this is tough. I agree that it makes it hard to live in the moment if a part of you is still holding out for an ex. It also makes it hard to heal. I am going through the same thing.
This may sound odd, but it there a way you can shift your thinking from "she is the one I'm going to end up with" to "maybe there is a chance and if it's meant to be it will, but it's not a future I'm going to build my life around." That is what I am trying to do. There is so much love left between my ex and myself but for very good reasons we cannot be together now. I am leaving it up to fate/chance/whatever you like to call it and trying to move forward.
I too have gotten to a place where i'm pretty happy being single and know that i will want to start dating again in the next few months. I remind myself over and over that the ex is not a possibility for this. That if there indeed is a future for us, it will be years down the road and will not come as a result of planning on my part.
I hope that helps. It still sucks sometimes because I care about him, but it makes me feel more like I'm living my own life. :)
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Hi Ross,
this is tough. I agree that it makes it hard to live in the moment if a part of you is still holding out for an ex. It also makes it hard to heal. I am going through the same thing.
This may sound odd, but it there a way you can shift your thinking from "she is the one I'm going to end up with" to "maybe there is a chance and if it's meant to be it will, but it's not a future I'm going to build my life around." That is what I am trying to do. There is so much love left between my ex and myself but for very good reasons we cannot be together now. I am leaving it up to fate/chance/whatever you like to call it and trying to move forward.
I too have gotten to a place where i'm pretty happy being single and know that i will want to start dating again in the next few months. I remind myself over and over that the ex is not a possibility for this. That if there indeed is a future for us, it will be years down the road and will not come as a result of planning on my part.
I hope that helps. It still sucks sometimes because I care about him, but it makes me feel more like I'm living my own life. :)