When you end a relationship with some guy, it affects you to know how life treats this guy in the future?
Imagine you left him, he was just an average joe, but after a few months/years you happen to come across him and you find the guy is a millionaire, succesful family man, after you left him his life went all the way up.
How would you feel? Indiferent? Happy for him? Jelous? Would you rather not know?
Mind you, we are talking about a guy YOU left, you treated him badly, you cheated on him etc.
Would you have the same feelings had he been the one who left you and treated you badly?
Ive never been in this situation, but I did leave a guy I loved very much, I still care for him, I still ask my friends if he is doing well.
I know that he is doing great and it makes me happy to know he is happy.
That's how things should be, I don't enjoy vindictive relationships.
It wouldn't really matter to me if he became successful, rich and started leading a charmed life after I was out of the picture.
I broke up with 2 guys that were already leading lives like this and ready to put me in a white dress and become family men while I was with them.
If its the wrong guy (for whatever reason), then its the wrong guy... Lifestyle isn't going to matter.
If I broke up with a guy that I had treated poorly, whose life suddenly took an upswing, then I'd be happy for him. I wouldn't have chosen to cheat or be a bad girlfriend because of his lifestyle anyways. One isn't related to the other (for me anyways).
I can only remember one time in the past where the relationship ended really badly. But if he did hit the big time afterwards, then I’m afraid I’d be completely indifferent to his good fortune. No amount of money would make it work. That’s all in the past for me.
But in general, I’ve managed to part amicably and stay friends. I do still care about my exes and like to know how they are doing.
My x went from being a student to a well paid job.
after we were through.
I care about him and am happy that life treats him as it should.
I've never ended a relation and not kept on being friends with them, though I'm not the sort of person to fall for jerks.
I would still see him as the guy i knew he was, a liar and a cheat.
Sure maybe i'd think about what mightve happened if we had stayed together and what my life would be now but he's an ex for a reason and no amount of money or success can change that
-seems men look backwards at what they had and women look forward in search of one not looking backwards -funny
Torture the data long enough and they will confess to anything.
I left my ex and he was a real piece of work. He is most certainly not doing well in life and I feel sad for him. I'd really like to see him become a happy man. I don't want anything to do with him, but I still love him as another human. I truly do not want to see anyone miserable or unhappy. Him striking it big would not change my feelings for him. But I would love getting that huge chunk of back child support!
I did leave my ex; if this happened to him I know in a snap I would feel happy for him. The past is the past to me and I take simple pleasures in my presant life.
For me, it depends on how the relationship ends. If it ends on good terms and we are still friends, then yea, I still care about them. But if we break up because he's a cheating asshole, then no. I couldn't really care less if he were to fall off the Earth.
But that's just my opinion.
Nikki
Firstly I'd like to say that yes, I can see myself in the role of the cheating girlfriend. However, I don't really have any exes that aren't still very close friends. I always try to put friendship first in any relationship, so once the romance has crumbled to dust, the foundation that friendship was built on is still strong enough to survive on its own. I always wish everything that's good for my friends, so I'd be happy for him. Besides, money isn't the most important thing in the world to me, love is....
Firstly I'd like to say that yes, I can see myself in the role of the cheating girlfriend. However, I don't really have any exes that aren't still very close friends. I always try to put friendship first in any relationship, so once the romance has crumbled to dust, the foundation that friendship was built on is still strong enough to survive on its own. I always wish everything that's good for my friends, so I'd be happy for him. Besides, money isn't the most important thing in the world to me, love is....
Apologies for the double post.... damn gremlins are hard at work to destroy my phone lately...
Apologies for the double post.... damn gremlins are hard at work to destroy my phone lately...
If he treated me badly, and i have an ex like that, my feelings toward him wouldn't change. I would think fate isn't fair.
I have one ex that i left...we didn't want the same things out of life. so i moved on... but i still think the world of him. if came into a lot of money, i would be happy for him.
I care about my exes as much I care about anyone I used to be close to (such as old friends or family members who have drifted away). I have never been in the particular scenario you are asking about as I've never cheated and don't think I've treated them badly. I've been treated badly by exes though, and I wouldn't wish anything ill on them and would be a littlehurt if any one of them were to drop dead tomorrow. The only negative feelings I've had is that their current / future girlfriends see through their shit and leave them before they get to hurt and/or fucked over by them.