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What to do?

I found out this year that my wife wanted a divorce. There’s a background story to it, but it came as a shock to me. Anyways, she went bitter, and I’ve lost everything I had built up. I ended up moving out, leaving everything behind.

I ended up going on a singles website, about 5 months ago, just to find someone to chat to. I hadn’t planned for anything more. I ended up talking to this really nice woman near enough right away, and ended up talking for hours on the phone with her. Everything seemed to be going well and we were getting close, then suddenly she decided that all she wanted was friendship. And that she had just come out of a relationship, that I didn’t know about before.

So I said ok, and tried to pull back and just be her friend. This is the bit I’m finding difficult. We now get along, but every now and then, she seems to start an argument just so she can pull back more. Then we end up making up, and staying friends again. Then she’ll throw hints out that she wants more then friendship, then pull back again.

Frankly I don’t think it would be a good time for either of us to start a relationship with anyone, never mind each other. Though there does seem to be a strong attraction between us both. As in the last time we met, she kissed me more than once and wanted me to sleep with her. I said no, and that took a lot of will power. After we fell asleep, I left because I was very confused. She phoned me later telling me that she didn’t remember any of our time together.

I’ve been kinda rude to her since, because I find it hard to believe that she didn’t remember any of it.

I find myself missing her though, and yet I don’t miss my ex. I’m very unsure on what to do, and I think I might have messed up the friendship anyways.

Any ideas on what to do?

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fla offline Verified User (8 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 14 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 2 weeks ago (28 minutes after post)

if theres one thing ive learned its that you cant have a healthy and secure relationship if your not ready for one. Naturally you’ll want to desperately seek someone else to replace your former lover to overcome loneliness (i get the impression that could be what shes doing as well). You should have a talk with her and figure out her where she stands in terms of how she feels about you and hwo she feels about her past ex

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AriLola offline Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 2 weeks ago (1 hour, 44 minutes after post)

Sounds like she’s either still in a relationship or still after her ex. Using you as some entertainment in the mean time. She probably starts arguments so things don’t get too deep with you too fast. Are the arguments usually about meeting up and things? And about this ’selective amnesia’. How pathetic. Lol.
Hate to use this one, but there ARE plenty more fish in the sea. And she doesn’t seem to me like a prime catch!

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courtybubble offline Verified User (2 years, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 174 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 2 weeks ago (2 hours, 47 minutes after post)

sounds like shes messed up, id stay away or be very very wary of giving any emotional investment to her.

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An Unknown Location | 2 months, 2 weeks ago (1 day, 15 hours after post)

Probably the reasons why she act in such way are..1)she is desperately seeking for new relationship but still trap in the old one, 2)probably the last relationship makes her feel not attractive, so she tries to fulfill it by trying to seduce you, to make her feel attractive enough (not a healthy way),3)but than she pulls back because she doesn’t feel safe in your or any relationship. She needs it, but afraid of it, b’coz lack of faith that she earns and will gain love and acceptance.

Why do you miss her instead of your ex? Probably..because she drawn you down into her emotional roller coaster. She needs u to fulfill her empty hole (which cannot be fulfill). it is good to be needed right? Something that u probably can’t find in your ex??

O..don’t be upset when she said that she cannot remember anything. she doesn’t have an amnesia, right? It is a despair way to drag your attention. Your rejection may turn her to feel unwanted, not be loved, not attractive. it’s unbearable, so she rejects you back to reduce the pain. if one cannot gain attention in a positive way, s/he will annoy you. to have someone mad at us is much much better than to have him abandon us, at least we know, we still in his mind. Things will be a bit complicated on someone with poor self confidence. Does she often play the ‘pull n’ push game’? Does she give you the exotic of vary emotions at once that makes you feel exhausted but cannot leave?

In my opinion it is possible to eventually turn this relationship into a healthy and good one, after she achieve the sense of secure, but it takes lots of effort. some of friends I know, must go through years before they finally made it. but they survive, and things are getting better.

if that is the case, then what she probably needs is for you to convince her constantly that you love her unconditionally, you will not leave her, that she does not have to do many effort to impress u, and it is safe to reveal her self. Her safe and secure feeling will come from our persistent to stay and stand by her when aver her fear drive her to attack you (in many ways) to push u away; don’t let her drag u down. Gives her many hug and kiss (espc.on the forehead and cheek). At the opposite, unsafe or unsecured feeling come from the condition when one is blamed, leaved, abandoned, or else without unrealized cause. to leave or abandon her when she is attaching you based on fear of being abandoned or leaved might strengthen her prejudice that you (anybody) will eventually leave her. It’s a good thing that u don’t take her invitation to sleep together within a imperfect moment. U must b a very good man. =)

Puff..lots of works huh? Is she worth it? it is for you to decide. hope this long advice might help.
Good luck!!!! =D

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2 months, 2 weeks ago (1 day, 23 hours after post)

Thank you everyone who’s replied.

We’ve started to talk a lot more in the past few days. She’s told me straight out that she doesn’t fancy me, but then told me that she’d been thinking about me. It’s like that she can’t make her own mind up, but feels a need to tell me. We’ll be meeting face to face in a week or so. I think I’ll just wait and see how the day goes. If it goes well, then good, but if not, I’ll just move on, and drop the friendship as well. I don’t need this push’n'pull. I can her being confused over her feelings, because I feel the same, but I’m more of just waiting and see how things come together. She knows I like her, and that should be enough for now.

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AriLola offline Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 2 weeks ago (2 days after post)

She told you straight out she didn’t fancy you…Why are you meeting with her again?

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