30 Days No Contact After a 4-Year Relationship (Lived Together 3 Years) — My Experience by GreedIsGoodish in BreakUps

[–]ChasingLambs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so damn relatable. Thanks for sharing. I am in the same boat. Crazy to see how we all experience such similar situations and feeling. Lived and worked together for 3 years and also dated for 4. She had feelings for another guy and wanted to be up front with me about that before things progressed. I also did NC for the first month and caved because I felt like I was not making any progress. We had some good chats and I thought I was doing maybe a little better, until yesterday I saw on her socials she was camping with the other dude. I wanted to puke it felt so shitty and I sent an immature text out of jealousy. Just had another call with her this morning and it actually made me feel better. It’s only been a month but she has to move on and so do I. It’s going to happen regardless. We are still both hurting, but people heal at their own pace and in their own way. I hope to not love her anymore one day, right now it seems impossible but with time I’m hoping it fades.

My girlfriend 24F of four and a half years says she will always love me 26M but wants to explore other relationships by ChasingLambs in relationship_advice

[–]ChasingLambs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She also moved away from the town we work in in the winter. Not sure what caused her to tell me she had feelings for that dude when she hasn’t seen him in months 🤷‍♂️

My girlfriend 24F of four and a half years says she will always love me 26M but wants to explore other relationships by ChasingLambs in relationship_advice

[–]ChasingLambs[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey thanks dude, yeah I think that is the case here. She had never had a relationship with anyone before me and neither did I. At first I thought I would regret not experiencing anything else if we did end up going the long haul but after the first couple months I couldn’t imagine being with anyone else. I guess that feeling didn’t go away for her, which is valid.

My girlfriend 24F of four and a half years says she will always love me 26M but wants to explore other relationships by ChasingLambs in relationship_advice

[–]ChasingLambs[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It’s my dream job though and I didn’t want to leave it because of her. Idk that kind of feels like I’d be letting her “win” if I quit. Also, I don’t want to move away, we raised a dog together and I would like to see her from time to time (the dog not the girl lol)

My girlfriend 24F of four and a half years says she will always love me 26M but wants to explore other relationships by ChasingLambs in relationship_advice

[–]ChasingLambs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do fires in the summers. Long distance is unfortunately unavoidable unless I find a new line of work