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03.11.2008, 17:04 quote

rocketgirl

A few weeks ago my ex mum in law died. I was with her when she passed away. I loved her very much.
One of the first things I did afterwards was re-evaluate my life, sunk into great depression, cut off all who tried to comfort me, dumped my boyfriend of 5 yrs, refused to answer the phone when my own mother rang......
What I am saying is this. Give her time to grieve in her own way. If she does not want/will not accept your offers of comfort etc. Leave her be.
This will sound harsh, but her bereavement may have made her realise that you are not the man for her, or she may just need to keep the emotional barriers up for a while and come back to you when she is not so 'needy' (which, for some - like me - when they are feeling 'needy' they back off and withdraw into their shell until those 'needy' feelings pass).
I hope it all works out well for you.

 

04.11.2008, 12:44 quote

bexbex

snaithman wrote:
I believe in optimism but also realism, you should never raise false hope to someone in a delicate state.


Cause then they blame you when it doesn't turn out how you told them it would!

 

10.12.2008, 21:22 quote

rocketgirl

aphroditefound wrote:
I'm not religious, but an American friend of mine who is a regular church goer sent me this when I told her I'd split up from someone and was devastated:

Ecclesiastes 3:v6 says "(there's a) time to seek, and a time to give up as lost; a time to keep and a time to throw away"


............ so cry a little, and then start over!


Yep, I agree. This is the passage:
1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

6 a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

7 a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

It really makes sense to me in times of great despair.

 
 
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