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how do you stop loving someone?

please, i just need to know. and i’ve got a lot of “there’s no way to stop loving someone, it just fades away in time and you have to come to terms iwth your love” but what if over time it just gets stronger cus thats whats happening… does anyone have any ideas?

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CosmicDebris offline Verified User (1 year) Long Term User Shouts: 12 #
An Unknown Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (1 minute after post)

I still love my highschool sweetheart and I’m 30

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11 months, 3 weeks ago (3 minutes after post)

but he doesn’t love me back and i just need to move on but no matter how hard i try i can’t let go…

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CosmicDebris offline Verified User (1 year) Long Term User Shouts: 12 #
An Unknown Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (3 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:
but he doesn’t love me back and i just need to move on but no matter how hard i try i can’t let go…

yeah well get over it. there’s no simple remedy.

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tjwoods offline Verified User (1 year) Long Term User Shouts: 26 #
An Unknown Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (10 minutes after post)

You need to have time away from that person, and you need to grieve. Sometimes a ceremony is helpful in grieving because it provides a marker to signal closure. Avoid dwelling on the past because that will prolong the suffering — instead make plans for the future.

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powerwoofer5 offline Verified User (11 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (23 minutes after post)

time heals…give some time..it might take weeks..months or even years..but you will find someone special in your life again. You wont forget him because he was special in your life, but give some time and focus on your life.. do other things that will make you forget and maybe meet someone special :) stay strong!

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Jakeroxyaso offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (2 hours, 37 minutes after post)

he he well i needed to know the same questiobn last week this may not work for everyone but it did work for me u should ask your friends to introuduce you to someone new but dont tell them its to try and get over some one any ways yhhh you may still have feelings for him when youve meet the right guy to move on to but it makes feelings fade faster someone new to think about :)

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bjaminki offline Verified User (11 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (13 hours, 17 minutes after post)

y do u need to stop loving that person first if u tell me that i can probably help

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ejs1441 offline Verified User (11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 11 months ago (2 weeks, 4 days after post)

im sorry, but the real truth is that if you were really, truly in love with a person, you can never fall “out of love” with them. It sucks but thats the truth.

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tjwoods offline Verified User (1 year) Long Term User Shouts: 26 #
An Unknown Location | 11 months ago (2 weeks, 4 days after post)

ejs1441 wrote:
im sorry, but the real truth is that if you were really, truly in love with a person, you can never fall “out of love” with them. It sucks but thats the truth.

Real love doesn’t disappear, but it changes and becomes less painful, less possessive and more generous over time. If, over time, you still feel possessive and jealous of that other person and you are not able to be at peace with them living their own life, then what you are feeling is not love but obsession.

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ejs1441 offline Verified User (11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 11 months ago (2 weeks, 4 days after post)

why did you quote me? do you agree with me or not?

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tjwoods offline Verified User (1 year) Long Term User Shouts: 26 #
An Unknown Location | 11 months ago (2 weeks, 4 days after post)

ejs1441 wrote:
why did you quote me? do you agree with me or not?

I quoted you because I was responding to your post. My point is that even though you might not fall “out of love”, it doesn’t always have to suck to care about someone.

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xri0t9irl offline Verified User (10 months, 4 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 10 months, 4 weeks ago (3 weeks, 3 days after post)

1. get a box of cookies and tissues
2. cry your heart out
3. write a letter telling him how much you love him and all the sappy bs
4. burn the letter
(that should help)

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An Unknown Location | 5 months, 3 weeks ago (5 months, 4 weeks after post)
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An Unknown Location | 5 months, 1 week ago (6 months, 1 week after post)

I am in love with a man who sits right next to me and has a girlfriend in the same office, as well as a wife at home. He is very charming and he flirted with me when I first became employed at this company. I fell for him really hard and then he stopped the flirting and since left his wife for his mistress that currently works at this company. I have to see him everyday as well as his girlfriend and I am heart sick. I want to leave this company even though I love my job. However sitting right next to him everyday is making me an emotional wreck. The job market is tough.
please help!

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prettyprincess1996_ offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 4 weeks ago (7 months, 3 weeks after post)

i am in love wid this man and he like so older thn me age is gettin int he way if oonly i was a lot older thn my age now he would haveme in his life its so hard to get over him and i cnt have him in my life wid out lyin sayin i am tht age wen reli aiaint i have mkre heart thn tht and i reli want him to exsperience it and i have so much love to give but its hard it cnt give it to him as he is an older man in his 30s i aint in evean in my 20s so it gunna he hard to get over him as i have a hole life ahead of me b ut welll there are other more men in the world tht can rock my world well, there u go if u are in the saem situation as me welll my addy is i> small>(email removed) /small> /i> add me and tlk to me as u are gun get more imfomation on it lol well thnx u xx

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ShelaineRichardson2 offline Verified User (2 months) Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months ago (9 months, 2 weeks after post)

I am in a very complicated relationship ! I have two kids by this guy ! He is currently involved with another women ! He wants to leave her and come back to me and my babies ! I luv him so much but I’m scared that eventually he will just leave me for her ! What should I do ?

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An Unknown Location | 2 months ago (9 months, 3 weeks after post)

you know what…i am going thru the exact same problem.
I think the answer is going to be different for everyone. find out a way to deal with it that works for you.
I’ve gone back and forth too many times to count, trying to get over my “first love” but everytime i seem to just go right back to loving him.
About 3 weeks ago i told him exactly how i feel, and then i started to completely ignore him because i figured it hurts to much to look at him and talk to him.
But, now i realize that that’s not really solving anything or letting him go either. My answer is probably that if i REALLY DO love him, then i should be able to be at peace with just being his friend.

When you love something, you let it be free…that means making his own choices. thats what i believe.

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