dukedog35

Getting back on track with a success story.... I was having a drink with my cousin the other night. He is married to the love of his life, they have an adorable 2 year old daughter and another on the way. I was floored when he told me that his now wife broke up with him at one point in their relationship. They'd been dating for about 6 years at the time. He said it came out of nowhere and they didn't talk for 7 months. Obviously they worked it out and have lived happily ever after up to this point!

So I'm doing everything in my power to make it to 2 full weeks of NC. A few minutes ago, my phone pops up an alert that you've just joined facebook messenger and I should be the first person to welcome you with a message. I want to talk to you so bad, but I know better. I know this is a perfect excuse to say hello, but I know better. I just want to see how you are doing. I know that you would respond. But I know better. Every piece of advice I've seen says that I have to let you go no matter what. I have to heal and move on, or you'll never come back. Or if I don't heal and move on, I will remain miserable. But with each day that passes, I feel like I'm getting smaller and smaller in your rear view mirror. I just want to catch up to you. I know you let go or you wouldn't have ended things. I just wish it was as easy for me as it was for you to give up.

Didn't want to post my whole story here since it is a very new work in progress, but there is hope, and I owe a lot of that to this thread. Thank you to all of those who pour out your heart and soul and share your stories here. The positive nature really helped me the past few days. Although this thread is filled with stories of people getting back together, in a weird way it helped bring me to the reality that it may not happen for me, but if it doesn't I'm going to be okay and I can find happiness again. Ironically, being able to accept that I think was my saving grace in my chances of a successful reconciliation. If you are interested in my story, it's in the "Getting back together" forum and called "Turning hurting into learning"