I would go back and change everything! Starting with the night I met my two-timing ex! What started out as a chance meeting at a dance at the university and later morphed into something more was a big mistake. I would erase all of that.
How far would you go for love? It’s a question that is asked in certain circles and it’s a question many ponder over when in love with someone a continent away. Some are brave enough to throw caution to the winds because “love” is all that matters. It did at the time. I gave up everything and moved to Europe thinking I had “forever” in my pocket. It didn’t turn out that way.
There are many hurdles to cross when you move to a non-English speaking country. First, comes the meeting up with the culture and the customs at close range along with a feeling of being like a duck out of water all the time. In my case, I had to raise a child in an atmosphere of, “We know everything better!” Team it with a husband who was never there because he was on business trips all the time and you get the picture. I learned what unhappiness was and with a mother-in-law from hell in tow, my life became something else.
Here’s the thing. In my alternate universe, I would be in America and with someone else. Someone who has character and is noble enough to stand beside his wife which was sorely lacking in more ways than one.
My advice to someone contemplating a move to somewhere faraway, make sure you have a backup plan when it goes down south. Luckily, I was able to survive what came my way, and this is home now because my son feels more at home here and considers himself European as well.
If I get to do it all over again, my alternate universe would be a lot more different than what my reality is and peace would reign supreme!
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This is deep.
It’s a pity you feel this way, but I will suggest you accept that your ex as someone who opened your eyes to see what to exactly look for in a partner next. You learned and got wiser,that in itself is growth. All the best to you👌
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Thank you Docyewons. This experience did open my eyes and I am working on growing from it. Sometimes we think “love” is all there is to it, the falling in, the rose-tinted glasses that show us what a wonderful world it is but we need to look beyond that to grasp the whole picture even when in love.
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