I think I lost my soulmate. Advice please :(
Hi, this is my first time posting in here. About three weeks ago, my boyfriend broke up with me. We were back to doing long distance with him being away at college again. He broke up with me because he felt like he was starting to lose feelings with the distance. He tells me that if it weren't for the distance, we'd still be together. We had no issues other than that. We've already had months of long distance before this and we were so in love, I never thought that the distance was going to cause any real issues for us. I truly believe he is my soulmate though. Years ago, we met and instantly we were best friends and both very into each other but never told each other. We both dated other people for years, and then ended up being single at the same time about a year and a half ago. We hadn't spoken in a while, but when we did I think I fell in love with him immediately. Every other man in my life that I was seeing casually became so unimportant. My ex and I were just friends for a few months, but we spent all of our time together last summer before he went away to college. I told him how I felt about him right before our winter breaks last year, and he felt the same, and that's when we got together. I have never been in a relationship more full of love and as comfortable as this one. He treated me so incredibly the whole time. He went back to school after that winter break, and we both started doing long distance for the first time. The distance sucked but we always talked about how worth it it was. We both genuinely had never been happier. I visited him for a weekend and he told me he loved me for the first time. We barely even ate that weekend, we were just so in love and just completely infatuated with each other's company. A few weeks later, he came home from school because of Covid, and we were together again, and found ways to still have an exciting relationship even with the social distancing mandate. We just wanted to be together, it didn't really matter to us if we were on some crazy date or not. We went to the beach a lot (beaches that had barely any other people or none at all, we were safe from covid) and just watched the sunset together. He went back to school about 5 or 6 weeks ago, and my friends and I drove to his school and visited him after he'd been gone for about a week. It was a fun time being there, but I couldn't help but feel something was a little off with him. We still had a great time and I could tell he still loved me then, but something was definitely slightly off. I just figured he was adjusting to moving back. A week after my friends and I got back home, he called me and told me he couldn't do it anymore. I wasn't expecting it at all. I had spent the night before writing a love letter for him that I intended on sending soon. I didn't know how to deal with the break up at all, I still don't. I cry every day. I lost 10 pounds in the first two weeks after we broke up because I don't really even feel hungry anymore. It's noticeable too, I was already kind of on the thinner side. We have the same friends so that was hard to explain to the group but they've all been supportive to us both, because my ex and I didn't get mad or upset at each other at all from the break up. We want to be friends after we get over this. I truly do want that, I believe he is my soulmate and I atleast want him in my life in some capacity. I love him so much. It hurts so much. I want to go back to when we used to take baths together all the time and drink cheap champagne. He is coming home in a few weeks to see me for my birthday and to kind of get some more closure I think. I don't want to get over him, I just want to be with him again. If anyone can offer me some advice I would appreciate it so much. I want to be with him again someday. We talked seriously about getting married someday and that's still what I want.
@disappointingdiamonds
I am so so sorry. I know the pain you are feeling. I am here, if you need a listener. Unfortunately, I don't have any advice. However, I hope I can provide some comfort. Just take it one day at a time. It is okay to not always be okay. Big hugs!!!
@disappointingdiamonds
You had such a lovely relationship. It hard to read his mind. What made him his feeling low for you. That he could only answer we dont know from how long he was thinking on it and later told you.
Why dont you call him and ask the reason. Is he fall for someone else ? Or soemthing hurt him from your side? Coming for birthday and closure on that day would be very hurtful it just you would get chance to talk face to face.
Know his thought and feeling. If he had made up his mind than nothing can be done though how painful it is.
With a good memory in heart we have to move on than.
This process is tough but yesterday only I saw one tiktok video saying ex means example. Example to love someone.. example to feel being in love.. and many thing..
I think time heal thing.
Same time I am Hope he comeback to you. You both be happy forever.
@disappointingdiamonds
Thank you so much for sharing your feelings and your story with us. As far as I understand, you both were very happy in the relationship. Everything was perfect like you said that they are your soulmate. I admire how much dedication you had towards keeping your relationship healthy. Seems like they broke up with you without any solid reason and it happened all of a sudden. No doubt it has left a void in your life. I just want to tell you that slow down.. Don't rush to feel good as you're going through a lot of pain right now.. Yes it's a lot to go through and i have been through this as well.. Once we accept someone as our companions in life, once when our world starts revolving around them, it becomes very very difficult to accept again that they don't want us in their lives anymore. So please be patient with yourself and i am glad that you have supportive friends.
Now we have to figure out what's next.. We have to think that what next steps should be taken.. As you said that he is going to visit you on your birthday you can ask him all the questions which you think would give you some clarity about the situation. He might have fallen out of love with you but please don't let all the rejection make you feel that you did something wrong or you could have done something more. You did all which you could. Now it's time to give yourself some self-care. Just breathe and take one day at a time. I am attaching a ted talk video which may or may not help you. It's about how to fix a broken heart.
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I know it is all a lot to go through and i am always here if you want to talk about it. You can pm me ❤ At last i just want to tell you that you're not alone. At some point we all have encountered these unpleasant experiences in our lives. We are here for you. 💕