go anywhere. My world only runs in my work, house and market He didn't allow me even once. And he also gets angry even if visiting my relatives. One time I remember I am doing a preparation for my son's baptism and sending invitations to my relatives and friends, I also Did registration at the church that very the same day after my work that's why I came home late. He hurt me physically and shouted at me very bad. I just cry and cry till the morning while watching my baby. I felt very trapped. Oh my God!! and many more reasons my dear. So many to tell Jbrooks0127 I hope you understand. For me he is unfair and im still adjusting with his atitude. Correction!! if he values me he would not hurt me and saying stupids words at me! and after that he will just say sorry?! and will very sweet then? Is that the meaning of valuing wives?
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@thereza (314)
• Philippines
11 Apr 11
I know what I did is very wrong. It's just that He became my ex bf when I was in high school year. He was my first bf when my Auntie said that I'm allowed to have a boyfriend. I just broke up with him when my Auntie one night after my school said that I'm not more allowed to have a boyfriend we are just 1 week in relationship during that time and I just immediately broke up with him the very next day. That time I still don't know how to handle relationship better that's why I let him go very easily.He cry a river after and He almost didn't attend our mass before the graduation. I had a good times with him and with His family. His family respected me and so as He so much. That's why I accepted his invitation he also said that his family missed mo so much. I told Him i'm married with 2 kids. And I just came there because of my friendship with him and with his family and give respect for his parents for that they do not forget me as their son's ex girlfriend. My husband only thinks of me negatives things and jealousy like that because He used to do cheating on his ex gf's before. He is afraid that I will do that also. He is my 2nd boyfriend after him. He is 39yrs old and I'm only getting 26 this june. On my 5 years of marriage with him he never allowed me to attend parties or go anywhere. My world only runs in my work, house and market He didn't allow me even once. And he also gets angry even if visiting my relatives. One time I remember I am doing a preparation for my son's baptism and sending invitations to my relatives and friends, I also Did registration at the church that very the same day after my work that's why I came home late. He hurt me physically and shouted at me very bad. I just cry and cry till the morning while watching my baby. I felt very trapped. Oh my God!! and many more reasons my dear. So many to tell Jbrooks0127 I hope you understand. For me he is unfair and im still adjusting with his atitude. Correction!! if he values me he would not hurt me and saying stupids words at me! and after that he will just say sorry?! and will very sweet then? Is that the meaning of valuing wives?
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• United States
11 Apr 11
Ahhh Thereza I think I do understand much better now. Thank you for your explanation and it does help me know where you are now. It would seem from your explanation that you have a very controlling husband. That is not at all a good thing for you. My current wife, I say that because she is now my third wife, had the very same problem with her first husband. She put up with that kind of control for many years. It sounds so much like what you are going through. Over that time his control made her feel less of a person and she developed self esteem problems that kept her from realizing she deserved better. His control consisted only of verbal abuse, no physical abuse involved, but it was almost as bad. Finally she had no choice. She took their child and left him and went back to live with her mother in another state. And because that really didn't complete the break, as he knew where she was, she moved across country so he had no idea where she was. It proved to be the very best thing she could do for both her daughter and herself. It is one thing when a husband is worried that you may not be faithful but quite another to treat you in the manor he does. In no way does he deserve you. There is no excuse for the kind of control you talk about. Especially attempting to control access to your own family. If he truly valued you he would never treat you this way. He would give you his trust until you proved you didn't deserve it. It is such a shame that your Anntie made you give up that first boyfriend. It sounds like he truly cared for you and it was a big loss for him. It also sounds like a big loss for you because you may very well have ended up married to him and not had to endure what you are going through now. Unfortunately no one can tell you exactly what to do. If I were your close friend I would try my best to tell you to get away from this person you call a husband and begin living again. But I do not know all of it so I will not go that far. You must look at your life and ask yourself what you really need to do. Separation is never an easy thing but there are times that it is the only thing. Your future demands that you pay attention to what is good for you. It really has little to do with meeting your first boyfriend but everything to do with how you are living now. Please think long and hard about this and start planning how you can get out. That is what my wife did and it took all that planning to get her to see it could and should be done. You do not deserve to be treated this way. Please take care of yourself first. It is clear your husband will not.
@Devilova (5392)
• Indonesia
8 Apr 11
Let the past passed away, that the word that always I said to confirm my self about the past. Better to ask your husband and explain it to him and ask him to go with you.
@thereza (314)
• Philippines
11 Apr 11
even how much effort i'll give or i make his heart and mind keeps close at it.
@Devilova (5392)
• Indonesia
11 Apr 11
For me, once get disappointed how much I love him it can't change my opinion on him. Better to kill those feel before it killing me.
@k8lyn07 (72)
• Philippines
8 Apr 11
For me, I won't attend,. Especially if my partner won't allow me. Present is much important than the past.
@thereza (314)
• Philippines
11 Apr 11
thank you for your comment. but sometimes dear, past are have something to do with the present. I agree that present is much important. But in other aspects if you dont learned from your past I think you cannot live good in your present. Thank you! enjoy mylotting!!
• Philippines
9 Apr 11
I think I won't attend anymore. I will not attend because I don't want my husband to worry anything and not to start any commotion with anybody. I'd rather attend it also with my husband accompanying me.
@thereza (314)
• Philippines
11 Apr 11
Of course i will do attend with him and proudly present him to my friends and even my ex family if I can. Because he always no time for me, And if I am starting a discussion about this such things he automatically gets angry.
@stormlyt (188)
• Philippines
12 Apr 11
I prefer to discuss it with my husband so that we will both agree on the decision. There is not much to get back to in a past relationship. My husband is more important to me.