Hi everyone!
I'm not sure where to start, to make a long story short, I was in a relationship with a guy I had met online for over two years. We have been through many rough patches together and I even boarded a flight to USA to be with him for one whole month. We got engaged, completely in love and happy..until..we both started working a few months ago.
It was just last week, he finally revealed the first shocking secret he'd been hiding from me. I was upset that he had been lying to me but after all this time, I've come to love him whole heartedly, whether he drinks, gambles or even uses drugs, I can't hate him, deep down, I know I can always forgive him and that's what I did..I tried to be as understanding as possible, considering his situation, I even tried to comfort him and gave him support, disregarding my own feelings. Then a few days ago, BAM!!! It hit me like a double-sided blade, with no mercy. Tuesday night, he had gone to a party...so he says but by Wednesday afternoon, he still hadn't called me. I grew worried as he usually calls, so I ended up digging my own grave. Although it was over the fone, the words stabbed me so deep, I forgot to breathe for a while. Even now, I can still hear the careless words, ringing in my head, saying over and over:
"I had a few drinks, made out with this girl...and you know where that leads!?"..."Who do you think it was?"..."Yeah, the girl from my workplace, I like her, she's fun to be with!"..."If you fly over here now, I'd feel stuck!"..."I still love you!"...
I didn't know what to say to him, I didn't know what to think...so I managed to find my voice & coughed up the only word I dreaded most.. "Goodbye" and hung up before I could allow any tears to fall. How could he say he love me completely and go sleep with someone else? How can he still say those three sacred words so easily? How could he even tell me about what he did with her so carelessly as though his actions were nothing at all? I still don't understand.
Friday morning, I received an sms on my fone.."Pls don't hate me!"
It made my whole day at work so horrible! The last few days since that fone conversation, I've been keeping myself together, trying to focus on just work and work so hard to keep my mind occupied and I've been coping fine until I foolishly opened that msg and read it. All of friday, I kept making so many mistakes at work, and even found myself close to tears. My heart had been aching as though it had been pierced over and over...but I tried my best to keep strong, so I refused to cry, no matter what! Then Saturday, I received an email from him...
"miss you, hope you're ok. i would like to talk with you sometime..i check my mail everyday...ive been going out alot last few days, not with "her" but just with friends to help myself not think about everything..please take good care of yourself, i will always love you"
It hurts. All of his words seems like a big lie to me now. All those promises he made, he was even planning to fly over here to be together until summer's over and when he start studying again, we had planned for me to move over there to be with him, to keep him happy and away from bad habits such as drinking...I was willing to sacrifice everything over here, my job, my house, and everyone I know...just to follow the only man I love b/c if he didnt' like it here, I would go with him to the ends of the earth.
Just this morning...he emailed me, since I've been ignorant to reply to any of his msgs..
"I guess i already lost you.., i truly am destined to be alone...i dont deserve you, i gave you up to try someone that doesnt even like me and now once again i am single and hate it...im sorry, i want to give up..."
I'm scared...not for myself but for him. I'm afraid to think of the path he may choose to take from here...I want to reach out to him, I still love him truly and deeply..but I don't want to hurt myself anymore. I don't quite understand if he still has any feelings for me or if he's just simply hanging on for now b/c there's no one else and he's feeling lost? What steps should I take to help him but at the same time, protect myself from being hurt? Does he still have me in his heart or have I already truly lost him for good? I'm scared he'll do things that he will regret in the future. All I want now is for him to be happy and by then I'll be at peace and able to move on...
Everyone, please give me your advise...I don't mind if it's simply a personal opinon. I'd really appreciate any view points at this stage.