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| Fri, 10-05-2007 - 4:55pm |
Let me start off by giving a little bit of my history.
To make a long story short, I fell in love for the first time at 22 years of age (I'm 24 now). Prior to him I was somewhat of a free spirit. I didn't want to be in a relationship, I really enjoyed being single (as I am doing now) & its always been very difficult for me to develop feelings for anyone. This guy was wonderful at the beginning of our relationship & for the first time I had found someone who I had profound feelings for.
After about 5 months of being together he confessed something that made me really distrust him (I wont get into detail). But, after that our relationship was a downward spiral. We would break up and get back together and the cycle continued for a year and a half. He played a lot of mind games with me and ended up hurting me so much that it has taken me a year to not feel sad every time I think of him and our relationship. Even now, I will still feel some regret and sadness once in a while.
Throughout this past year I have dated several guys. Each one better than the next and all of them showing a large amount of interest in me. However, I can't bring myself to like them enough to have anything serious with any of them. I always find something I don't like about them around the first or second date and ditch them soon thereafter.
My question to all of you is: (1) Has anybody ever been in a situation similar to mine? & (2) Is it possible to fall in love that strongly again?
I'm really enjoying doing all the little selfish things single people do along with all the freedom but I do feel like somewhere along the line I would like to fall in love again. Since falling in love is so rare for me (in comparison to my peers/friends), I wonder is it possible for this to happen to me again and as deeply as the first.....
HOPEFUL!
Jackie

I'm 50 and I can tell you I truly wish I had been like you in your twenties. You need to stay free and easy, date alot, if someone doesn't create the magic, say it's been great, but need to move on. You sound very secure in yourself, which few women in their twenties are. Usually they are looking for a man to fill an empty spot and they become doormats to the guys.
did someone mentioned that there are lots of fish in the sea?
Anna
Anna