My girlfriend of a year and three months recently broke up with me.
Right now it is understandable for me to be going off the wall with frusteration and torture of thoughts without her. I called her a day after the break up and asked to meet her for coffee so that we could talk some more about her decision. Let me give you a recap of how it got to this state.
In the time her and I had together there was nothing but happy times, and of course the occasional argument. As time progressed, so did some bumps in the road. Over a period of time, three different guys put moves on her. (these guys know who I am, two of them "friends" and one an ex-co-worker) (By the way, this was them putting moves on her, and her not agreeing to them in any way) So obviously they knew I was with her, and everyone I met heard about how much she means to me. She told me about each time, and each time I went to confront these guys and they all poured the truth out to me, regreting their mistakes and asking for my appologies. Now understandably after going through that three times, I got a bit paranoid each time she said she was going to hang out with some friends. I developed a protective instinct over her, and shared with her that I was very uncomfortable with her hanging around other guys when I was not present. This went on for quite some time and eventually she began to view me as a controlling and over-protective boyfriend. I explained to her why I feel the way I do when she mentions hanging out with other guys, and that I trust her 100%, just not other men. I began to drop the whole paranoid bid, and eventually did...unfortunately it was too late and she gave me the dreaded phone call that all men fear. "I think we should break up." Those words tore through me like a knife through hot butter. I couldn't bear the thought of losing her, let alone the thought of her with other guys. Now, back to our meeting at coffee. We decided that me being "controlling" was not a factor, and that her and I never really became friends before dating. (which was true) So for now her and I are working on our friendship before jumping back to eachother...but, here's another thing. She told me that she would like to see other people. Wow...what a blow. I'm sorry, but that really made me feel uncomfortable when she told me that. But anyways, right now we hang out and are working on our friendship. I am 20 and she is 18, so I guess maybe at her age she doesn't want to be tied down just yet. But what I really want to know from what I have given you guys is, do you think she will come back to me after realizing that her and I can be friends in a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.