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Post by caro on Sept 20, 2019 18:14:25 GMT
I don't have a specific question — but wanted to kick off a discussion about when FAs circle back and people's experiences or FAs thoughts reconnecting to help me understand the other side.
Like: - As a FA, are you nervous to reconnect because you realize you might have hurt your partner with the ghosting / space / dismissive words / etc? - As a FA, do you fear rejection? - As a FA, why did you come back? - As a FA, do you circle back to one partner at a time, or is there an intermingled circling with multiple partners? (So you deactivate from one, circle to other, and so on) - As partners, what were those first experiences of them coming back like? - As partners, how have you felt? Do you feel any weird insecurities or feelings you can't pin point? - As partners, did you immediately communicate your boundaries/pain or wait for things to settle in?
Things like that. We talk a lot about the deactivation side (as I get that's the most painful for partners and most misunderstood), but wanted to get some insight on the initial circling back elements.
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Post by kisstheviolets on Sept 20, 2019 18:26:27 GMT
-As a FA, are you nervous to reconnect because you realize you might have hurt your partner with the ghosting / space / dismissive words / etc? I don't experience being nervous
- As a FA, do you fear rejection? Seems like rejection must be what keeps me motivated
- As a FA, why did you come back? I get jealous. I miss them. I feel very sad about how I have made them feel.
- As a FA, do you circle back to one partner at a time, or is there an intermingled circling with multiple partners? (So you deactivate from one, circle to other, and so on) I think for me every single one that I have liked I have residual yearning for. I haven't but I could probably circle back to more than one. Probably lose interest if they reciprocated.
- As partners, what were those first experiences of them coming back like? Intense happiness and relief
- As partners, how have you felt? Do you feel any weird insecurities or feelings you can't pin point? I felt sad. Ugly, but so eager and happy whenever I got attention.
- As partners, did you immediately communicate your boundaries/pain or wait for things to settle in? I tried but he was so defensive and had such a complete version of our interactions that it never helped.
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Post by serenity on Sept 21, 2019 0:39:00 GMT
I suspect my ex circled back because he's possessive and we share a male dominated workplace/social group. A few of his early `reconnections' were him stepping into conversations I was having with other men and acting like he owned me. Also, growing up with an FA mother, I learned a lot of behaviours and attitudes that are soothing for FA's. He said he circled back because I'm so cool about everything and he loves me. hrmmm.
We became more fully reconnected when he asked if he'd hurt me. I said yes, very much. But I agreed to have a lower intensity relationship with him and get to know one another properly. He became present in the relationship then, for the next 11 months, until he showed his abusive/stonewalling/ shitty streak.
This time I'm keeping off his radar as much as possible, so we can both peacefully get over the relationship, and have some possibility of platonic friendship.
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