Well I finally broke up with my girlfriend of almost 2 years, or rather, she broke up with me. I knew it was coming to be honest, my rational mind knew, but the heart can take over and suppress the rational mind. One of the things I thought of doing was to write up an unbiased pro and cons list because, as time goes by, we tend to forget the negatives and remember only the positives. It is one of the great things about time, the universal medicine for the mind, it allows us to get over traumatic periods in our lives, but by forgetting the negatives we are prone to repeat (on in this case relapse into) our mistakes. I'm still hoping for some kind of miracle but of course it is not going to happen so for posterity all is to be recorded here..
Pros about her
She was loving
Calm
Enjoyed doing new things
Was into fitness and looking after her health
Flexible (about disagreements)
Loved beer and having a drink occasionally
Was incredibly wise and mature for her age
Rational
Loved music
Cons about her
She didn't love me as much as I loved her. I realise I formed this opinion due to the following 3 points:
- Prioritised work and family and friends above me consistently
- Was not willing to quit her job to begin our life together (long distance relationship)
- Not able to commit to me or the relationship
Didn't talk much(or perhaps didn't want to talk, in which case this should be part of the previous point. (not good at making conversation)
Was not a good communicator (different to not talking, was not able to communicate problems, issues etc)
I wish I could have found out what her pro and con list about me was, at least that way I might be able to learn from my mistakes and do better next time.. instead she gave me the "It's not you, it's me" routine, but of course, we all know "it's ALWAYS you"! All is not lost though, I did learn a lot about love from this relationship, and I will do a post about this sometime soon..
Pros about her
She was loving
Calm
Enjoyed doing new things
Was into fitness and looking after her health
Flexible (about disagreements)
Loved beer and having a drink occasionally
Was incredibly wise and mature for her age
Rational
Loved music
Cons about her
She didn't love me as much as I loved her. I realise I formed this opinion due to the following 3 points:
- Prioritised work and family and friends above me consistently
- Was not willing to quit her job to begin our life together (long distance relationship)
- Not able to commit to me or the relationship
Didn't talk much(or perhaps didn't want to talk, in which case this should be part of the previous point. (not good at making conversation)
Was not a good communicator (different to not talking, was not able to communicate problems, issues etc)
I wish I could have found out what her pro and con list about me was, at least that way I might be able to learn from my mistakes and do better next time.. instead she gave me the "It's not you, it's me" routine, but of course, we all know "it's ALWAYS you"! All is not lost though, I did learn a lot about love from this relationship, and I will do a post about this sometime soon..
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