Thank you, Next – Five Things My Exes Taught Me. Hello everyone, I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will be sharing five things my exes taught me. I have recently ended a seven months relationship that I thought would lead to something serious, and from my previous post, How To Deal With A Break-Up, you would know that I love to write my feelings.
Thank you, Next – Five Things My Exes Taught Me
It’s Not Your Fault
When a relationship ends, there is simply nothing you can do about it. The most common thing we all do when a relationship ends is blame ourselves, making us feel guilty and want to try to make it work by asking for a second chance. Sometimes people change when they finally know what they want, sometimes people are not ready for what you want, and sometimes people don’t know what they want and take advantage of the fact you know what you want. It’s not your fault. There’s nothing wrong with you. You just picked the wrong partner.
Nothing Is Yours Unless It Has Your Name On It
This will forever stay with me related to anything in life and doesn’t have to relate to relationships. However, we are talking about relationships here so I will explain. In other words, if he has not put a ring on it, paid your bride price or made some commitment to you, he doesn’t belong to you. There’s no point in dating a man/woman for one whole year without doing anything to show some commitment to the significant other.
Time is too Precious to waste it on someone who does not want to commit.
Communication Is Key
Without Communication, you have nothing. There is no trust, and there’s no loyalty, there’s no love – you have nothing. It is advisable to date someone with the same interests as you. If you like travelling – get someone who’s into travellin. You like music – get someone who’s into dating. If you love fashion – get someone who’s into fashion. If you like politics – get someone into politics too.
Love Is Real
I don’t care what anyone has told you about ‘Love’ – it’s real and powerful. It’s your choice to give and take it or not. Sometimes, love is so powerful that if you decide you want to take it and not give back, you will give more love than what you are getting and not realise it.
If You Have To Wonder If The Man/Woman You Are In A Relationship With Is Into you, They’re Not.
You can Have It All
Before my recent failed relationship, I finally felt that I had it all. A daughter, a man, a home and a great new job. Like this was all I ever wanted. Being in this relationship, I realise it doesn’t matter how you look or what you have or don’t have. It doesn’t matter what situation you are in. You can have it all. There is a man for every woman.
Last But Not Least – Put In The Work.
In this relationship, I did things I never thought I could do for a man again, but somehow I found myself doing it. Trust me, it is tough to find time to work in a relationship when you have a child. Whether cooking a romantic dinner, finding time to go on date nights, struggling to find a babysitter and affording it, saving money and time you should be spending on yourself. Still, you must find a balance if you want a relationship to work. Boy, it wasn’t easy. And was it all worth it?? I don’t know.
I hope you enjoyed that.
Talk soon
23 Comments
Clarice
I totally agree with you with all the things you mentioned. Despite all the pain, I can still say that yes, love is real and powerful. Communication is also very important.
Anyway, I shared your post and hopefully, it reaches someone who may need all of these reminders.
Luna S
Communication is a huge one! You can’t have a true relationship without communication on some kind of level. Without it you’ll end up fighting frequently, I know when my husband and I first started dating it was something we had to learn to work on more.
Erica (The Prepping Wife)
First off, I love the title of this post! It made me giggle and intrigued me. Everything you wrote here is spot on, especially how much work relationships take and how important it is to put in the time and effort. I never have regretted any experience in my life, because that is how we gain wisdom. Those can teach us about ourselves, and what we want or don’t want in a relationship. I will always be grateful for that.
Lyosha
Communication is a key to everything! when you talk you understand both each other and yourself better. Great way to do past relationship rehearsal.
Thuy
I wouldn’t be who I am or where I am without my exes or my mistakes. I learned how to hurt and how to heal and I’m glad I dodged a few red flags
Daphne Takahashi shi
This lessons are sooo true! Lots of women need to see this…we need to empower our selfs and really understand your number 1 lesson: it’s not our fault
Betsy Carter
I think it’s great that you are able to use your past experiences as learning lessons.
Alexandra
You had some good and valid points. I really miss being in a relationship. It’s kind of hard with 3 special needs kids.
Kristin
I really couldn’t have said this better. Each thing you listed are all a big part of growing after a relationship. Its so crazy how much we can learn and grow from something that was either a really long time in life or something that was brief lived!! Thanks so much for sharing!
Dreams Aborad
It always amazes me how much we learn from our old relationships. Sometimes you have to let them go. It will be better for you both. Look at the positives not the negatives.
Ashley
Communication is so key. When my husband and I started to have problems it was because we stopped communicating. It affects your love and affection too.
Carol
I dated a man that told me “I’m not boyfriend” material. I should have listened!! Like you said, sometimes you pick the wrong partner. I don’t regret the relationship and learned to listen for subtle clues.
Sarah Emery
Communication is so important and how to effectively communicate and listen are huge skills to have in a relationship. Great lessons learned and how to move on.
Kelly Martin
These are really important lessons. I think it’s so important to learn from our previous relationships so we don’t make the same mistakes again.
Abby hewes
This article is so heartfelt and refreshing. Thank you for sharing this- I am sharing this with my single lady tribe.
Subhashish Roy
Every relationship whether it works or not teaches us a great deal and helps us to mature. When you look back you realize probably that the decisions made were not well thought of and many a times more emotional than practical. Learn and move on is in my opinion the best way to look forward.
Clarice
Totally agree with you. Communication is definitely the key. I realized this when my ex and I broke up. Now that I am married — this is one of our top priorities. 🙂
Adriane
Thank you for sharing! I’m an anomaly and have only have had one boyfriend who became my husband in my life but I’m sure this message can and will help so many women. I love your last point about putting the work in. Relationships (ALL) take so much work!
Aditi
Such empowering thoughts to keep with us always .
Mellow Mom Blog
Very true! There is a lot of good advice here. I always advocate for communication in relationships. If you don’t have good communication you can’t really have much good everywhere else.
Rebecca Branham
Yes, there is definitely someone for each of us. AND we can have it all if we give ourselves permission to allow it in.
Ainsley
Great lessons! I can’t stress enough how important communication is, in every type of relationships.
Kristen
Some of these lessons are harder to learn and accept than others but they are universal. No relationship is easy and sometimes you have to decide if it is worth the work or if it’s time to move on.