5 years..

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Registered: 04-07-2008
5 years..
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Mon, 04-07-2008 - 12:22pm
I dont know how to start this.. I started dating my boyfriend when we met in undergrad.. he was 2 years older so he finished before i did and he got a good job 2000 miles away and moved. we have had a long distance relationship for the last 4 years. we are the same nationality however from different parts of the country. when we started dating, we didnt really think about the future and if us being from different parts would be a big problem.. well he thought it might but i didnt think much about it. however, two years into the relationship we had a talk and he told me that his parents would never accept me just because of the fact that we werent from the same part. and also different religions. even though he himself told me that i always had a little speck of hope that it might work and we would be happily together. we put up with being long distance, seeing each other only once every couple months and missing each other. since for four years we have talked so much on the phone, we are truly best friends. i have friends here but i seriously dont feel as close to them as i do with my boyfriend. i call him and tell him every stupid thing of my day and so does he. we are so attached to each other. i have the best time when we are together. so whats the problem..well he's 27 now and im 24.. his parents want him to get married and he has to end it with me. his parents dont know abt me and my parents dont know abt him. i cannot live without him, how will i ever survive this breakup? not to mention he is my first of everything..and he is my best friend.. the only person i feel so close to and i need to talk to about everything.
what do i do? how do people move on and forget someone they love so much for 5 years? the hard part is that i dont wanna forget him.. there is nothing wrong between us.. and yet i have to forget him.. i see my friends around me finding the guys they are gonna be with and planning engagements and weddings.. and then there is me.. i have to end it with the guy i have loved for 5 years.
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Registered: 02-05-2007
In reply to: broken24
Mon, 04-07-2008 - 5:43pm

Welcome to the board broken24,


It's sad that the two of you built a relationship and kept is secret.