sam
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Post by sam on Jun 21, 2017 0:16:42 GMT
My avoidant ex has a new girlfriend. We broke up 11 months ago and I was told in January that he was with someone, this was 6 months after he ended it, so he may have been with her longer. I found out today that he's still with her, so he's been with her at least 6 months. My friends husband saw him and he told him he was still with her. Firstly, my ex knows that my friends husband will tell her and she in turn will tell me, so he will know that I know about her. And how can avoidants move on so quickly with no feelings or remorse. I'm 11 months after breakup and still struggling with the emotional effects of the abuse from him.
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Post by mrscuba on Jun 23, 2017 16:00:44 GMT
My avoidant ex has a new girlfriend. We broke up 11 months ago and I was told in January that he was with someone, this was 6 months after he ended it, so he may have been with her longer. I found out today that he's still with her, so he's been with her at least 6 months. My friends husband saw him and he told him he was still with her. Firstly, my ex knows that my friends husband will tell her and she in turn will tell me, so he will know that I know about her. And how can avoidants move on so quickly with no feelings or remorse. I'm 11 months after breakup and still struggling with the emotional effects of the abuse from him. Avoidants turn off emotions like that so they don't experience them... they have been conditioned to do this from an earlier age in life and it got even more prevalent in their life as things with people might have not worked out for them. I'm yet to meet an avoidant whom has never gotten help that has actually been content with themselves and their relationship even with secure partners. It's not because they are bad people but having that avoidant tendency does that to a person. They aren't heartless and they aren't emotionless, they just have conditioned themselves to not attach to avoid being hurt. I always say they are like a walking coping mechanism that is always prepared for the threat of closeness. You need to realize that history will likely repeat itself with whomever he's with. There was this fascinating study that I wish I still had the link to that older adults that never get married or have kids are likely to be borderline/narcissist or have avoidant attachment... these people made up a significant chunk of that unmarried group without kids. Also they are way more likely to get discovered multiple times.
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Post by robnew on Jun 23, 2017 16:22:37 GMT
I don't think that 11 months, or even six months is moving on that fast. I also think it's easier for the person who left, as usually they've emotionally checked out before the break up anyway. Of course it's always harder for the person that was left, as there's a mixture of feelings, such as trying to understand why things didn't work out, as well as a period of hope for reconciliation, which are things the person who left isn't held back by.
I know the feeling too, as when I was left it was confusing at first, and there did seem to be a lot of hope for reconciliation, but after two or three months you process it and move on.
Equally, some people just find it easier to put the past behind them by moving on quickly.
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sam
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Post by sam on Jun 26, 2017 13:19:34 GMT
I agree, I don't think 6 months is too fast to move on after a 'normal' relationship but for me after the dysfunction of being with my avoidant ex and all it's confusion and abuse it seemed too soon. I don't even have a problem with being the one that was left, I'm over him but not the abuse I suffered from him, it's not easy to process everything that happened.
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