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Does a long term relationship ruin you for all other relationships?  

secret_lade 49F
14391 messages
2/2/2020 11h43
Does a long term relationship ruin you for all other relationships?


I have wondered this many, many times.

I often find myself doing the comparison game. Having been with my ex-husband years, there was a lot that I could compare a potential mate to.

Not in physical appearance....

But, in how he was as a person. How did this new man treat other people? How did he treat me? What were his goals and aspirations? What were his hobbies? Do I want to be with this potential mate the way I had wanted to be with ex-husband?

Even after having been divorced now 9 years... I still look those similarites.

I know this is wrong... I know it with every fiber of being as I know there will never be another person who embodies all those qualities, minus the drinking problems and arrogance.

So, the time has come that I change this way of thinking.

What exactly is it that I'm looking ?

I'm looking a shower partner. Someone to soap me up and wash hair, someone who will let me do the same him. I'm looking someone who will undress me at night and want to sleep naked, someone who won't be grumpy with me when I wrap arms around him at night, or caress his hand when he rests his arm on side. I'm looking someone who can understand sarcastic personality and will watch scary movies with me so we can pick apart the plot and grumble at the dialogue. I'm looking someone who will be patient with me as I know I have bad days, and I struggle with anxiety, and I'm working on becoming a better version of myself.

I think maybe if I focus on what it is I need, and less on what I had, it will get easier me to be happy with what I may have.

Heathen_G 65H
7974 messages
4/2/2020 1h31

Does a long term relationship ruin you for all other relationships? ....It sure can.

How close you were.
How much you fought.
How much you loved.
How young were you , how much time together....
Any children...
Familiar touchings, scents, emotions....tying memories of the past to the present situation....

Yes, all kinds of things can ruin you, or your chances , for all other relationships.


fwblook4unow 48H

3/2/2020 1h05

I LOVE what you are looking for.....shower partner? Check😘
Sleep naked with you? Check😉
Someone to soap you up? Check😉
Someone to undress you? Mmmmm Check😍


lyavu 50F
1538 messages
3/2/2020 1h04

If you let it ..Never forget where you have come from and the friends you had .


secret_lade 49F
9227 messages
2/2/2020 23h38

    Citer dayzeeme:
    I myself question what I would want in a partner. I thought with the first guy I dated after hubby left that I would enjoy some closeness, but then it was too much closeness. Then I thought I would be ok with some sex and then please leave type of thing. But then there is no communication between that so that isn't working for me either. I have no idea what I want in the end, but hoping something suitable happens sooner rather than later because I miss having a best friend like that in my life.
I think if we're patient, we will find what we are looking for. My problem is that I settle for what's available, and that isn't good for me. We need to focus on what we need.


secret_lade 49F
9227 messages
2/2/2020 23h33

    Citer easy_going2014:
    thanks for sharing

    I agree with you

    there is a marked change in how you are writing your blogs from the time I started reading

    that's great

    the only perception that matters is yours, because that is your reality

    go for it

    I think your life and future relationships are what you want them to be

    hmm

    the version of you with the version of him that matches is all that matters

    now you get to fill in the wish list, the way you see it

    Sasha Sloan - "Version Of Me"

    Can you love, can you love
    Can you love the version of me
    I don't let, I don't let
    I don't let anybody else see?
    When I choke, when I choke
    When I choke, would you try and help me breathe?
    Can you love, can you love
    Can you love the version of me
    That isn't happy all the time?
    I get outta my head, get outta my mind
    Can't get outta bed sometimes
    And when I look at myself as if I might cry
    'Cause I got some trauma, some family drama
    Just thought I'd warn you
I first started writing again when I stopped seeing the hippie. I lost a best friend when that happened... We talked for hours on the phone every single day for something like 7 years. I have a hard time talking about that one as it's still fresh, but I'm working through it and starting to feel like my old self again.


secret_lade 49F
9227 messages
2/2/2020 23h20

    Citer mc_justmc:
    who could be grumpy with someone putting their arm around them at night, I settled for a butt to butt hug for years.
It happens.... I can't really say I'm seeing this guy as we more or less just get together for sex.... but he stayed the night Friday and did just that. I was half asleep, rolled up next to him and put my arm around him. He moved it back off and grumbled that he was tired. It was a pivotal moment as I realized, i want something completely diffetent.


dayzeeme 55F
7024 messages
2/2/2020 19h53

I myself question what I would want in a partner. I thought with the first guy I dated after hubby left that I would enjoy some closeness, but then it was too much closeness. Then I thought I would be ok with some sex and then please leave type of thing. But then there is no communication between that so that isn't working for me either. I have no idea what I want in the end, but hoping something suitable happens sooner rather than later because I miss having a best friend like that in my life.


easy_going2014 57H
14366 messages
2/2/2020 19h16

thanks for sharing

I agree with you

there is a marked change in how you are writing your blogs from the time I started reading

that's great

the only perception that matters is yours, because that is your reality

go for it

I think your life and future relationships are what you want them to be

hmm

the version of you with the version of him that matches is all that matters

now you get to fill in the wish list, the way you see it

Sasha Sloan - "Version Of Me"

Can you love, can you love
Can you love the version of me
I don't let, I don't let
I don't let anybody else see?
When I choke, when I choke
When I choke, would you try and help me breathe?
Can you love, can you love
Can you love the version of me
That isn't happy all the time?
I get outta my head, get outta my mind
Can't get outta bed sometimes
And when I look at myself as if I might cry
'Cause I got some trauma, some family drama
Just thought I'd warn you

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Good luck!!!


mc_justmc 63H

2/2/2020 18h25

who could be grumpy with someone putting their arm around them at night, I settled for a butt to butt hug for years.


secret_lade 49F
9227 messages
2/2/2020 17h35

    Citer New2Midlo:
    On the occasions I forget the hassle of dating, I've tried to push the comparative thoughts out of my head. I met and lost the one great love of my life and no one else will be the perfect partner to me that she was. Every woman will fall short, every time, because no one else is as dirty, smart, funny, and beautiful (to me) as she was.

    Instead, I do my best to focus on how a woman makes me feel, when I'm with her. That's enough to build upon, in my opinion.

    So long as she doesn't show up unannounced at 1 a.m.
1am.... sounds like there is a story attached to that. Lol


New2Midlo 54H
1075 messages
2/2/2020 17h17

On the occasions I forget the hassle of dating, I've tried to push the comparative thoughts out of my head. I met and lost the one great love of my life and no one else will be the perfect partner to me that she was. Every woman will fall short, every time, because no one else is as dirty, smart, funny, and beautiful (to me) as she was.

Instead, I do my best to focus on how a woman makes me feel, when I'm with her. That's enough to build upon, in my opinion.

So long as she doesn't show up unannounced at 1 a.m.


secret_lade 49F
9227 messages
2/2/2020 16h51

    Citer citizen4722:
    That's not too much to ask for in my opinion.
Not a lot to ask for, but surprisingly hard to find.


citizen4722 66H  
74582 messages
2/2/2020 16h15

That's not too much to ask for in my opinion.


secret_lade 49F
9227 messages
2/2/2020 15h57

    Citer Paulxx001:
    well crafted thoughts...
    yep... i understand
Thank you....


secret_lade 49F
9227 messages
2/2/2020 15h56

    Citer biflydog:
    Everyone is different, and if you keep your mind open you will find someone who may be different that what you had but will still give you what you need and want.
That's my hope.


secret_lade 49F
9227 messages
2/2/2020 15h56

Yes, you absolutely do get it. I still feel like there is someone else out there for me, I've just been focusing on the wrong thing. I need to be focusing on what I need, not on replacing what I had.


biflydog 54H  
21 messages
2/2/2020 14h47

Everyone is different, and if you keep your mind open you will find someone who may be different that what you had but will still give you what you need and want.


Paulxx001 67H
22642 messages
2/2/2020 13h47

well crafted thoughts...
yep... i understand


secret_lade 49F
9227 messages
2/2/2020 12h26

    Citer thikhead:
    sometimes its the way an ltr ENDS

    that makes it hard to be open to another . . .


My marriage didn't end well... I wad unhappy, but I do still carry some guilt.


secret_lade 49F
9227 messages
2/2/2020 12h24

    Citer benard69:
    Sounds like you answered your own question...
That's part of the reason why I blog... helps me to clear my mind and think things through.


thikhead 67H
3346 messages
2/2/2020 12h03

sometimes its the way an ltr ENDS

that makes it hard to be open to another . . .



"well only get through this if we work together. if we dont, none of us will"


benard69 66H/66F  

2/2/2020 11h55

Sounds like you answered your own question...


secret_lade 49F
9227 messages
2/2/2020 11h44

Does a long term relationship ruin you for all other relationships?

I have wondered this many, many times.

I often find myself doing the comparison game. Having been with my ex-husband for 17 years, there was a lot that I could compare a potential mate to.

Not in physical appearance....

But, in how he was as a person. How did this new man treat other people? How did he treat me? What were his goals and aspirations? What were his hobbies? Do I want to be with this potential mate the way I had wanted to be with my ex-husband?

Even after having been divorced now for 9 years... I still look for those similarites.

I know this is wrong... I know it with every fiber of my being as I know there will never be another person who embodies all those qualities, minus the drinking problems and arrogance.

So, the time has come that I change this way of thinking.

What exactly is it that I'm looking for?

I'm looking for a shower partner. Someone to soap me up and wash my hair, someone who will let me do the same for him. I'm looking for someone who will undress me at night and want to sleep naked, someone who won't be grumpy with me when I wrap my arms around him at night, or caress his hand when he rests his arm on my side. I'm looking for someone who can understand my sarcastic personality and will watch scary movies with me so we can pick apart the plot and grumble at the dialogue. I'm looking for someone who will be patient with me as I know I have bad days, and I struggle with anxiety, and I'm working on becoming a better version of myself.

I think maybe if I focus on what it is I need, and less on what I had, it will get easier for me to be happy with what I may have.


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