Hello Lovers:
I've reprinted this article which was actually an answer to a question I get a lot on the subject of how to stop missing the partner someone has recently broken up with.
I hope you enjoy and get some help from my heartfelt answer.
Your Hilda
Life can be complicated. Certainly, it is full of twists and turns and ups and downs. Never will a life that involves a relationship go by without some some sort of turbulence between the two lovers. For sure, breakups are happening everyday!
Why this is an undeniable truth of life, I'll never know. What I do know is many times the most compatible, head-over-heels-in-love couples break up and call it quits. It seems that both parties reach the point of exasperation with one another, and whether it is in a fit of anger or a supposedly well orchestrated break-up; boom!!! They pull the plug and vow to go their own separate ways!
Then, what happens next? In my experience, in all but the most unusual and atypical cases, a lot of melancholic brooding ensues. She misses him and usually he misses her and visa versa as well, of course.
So, what is the right thing to? It is true if a permanent breakup is the best track to take in life, some amount of sorrow will have to be swallowed along the way. But maybe a permanent breakup is not the best path to travel down. How do we know?
And how do we know it will be a better, fuller more rewarding and happier life if we go on without our former lover? On top of that, how would we go about pursuing a get-back-together strategy if we did feel a permanent breakup is not in our best interest?
As I said before, life is complicated. There just isn't an one-size-fits-all answer to the questions, “Is a permanent breakup best?” and “How would I go about getting back together with my ex?”
In my opinion, the heart knows more than the brain. The best thought out plan in the universe just isn't a good one if it doesn't feel right. Life is not meant to be suffered just because someone made an intellectual decision and he or she or they proclaim all decisions to be final and binding. Positively concluding, “we'll just have to suffer through it” is not always the best way to go!
To this intellectual decision I would ask,”Where does happiness come into the picture and what roll do your feelings play in your life?”
Yes, there are times when it is all over. I'm sorry to be so blunt but not every relationship that started out good is going to on good forever.
Still, it is my conclusion that most permanent breakups were not in the best interest of either party. Most times, trying to hook up together again would be the best way to go.
It sounds like a bold blanket statement to be making but , I've seen a lot of happy endings come about after a couple has decided to give it one more try...
Your Hilda
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