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leaving boyfriends to go traveling

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men suck balls
there dillusional

not all men, there are some good ones out there. i felt the exact same way (and was considering giving up men and batting for the same team!) before i met my bf, now i realise not all men are dicks, just about 90% of them are.

     
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men suck balls
there dillusional

:evil:  :twisted:  :x :roll:  :roll:

     
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Theres no point in wasting the time you have with someone 24/7, when you can go out and experience what life is out there.

I dont quite think of spending my time with someone Im not going to be with for the rest of my life as wasting my time. Maybe it may not go anywhere in the future, but you can still learn so many lessons from any sort of relationship you’re in wether it be a friendship or a with a significant other. Just because things didnt work out with one person shouldnt deter you from another relationship. I dont exactly agree that one goes out and expereiences what life is, but rather ones life is made up of experiences. That includes the good the bad and the ugly. You are who you are today BECAUSE of that experience you had with one asshole, so never have regrets. Everyone goes about things differently and there is nothing more that you can do besides accept that and put it behind you. Love and learn!

Oh, i totally agree with you. Im not saying being with someone is a total waste of time, but if you think its not right, but want to stay with the person cause you dont want to be alone, whats the point? Unfortunatly i was that person a while ago. I could of been single well over a month before my last realtionship ended, but he fucked with my head, and convinced me that i was just being crazy in over analysising things.
And yeah i have learned from that. Because of him, im enjoying being single for a change after a long time of teary moments and too much confussion for my little mind! And also, because of him, i want to go travelling when i finish uni. I guess, as some people say, it was possibley a blessing in diguise. In the sense that, if i were still with him, id probably go where ever he was going.
I also like to think ill know to stand my ground, and not be scared to ask if everything is ok, incase it ruins things.

As everyone says, if its meant to be, its meant to be.

     
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And for the time being.. ill agree with Danielle!

men suck balls
there dillusional

 

     
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And for the time being.. ill agree with Danielle!

men suck balls
there dillusional

8O :o :evil:  :twisted:  :x

There are whole loads of good people in the world out there. Find and choose with head, not heart. I know 20 something is an age when we fall in love head over heel, having done so myself all those years ago when I too was 20 something. Yeah, it is a wonderful age to fall in love. Now, at my age, I can only give some mature advise based on own experience and mistakes.

BTW…I feel like having a good cup of coffee. So I’m driving to Norwich to Starbuck… :D

{ perk of being single, retired and excellent pension !!}  BYE FOR NOW.. :wink:

     
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I was in the opposite situation to most of you, my bf decided he was going away for a year. obviously i was upset but i also understood why he wanted to do it etc. anyway, when he left it was sooo hard, i was supposed to go & visit him in june (he went in feb) but ended up going to thailand in march!! lol!
after that we planned that i would spend the rest of the trip with him, im in Australia now & we both think it was the best decision (especially me!) Im having the best time ever & I think he is enjoying my company too!
Some people like to travel alone, & maybe he would have done if he didnt have a gf, but the year was going to go so slowly as the few weeks he was away felt like months! probably more so for me as i was stuckat home!

Anway, good luck to everyone, i hope it works out as well for you as it did for me! :-)

     
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not all men are dicks, just about 90% of them are.

Agree. Now tell me, where do I find the other 10%? I am trying!  :roll:  :)

On the topic :) ...it is hard leaving people you care about behind, but if you don’t travel when you want to because of them you will just end up resenting them.

Also agree with people that if you’re meant to be together, it will work out. If not, it wouldn’t work out anyway even if you stayed behind, something would happen sooner or later to trigger the break-up.

Going travelling with the bf / gf… yes it can be a good solution if you both agree on the essentials like where you wanna go, budget, etc. Laura - would say as long as you are conscious of the need to make an effort to make friends, you will make them. It’s just that (as sarah said) you do need to make the effort.
I went travelling on my own and I think solo travellers can feel they are intruding a bit on couples sometimes and a bit like a third wheel…when maybe they didn’t mean to give that impression at all…but people assume that you want alone time as a couple.

Having said that I became good friends with a girl who was travelling with her bf.

And - have some time apart, even if it’s just for an afternoon! If you are together 24/7 you WILL start getting on each other’s nerves!
but then I speak as one who was ready to kill my ex bf when we went away for a weekend…no, we didn’t last much longer! Actually that is true…travelling together is also a make or break thing!

     
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The title of this thread is plural innit.

So how many boyfriends do you each have?

men suck balls

For the record, I’ve only ever seen girls doing this.

     
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And boy do we enjoy it!


Ok, i need to leave this place..

     
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He is also soo dead against me going to India and im sooo confused cause i want him to support me and its just MEN SUCK BALLS!!!
wow that was a massive rant
sorry


Let him have that state of mind in not supporting you. If he cant support you acheiving your dream as a friend or (if he thinks this) a boyfriend, then he cant be that great a friend. Im sure hes an ace friend, i cant really say he isnt as i dont know the guy. But surely as a friend at least, he should support you 100% behind your decisions.. which you are making for yourself, not for him.

The men i have crossed paths with, have all been very very confusing.

The inevitable ex confused me big time. He went on and on about how some women are crazy, and we over analyse everything men do. Yet he was all about the love and wanted to see me almost everyday, although in the end, he was the one to break my heart. Its like, are you surprised some girls turn into the crazy ones you think are everywhere, when you go around messing with our heads?!

*sigh* I cant wait for the day that i see him (for the first time since we split) and i can give him the look that he’s made the biggest mistake of his life, and that ive moved on. I know it doesnt seem that way with me going on and on about him.. but im almost there!

     
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If he cant support you acheiving your dream as a friend or (if he thinks this) a boyfriend, then he cant be that great a friend. Im sure hes an ace friend, i cant really say he isnt as i dont know the guy. But surely as a friend at least, he should support you 100% behind your decisions.. which you are making for yourself, not for him.

I have to say I completely and utterly agree, if someone really cares about you they will support you in travel or anything else you want to do that will help you develop as a person. Bfs, friends, family etc. who try to dissuade you are just being selfish.

 

     
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JUST GO!!!!! if hes decent he’ll be here when you get back with open arms!!

:D :D

     
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