YAGT: Why do you only realize you had a good thing when it is gone?

D22

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I was in a year and a half relationship...and we technically broke up like 9 months ago but were still seeing eachother up until like 3 months ago. Always thought it was really "not that great" or I "could do better". Whenever things were rough and we did have a "break" I had access to all kinds of women. It's like the old saying, "when it rains it pours". Now that I see her finally talking about another guy to me that she is interested in, it is finally making me face the reality I denied so long. I could have treated her better, I could have made things work, and I am not the type of person who comes from a strong family - I don't do well when I am isolated emotionally. She is just so picky I never thought I would see the day, but she showed me his pic and I was thinking, "well Fuvk, he looks alot like me" but with none of the problems of course. EDIT - Not trying to say I am the sh!t, just she only dates guys of my ethnicity, its just hard to explain.

Now that I changed jobs from retail to a warehouse where there is literally one other dude in the entire place on my shift, it certainly isn't easy to meet people anymore, even with my part-time college schedule. Every convo I get into with a chick lately has them either talking about their babies/baby daddy or boyfriend within two minutes.

I feel like Karma is b!tch slapping the hell out of me right now. I never anticipated this kind of mental anguish and pain - and I NEVER do until it happens. I wrote a page long letter that I probably will never give to my ex (or if so in a different form) just kind of explaining my epiphanies. It isn't even an attempt to get her back anymore, it is just like a sad realization of "Wow, I F'd up here, then I F'd up here, and yeah remember when you told me that? This is what was going on in my head so I finally admit I F'd up there too!"

I am probably going to see her tomorrow on a strictly platonic basis. I feel like just buying her crap or taking her out just to relieve my self-guilt. Just to tell Daddy-Karma, Jesus, or whoever "you win, you have me on my knees and I am weak, I feel your pain and your wrath."

Then I have to look in the mirror and ask myself, "Is this girl really worth THIS much mental torment, or is it the guy in the mirror and your disgust adding to it?" Crazy times in D22's brain, crazy times indeed. Anyone else analyze the hell out of these situations? I mean, the only good thing is I feel like I am facing the real me for the first time in a loooooong time.
 

Jawo

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No Clifs or pics = BAN!

It's called life man...happens all the time!
 

Skeeedunt

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So... you're not meeting many people right now, and figure you'd better hurry up and settle while you still have the chance? Or do you honestly feel differently about her now?
 

D22

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Both, but I DO feel differently about her now.

I just feel like I am finally mature enough to be able to handle a real relationship. Best way to describe it is I didn't really grow at all through my first few LTR's. I acted like an immature little b!tch in a few of them. This past one was the first one I actually feel like I grew inside from the experience. I think if me and my ex could get back together right now with a clean slate, she would truly be able to love me. The problem with that is, I had roughly 3-4 strikes, and from her perspective, I can see why I don't deserve another one. And now I'm seeing all the things that IF I had seen them, say this past April, I still could have made things work. I had been incrementally improving things like quitting smoking and drinking, but NOW it's just I got that sense of urgency - but it's too little too late.
 

Mermaidman

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Originally posted by: D22
I was in a year and a half relationship...and we technically broke up like 9 months ago but were still seeing eachother up until like 3 months ago. Always thought it was really "not that great" or I "could do better". Whenever things were rough and we did have a "break" I had access to all kinds of women. It's like the old saying, "when it rains it pours". Now that I see her finally talking about another guy to me that she is interested in, it is finally making me face the reality I denied so long. I could have treated her better, I could have made things work, and I am not the type of person who comes from a strong family - I don't do well when I am isolated emotionally. She is just so picky I never thought I would see the day, but she showed me his pic and I was thinking, "well Fuvk, he looks alot like me" but with none of the problems of course. EDIT - Not trying to say I am the sh!t, just she only dates guys of my ethnicity, its just hard to explain.

Now that I changed jobs from retail to a warehouse where there is literally one other dude in the entire place on my shift, it certainly isn't easy to meet people anymore, even with my part-time college schedule. Every convo I get into with a chick lately has them either talking about their babies/baby daddy or boyfriend within two minutes.

I feel like Karma is b!tch slapping the hell out of me right now. I never anticipated this kind of mental anguish and pain - and I NEVER do until it happens. I wrote a page long letter that I probably will never give to my ex (or if so in a different form) just kind of explaining my epiphanies. It isn't even an attempt to get her back anymore, it is just like a sad realization of "Wow, I F'd up here, then I F'd up here, and yeah remember when you told me that? This is what was going on in my head so I finally admit I F'd up there too!"

I am probably going to see her tomorrow on a strictly platonic basis. I feel like just buying her crap or taking her out just to relieve my self-guilt. Just to tell Daddy-Karma, Jesus, or whoever "you win, you have me on my knees and I am weak, I feel your pain and your wrath."

Then I have to look in the mirror and ask myself, "Is this girl really worth THIS much mental torment, or is it the guy in the mirror and your disgust adding to it?" Crazy times in D22's brain, crazy times indeed. Anyone else analyze the hell out of these situations? I mean, the only good thing is I feel like I am facing the real me for the first time in a loooooong time.
It's the sweet potatoes :p
 

lightpants

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Go pick a fight with a worker at a "buffet-style" restaurant over sweet potatoes and bread, it will make you feel better.
 

Rogodin2

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Don't overanalyse it m8; death and penal destruction will ineluctably insue.

Death is on your metaphysical doorstep.

Are you jewish?

Rogo
 
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1. Move on
2. It's a good thing you're aware of, and acknowledge, your mistakes. When the next girl comes along, at least you won't make the same mistakes again (hopefully).
3. MOVE ON
 

BrianH1

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VanTheMan

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I think a lot of guys get the same feelings that you're having, but they're almost always completely wrong.
 

ColdFusion718

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You're only feeling this way because you haven't had anything good since you were with the girl.

The idea of scarcity will make you miserable. Keep talking to women and don't think much of what they say.
 

Alex

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sometimes life just kinda happens to you!

i know what you mean dude, i just got out of a year and a half relationship about 2 months ago and already i really regret it and miss her and realize how badly i fscked things up sometimes... she won't even talk to me anymore... i can't imagine what it'll be like in a few months time... maybe i'll just get over it... you should too! if you REAAALLLY like her then stick around, maybe not necessarily as a good friend that sees her all the time, but just be around so that when she breaks up with her new dude you can be there! :D
 

BD2003

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Originally posted by: D22
blah blah blah Now that I see her finally talking about another guy to me that she is interested in, it is finally making me face the reality I denied so long. blah blah blah

blah blah blah blah Now that I changed jobs from retail to a warehouse where there is literally one other dude in the entire place on my shift, it certainly isn't easy to meet people anymore, even with my part-time college schedule. blah blah blah blah

Your ego is crushed. You were the sh*t, you dumped her, she still wanted you, and now she wants someone else. You're no longer the sh*t. It's got nothing to do with her. If she really was special, you would have realized it after a week, and gotten back with her pronto. Now especially that your situation makes it more difficult to pimp it, you are going to have to salvage that ego somehow. Getting back with her would easily have done that.

But she don't want you anymore. This is what happens when you want your cake and eat it too.

I don't genuinely doubt you feel all the feelings you say - but the root cause of it isnt that this girl is special - its that you are no longer special.

You'll get over it in a month. Relax.
 

BrokenVisage

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Originally posted by: VanTheMan
I think a lot of guys get the same feelings that you're having, but they're almost always completely wrong.

Truer words have never been spoken... or typed.