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		<title>By: In a corner</title>
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		<dc:creator>In a corner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi all, I hope you don&#039;t mind.. i need to let out some thoughts. ..I&#039;m a normal bloke in a tough situation. A girl at work chased me for six months, took me home to meet the parents etc, and all her friends. Basically the feeling was mutual and i fell in love with her. .. Then she decided it was a mistake, told me she&#039;s not intereted.. ouch. But ok. I can be a professional and deal with it. No hard words, just acceptance and move forward as friends. 

A couple months down the track, she&#039;s informed me that she&#039;s entered a gay relationship with a female work colleague (one of my senior managers) who&#039;s more than a decade older than both of us.! . What can I say? am completed shattererd. I can&#039;t face either of them in the office, my heart is broken and stamped on. She&#039;s trying to make me feel guilty because I&#039;m not ok with it all. I don&#039;t know what to do .. I&#039;m too embarrassed to talk with my friends about it. The situation has me really down and I&#039;m almost tempted to leave my job over it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi all, I hope you don&#8217;t mind.. i need to let out some thoughts. ..I&#8217;m a normal bloke in a tough situation. A girl at work chased me for six months, took me home to meet the parents etc, and all her friends. Basically the feeling was mutual and i fell in love with her. .. Then she decided it was a mistake, told me she&#8217;s not intereted.. ouch. But ok. I can be a professional and deal with it. No hard words, just acceptance and move forward as friends. </p>
<p>A couple months down the track, she&#8217;s informed me that she&#8217;s entered a gay relationship with a female work colleague (one of my senior managers) who&#8217;s more than a decade older than both of us.! . What can I say? am completed shattererd. I can&#8217;t face either of them in the office, my heart is broken and stamped on. She&#8217;s trying to make me feel guilty because I&#8217;m not ok with it all. I don&#8217;t know what to do .. I&#8217;m too embarrassed to talk with my friends about it. The situation has me really down and I&#8217;m almost tempted to leave my job over it.</p>
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		<title>By: A mess</title>
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		<dc:creator>A mess</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A few months ago I started a new job my dream job !! On my first day I met who I felt was my soul mate someone who I instantly looked at and thought I love you, I knew she had a partner so I didn&#039;t persue her. That didn&#039;t stop her texting an calling me all the time she made me believe she was going to leave her partner so I let her in to my heart. She then strung me along for 9 months before I finally had enough and had to break my heart I have not felt relaxed or normal since I feel completely broken. What hurts the most is that she hasn&#039;t had any change to her life she is still with her partner I don&#039;t want to hurt him so I won&#039;t say anything but I wish she could feel how I feel !! She says she does but how could she if she stayed with him and let me go! I know I&#039;m in the wrong but I was almost tricked an now I feel like in missing out and that she is and will be fine while I stay in this dark horrible place I&#039;m in unable to relax or to sleep a whole night with out waking up three or four times to over analyze the situation one more time. What can I do it hurts and I have to see her everyday we are friends but that just kills me a bit more everyday. Knowing she goes home to a man who doesn&#039;t appreciate her and who she in her own words has to try and make love her it just seems so strange to me. Please send me some advice I&#039;m torturing myself and I don&#039;t know why. Thanks for reading</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A few months ago I started a new job my dream job !! On my first day I met who I felt was my soul mate someone who I instantly looked at and thought I love you, I knew she had a partner so I didn&#8217;t persue her. That didn&#8217;t stop her texting an calling me all the time she made me believe she was going to leave her partner so I let her in to my heart. She then strung me along for 9 months before I finally had enough and had to break my heart I have not felt relaxed or normal since I feel completely broken. What hurts the most is that she hasn&#8217;t had any change to her life she is still with her partner I don&#8217;t want to hurt him so I won&#8217;t say anything but I wish she could feel how I feel !! She says she does but how could she if she stayed with him and let me go! I know I&#8217;m in the wrong but I was almost tricked an now I feel like in missing out and that she is and will be fine while I stay in this dark horrible place I&#8217;m in unable to relax or to sleep a whole night with out waking up three or four times to over analyze the situation one more time. What can I do it hurts and I have to see her everyday we are friends but that just kills me a bit more everyday. Knowing she goes home to a man who doesn&#8217;t appreciate her and who she in her own words has to try and make love her it just seems so strange to me. Please send me some advice I&#8217;m torturing myself and I don&#8217;t know why. Thanks for reading</p>
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		<title>By: Nikki Young</title>
		<link>http://www.healmybrokenheart.com/workingwithyourex/comment-page-3#comment-3934</link>
		<dc:creator>Nikki Young</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi everyone..it&#039;s been quite a while since I&#039;ve been on this site. I hope all of you are doing well and haved moved on. The last contact I had with my &quot;ex&quot; is January-he called me from a different number (I guess he thought I wouldn&#039;t answer it otherwise) We didn&#039;t talk long, but he mentioned he was seeing a psychiatrist and he&#039;s trying to be a better person. He made no mention of his girlfriend but I did look her up and Facebook and low and behold there&#039;s a picture of the two of them kissing. Yes, I still wonder why he chose her over me but I have no desire to be with him at all. I no longer dream about him or obsess with him like before and for that Iam oh-so-thankful:) Now the other news: I have developed an interest in another employee. We are both part-timers at the same level working in two different departments so our dating is accepted. We&#039;ve been on one date and we have had no physical contact except a small hug-not even a kiss on the cheek. He is a great guy and we really enjoy each other&#039;s company-he&#039;s younger than me and very nice. He&#039;s not super handsome like my ex was but he&#039;s a very beautiful person inside (and out, to me). I never feel drained or used when Im around him. When I was with my ex I always had this stressed and &quot;used&quot; feeling. Im going to take it real slow with this guy even though Iam really craving him physically. Also, Im aware of at least one other co-worker who has an interest in him. We have to lay low for a while to avoid any drama. Im still not going to recommend dating a co-worker, but at least this man is a good man with morals and if it doesn&#039;t work out between us, he is still a great guy:)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi everyone..it&#8217;s been quite a while since I&#8217;ve been on this site. I hope all of you are doing well and haved moved on. The last contact I had with my &#8220;ex&#8221; is January-he called me from a different number (I guess he thought I wouldn&#8217;t answer it otherwise) We didn&#8217;t talk long, but he mentioned he was seeing a psychiatrist and he&#8217;s trying to be a better person. He made no mention of his girlfriend but I did look her up and Facebook and low and behold there&#8217;s a picture of the two of them kissing. Yes, I still wonder why he chose her over me but I have no desire to be with him at all. I no longer dream about him or obsess with him like before and for that Iam oh-so-thankful:) Now the other news: I have developed an interest in another employee. We are both part-timers at the same level working in two different departments so our dating is accepted. We&#8217;ve been on one date and we have had no physical contact except a small hug-not even a kiss on the cheek. He is a great guy and we really enjoy each other&#8217;s company-he&#8217;s younger than me and very nice. He&#8217;s not super handsome like my ex was but he&#8217;s a very beautiful person inside (and out, to me). I never feel drained or used when Im around him. When I was with my ex I always had this stressed and &#8220;used&#8221; feeling. Im going to take it real slow with this guy even though Iam really craving him physically. Also, Im aware of at least one other co-worker who has an interest in him. We have to lay low for a while to avoid any drama. Im still not going to recommend dating a co-worker, but at least this man is a good man with morals and if it doesn&#8217;t work out between us, he is still a great guy:)</p>
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		<title>By: Nancy</title>
		<link>http://www.healmybrokenheart.com/workingwithyourex/comment-page-3#comment-3385</link>
		<dc:creator>Nancy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 10:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m working for my ex. It has been more than a year since we...well, I wouldn&#039;t say that we broke up but rather &quot;grew apart&quot;. Our romance started when he interviewed me for the job and things were pretty much very lovey-dovey at the beginning of the relationship. I have the previledge to know a lot of things even his partners and, I believe, even his wife doesn&#039;t know of. We had intercourse a few times at hotels and even sometimes in the office after everyone left.
I am aware of his temper and has advised him to control it. Things were going smooth until a point when work pressure has made him can&#039;t control his temper. He started to raise his voice at me. I admit that I am very fragile when it comes to people raising their voice. I hid in my bedroom when my parents were quarrelling when I was young and I believe this fear has gotten into me until now.
His feelings towards me faded and I started to feel the tension raised when we were both in the office when nobody is around. We both sat at our desk and did not even say a word. It was really hard for me as I still have feelings towards him. Working for him is definitely a time-bomb waiting to be explode. He gave me a hard time especially when I make mistakes. It&#039;s not wrong for a boss to say his employee when she did a mistake but then again, I feel like it&#039;s so personal. 
I learned that he has an affair with a lady which I knew. I contact her everyday for work related conversations on the phone and this has made the situation worst for me. He even brought her along for his business trips. I have reached a point where I don&#039;t know what to do. Should I stay or should I leave? If i stayed, it will be like I don&#039;t even have any dignity left. If I leave, i would be leaving a job that i love so much. Not to mention that I am considered a pioneer of the company. I&#039;m devastated............</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m working for my ex. It has been more than a year since we&#8230;well, I wouldn&#8217;t say that we broke up but rather &#8220;grew apart&#8221;. Our romance started when he interviewed me for the job and things were pretty much very lovey-dovey at the beginning of the relationship. I have the previledge to know a lot of things even his partners and, I believe, even his wife doesn&#8217;t know of. We had intercourse a few times at hotels and even sometimes in the office after everyone left.<br />
I am aware of his temper and has advised him to control it. Things were going smooth until a point when work pressure has made him can&#8217;t control his temper. He started to raise his voice at me. I admit that I am very fragile when it comes to people raising their voice. I hid in my bedroom when my parents were quarrelling when I was young and I believe this fear has gotten into me until now.<br />
His feelings towards me faded and I started to feel the tension raised when we were both in the office when nobody is around. We both sat at our desk and did not even say a word. It was really hard for me as I still have feelings towards him. Working for him is definitely a time-bomb waiting to be explode. He gave me a hard time especially when I make mistakes. It&#8217;s not wrong for a boss to say his employee when she did a mistake but then again, I feel like it&#8217;s so personal.<br />
I learned that he has an affair with a lady which I knew. I contact her everyday for work related conversations on the phone and this has made the situation worst for me. He even brought her along for his business trips. I have reached a point where I don&#8217;t know what to do. Should I stay or should I leave? If i stayed, it will be like I don&#8217;t even have any dignity left. If I leave, i would be leaving a job that i love so much. Not to mention that I am considered a pioneer of the company. I&#8217;m devastated&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Nikki Young</title>
		<link>http://www.healmybrokenheart.com/workingwithyourex/comment-page-3#comment-3288</link>
		<dc:creator>Nikki Young</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi everyone-welcome Jbeez:) Please do not change jobs! I think it&#039;s very important to hold your ground in a situation like this ESPECIALLY if you were the one who was dumped. Let your ex find another job. I know it was blessing from God that my ex and his girlfriend were transferred and tonight I was faced with a big test: My office had a big Halloween event and my ex showed up. He gave me a hug and was very cordial. An hour later, his girlfriend showed up and she told me that there were openings at her office. Come on, do you think she really wants me working alongside her? I thanked her for the information but graciously declined. The funny thing about the whole thing is that they showed up separately and they both approached me separately. I don&#039;t understand why they didn&#039;t come together and seem to try to hide that they&#039;re a couple. I mean, they no longer work at the same office and he is no longer her boss. That just seems strange. I was able to handle the whole thing with minimal stress but I must admit it still stung, not a whole lot but there was still some residue pain. I feel a little triumphant that I made sure that I looked good-been keeping myself up exercising, flattering clothes, etc. Six months ago, I don&#039;t believe I would have been able to handle this. Time really does help. I know right now it seems you&#039;ll be miserable forever, but believe me it will not be this way forever! Keep your head up, be the best you can be and you will overcome all of this! Good luck:)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi everyone-welcome Jbeez:) Please do not change jobs! I think it&#8217;s very important to hold your ground in a situation like this ESPECIALLY if you were the one who was dumped. Let your ex find another job. I know it was blessing from God that my ex and his girlfriend were transferred and tonight I was faced with a big test: My office had a big Halloween event and my ex showed up. He gave me a hug and was very cordial. An hour later, his girlfriend showed up and she told me that there were openings at her office. Come on, do you think she really wants me working alongside her? I thanked her for the information but graciously declined. The funny thing about the whole thing is that they showed up separately and they both approached me separately. I don&#8217;t understand why they didn&#8217;t come together and seem to try to hide that they&#8217;re a couple. I mean, they no longer work at the same office and he is no longer her boss. That just seems strange. I was able to handle the whole thing with minimal stress but I must admit it still stung, not a whole lot but there was still some residue pain. I feel a little triumphant that I made sure that I looked good-been keeping myself up exercising, flattering clothes, etc. Six months ago, I don&#8217;t believe I would have been able to handle this. Time really does help. I know right now it seems you&#8217;ll be miserable forever, but believe me it will not be this way forever! Keep your head up, be the best you can be and you will overcome all of this! Good luck:)</p>
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		<title>By: jbeez</title>
		<link>http://www.healmybrokenheart.com/workingwithyourex/comment-page-3#comment-3280</link>
		<dc:creator>jbeez</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To know that I am not the only one who is having to work with an ex. My ex started teaching at my school last year.  We hit it off immediately and began dating about 3 months into the school year.  Everyone at school was rooting for us.  After a few months, we got engaged and were planning to get married this past summer.  Not long after we were engaged, he freaked out and broke things off completely in 3 conversations.  He was unwilling to talk honestly about why or what happened and didnt really accept blame for anything.  I finished out the last month of school and took the summer away from him to regain my footing.  It was the most painful experience and difficult summer I have ever had.  Coming back to school has been much harder than I expected.  It has been 5 months since we broke up.  He has not been kind to me, has been rude to me when no one is watching, and the worst part is that I have to see him daily (we are at a small school).  Everyone loves him, too which makes it worse.  I have been working on protecting myself by minimizing my interactions with him-not looking at him, talking to him, etc.  I was feeling pretty good about it until today.  I learned that he is now in a relationship, with someone he met shortly after we broke up.  It has rocked my boat today.  I know he wasnt good for me, but it&#039;s soo painful to see him with someone else so soon.  and to not take it personally.  I love my job, but every part of me wants to leave now and find something else just so I dont have to see him daily and be reminded of him.  This is too much sometimes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To know that I am not the only one who is having to work with an ex. My ex started teaching at my school last year.  We hit it off immediately and began dating about 3 months into the school year.  Everyone at school was rooting for us.  After a few months, we got engaged and were planning to get married this past summer.  Not long after we were engaged, he freaked out and broke things off completely in 3 conversations.  He was unwilling to talk honestly about why or what happened and didnt really accept blame for anything.  I finished out the last month of school and took the summer away from him to regain my footing.  It was the most painful experience and difficult summer I have ever had.  Coming back to school has been much harder than I expected.  It has been 5 months since we broke up.  He has not been kind to me, has been rude to me when no one is watching, and the worst part is that I have to see him daily (we are at a small school).  Everyone loves him, too which makes it worse.  I have been working on protecting myself by minimizing my interactions with him-not looking at him, talking to him, etc.  I was feeling pretty good about it until today.  I learned that he is now in a relationship, with someone he met shortly after we broke up.  It has rocked my boat today.  I know he wasnt good for me, but it&#8217;s soo painful to see him with someone else so soon.  and to not take it personally.  I love my job, but every part of me wants to leave now and find something else just so I dont have to see him daily and be reminded of him.  This is too much sometimes.</p>
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		<title>By: Nikki Young</title>
		<link>http://www.healmybrokenheart.com/workingwithyourex/comment-page-3#comment-3242</link>
		<dc:creator>Nikki Young</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 06:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello everyone:) To all of you that have just broken up with your ex and still have to work with them, my prayers go out to you. It&#039;s been 3 months since I&#039;ve seen mine and about a month since I&#039;ve talked to him, but just hearing some gossip about him today STILL hurt:( I keep telling myself-&quot;Sheesh-enough already! You don&#039;t have to deal with him anymore&quot;! Even though he&#039;s been transferred, he still socializes with some of my other co-workers and one of them mentioned that he and his teenaged girlfriend are still going strong and my co-worker saw my ex&#039;s cell and his screensaver was a pic of my ex and the teenager kissing. He NEVER took any pics of us kissing, let alone make it his screensaver. I know that may seem like a trivial thing but it still stung. Of course, as time passes so will the memory of all this bullcrap. I thank God everyday that I don&#039;t have to work with either one of them but I can&#039;t wait until the day comes when I hear something about them or even run into them and I don&#039;t bat an eye or feel anything-boy I can&#039;t wait!:)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello everyone:) To all of you that have just broken up with your ex and still have to work with them, my prayers go out to you. It&#8217;s been 3 months since I&#8217;ve seen mine and about a month since I&#8217;ve talked to him, but just hearing some gossip about him today STILL hurt:( I keep telling myself-&#8221;Sheesh-enough already! You don&#8217;t have to deal with him anymore&#8221;! Even though he&#8217;s been transferred, he still socializes with some of my other co-workers and one of them mentioned that he and his teenaged girlfriend are still going strong and my co-worker saw my ex&#8217;s cell and his screensaver was a pic of my ex and the teenager kissing. He NEVER took any pics of us kissing, let alone make it his screensaver. I know that may seem like a trivial thing but it still stung. Of course, as time passes so will the memory of all this bullcrap. I thank God everyday that I don&#8217;t have to work with either one of them but I can&#8217;t wait until the day comes when I hear something about them or even run into them and I don&#8217;t bat an eye or feel anything-boy I can&#8217;t wait!:)</p>
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		<title>By: James</title>
		<link>http://www.healmybrokenheart.com/workingwithyourex/comment-page-3#comment-3184</link>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi All,

Well first of all after reading everyone elses posts, i would like to say there are some decent guys out there!! I have been living this nightmare for well over a year now! And, as a bloke i dont think there is a much harder thing to deal with (as blokes don&#039;t talk about feelings) than this! First of all, abit about my so you try to get perspective of why this happened! I&#039;ve had quite a rough life, and i eventually managed to get things right, get a good job... and this is where its started! I had been at the company for 2 years or so in a team of 5 people. Someone left, and thats when she turned up! First of all, it was all fun as she had a long term boyfriend... Cutting a long story short, basically he treated her badly and i treated her as my princess even though she wasnt mine! They split up after he dumped her and i was there for her and we started sleeping together and spending every minute of the day together.

This soon stopped after he wanted her back and she dropped me straight away, by this time we had been working together in this team of 5 for about a year and a half. To start with she just ignored me which was pretty tough, but i keep trying to find out what i had done wrong... Then she accused me of giving her a std, Which i got checked out and hadnt....This was over a year ago now, and im still suffering as i fell in love with her! Some people would say im mad after all that, but she is an amazing girl. 

Now i dont work in the same team as her anymore but unfortunately im still on the same floor, and we still have to work together and talk regularly due to the nature of our work. I tried the moving desks around, pretty much everything that is mentioned about... But i still have a bleeding heart! I&#039;ve met lots of women over that time but do not let any of them close as i still have her on a pedestal and none of them compare! When i try to speak to male friends i get told to man up and deal with it... And like a poster above said, i seem to have made there relationship stronger!! Dagger to the heart! I cannot get away from it! I hope we all get there in the end but i certainly cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel :(

Thanks for reading</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>Well first of all after reading everyone elses posts, i would like to say there are some decent guys out there!! I have been living this nightmare for well over a year now! And, as a bloke i dont think there is a much harder thing to deal with (as blokes don&#8217;t talk about feelings) than this! First of all, abit about my so you try to get perspective of why this happened! I&#8217;ve had quite a rough life, and i eventually managed to get things right, get a good job&#8230; and this is where its started! I had been at the company for 2 years or so in a team of 5 people. Someone left, and thats when she turned up! First of all, it was all fun as she had a long term boyfriend&#8230; Cutting a long story short, basically he treated her badly and i treated her as my princess even though she wasnt mine! They split up after he dumped her and i was there for her and we started sleeping together and spending every minute of the day together.</p>
<p>This soon stopped after he wanted her back and she dropped me straight away, by this time we had been working together in this team of 5 for about a year and a half. To start with she just ignored me which was pretty tough, but i keep trying to find out what i had done wrong&#8230; Then she accused me of giving her a std, Which i got checked out and hadnt&#8230;.This was over a year ago now, and im still suffering as i fell in love with her! Some people would say im mad after all that, but she is an amazing girl. </p>
<p>Now i dont work in the same team as her anymore but unfortunately im still on the same floor, and we still have to work together and talk regularly due to the nature of our work. I tried the moving desks around, pretty much everything that is mentioned about&#8230; But i still have a bleeding heart! I&#8217;ve met lots of women over that time but do not let any of them close as i still have her on a pedestal and none of them compare! When i try to speak to male friends i get told to man up and deal with it&#8230; And like a poster above said, i seem to have made there relationship stronger!! Dagger to the heart! I cannot get away from it! I hope we all get there in the end but i certainly cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel <img src='http://www.healmybrokenheart.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Thanks for reading</p>
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		<title>By: Jess0001</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jess0001</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 21:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just wanted to let you all know that finding this website, realizing my situation isn&#039; t an isolated incident, and that others are coping makes me feel so much better. Long story relatively short - I&#039;ve been friends with this guy for around 10 years (we met thru my ex boyfriend oddly enough). I left my boyfriend because I had fallen head over heals for this man and had secured him a job where I work before this had all happened. Three years later we are still back and forth - daily/monthly/weekly - you name it we&#039;ve argued over it, cried about it, and not spoken for weeks at a time. About a year ago he met another girl at a wedding of a mutual friend of ours and ever since has been &quot;dating&quot; her - and by dating I mean posing as the boyfriend of her dreams, all the while never breaking contact (physical or otherwise) with me. He always told me how much easier it was to hurt her than me - but he has hurt me...by choosing her over me on holidays, by missing my birthday, and by constantly deciding that he wants to be a 1 woman man again and breaking my heart to be with her. Today was no exception - he text me to tell me we can&#039;t see eachother anymore because he wants to &quot;treat her right&quot;...again, this isn&#039;t the first time we&#039;ve been through this. I need to stay mad, I need to never fall back into that trap again, and I need some advice on how to end this three year hell he&#039;s put me through. Thanks!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just wanted to let you all know that finding this website, realizing my situation isn&#8217; t an isolated incident, and that others are coping makes me feel so much better. Long story relatively short &#8211; I&#8217;ve been friends with this guy for around 10 years (we met thru my ex boyfriend oddly enough). I left my boyfriend because I had fallen head over heals for this man and had secured him a job where I work before this had all happened. Three years later we are still back and forth &#8211; daily/monthly/weekly &#8211; you name it we&#8217;ve argued over it, cried about it, and not spoken for weeks at a time. About a year ago he met another girl at a wedding of a mutual friend of ours and ever since has been &#8220;dating&#8221; her &#8211; and by dating I mean posing as the boyfriend of her dreams, all the while never breaking contact (physical or otherwise) with me. He always told me how much easier it was to hurt her than me &#8211; but he has hurt me&#8230;by choosing her over me on holidays, by missing my birthday, and by constantly deciding that he wants to be a 1 woman man again and breaking my heart to be with her. Today was no exception &#8211; he text me to tell me we can&#8217;t see eachother anymore because he wants to &#8220;treat her right&#8221;&#8230;again, this isn&#8217;t the first time we&#8217;ve been through this. I need to stay mad, I need to never fall back into that trap again, and I need some advice on how to end this three year hell he&#8217;s put me through. Thanks!</p>
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		<title>By: Natalie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I feel so depressed.  My boyfriend of nearly 5 years just finalized our break up last night.  We&#039;ve been working in the same office for years and still do.  I can&#039;t believe that it&#039;s over.  Everyone in the company knows about us and have been rooting us on for years.  I am feeling some really raw emotions right now.  I know that I will get through this, but I just don&#039;t know how.  I did so much for him, I did so much to be with him.  I asked him if he still loves me, and he said that he feels relieved to be apart... he asked is it love if you feel better when you are away from your partner?? I get it.  He very clearly stated that he genuinely cares for me and will always be there for me.  He says he feels liberated and more like himself than he has in the past few years.  I know I can be a little demanding and overwhelming at times, I just didn&#039;t realize I was such a ball and chain.  He says he feels like a burden has been lifted off him... he feels alive.  I feel like crap.  How did I not see the signs? I just don&#039;t know how to cope with this loss... he has meant so much to me.  I can&#039;t imagine my life without him.  But now I&#039;m alone... really and truly alone.  I don&#039;t want to do anything anymore.  I have to see and hear him at work everyday.  I don&#039;t know if I can deal with it.  What should I do????? Please help me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I feel so depressed.  My boyfriend of nearly 5 years just finalized our break up last night.  We&#8217;ve been working in the same office for years and still do.  I can&#8217;t believe that it&#8217;s over.  Everyone in the company knows about us and have been rooting us on for years.  I am feeling some really raw emotions right now.  I know that I will get through this, but I just don&#8217;t know how.  I did so much for him, I did so much to be with him.  I asked him if he still loves me, and he said that he feels relieved to be apart&#8230; he asked is it love if you feel better when you are away from your partner?? I get it.  He very clearly stated that he genuinely cares for me and will always be there for me.  He says he feels liberated and more like himself than he has in the past few years.  I know I can be a little demanding and overwhelming at times, I just didn&#8217;t realize I was such a ball and chain.  He says he feels like a burden has been lifted off him&#8230; he feels alive.  I feel like crap.  How did I not see the signs? I just don&#8217;t know how to cope with this loss&#8230; he has meant so much to me.  I can&#8217;t imagine my life without him.  But now I&#8217;m alone&#8230; really and truly alone.  I don&#8217;t want to do anything anymore.  I have to see and hear him at work everyday.  I don&#8217;t know if I can deal with it.  What should I do????? Please help me.</p>
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