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[bolso4]

Does it go away naturally when you stop loving the person? My ex and I broke up because of long distance (college sweethearts 3 years), but although im 95% over her, the thought of her with another man, or dating a good friend of mine (as she's currently doing) is driving me crazy.

 

Does it go away as time goes on? ....the caring? Or does it only happen after you fall in love again?

[westernxer]

Does it go away as time goes on? ....the caring? Or does it only happen after you fall in love again?

 

All I can say is, you'll have to find out for yourself.

[TaraMaiden]

.....but although im 95% over her, the thought of her with another man, or dating a good friend of mine (as she's currently doing) is driving me crazy.

 

Does it go away as time goes on? ....the caring? Or does it only happen after you fall in love again?

 

The clue is in the "95% over".....

 

Nowhere near that, really, is it?

 

It's over when you couldn't give a damn whether she's dating the whole of the Accrington Stanley Miner's memorial Amateur Brass band.

 

It's over when you know it's none of your business who she's dating.

Could be 'now' could be in a year.

 

Up to you.

[broken_promises]

I think it depends on your personality (or hell, maybe even your astrological sign!) I know that for me, being "replaced" or having to think of an ex with another person can make me SO angry and jealous - even if I don't want to be with them and am on my way to being over them. For other people I have asked, they just say, "I don't care what they're doing."

 

I'm not sure what it is that makes some people more jealous/fixated on who their ex is with. For me, I have definitely found that once I move on and find someone new, I generally move on from the jealousy too. Maybe it is connected to feeling like they have something that you don't have yet? I think it can just feel so unfair that they have moved on so evidently (as in being with another person) and you are still stuck working through your issues of the breakup. At least, that is how it feels to me.