The "I've been dumped..." Thread

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Arj7002

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Well, I figure this is something that most of us deal with, and decided that maybe people would like to talk about what was good and what was bad in their last relationship. Maybe discuss what happened or why you were 'dumped' and you goals or aspirations for the future. I know this might be a touchy subject, but I figure it's a good way to get all your pent up agressions and feelings out on the table. Feel free to post anything you feel like!
 
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MusicalMe

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Well... it's been just over 4 years since I got dumped. In my recent dating history, I'm the dumper and not the dumpee...

Anyway, I had been friends with this guy for about 6 years. We actually met in a chat room when we were 14 and were able to meet in person a few months later. We hit it off great, our parents met too and really liked each other... it was like something out of a story book. We liked each other a lot but didn't want to date long distance - especially before we could even drive! So we just remained friends. Finally, in my junior year of college, we started dating. He lived about 4 hours away and I had another friend who lived in the area so about once a month I would go and stay with her and get to see him. It was wonderful. I was so happy. Stars-in-my-eyes, head-over-heels, they're-playing-our-song, happy-all-the-time kind of thing. We dated for 5 months. I went to see him for Valentine's day weekend. A few days after getting back home, we got in a big fight about the fact that it was always me coming to visit him and never him coming to visit me. He didn't call me for several days. Finally, late one night he called. I was so relieved just to hear the sound of his voice... until I heard him say, "I just can't do this anymore..."

Needless to say, I was heartbroken. It hurt in a way that nothing ever had before and few things have since. We stopped talking altogether for awhile and even though we're on each other's Facebook and MySpace, we still don't talk much.

But the thing is, as much as it hurt, I healed. In a day or so I stopped crying, and a few days after that I felt a strange sense of calm and relief. My parents and I got closer because they came to visit me and comfort me, and I turned my focus to my life goals and stopped thinking about guys so much.

So for any of you out there that are or have been suffering from heartache, just know that it heals. It takes time, but it heals.
 

seoulsearch

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Heh heh.

I apologize to those of you who have heard me whine and cry about this before, but let me tell you about being dumped. Being dumped is when you're married... and every time you try to talk about something important, your husband leaves to go to his friend's house... and when he finally gets really tired of it all, he moves into the guest room of the house you share with him and lives there for the duration of your marriage. And when you try to go and talk to him (knocking on the door first, of course, to be polite), he tells you it's time to to go back to your own room.

And no one will listen to you because they tell you, "Well, make him talk to you." And then one day, you come home from work... and discover he's moved out because the house is half-empty and all his things are gone. It takes you almost two days to track him down, and you find out he's moved into an apartment he had been setting up for quite some time behind your back.

Then after a month, he asks if he can come back, saying he's "so lucky to have someone who's willing to work on our problems" with him." Then after a few weeks, he announces he's taken a job an hour away, and says between the lines he is leaving you. Within another month, he's gone again. Within a few weeks, you get a certified letter in the mail saying, "YOU ARE BEING SUED FOR DIVORCE." Six months later, you see him at the court hearing--he tells the judge he can't talk to you and doesn't want you anymore and that's why he's asking for a divorce. Divorce granted, completely against your wishes. He never speaks to you ever again in your life. And he had been the love of your life.

The good church folk tell you it's too bad you weren't strong enough to hold your marriage together, and tell you that you can never remarry or you'd be committing a vile sin (and you're 25 years old.) Let me tell you, was I ever feeling the love of God!!!

Then you find out a year later through a friend that there had been someone else in his life, and you never knew until now.

Then you find out ten years later through a random contact on Facebook that he is now living in his dream location, working his dream job, married to someone else (when he'd screamed at you that marriage was hell and he'd never, ever do it again as long as he lived), and has a baby with her (when he'd told you he had no interest in having babies with you while you were married to him.)

And in the meantime, ALL your friends and family (including your 91-year-old grandpa) has a companion or has gotten married. And it feels like God rewards the ones who do you wrong while pretty much saying, "Tough noogies" to you.

And it's been 10 years, and you have no idea how you'll even meet someone, let alone the right one.

I see so many people here say they can't find someone and they're in their late teens, early twenties... sorry guys, I guess I don't have anything miraculous to say because I'm still waiting too and I hate it but I've tried to use the time to travel, experience new things, and hopefully follow God's plans for helping me become a better person for whoever it may be He might have for me.

May God grant you a smoother road and don't make all the stupid mistakes I rushed into without thinking because I wanted desperately to not be alone anymore. (And I kept repeating that mistake). May God bless you with the patience and contentment I didn't have!
 
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MusicalMe

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(((((seoulsearch)))))
 
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missy2shoes

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:( *huggles* :(
 
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MusicalMe

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I especially hate to hear the way the church treated you... I think it can be really deplorable the lack of grace Christians extend to each other. When you most need encouragement, you receive condemnation. When you need a hand up, you get kicked back down. Unfortunately, it's been going on for at least 2,000 years:

When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today." So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.

7All the people saw this and began to mutter, "He has gone to be the guest of a 'sinner.' "
(Luke 19:5-7)

Here's hoping and praying that the Church eventually learns to heal and forgive, just as Christ healed and forgave...
 

Kakashi

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Ahh!! Seoul I never knew! So you knew EXACTLY how my brother felt then, more than anyone...wanting to keep a marriage together, but separated through force...then then churches condemn you for it ( i didn't mention before but one church wouldn't marry my brother to his new wife cause his old wife divorces him)

So, you definantly knew...*hugs*
 

seoulsearch

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Hey Everyone,

Thanks for the support!! I very much appreciate it --one thing is for sure, I used to think "a lot of people didn't work hard enough at their marriages", "split up at the drop of a hat", etc... but that was before I actually got married. Llet me tell you, God whipped that judgmental attitude RIGHT out of me!!! I am now extremely sympathetic with people who are having relationship/communication problems.

MusicalMe and Missy--it helps to come here and see other fun, sassy, independent women strutting their stuff until God hopefully intervenes with that "special someone."

If anyone out there ever needs a sympathetic ear, feel free to drop me a line, and please, keep sharing your stories--we can all support each other and help each other through.

Kakashi--yes, I certainly knew to a "T" what you were describing in your brother's case... I wanted to say something in that thread but people were being so vicious that I figured my post would get lost amongst the mud-slinging, which is why I just sent you a personal message instead. Maybe I should have posted something and I'm sorry if you're disappointed that I didn't, but sometimes I find it's best to walk away from the fight and concentrate instead on the person you identify most with one-on-one.

The other thing that made it so hard for me (when my husband told the court he didn't want me anymore) is that I was found in a cardboard box on the street when I was a few days old--I know this may not seem related but... I just felt like, when important people (birth parents, husband) "didn't want me anymore", all they had to do was give me away so that I would become someone else's problem, apparently.

I am very glad that your brother has found the right girl and is happy--he sounds like a wonderful guy and very blessed.

May God do the same for all of us! :)
 
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MusicalMe

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MusicalMe and Missy--it helps to come here and see other fun, sassy, independent women strutting their stuff until God hopefully intervenes with that "special someone."
LOL maybe we should ask the Mods to createa "Fun, Sassy, Independent Women Strutting THeir Stuff" room!!
 
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pinkstix56

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Well i had this one boyfriend when i was 16 , he was 17 , we talked about marriage and everything.So after a few weeks my family found out about him, and because i did not tell them we were dating they told me not to talk to him again. So I ended things with him and he said he would never love me again. So yeah ... we use to talk .. finally i got strong enough to just stop talking to him completely.. i had to move on and obviously he was making it clear for me that i wan't important anymore.

Well things happen , doesn't mean it will stop you from finding your true love though, you just have to be strong in circumstance like that.
 
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SamIam

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okay so, ive gotten dumped once........ and i was 17... well i wasnt so much dumped as this person started goin out with someone else......... but yea... that ended it
 

Sharp

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What a depressing thread hahaha!

Well, I'm 3-1 up on the dumpings haha, but the one I lost was a killer...I cried, and I hate crying. But God knew what he was doing, she's catholic so it wouldn't have worked out anyway...
 
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SamIam

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I got one of them to sharp.. lol really depressing i was 20.. We had been dating since i was 17 (right after that one person went with someone else) aaanyways.... Its my birthday right, also my nana died that morning .. She basically raised me... Well this person comes over my house, i refuse to do something......... and out the door they go never to be heard from again...... I didnt cry though. and i knew it was god that did that.....
 

grace

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I got one of them to sharp.. lol really depressing i was 20.. We had been dating since i was 17 (right after that one person went with someone else) aaanyways.... Its my birthday right, also my nana died that morning .. She basically raised me... Well this person comes over my house, i refuse to do something......... and out the door they go never to be heard from again...... I didnt cry though. and i knew it was god that did that.....

WOW! thats harsh! Your birthday and your nana died. She must have been a VERY cold-hearted person. :(
 

seoulsearch

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It really is odd how God works sometimes and we know it's Him intervening or removing someone from our lives... with good reason... but it still hurts like heck.

I'm sorry, Sam... and I'm also sorry to everyone else who has been dumped and stomped into the ground.

We'll just keep believing though that God is going to change that someday! I hope I'm still here when everyone can start posting threads about all the great things that start happening for them in the romance department.

*hopefully waiting*
 
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MusicalMe

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It really is odd how God works sometimes and we know it's Him intervening or removing someone from our lives... with good reason... but it still hurts like heck.
LOL that's why I've started removing them from my own life! I keep hoping that someday I'll be able to push the process back to the point where I don't date the wrong guy in the first place, but no luck so far...
 

seoulsearch

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Yeah, and believe me, I'm no roses-and-sunshine Pollyanna... I was a seething ball of hate and spite for a long time. *checks herself* Maybe it's not all gone, but it's a lot better than it used to be!

And I agree Musical... I used to be like (with guys who were totally wrong for me), "Well, I need to have patience, maybe I can work with him..."

And now it's like, I can make a door out of anything (window, floor, ceiling, solid wall) and point him right to it.

(Good dating tip--make sure they know what a door is and how to use it :).
 
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VenaSera

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I've been recently dumped. I was with my boyfriend (he is a none christian, hates religion) for a year and 3/4 and on the month of December he started ignoring me, I let him be because I didn't want to bother him. And so when I brought up his behavior he told me that he was bored with our relationship and that he wants to end it, and so it ended. The good parts of the relationship was, well there weren't many, he really didn't know what to do (communication and dates wise) I always saw the good side of him. But for the times that he did make the relationship special was when, he told me I was beautiful once, and when he finally asked my birthday. That made me very happy. As for the bad parts, he was very sexual, and I am very ashamed of this but I did have sex with him. After he spoke of marriage with me. But in all it was a bad relationship, and I strayed from god. I am over it now though, and i understand very clearly why premarital sex is wrong and that it should not be done. I have repented but, I am still in fear that no good christian man will want to be my husband in the future because of what i did.
 
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sportygirl

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Ummm I got dumped for the first time a little over a week ago, by the guy I thought I was going to marry. THings were good at first, we found time for each other despite stress and our busy schedules, and still focused on God at least somewhat. After summer which we spent mostly apart, he had visited me for a week and I had come back two weeks early to see him, things went ok for a while he even said he could see us married. Then From that point on pretty much things went down hill, he quit making time for me didnt call me as much, our physical and emotional side of our relationship began to control us in many ways which I let Satan into our lives, rather than God. We talked once about it and knew we needed to fix things but we didnt know how I dont think. Than right before christmas and our birthdays we decided to take a break from each other, and when i got back from christmas break he didnt want to get back together anymore. I think overall it was good, for us to end the relationship because its brought me closer to God although I think he's really struggling to dealing wiht it and their may be another girl in his life already which really hurts. Especially since I know the potential girl pretty much but its just rumors so im trying not to let it bother me till after i know for a fact.
 
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greatkraw

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I've been recently dumped. I was with my boyfriend (he is a none christian, hates religion) for a year and 3/4 and on the month of December he started ignoring me, I let him be because I didn't want to bother him. And so when I brought up his behavior he told me that he was bored with our relationship and that he wants to end it, and so it ended. The good parts of the relationship was, well there weren't many, he really didn't know what to do (communication and dates wise) I always saw the good side of him. But for the times that he did make the relationship special was when, he told me I was beautiful once, and when he finally asked my birthday. That made me very happy. As for the bad parts, he was very sexual, and I am very ashamed of this but I did have sex with him. After he spoke of marriage with me. But in all it was a bad relationship, and I strayed from god. I am over it now though, and i understand very clearly why premarital sex is wrong and that it should not be done. I have repented but, I am still in fear that no good christian man will want to be my husband in the future because of what i did.

Jesus heals and forgives