Love (95)

It could be age, distance or even religion. It's sometimes very hard to follow the head when the heart is screaming to be free.

What do you do? How did you cope? Does anyone really follow the head??

Yes... and not for any of the reasons you have stated above.

Love is a feeling, recognising that the person you love isn't going to make you happy is never an easy thing to accept but... it's better to know that you loved them and let them go than to watch it fall into the abyss of resentment, frustration and heartache.

@The_Coven / @The_Problem_Page, you might give the advice that someone needs. / I want the "Moon on a stick and the Stars suspended from bunting". / So many haystacks, so few needles! / Conserve conversation and converse about conservation!

Couldn't agree more. And yes I've been in the situation, I would imagine many people have.

I feel like a teenager yet the adult part of my brain is just leave it be.

One never accepts at the time that it won't work out, all the indicators are ignored or diminished on the grounds that ones feelings are 'right' and all the other stuff is irrelevant.

Once the acceptance that it's a disaster is recognised, 'getting over it' is a whole other thing.

I guess it's a bit like giving up smoking , set targets , 2hours, 2 days, 2 weeks, 2 months, until one wakes up one day finding thinking about it is actually manageable rather than taking over the entire universe of thought.

I've always thought it rather sad when someone uses the bitter & twisted exit route , I would say in that event it wasn't true love at all but self indulgence .

The only person in my past that I don't retain thoughts of entirely fondly , is one that turned out to be a first class materialist with a self interest agenda second to none ! Even there , I think wasn't I lucky to get out of something that wasn't what I wanted it to be !

Fitz.

Escaped from the parallel universe

See, I'm a bit of an optimist. I think things "wouldn't work out" only because people aren't willing to try hard enough, or make necessary changes, or compromises.

That is fine, but I just think it's fairer to call a spade a spade. Something doesn't "not work out" because of a religion, but because people won't sacrifice theirs or live with someone elses. Age? Embarressed to be seen together or too old for chldren? Adopt. Do without. Distance? Move.

This life is very short. While it is wise to live it in a positive way, it is too short to not take advantage of the brief moments of ecstatic happiness we are granted in this grim place.

Of course, it is good if they love you back as much. That could be a slight problem if they are using the above as an excuse and not a genuine obstacle. (Just a general observation and not meaning you & yours).

Good luck.

ETA: the other posts presume disaster has happened. Maybe it has...

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Edited 19 Dec 11, 6:12 PM by Ama_Sidero

If the sacrifices are too much for us to make, if the sacrifices won't make us happy, if the compromises needed to make it work are too difficult to make... the adult decision (the one that is best for our own well-being) is the most mature route to take - making a decision when in a "teenage state of mind" will not benefit either person.

The head will tell the heart what it should be hearing, the heart ignores it at your peril.

@The_Coven / @The_Problem_Page, you might give the advice that someone needs. / I want the "Moon on a stick and the Stars suspended from bunting". / So many haystacks, so few needles! / Conserve conversation and converse about conservation!

I do admire people that just take the jump and see where the land, but it's not me.

I agree with you.

Sometimes I feel I don't cope.