I’ve been having so many sad dreams about my de edades ex boyfriend, I think I haven’t had any closure, I was dating him before I engaged with my husband, but to be honest I wasn’t his girlfriend, we kissed but he didn’t commit, he was 16 years older than me and I really loved him, a lot, every time I saw him online or chat with him I had butterflies in my stomach, I felt really happy, I stopped talking to him because I had low self steem and thought I never was going to have a chance to get married, my husband proposed me while I was still chatting and in love with the other guy, I felt like my husband was a good husband material and was a great person, but I wasn’t in love during our engagement. I thought that maybe my ex was going to do something to stop it, but he didn’t.
I still have dreams about him and miss him (after a decade) , I think it’s because I didn’t have any closure of our story, at least from my side. I think he moved on and had a girlfriend later while I was engaged.
I feel bad to keep thinking about another guy, who isn’t even alive while I’m married. What should I do to think about him?
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It’s easy to romanticize a fling that just fizzled out with no drama. It sounds like the two of you never got past the honeymoon stage of things and that’s the best part of most relationships. A lack of closure is so hard. Try to find something to give yourself closure for the sake of your marriage. Write him a note and then burn it or find something else that would feel significant and healing to you.
Could you explain about find something else that would feel significant and healing? Could you give me an example, I would appreciate it a lot!

Honestly the only thing I’ve done in a situation like this was write a note and burn it. If that doesn’t sound like it would be helpful think of something you would like to do that could give you that effect. Everyone’s gonna be different!!
thank you! I’ll try to write a letter to him while my husband is not around. I hope it really helps. It really makes me nostalgic thinking about him and our days together. And affects my day or even my week! 😭

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