Ok thats good. It may take more context to understand.
i havent dated single moms. I avoided them for the most part. One reason they make it tough to come back is they are rightfully protective of their kids and need to put them first so they might be more reluctant to get back together after a breakup
I dated her for 1.5 years. Im a single dad of 2.
We’ve been together in another country for vacation twice.
after our last trip in mid August I stopped talking to her because we had an argument during the trip.
I did that every few weeks/months during the relationship.
She cried and begged, she wanted to talk things out make things work and i always took her back every time. I was not like that the whole time. I gifted her things, we went on trips, we did fun activities. I was romantic too.
This time things were different. 2 weeks passed by and i didnt hear anything from her so i called her. She said she's depressed and can't act like she used to.
I met her a few times after that. She didnt want to kiss or be intimate and also didnt want to make things work. She just said she cant be like she used to be again. She said i dont deserve this several times and cried a lot.
The last time i met her was 2.5 weeks ago.
I literally forced that because she kept giving me excuses for 2 weeks before that.
That day we talked and it was clear that she didnt even want to get close to me anymore.
I said i want to work things out but she asked me if i want her to act like she wants this. When i heard that i started talking emotional and even lost a few tears. I said she can leave now and i left too.
That day i promised myself that i wont continue chasing since i did everything in my power but nothing helped.
I appreciated her a lot as a person. She was like my best friend. We were so close.
But as i said she gave me the ick and disgust from time to time because there were these red flags.
- She smoked weed sometimes
- she once told me that she got sexually abused
- i once saw her ex and he's an alcoholic jobless loser
- she had condoms and sex toys when we first started dating, i knew she had many guys but she said she had only 2
when she turned cold in the end she also revealed that her true body count is double digits and she lied because she knew i wouldnt commit if i knew
There were so many other things from her past.. i liked her so much but i remember when i had her i thought that i didn't want this to last forever. I think that's why i left her periodically, that's why i didn't let her too close.