Weve been off and on for nearly 20 years!
I'm a commitmentphobe, the only reason we lasted so long was he was often working away.
We'd amicably split, i'd see someone else but the minute he came back, we were together again
I know no matter how much i care for him, if we were to spend more than 6 months together i'd be climbing the walls.
this lady wants to marry him and have kids and all that so hes much better off there.
But as you say who knows what will happen in the future
When we're too old for all that stuff and nonsense it might work LOL
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Wed 14 Jul 2010, 0:15, 2 replies)

commitmentphobes unite!
12 years on and off with my ex. the on was when we were mostly just having a laugh(and sex, of course), the off was whenever he mentioned us living together or getting married. i'm an absolute bitch to live with!
if you want to talk about it, feel free to gaz me :)
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 14 Jul 2010, 0:27, closed)

Wow, that's tricky.
I let 'the one' go. It was the right thing to do at the time, I was way too immature.

But I regret it. You'll always compare others, and they will never quite match up.
( Not Pineapple anymore, Wed 14 Jul 2010, 9:13, closed)

I thought I'd found 'the one'
but then I look back on how unhappy the relationship was and realise that if they were 'the one', then the relationship wouldn't have been unhappy.

I prefer to think relationships end for a reason and that they couldn't have been the one if you weren't blissfully happy.

Too many Hollywood movies, perhaps?
( Bats, Wed 14 Jul 2010, 9:54, closed)

It's
the comparison thing that does it.

I wasn't particularly happy at the time, because I wanted to do and see other things, - which I did, and I'm sure it was the right thing to do.

Looking back and looking where I am now, I know I missed the right person for me. Doesn't mean I am disfunctional or hung up, but I know it's true, and it is a regret.
( Not Pineapple anymore, Wed 14 Jul 2010, 10:11, closed)