{"id":344744,"date":"2014-06-24T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/i-am-party-by-dignity-344744.html"},"modified":"2014-06-24T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T10:00:00","slug":"i-am-party-by-dignity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/lifelove-hk\/coaching-lifelove-hk\/i-am-party-by-dignity-344744.html","title":{"rendered":"Breakup testimony: \u201cI left out of pride\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chloe, 42 years<\/em><\/strong><\/span> <\/h5>

\u201cIf someone had told me that I would live one of my most beautiful\u00a0love stories\u00a0with a married man<\/a>, I would not have believed them.\u00a0It is not as if I have a set of hyper-principles to live by or anything, but I thought this kind of situation only happened to other people, and that in any case we could avoid them.\u00a0But no, we do not choose who we love.\u00a0I met Christopher at a business seminar and at first I struggled against it.\u00a0Until I could take it no longer! We thought about each other all day, we only had one desire <\/a>\u2013 to see each other\u2026<\/p>

And so we did. There was a very, very strong connection between us.\u00a0The question was not whether we loved each other, but if we could allow this love to live.\u00a0The first times, those little hotel rendezvous <\/a>in the daytime or at night till 10:30pm made us happy and then, very quickly, it went bad.\u00a0The first time was after four months when I said: \"It is over.\" He called me the next week, and we cracked.\u00a0In total, there were three splits before the final break-up<\/a>. I had the strength to stop answering his calls and texts.\u00a0I never said to myself, \"This guy is a jerk; he made me believe that he would leave his wife, he brought me on a ride...\u201d No. I saw a destroyed man.<\/p>

He tried, he left once after having explained everything to his wife, but he could not live without his children<\/a>.\u00a0And I know this is also why I liked him.\u00a0But the situation was humiliating for me.\u00a0It is monstrous to love someone who is not available.\u00a0I left before I lost my footing, before I lost myself.\u00a0It was like a survival instinct.\u00a0I left out of pride, so that I would not hit rock bottom and end up hating him.\"<\/p>

Continue reading our report \"Ending a relationship:\u00a0\"I love him but I'm leaving him\"<\/a>:<\/strong><\/span> <\/h4>

Testimony: \u201cI was head over heels, and he was undecided\u201d<\/a>
Testimony: \u201cI broke up because of my love for him and for life<\/a>\u201d
Testimony: \u201cMy decision was good for both of us\u201d<\/a>
Psychologist opinion: \u201cIn a relationship, you must prioritise yourself first\u201d<\/a><\/p>

Louise\u00a0ENRIQUEZ<\/em><\/p>

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