Have you stayed in a relationship too long out of pity?

Date: 31-08-2010 11:14 am (14 years ago) | Author: Bittersweet
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- at 31-08-2010 11:14 AM (14 years ago)
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Sometimes you know the relationship is over, but it just seems too hard to make the cut. You really want to end things, but you hold on because you feel badly for being the one responsible for breaking the other person's heart.

Staying with someone only makes things worse. They can feel your distance and usually just wind up clinging closer to you. Even though we all know this, I still feel like we have all been guilty of this at some point or another. Have you?


Posted: at 31-08-2010 11:14 AM (14 years ago) | Hero
- onchedu at 31-08-2010 11:22 AM (14 years ago)
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Hearts get broken. I don't fear that anymore.
Anyway, I've stayed in a relationship too long before out of pity for her not cos I was afraid her heart would get broken but cos I felt she had stuff to learn from me about life. She did eventually learn but I didnt get as little a s a thank U. Given the chance again I wouldn't do it.
Posted: at 31-08-2010 11:22 AM (14 years ago) | Hero
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- bittersweet at 31-08-2010 11:26 AM (14 years ago)
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Are lessons which I guess we have to learn!

Posted: at 31-08-2010 11:26 AM (14 years ago) | Hero
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- Vixenx at 31-08-2010 11:30 AM (14 years ago)
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Quote from: onchedu on 31-08-2010 11:22 AM
Hearts get broken. I don't fear that anymore.
Anyway, I've stayed in a relationship too long before out of pity for her not cos I was afraid her heart would get broken but cos I felt she had stuff to learn from me about life. She did eventually learn but I didnt get as little a s a thank U. Given the chance again I wouldn't do it.


Lol.
Posted: at 31-08-2010 11:30 AM (14 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- onchedu at 31-08-2010 11:31 AM (14 years ago)
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Quote from: bittersweet on 31-08-2010 11:26 AM
Are lessons which I guess we have to learn!


I don't quite follow.
Posted: at 31-08-2010 11:31 AM (14 years ago) | Hero
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- onchedu at 31-08-2010 11:32 AM (14 years ago)
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Vixen U dey laff me shey? Me sef laff myself o.
Posted: at 31-08-2010 11:32 AM (14 years ago) | Hero
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- divineproject at 31-08-2010 11:34 AM (14 years ago)
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Am guilty as charged.......it wasnt really out of pity.....but becos I keep telling myself that I got to fight for every dream, since I dont know which one I let go would have made me complete..........I didnt want any blame from my 'little man' (conscience)

Posted: at 31-08-2010 11:34 AM (14 years ago) | Hero
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- bittersweet at 31-08-2010 11:36 AM (14 years ago)
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Quote from: onchedu on 31-08-2010 11:31 AM
Quote from: bittersweet on 31-08-2010 11:26 AM
Are lessons which I guess we have to learn!


I don't quite follow.

Situations which we are going through in order to understand them better!
It was like a lesson! You've gone through that experience, u said u wouldn't do it again-lesson learnt!

Posted: at 31-08-2010 11:36 AM (14 years ago) | Hero
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- bittersweet at 31-08-2010 11:37 AM (14 years ago)
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Quote from: divineproject on 31-08-2010 11:34 AM
Am guilty as charged.......it wasnt really out of pity.....but becos I keep telling myself that I got to fight for every dream, since I dont know which one I let go would have made me complete..........I didnt want any blame from my 'little man' (conscience)

I see!
But u let it go eventually, right?
Or are u still in?

Posted: at 31-08-2010 11:37 AM (14 years ago) | Hero
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- tmusowoya at 31-08-2010 11:40 AM (14 years ago)
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So wat were u doing with some1 u had no feelings 4 in the 1st place? You may end up dating all men and missing out on the right one. Heard of the song with the following line: "... it's sad to belong to someone else when the right one comesalong"? That's ur risk!
Posted: at 31-08-2010 11:40 AM (14 years ago) | Upcoming
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- onchedu at 31-08-2010 11:42 AM (14 years ago)
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Quote from: bittersweet on 31-08-2010 11:36 AM
Quote from: onchedu on 31-08-2010 11:31 AM
Quote from: bittersweet on 31-08-2010 11:26 AM
Are lessons which I guess we have to learn!


I don't quite follow.

Situations which we are going through in order to understand them better!
It was like a lesson! You've gone through that experience, u said u wouldn't do it again-lesson learnt!

Oh that lesson was learnt a long time ago along with others along the way.
Posted: at 31-08-2010 11:42 AM (14 years ago) | Hero
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- bittersweet at 31-08-2010 11:43 AM (14 years ago)
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Quote from: tmusowoya on 31-08-2010 11:40 AM
So wat were u doing with some1 u had no feelings 4 in the 1st place? You may end up dating all men and missing out on the right one. Heard of the song with the following line: "... it's sad to belong to someone else when the right one comesalong"? That's ur risk!

No!You didn't enter in that relationship out of pity!
You remained too long because of that!
When you've started, there was love,but in time, it has transformed in something else!
You got it now?

Posted: at 31-08-2010 11:43 AM (14 years ago) | Hero
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- bittersweet at 31-08-2010 11:44 AM (14 years ago)
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Quote from: onchedu on 31-08-2010 11:42 AM
Quote from: bittersweet on 31-08-2010 11:36 AM
Quote from: onchedu on 31-08-2010 11:31 AM
Quote from: bittersweet on 31-08-2010 11:26 AM
Are lessons which I guess we have to learn!


I don't quite follow.

Situations which we are going through in order to understand them better!
It was like a lesson! You've gone through that experience, u said u wouldn't do it again-lesson learnt!

Oh that lesson was learnt a long time ago along with others along the way.

Well, we'll have to learn till we'll cease breathing!

Posted: at 31-08-2010 11:44 AM (14 years ago) | Hero
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- onchedu at 31-08-2010 11:47 AM (14 years ago)
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True. but the process gets easier if we choose to learn from everything.
Posted: at 31-08-2010 11:47 AM (14 years ago) | Hero
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- bittersweet at 31-08-2010 11:48 AM (14 years ago)
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We have to!

Posted: at 31-08-2010 11:48 AM (14 years ago) | Hero
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- Akpan01 at 31-08-2010 11:51 AM (14 years ago)
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eeeee that kin thin is not for pity

Posted: at 31-08-2010 11:51 AM (14 years ago) | Hero
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- bittersweet at 31-08-2010 12:01 PM (14 years ago)
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 Huh?
What do you mean?

Posted: at 31-08-2010 12:01 PM (14 years ago) | Hero
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- Akpan01 at 31-08-2010 12:02 PM (14 years ago)
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a relationship cant go on cause of pity...

Posted: at 31-08-2010 12:02 PM (14 years ago) | Hero
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- divineproject at 31-08-2010 12:03 PM (14 years ago)
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Quote from: bittersweet on 31-08-2010 11:37 AM
Quote from: divineproject on 31-08-2010 11:34 AM
Am guilty as charged.......it wasnt really out of pity.....but becos I keep telling myself that I got to fight for every dream, since I dont know which one I let go would have made me complete..........I didnt want any blame from my 'little man' (conscience)

I see!
But u let it go eventually, right?
Or are u still in?

Yea I did, after I have satisfied my 'little man'....... Grin

Posted: at 31-08-2010 12:03 PM (14 years ago) | Hero
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- bittersweet at 31-08-2010 12:04 PM (14 years ago)
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Quote from: Akpan01 on 31-08-2010 12:02 PM
a relationship cant go on cause of pity...

Don't be so sure!
I've seen and know cases!
It happens!

Posted: at 31-08-2010 12:04 PM (14 years ago) | Hero
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