Do you remember how your last break up ended? Did it end in misery, with both parties not speaking to each other? Or parties remaining as friends? Or just one party wanted to be friends?
As to the last situation, i personally think that this one party is really not too considerate in a sense, please note: it's just a personal opinion, maybe different for everyone. I happened to know that one party. She broke up with her boyfriend due problems of distance. She wanted to stay friends with him because she missed him being around when she's encountering problems in her life. After the break up, she seemed to be functioning rather well though. Dating other guys, having fun. Just occasionally missing her ex when her dates are not as good as she hoped to be. The guy, obviously still very upset about the break up did not really initiate any contact with her, hoping to sort out his feelings beforehand.
She asked me why he didn't initiate contact with her, even though he promised to. I guess the answer is pretty simple and i also speculate that her question pops out only because she misses someone to care for her genuinely and not because of missing THE PERSON himself. Because she misses being loved. Not a crime really, everyone wants to be loved. But i think sometimes we have to be fair. If you are already moving on somehow, maybe not entirely, but the other person is still caught up in the pain, the best is just to leave him alone and let him heal. No matter how much you want to call, refrain is the key.
She didn't want to get back with him though. Not because its too late, but because she think she cannot change her ways of heavy partying and being too emotional/needy. She has every right to think that way, but in that case, perhaps its a little cruel to her ex to expect him to contact her and stay friends, no matter how in love they were before.
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