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chinaman asked in TravelAsia PacificPhilippines · 1 decade ago

Ladies what would be your reaction to this scenario?

Suppose you met your ex-boyfriend who love you dearly after 5-6 years. And in that meeting both of you are already married...seeing him with his wife and baby...how would you feel and react, in a thought that it could have been you in the wife's place?

Update:

To All: Thank you for all the answers & the effort to make them as truthful as possible.

Love indeed commands some seem impossible tasks in life that shapes the person we are now at present. We can only hold on the moments like fine sand in our hands, taking every bit of courage to understand and accept things that couldn't be changed nor keep.

I personally experienced this. I was with my wife and son at the Pediatric Clinic for routine vaccination, and my ex was so happen to be there at the very same clinic. She is a Medical Representative out to endorse a product. It has been 9 years since we broke up and went on our separate lives and have our own families.

I wouldn't know how she felt, nor would I really care though. Like John Loyd's line in a movie; I was in my worst, met her and had me at my best, and she chose to break my heart.

Even the purest Gold must be tempered with fire. I hope this would inspire other readers.

Update 2:

All of you gave very good insights, and this thoughts are appreciated. Unfortunately I can only choose 1 Best Answer, in spirit...all of you have the Best Answer spot because it came form a vantage point wherein assessing the "What if", teaches us all on a very personal level.

We can hide and pretend we do not care, yet at the back of our minds...there are lessons to be learned and that is Unconditional Acceptance, like life itself and all experiences and sensation that goes with it are all Temporary.

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    I'd be a hypocrite if I say that that thought won't come across my mind, but more so if we didn't end up in good terms. I'd probably feel like we have some unsettled business that we have yet to discuss. In the end, though, I'll see it as an opportunity to stitch up the past and make amends for old time's sake. We can still be good friends.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    If I'm still in love with my ex and I don't love my husband, I would really get hurt and suffer every day of my life thinking how things would be better if I married my ex.

    When I get married and if I love my husband and children, happy with my life, seeing my ex-boyfriend would never give me regrets. I will get curious, though. I will ask these questions to myself. What would my life be like if I married him instead? How many children would we have? What would our children look like? What did he liked about his wife? Does he love her more than he loved me?

    No matter how much we love our current partner, we are still curious creatures. Sometimes, you wonder if you will be cuddling with your ex like you do with your partner if you married him/her (ex).

    Reminds me of the song Cool by Gwen Stefani

    It's hard to remember how it felt before

    Now I found the love of my life

    Passes things, get more comfortable

    Everything is going right

    And after all the obstacles

    It's good to see you now with someone else

    And it's such a miracle that you and me are still good friends

    After all that we've been through

    I know we're cool

    I know we're cool

    We used to think it was impossible

    Now you call me by my new last name

    Memories seem like so long ago

    Time always kills the pain

    Remember Harbor Boulevard

    The dreaming days where the mess was made

    Look how all the kids have grown, oh

    We have changed but we're still the same

    After all that we've been through

    I know we're cool

    I know we're cool

    Yeah, I know we're cool

    And I'll be happy for you

    If you can be happy for me

    Circles and triangles

    And now we're hanging out with your new girlfriend

    So far from where we've been

    I know we're cool

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    It depends on how and why we broke up.

    If I gave him up because of my weakness,

    I'll regret it until I die.

    6 years is not a joke.

    If we've been together for that long,

    then it would really be hard for me to move on.

    If I see him with his wife and children,

    I would try my hardest to hide my disappointment

    cuz I don't wanna look like the biggest fool on earth.

    As much as possible,

    I don't wanna remember the old memories cuz it will only

    make me feel like wanting to make the impossible happen

    --and that is, to get back with him.

    I can't blame him for turning away from me like I did to him

    cuz that's his life and I can't do anything regarding that.

    Well, me marrying another man is a different thing.

    Even though I did that,

    I might not be able to love again the way I loved him.

    That's just me, okay? Well, I really can't tell cuz

    I still don't know the pain of a wound that can not be healed.

  • 1 decade ago

    That's a very tough case. I would feel like a complete mess and an idiot, and be depressed for a long period of time. But I will try to let go with all my powers. What could have been is what could have been. Pain- be gone!!

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  • 1 decade ago

    My heart would sink...♥;;

    I would force myself to smile but feel torn apart inside...

    I`m about to get teary even thinking about it... 。:゚(。ノω\。)゚・。

    Cos by next week, my boyfriend `n i are about to be 5 years `n 8 months of being together... I love him with all my heart that i`m even waiting for him until he`s through with his military service in Korea...

    If he was the one that broke up with me `n i see him in the future with another woman... his wife `n baby... eventhough I`ve moved on `n married i would never love any other guy like i love him... *sigh*

    Source(s): How could you ask this question?... I was listening to the Twilight soundtrack when answered... (´;ω;`)
  • Not at all. It was I who drove him to his present wife because I never intended to marry him nor do I love him. On the other hand, I attended his wedding and met his bride for the first time. Am a good sport!

  • 1 decade ago

    Some memories leave a small tug..and even some "pinch" in one corner of our hearts. There is nothing we can do about it. We are pretty helpless when it comes to instances like this. Sure that hurts! hurts so bad...*tears*

  • 1 decade ago

    i'd be happy for him. i'd rather not mope on the "what could have been".

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