Well, being dumped anyway! Waiting impatiently for the time I no longer think about the ex but it doesn’t seem to be happening!

About as long as it takes to pull another bird…

just go and get **** up on booze/a class a few times, go ride your bike a bit reckless and hang with your mates. maybe 1 to 2 months

About as long as it takes to pull another bird… 🙂

It depends how long you were together, but it can take 2 years to get over it completely. Of course it gets better fairly quickly, although be warned that it will get worst before getting better 🙁

I reckon after a couple of months the emotions such as anger, hopelessness, and “why” start to noticeably subside.

The only certainty is that time will heal. And that’s an absolute certainty.

Oh, and if you only listen one piece of advise, let it be this : “avoid all alcohol”

As grizzlygus said, took me nigh on 2 years after a 3 year relationship to properly get over the ex. All good now though. Good luck fella (don’t give in to the hitman tendencies)

Isn’t the rule something like: “the length of time you were together multiplied by two”?

But contra grizzlygus I got smashed quite regularly!

One step at a time but nobody said it would be easy. Emotions can not be flicked on and off like a switch.

I’ve pulled several since but still think all the time about the one …

“the length of time you were together multiplied by two”?

15 year marriage 5 year recovery for me.

about 2yrs!

In which case I’ll be dead!!!

No guideline. i had a Raleigh Chipper when i was little and i still miss her!

CG – men are not worthy of us taking two yesr to recover so being single is the way to go 😆

reckoned to be about a third as long as the relationship

**** hell get a grip people, ya canna rely on others for happiness. go and visit some new place – in fact there are so many places to visit i often think i’d be happier on my death bed knowing i’d seen so many thing and places rather than just owned some 4 bedroom place in a commuter town with a wife and two kids

Gotta agree aleigh! Life really is too short so it has to be filled with lots of bike rides with fun people!

How are you?

yeah i’m ok! got the girls this weekend but will defo come and see you next weekend…..hopefully you won’t be out of action still 😆

tails
good advice – I’m off to Berlin and Amsterdam next week to catch up with some old friends and generally have a good time 😀

I still have fond memories of many partners, however getting over each one is easier the more often i do it. The way i view it – the world is full of people to share your life with, choosing the right one can take a while. Enjoy the search.

tails – people can find happiness with a partner but sometimes it doesn’t last. We’re constantly evolving so do we ever know what we really want?

aleigh – appt next week, will keep you posted but … I have been a very naughty girl …

sorry if i sound a bit heartless i’m really not. you may well have answered the question CG, whilst i am only 24, i really don’t believe i want a monogamous relationship ever.

And the “failed relationship” comment betrays some serious, although very typical, negative thinking. It was never a “failed relationship”. If it had been, then you would never have gone out with the person in the first place.

It was a relationship which came to an end. But up until that point, it was simply a “relationship”.

If you want to speed up the recovery period, I suggest dump all negative thoughts and start looking positively about things. Not easy I know, but work on it otherwise you won’t be able to move forward.

tails – keep an open mind rather than avoiding. Someone will come along and you will feel differently 🙂

gus talks a lot of sense (waves to gus – how you doing?). Don’t let yourself feel like a victim, life isn’t a test but I truly believe that riding a bike and plenty of fresh air works wonders.

Like Peregrine, I take the positives from each relationship. I remember the good times, I feel thankful that I was lucky enough to share someone else’s life for however long but I never forget that there are many other fantastic people out there. Life’s too short to be bitter and twisted.

Depends how long it takes you to learn the lessons that episode had to offer. Once you have converted the pain and upset into personal growth and greater self-awareness you will be “over it”. It can take a long time to get over someone. You never really completely forget though, and you know what? – that’s ok too. Exercise and time spent with friends is always good :O)

Alternatively, just bury it, go out, get pissed and pull a new one and make all the same mistakes all over again – fun! :O/

I remember the good times

He he – some different opinions on here ! ……… don’t do that ! That’s probably all that you can remember right now.

Well don’t, and try to remember all the sh1t instead. There was plenty of it, right ? Well concentrate on that – and remind yourself that you don’t want any more of it. And move on.

I’m fine CG – well apart from a work related injury which is going to stop me riding this week-end 🙁 You’ve been quiet on here recently I’ve noticed…..

How long? B*gg*red if I know. That said I’ve been with the same lass since I was 22 and I’m 37 now (15 year on Paddy’s night you know) so I’m probably one of the lucky ones.

I’ve seen people in a duff relationship for ages, walk out of it and find someone spot on for them ten minutes later and I’ve seen people falter and stagnate.

I personally I never forget anyone – they’re part of what makes me who I am today (and on that basis they’ve proably got a price on their head, but not by me). I’m just glad to be where I am.

Life is a journey, and like all journeys its about where you’ve been, where you’re going and who you’re traveling with.

Gus – I liked you third post. Though the second I’d take issue with on principle.

CG – people evolve but you can evolve together.

(pissed hippy bit noew over back to middle class idiot pontification – you hadn’t noticed the difference?)

Iain

gus – that’s not good, nothing unfixable I hope? Had no internet for 3 weeks and that was my challenge for the year! Am making up for it now though 😆

It depends on your neural make up and personality.

Could be now, tomorrow or yesterday etc.

Closer you were then the harder it gets. Grief, rejection, happiness -manic highs or lows.

Best Staying postive and keep your self-esteem high.

Go for ride-take pride in yourself. Learn to love yourself

Set new goals in your life. You will be fine-you’re alive and this is another experience in your vast life.

Like L’oreal you’re worth it! 😀

oh and whatever you do, don’t listen to Joy Division or The Cure 😉

Or the Smiths or Morrissey.

Buy some bling for your bike!

Second the bling suggestion! Can recommend a mid-life crisis bike 😯

Fair point GG. Maybe not immediately! But after a break-up I’d feel even worse if I thought I’d just wasted x rubbish years; I’d prefer to think that it was time well spent and we both got something out of it. I think if you can accept that some things must pass (those rare lifelong happy relationships notwithstanding – they do exist) then you’re in better frame of mind than if you think you’ve just lost your one and only chance at happiness.

Well, it might not help you totally get over your ex but…..finding a hotter younger model, who’s better in the sack with bigger adornments will take your mind off things in the short term. I promise you, I speak from personal experience.

Yeah, I know what you mean corroded – that’s why I suggested that it shouldn’t be described as a “failed relationship”. It’s just that humans can have very selective memories, and I’m sure that right now hitman can only remember ‘the good times’ as he’s desperately missing his partner, and has quite conveniently blotted out any ‘bad times’. This will reduce his ability to move on imo. He needs to remember that it wasn’t all a bed of roses and that he can still a worthwhile, and possibly even better, relationship with someone else.

grizzly
Very true – TBH wrote “failed relationship” without really realising I had done so! At the moment I don’t think about said relationship all the time, but youre right when I do, it tends to be through rose tinted glasses, remembering the good times, rather than some of the more negative aspects

It works both ways. I finished my ex over 16yrs ago. I still think about her very fondly but it had to be done.

Sorry for your pain mate, i have been on both sides. The only thing that got me through were some really good mates. Although being blokes we dont really talk about feelings and the like it was good just having them around taking my mind off everything. Having a good female friend worked wonders as i felt talking to her was so much easier than talking to anyone else.

Now im about to split up with my long-term partner (9 years)

We both have known that its being going downhill for a good long time but we have just muddled on for some stupid reason. It took a bit of a kick up the arse recently that im not going to get into to make me realise how much of my life i am wasting.

dark days ahead but you have to focus on what you want and what makes you happy.