Last Man Standing said:
We all make allowances when we want something bad enough but just to advise you - a kiss is more than a kiss! it is what led to that kiss that is important! I don't believe they just kissed each other "good night". There is more involved!
And why, if it was just a brief drunken coincidental encounter would she call you to alarm you and make you suspicious and less trustworthy of her??
This does not make sense - but since you are emotionally involved you are trying to rationalize the irrational! I know, she is a troubled child.
This doesn't sound too promising for your future - just my perspective.
Why did she tell you? For what purpose? What good comes of this for her? For you? If it meant nothing then why bring it up?
The more I think about the situation, the more epiphanies I seem to have.
First of all I do genuinely believe she has called me because she felt guilty because she loves me. However, there seems to be a plethora of reasons behind why she kissed another guy.
These include:
- The fact that I've been out of the picture for nyon 3 months. Out of sight, out of mind. Plus, she's lonely and craves closeness.
- She has underlying emotional issues which she expresses through self-destruction.
- She's a horny 20 year old.
However, despite those neutral reasons, I have to ask the question - 'If I could hold my end of the bargain, why couldn't she?'
Well, today I thought hard about this and I've come to a twofold conclusion:
First of all, I have put way more heart and soul into this relationship than her. To me, we've had something special and I dread losing her. To her, I can only imagine this is just another relationship.
Secondly, she is losing interest in me plain and simple. Ok, I'm not around, but I confess that since meeting her, I have almost become the AFC I once was, but instead of being an average frustrated chump, I've become an average content chump.
I'm currently finishing my crappy ass degree right now which I'm not enjoying and my girlfriend is on the other side of the world. I have been super mopey and depressed and this definately comes through in the way I've been talking to her. She told me the other night how I'd been complaining about going out with friends and standing on my own totally being bummed out.
And this is reinforced by the memory of just 18 months ago when I met her. When I went abroad on my exchange, suddendly I was the centre of attention and I was putting into practice everything I had read about becoming an alpha male and a player. Once I had settled down I realised I had girls all over me and my guy friends were making jokes about how many girls I could lay in a year. It was party time! and the first time in my life I felt so liberated.
Its so blatant! 1 months after arriving I had had sex with my now girlfriend. I remember us talking one night on my bed, just before I kicked her out of my room, about how I wanted to keep an open relationship because I wanted to keep my options open. I was almost telling her I didnt want to go out with her because I wanted to see who else I could lay. Of course the irony of the game is that, she couldn't get enough of this and she was constantly all over me. I had her wrapped around the my finger.
The problem is (in the player sense), is that a few months down the line, I fell in love with her and after an argument about fidelity one night, we decided to go steady.
Ever since then I've been completely honest and open with her, exposing my true self - my wimpy, self concious side and all. I suppose this came to a head when I went over for christmas and stayed with her family, being the perfect boyfriend.
And of course, now, since I've left, her wimpy boyfriend is out of the picture, moaning down the phone to her about my situation. I'm sort of not suprised this has happened.
I'm just not sure where to go from here. If she had had sex with this dude, then I would have called it a day. but like I'e said, I'm not willing to lose her over this.
I think this maybe just as much my fault as it was hers. Maybe I need to become the player again. Although, I imagine this will be hard to do over the phone.
Tonight I thought about calling her and basically asking her what she thinks about maintaining an 'open relationship'. I'm not sure how this would go down, plus I'm kind of worried she'd take it seriously and get laid by a bunch of other guys. I just think I should let go of the reigns for a while and stop investing so much of my heart and soul, especially when she isnt prepared to do so. Sort of bring my level down to hers, as it were.
Anyways, she's been calling me all day and the phone is ringing now, but I haven't been picking up. i guess I'm just not ready to talk to her yet. I need more time to think.
Any advice would be appreciated.