He Overheard His Fiancée Confessing That She Doesn’t Love Him Like She Loved Her Ex
Everyone has a past, but the past shouldn’t live in your future marriage. And now he’s stuck in the kind of heartbreak that doesn’t come from cheating, but from being seen as less than.
The safety net. The guy who loves more than he’s loved back. And once you hear something like that, there’s no version of moving forward that feels the same.
Six months ago, this 26-year-old man proposed to his 23-year-old fiancée, and they have been with one another for a bit more than two years now.
While he and his fiancée have typical arguments like any couple does, overall, their relationship is pretty amazing. He also thought his fiancée was his soulmate.
Yesterday evening, his fiancée was in their bedroom on the phone with her sister. He was getting himself some water when he overheard what his fiancée was saying, even though he was not attempting to listen in on her.
Sadly, his fiancée confessed to her sister that she didn’t love him the same way she loved her ex (the man who cheated on her). She said she didn’t feel any passion for him while calling him a safe option.
“I just stood there in the hallway like a ghost. Couldn’t move, couldn’t breathe. She came out of the room and saw me and instantly knew I had heard,” he explained.
“Her face went pale. I asked her straight up, ‘So I’m the safe choice? Not the love of your life?’ and she started crying and saying ‘it’s not like that’ and that she loves me, but I couldn’t hear anything after not like him.”
“I feel sick. Like I’ve been living in some kind of lie. I thought I was her person, the one she chose above everyone else. Now I feel like I’m just the guy she settled for because the one she really wanted destroyed her.”
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She sobbed herself to sleep last night, and he sat there, eyes glued to her engagement ring, while contemplating the future they were supposed to have.
He doesn’t see why he should go ahead and marry a woman who will never love him the way he deserves to be loved, and that’s what he’s stuck on.
He desperately wants to be the first choice, not the runner-up. He’s left wondering if he should call off his engagement or if there’s some way to move past this.
It sounds like she’s still figuring out what she wants, and I don’t think he should tie himself to someone who isn’t all in. He deserves more than half-hearted love from someone still haunted by a memory.
What do you think?
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