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I cannot let my gf go

I am 17 years old and last year I met a very nice girl in my AS economics class. I am from another European country and it actually took me about a month to realise that that girl was from the same country speaking the same first language obviously. So I went and spoke to her, asked her about how she came to the UK and everything. And then we started travelling together to the college and from it, as we actually lived quite close. I really liked her but knew that before I could ask her out I needed to get no know her a bit more and just wait a bit. So it went further, we went out together on the weekend and were very nice to each other. After some time I asked her out and she said "yes". It was in December. I was so glad! I hadn't had any relationships before. And I felt like the happiest man on the planet. It has been going really well with her for quite a long time. I was trying my best to make her enjoy the time with me. But then in April or May maybe things started changing a bit. She started treating me a bit differently. She still looked happy, but not as before. Ok, I won't go into more detail. In the middle of July she went to her country on holidays and she was going to stay there till 2nd Sept.! I was a bit shocked to hear this dates and just didn't think it was a good idea not to see each other for one and a half months. I could see the reason though. Some of her family and lots of her friends live there. And she really misses them. It was a really difficult time for me, I was really missing her all that time. But it seemed to me like she changed even more since she left. Her text messages became different. I could feel it. Then the 2nd Sept. came, she didn't let me know she arrived, so I had to text her first. It was quite late in the evening, so I was going to meet her the following day. I won't go into detail, but the fact is that she didn't want to see me!:frown: It took mw three days to find out the TRUTH. First she told me about the problems she had during her visit and difficulties with adapting back in UK. It sounded like complete bullsh*t to me. Then I asked her to tell me what one of the problems was. And it didn't take long for me to realise she has someone else there. She finally did tell me that. What I know now is she has known that person for 3 years and that they used to be friends. But during the summer things changed, they became more than that. She told me she needs to be on her own for some time. Then I got an absolutely shocking text this morning. She asked me if I want to stay friedns with her. BTW, I still haven't seen her since she came. So I told her I wouldn't stay friends with her, because of HOW she did this to me. I mean she could tell me earlier so I could at least have time to recover from that and concentrate on the second year in college. She has sent me about 10 texts this morning and I replied all that. The texts were basic excuses. I let her know that if she wants to start again, she is always welcome. I am 100% sure I did right not to stay friends with her.
This is a very difficult time in my life. I need some advice. Is there any chance of her coming back to me? The thing is, how the hell is she planning to have a relationship with a guy who lives in a country that she doesn't permanently live in?? Is she going to forget about studies here and just go back?? That's surely not possible. What if she will come back? Shoould I just accept her? I still have strong feelings for her and don't want to lose her.

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Reply 1
Ignore them, some people will take time to listen :smile:

Look, i know this is hard to hear but there is no point whatsoever you standing and waiting around and telling her that if she wants you back you have your arms open because she'll use you the second time.

It seems to me like she's walked all over you because you've let her. Use this as experience, what she wants to do with her life now on and the reasons behind it is all her own business and you dont need to worry about it.

In future, dont let a girlfriend in from the start, make sure you let her know how you feel but only after she tells you how she feels - MAKE her tell you, that way you can always say that if she breaks your heart and uses you, that "you told me you liked me last week".

Just move on, tell her you wont have the time of day for her when she comes back because otherwise you'll be hoping for a day that may never come and just let yourself down.

There are people out there that admire how kind and sensitive you are, and will not do this to you.
Well, unlike the previous posters, I'll *try* and offer some advice. *EDIT* Except Amywalters. Sorry, didn't see your post until I'd finished writing mine :redface: :p:

I'm really sorry for you dude - I can understand to an extent how you feel. I'd agree, it was harsh of her not to tell you, and finding out the way you did is terrible - if she wanted to break up, she should've told you. Forgetting is very hard - I know, I'm trying to forget about the person I love, but I won't go into that right now. I've found that staying in contact with her as friends really helps, but that's just my experience, and as I said my situation is different to yours. If she does come back, I don't know what to say - you evidently do have strong feelings for her, but if she's done this once, then she might do it again.

I'm really sorry to hear that dude, and wish I could offer some more advice :frown:

-Saruman
Reply 3
i read it. and i think you're being pretty harsh on her! its not her fault that she fell for someone else. it happens! ok its hard for you and she should have told you sooner, but she probably wanted to make sure she definately wanted to end things with you first! shes quite likely feeling a bit confused.
Reply 4
amywalters
Ignore them, some people will take time to listen :smile:

Look, i know this is hard to hear but there is no point whatsoever you standing and waiting around and telling her that if she wants you back you have your arms open because she'll use you the second time.

It seems to me like she's walked all over you because you've let her. Use this as experience, what she wants to do with her life now on and the reasons behind it is all her own business and you dont need to worry about it.

In future, dont let a girlfriend in from the start, make sure you let her know how you feel but only after she tells you how she feels - MAKE her tell you, that way you can always say that if she breaks your heart and uses you, that "you told me you liked me last week".

Just move on, tell her you wont have the time of day for her when she comes back because otherwise you'll be hoping for a day that may never come and just let yourself down.

There are people out there that admire how kind and sensitive you are, and will not do this to you.

I agree about "use you". I do think she was using me but can't say that for sure. So do you mean that generally a girl should tell how SHE feels first or is that what should happen in my case? I am trying not to hope for a day when she wants to come back, but I am just keeping in mind that it might happen after she thinks about what she did to me.
Reply 5
Saruman
Well, unlike the previous posters, I'll *try* and offer some advice. *EDIT* Except Amywalters. Sorry, didn't see your post until I'd finished writing mine :redface: :p:

I'm really sorry for you dude - I can understand to an extent how you feel. I'd agree, it was harsh of her not to tell you, and finding out the way you did is terrible - if she wanted to break up, she should've told you. Forgetting is very hard - I know, I'm trying to forget about the person I love, but I won't go into that right now. I've found that staying in contact with her as friends really helps, but that's just my experience, and as I said my situation is different to yours. If she does come back, I don't know what to say - you evidently do have strong feelings for her, but if she's done this once, then she might do it again.

I'm really sorry to hear that dude, and wish I could offer some more advice :frown:

-Saruman



Lol thanks honey! :smile:
Reply 6
_London_Lad_
I agree about "use you". I do think she was using me but can't say that for sure. So do you mean that generally a girl should tell how SHE feels first or is that what should happen in my case? I am trying not to hope for a day when she wants to come back, but I am just keeping in mind that it might happen after she thinks about what she did to me.


I mean that, just until you're more experienced with having girlfriends, you just seem to have thrown your emotions into the deepend without thinking that you may get hurt..

I'm sure in the future you'll be more aware of what can happen when you confide in people like that, so my advice would be to ask how the girl feels about you first - dont get into deep, just take it slow and it'll be fine.


And im afraid, most girls wont come back to a man just because they've hurt them - thats life, whether its nice or not, if her happiness is more important than yours, which it sounds like, then i doubt she'll come back.
Reply 7
Saruman
Well, unlike the previous posters, I'll *try* and offer some advice. *EDIT* Except Amywalters. Sorry, didn't see your post until I'd finished writing mine :redface: :p:

I'm really sorry for you dude - I can understand to an extent how you feel. I'd agree, it was harsh of her not to tell you, and finding out the way you did is terrible - if she wanted to break up, she should've told you. Forgetting is very hard - I know, I'm trying to forget about the person I love, but I won't go into that right now. I've found that staying in contact with her as friends really helps, but that's just my experience, and as I said my situation is different to yours. If she does come back, I don't know what to say - you evidently do have strong feelings for her, but if she's done this once, then she might do it again.

I'm really sorry to hear that dude, and wish I could offer some more advice :frown:

-Saruman

She should've told me earlier of course. So that I could at least stop waiting for the day of her arrival and could have more time before college. But as she only told me now, I have only one week to try to forget about it. I will be seeing her in the college every day. And thats what kills me.
Reply 8
Sorry OP but she's a bitch. She cheated on you, for a long time, and lied about it and led you on. She is horrible. Don't try and get her back; she doesn't love you and she'd do it again. I wouldn't give her the privelige of having you as a friend either.
Reply 9
theflcgal
i read it. and i think you're being pretty harsh on her! its not her fault that she fell for someone else. it happens! ok its hard for you and she should have told you sooner, but she probably wanted to make sure she definately wanted to end things with you first! shes quite likely feeling a bit confused.


Either you can't read or you have a really crappy sense of morals.

She was two timing him.

If she wanted to be with someone else she should have broken up with him instead of cheating on him. "Oh I'm confused...so confused that I have clearly lost the ability to be faithful and remember that cheating is wrong...poor me.." What rubbish. She's selfish. She wanted to have her cake and eat it.

Why the hell do people condone this sort of thing. Seriously.
Well i think what this girl did to him is terrible, i personally don't think i could be friends with her after that, sorry this has happened to you but in the long run you will be better off without her.
Reply 11
theflcgal
i read it. and i think you're being pretty harsh on her! its not her fault that she fell for someone else. it happens! ok its hard for you and she should have told you sooner, but she probably wanted to make sure she definately wanted to end things with you first! shes quite likely feeling a bit confused.

Yeah, it does happen a lot in life. I had a chat with my Mum yesterday night. And she told my her teenage stories. I realise it happens.
But it could happen differently I think. I had to pull every single word from her mouth before I could know the truth...
Reply 12
bunthulhu
Either you can't read or you have a really crappy sense of morals.

She was two timing him.

If she wanted to be with someone else she should have broken up with him instead of cheating on him. "Oh I'm confused...so confused that I have clearly lost the ability to be faithful and remember that cheating is wrong...poor me.." What rubbish. She's selfish. She wanted to have her cake and eat it.

Why the hell do people condone this sort of thing. Seriously.



excuse me im not saying she was in the right! i can read and i dont have a crappy sense of morals so just shut up. of course she shouldnt have cheated on him and she shoudl have told him earler (as i said ). im saying that if you think about this from her point of view, she'd have had to end things over text as it was in a different country. thats not exactly easy to do. she should have done because its wasted this guys time and its strung him along, but i cant say id fancy telling my bf over text that id met someone else. id much rather wait till i got back home and told him properly and explained it. much less cruel in a way. yeah she didnt do that either, but i would have though shed have intended to, but never plucked up the strength to do it.
Reply 13
_London_Lad_
Yeah, it does happen a lot in life. I had a chat with my Mum yesterday night. And she told my her teenage stories. I realise it happens.
But it could happen differently I think. I had to pull every single word from her mouth before I could know the truth...



theres not really any good advice to give except to move on. i woudlnt be too harsh on her though unless you really know what her motives were. she shoudl have told you as soon as she got back to england, but its not exactly easy to do. for all you know, maybe she was afraid of hurting you. actually her not telling you probably hurt you more, but maybe from her point of view, she didnt realise that.

it takes quite a lot to tell your bf that you've cheated on them!

move on and find someone decent. easier said than done of course but its the best thing for you.
For once, I agree with bunthulhu. :biggrin:

theflcgal
excuse me im not saying she was in the right! i can read and i dont have a crappy sense of morals so just shut up. of course she shouldnt have cheated on him and she shoudl have told him earler (as i said ). im saying that if you think about this from her point of view, she'd have had to end things over text as it was in a different country. thats not exactly easy to do. she should have done because its wasted this guys time and its strung him along, but i cant say id fancy telling my bf over text that id met someone else. id much rather wait till i got back home and told him properly and explained it. much less cruel in a way. yeah she didnt do that either, but i would have though shed have intended to, but never plucked up the strength to do it.

She could have phoned him. Or told him beforehand about her (then ex-)boyfriend. Given him some dignity, at least. Also, how do you know what she intended to do? You might have perfectly good morals which you stick to but that doesn't mean this girl wasn't clearly a complete bitch. :rolleyes:
Reply 15
Yes I can, and will.
Well i am sorry but what shes done is bad, she might be afraid of hurting him but what she did was exactly that what does she expect, he deserves better than her thats for sure. There is no excuse for cheating no matter what.
Reply 17
bunthulhu
Sorry OP but she's a bitch. She cheated on you, for a long time, and lied about it and led you on. She is horrible. Don't try and get her back; she doesn't love you and she'd do it again. I wouldn't give her the privelige of having you as a friend either.

Well, she did love me, and she did tell me that. But I think either her feelings for that guy are stronger or she just lost feelings for me.:frown:
_London_Lad_
Well, she did love me, and she did tell me that. But I think either her feelings for that guy are stronger or she just lost feelings for me.:frown:


Probably both things happened.
Reply 19
generalebriety
For once, I agree with bunthulhu. :biggrin:


She could have phoned him. Or told him beforehand about her (then ex-)boyfriend. Given him some dignity, at least. Also, how do you know what she intended to do? You might have perfectly good morals which you stick to but that doesn't mean this girl wasn't clearly a complete bitch. :rolleyes:



i dont mean to keep saying things in this girls favour cos shes obvisouly done something wrong. but there is a different between cheating on a boyfriend while carrying on with the bf at the same time, and between cheating on a bf and then not wanting to see the bf (which is what she did.) she should have told you about this sooner, but at least shes not carrying on with you at the same time (which she could probably quite easily have done!). shes met someone else and at that point she should have ended things with you before she started things with him, but at least she wasnt still meeting up with you and doing stuff with you at the same time. you said that from her texts, she was acting differently and stuff, so although she should have ended things with you, its not like shes been leading you on by pretending shes still head over heels in love with you.

i think (and im quite likely wrong as i dont know her) that she just fell for someone else, and didnt know how to tell you. probably just pushed you to the back of her mind because she didnt want to have to tell you.