Girlfriend Wanted Virginity Till Marriage Then She Slept with Another, Seeks Reunion r/Relationships

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[00:00:42] broke up with my girlfriend 21 female of three years because she wanted to remain a virgin.

[00:00:48] Now she wants to get back together but told me she had sex with someone else when we were

[00:00:53] broken up. How should I proceed? I23Mail met my ex 21 female three years

[00:01:01] ago. We lived on campus at uni in different halls of residence. After a few months, we

[00:01:06] got together and for the most part had a very happy relationship. There was always one

[00:01:11] issue though. My ex grew up in a very religious home. My father is a pastor. She has been

[00:01:18] open with a family that she does not share their faith. They weren't happy about it but

[00:01:23] accepted that she has to make her own choices on that. Nevertheless, I think some of that

[00:01:28] religious upbringing was still in her mind. I grew up in a different religion but was

[00:01:32] never very serious about it and am no longer religious. Our relationship was pretty normal

[00:01:38] except that she told me very early that she was a virgin and wanted to stay that way

[00:01:43] until she was married. It wasn't her religious reasons, as I mentioned she isn't religious

[00:01:48] but she was very focused on not disappointing her dad. We did other sexual things just

[00:01:54] not intercourse. I never had much luck with girls growing up and going into the relationship

[00:02:00] I was a virgin and I still am. At least if you classify being a virgin has never had

[00:02:05] intercourse. Anyway, I was becoming more resentful of the fact that everyone I know was having

[00:02:11] normal sexual relationships and we weren't. I couldn't understand why she didn't want

[00:02:16] to have a full sexual relationship though of course they never pressured her about it.

[00:02:22] I felt that while I was at uni and pretty broke getting married was something for the future.

[00:02:27] Last year I was in my last year of uni and she was working in her first professional job.

[00:02:32] I'd agree we're shorter than mine so she finished uni first despite being younger than

[00:02:37] me. She was still talking a lot about all these successful guys she met at work which

[00:02:42] did make me feel less or as I was still a broke uni student. Coupled with her not wanting

[00:02:48] a full sexual relationship it did make me feel more resentful. We had some arguments

[00:02:54] about it and after a while I felt I should end the relationship as we wanted different

[00:02:58] things and our lives were on different paths. It was awful, it was crying a lot and

[00:03:03] I felt terrible afterwards. Anyway, it's been nearly six months since we broke up. We haven't

[00:03:09] been in touch at all for almost all that time. I've not been involved with anyone else

[00:03:14] in that time, as almost 100% focused on finishing my degree. I've finally finished uni

[00:03:20] and I'm about to start my first professional job. She recently got in touch again and

[00:03:24] asked me to up. I was hesitant but decided we had so much good history that I should hear

[00:03:30] her out. She told me she's been missing me terribly these past six months as she thinks

[00:03:35] she wants to get back together and is open to having a sexual relationship now. I asked

[00:03:40] her why now? What changed? And she looked uncomfortable. After a little prying she said

[00:03:47] she had a short term fling with one of the older guys at work while we were broken up,

[00:03:52] which of course was fine as she wasn't my girlfriend anymore. Anyway, she said he persisted

[00:03:57] with her until she started having sex with him. She ended it with him recently. She

[00:04:02] was clear that it was consensual but the guy was very persistent with pursuing sex

[00:04:07] with her. I was gutted. Couldn't understand why she'd make me wait all those years but

[00:04:12] was fine doing it was some new guy she'd only been seeing a short time. I asked if the

[00:04:17] reason she was open to having a sexual relationship now is because she wasn't a virgin anymore. She

[00:04:22] said yes. I asked her to give me some space to process all this. I'm conflicted and would

[00:04:28] love some advice on this. I've missed her a lot and still have strong feelings for her,

[00:04:34] but at the same time it feels like I was strung along for years. It's hard to put my

[00:04:39] finger on why I don't want to take her back. Everything logically makes sense for us to

[00:04:43] get back together and even get to finally have a sexual relationship with her. I feel awful

[00:04:49] about this whole thing and don't want to ignore those feelings. And there were many comments

[00:04:54] on the back of this one just saying move on, you're not compatible with other people

[00:04:59] saying you got strung along for long enough move on etc but abstract teapots says it makes

[00:05:04] sense. She had a weird thing about sex due to religious upbringing. You broke up in the back

[00:05:10] of her head it's because she wasn't ready to have sex. The next relationship the guy was

[00:05:16] pushy and she realized that she didn't want to repeat what happened should have to give in

[00:05:20] and have sex. They broke up. She wants to see if the fact that she can have sex changes things

[00:05:26] now. You don't have to accept it and you shouldn't if you feel resentful or like you're a backup

[00:05:30] option because it wouldn't be fair to either of you. I think you need to figure out if you're happy

[00:05:36] closing this chapter to move on. When you close it, do it properly. Opie added their own comment

[00:05:42] below the post and said some of the comments are being very harsh on my ex and I guess that's not

[00:05:46] surprising. You don't know her. She's not some evil manipulative villain at all. I'd never have been

[00:05:53] with anyone like that. She's still the funny, smart, charming, beautiful girl I always knew.

[00:05:59] Any guy would be lucky to have her. I would be too. If I could handle the baggage here but

[00:06:04] I'm thinking I probably can't and their clean break is the way to go. Though she may regret

[00:06:09] the relationship with the other man it's not my business as she was a single woman and we were

[00:06:14] broken up. I wasn't ever expecting the hair from her again really. This whole situation is very

[00:06:19] surprising to me. I'm feeling hurt because I guess this is a solid blow to my ego. I feel like the

[00:06:25] lesser man here. I can own that and have something for me to work on. Ultimately I have some hang-ups

[00:06:32] about sex from this relationship that I need to deal with. A few people have suggested I could

[00:06:36] benefit from therapy. I'm going to look into that. I think I need help to process all these

[00:06:42] emotions on the situation. In Jinboy32 asked Opie a question they said I would ask her why she was

[00:06:48] willing to sleep with a guy after such a short relationship but after three years she was not

[00:06:53] willing to sleep with you. Opie says I think this is the right question because I don't know why

[00:06:59] she didn't say. All she said was that the guy was persistent and torn about whether to simply

[00:07:05] text her that I don't want to rekindle things and leave it all in the past or that I should ask

[00:07:09] more questions about what happened because this hurts. I don't know if I'm ready to get details

[00:07:15] of a relationship with the other guy. Sometimes I just feel like I'm stunted in some way.

[00:07:20] A few comments have said I'm immature and they're probably right. I know I'm the one who ended

[00:07:25] the relationship and that she's entitled to do what she wants with anyone else. She all doesn't

[00:07:29] make it hurt any less and maybe it's just best to say goodbye, believe all this in the past.

[00:07:35] So Opie comes in with an update and says this is an update to my last post. Hello again,

[00:07:40] and I appreciate that people taking time to comment on my last post. The response was a lot.

[00:07:46] More than I expected with over 2000 comments. I made so many people wanted to comment about my

[00:07:52] situation. Thank you. Warning, this is a long post. I've kept the daily journal since I was 16.

[00:07:59] A lot of what follows is dumps from my journal. Yes, I know I'm not concise.

[00:08:04] I'm going to refer to my ex as Ellie, not a real name. I'd like to write a bit about the comments

[00:08:09] because so many people took the time to revive their thoughts and I appreciate that.

[00:08:14] The majority of the comments were some variation of move on, a clean break, a strong recommendation

[00:08:19] with a lot to recommend it. A minority said give her a chance and see how it goes.

[00:08:24] Plenty calling me an asshole for ending it because I wanted sex in our relationship or for being

[00:08:30] obsessed with her virginity. That's I dumped her because she wouldn't put out.

[00:08:35] In quite a few saying my breakup with her made her feel like sex is necessary to keep a guy

[00:08:40] and that it drove her heartbroken into the next guy's bed. There were a few she's pregnant comments.

[00:08:47] Not that I know of, it's not impossible but if that happens it won't be anything to do with me.

[00:08:52] The dude saying I should fuck her and leave her or worse. Seriously some of you guys need a hug

[00:08:57] or a psychologist. No, I would never use her like that no matter our past.

[00:09:03] Ellie and I were a loving couple for years. It counts for something even after we broke up.

[00:09:09] Feeling her doesn't justify using her or anyone else for that matter. As for the comments,

[00:09:15] have some hang-up to about taking her virginity. My issue went together was that we weren't having

[00:09:20] sex in our relationship. Not whether she was a virgin or not. Her being a virgin was her reason

[00:09:26] for being absent but wasn't directly an issue either way to me. If she hadn't been a virgin

[00:09:32] and wanted to be absent I would have been in the same situation. The title of my last post was

[00:09:38] not great really. I broke up because we were not having sex, not because she was a virgin.

[00:09:44] Fair in mind for three years Ellie had everything she wanted from our relationship.

[00:09:48] Boyfriend, love, affection, loyalty, support and a guy who respected her wishes to be absent.

[00:09:55] Whilst she got 100% of what she wanted, to me there was a big element missing and there was no way

[00:10:00] to reconcile that. Either we were having sex or not having it. Sex required both to say yes and

[00:10:07] that wasn't going to happen. With hindsight I should have ended the relationship early on.

[00:10:13] When Ellie first told me she wanted to not have sex until marriage. When we got together I was a

[00:10:18] naive 19 year old who had never had a girlfriend before. So I kind of went along with things because

[00:10:23] I really liked her, and got along with her so well. If Alan loved with her and then kind of felt

[00:10:29] stuck in a relationship that wasn't what I wanted. I've learned from this and won't make

[00:10:35] that mistake in the future. I want to make active not passive choices in future relationships

[00:10:42] but not just go along with things because that's what the other person wants.

[00:10:46] Our views about sex and our relationship were not compatible, so I ended the relationship rather

[00:10:51] than waiting any longer hoping she'd change her mind. It was scary to take that step and I put it

[00:10:57] off a way too long because I didn't want to hurt her, but I couldn't stay in the relationship just

[00:11:02] for her. I thought also consider myself too. I'm a mistake with waiting so long to get to that point.

[00:11:09] I regret that as it caused her more hurt than if I'd ended it early on. Many of you say that sex

[00:11:16] just isn't that important, but for me it is at least as part of a relationship. You can disagree

[00:11:23] that's fine. Some people are fine being in no sex relationships, no judgment from me but

[00:11:28] that's not what I want. Some people took issue with me saying I felt she's shrung me along.

[00:11:34] On reflection that's fair. Ellie was clear to me about not wanting to have sex until marriage.

[00:11:39] I foolishly stayed way too long hoping she'd change her mind one day. She didn't. That was my mistake.

[00:11:46] I shrung myself along really. She never led me on in any way. It hurt to learn that she had

[00:11:53] sex with the next guy relatively quickly after I waited so long. But she is my ex,

[00:11:58] so that's not my business anymore. She's allowed to change her mind. She can have sex or not

[00:12:04] with whoever she chooses. I don't get a say in that. My hurt is an emotional response, not a logical

[00:12:10] one. Logically, I see she did nothing wrong by me. I get over it. It's just my bruised ego for

[00:12:16] monies with myself. Feeling I'm somehow a lesser man because she took that step with the next guy.

[00:12:22] I know objectively that isn't true, but I sure feel it. It's not a perfect boyfriend

[00:12:27] and I have made mistakes. I've learned from them. I don't regret breaking up with Ellie and

[00:12:32] still think it was the right decision for me. Enough background. A few things have happened.

[00:12:38] Last weekend was the Australia Day Long Weekend. I was on a camping trip in the grand

[00:12:44] piensoir at any Aussie's reading and it was so nice to be in nature. Do some bush walks with

[00:12:49] friends and decompress. It felt good to talk about the Ellie situation with my mates around the

[00:12:54] campfire. Most of them knew Ellie pretty well from our years together and they had a range of

[00:12:59] youth, just like commenters on my post. And I got the usual good natured shit about still being a

[00:13:05] virgin. I learned there's an expensive bottle of scotch they bought a while ago. I was going

[00:13:10] to have it seal cracked when mine is bastards lol. One great question a friend asked was whether

[00:13:17] I would have ever decided to reach out and take Ellie back if she never reached out to me first.

[00:13:23] The answer is no, it was so obvious to me. That cut through a lot of the confusion for me.

[00:13:29] I was being too passive in the situation and needed to do what I wanted. Not just react to what

[00:13:34] Ellie wanted. By the time I was on my way home I decided to not get back together with her.

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[00:14:33] When I was driving home and got a mobile signal again, new mobile network where we had

[00:14:38] the network delivered a bunch of messages from Ellie all at once. She said she was wrong to ask

[00:14:43] me to get back together and that she's back with Tim, like name now. She also texts that

[00:14:49] the thing with Tim is more serious than she told me when she last met with me.

[00:14:55] She apologized for misleading me about her and Tim's relationship. If you remember she called it

[00:15:01] a bullying before. She asked if we could meet to talk about it. I was not happy so I just

[00:15:07] text back no. Not very mature of me but I wasn't in the mood to him more about all this.

[00:15:12] I was surprised and pissed off that she lied to me. I seemed very out of character for her.

[00:15:17] She tried calling me but I didn't want to answer. She sent another text saying,

[00:15:23] Tim and I had a fight. I shouldn't have come to you and finally I'm sorry.

[00:15:28] When I got home, I wasn't idiot and let my curiosity get the better of me. I looked up Tim online.

[00:15:33] His real given name is uncommon so it wasn't hard to find. Andy Mumlinked in which gave me his full

[00:15:39] name. Ellie is one of his connections and he works at the same firm so I was confident it is him.

[00:15:46] He's a director at their firm. One level below partner. He also has pics on Insta.

[00:15:52] Lots of posts about his adventures around the world at various events and exotic places as well

[00:15:57] as shots with an expensive looking car. A few photos of him with Ellie with their arms around

[00:16:02] each other in Singapore in November. I guess that confirms it was serious. You wouldn't have

[00:16:07] public pics with her for a casual fling. All that just made me feel bad. No good comes from comparing

[00:16:14] myself to my ex's successful boyfriend. Ellie is not my girlfriend and I'm not in competition

[00:16:19] with Tim so I won't do that again. My ego is bruised enough already. I've been living a very

[00:16:25] cruel life my whole time at uni. AKA porous fuck. So I know I can feel inferior when I see people

[00:16:33] with wealth. That's another me problem to sort out. Anyway, all that was on Sunday after noon

[00:16:39] slash evening. On Tuesday evening, Ellie knocked up my door. She said that she knows I didn't want

[00:16:45] to talk to her but she felt bad about everything. I hoped that I would let her explain herself.

[00:16:50] Clear the air. Then I'd never see her again if that's what I wanted. I let her in. I was not

[00:16:56] happy with recent events but figured I might at least get a clearer idea of what's going on.

[00:17:02] It was a long, heavy conversation over four hours but here's the gist as I remember it.

[00:17:07] When we broke up, she was devastated. She said it took a couple of months before she started

[00:17:12] to feel a bit better. She missed me constantly and wanted to see me the whole time but when I ended

[00:17:18] it, we agreed to keep a part in heal. In September, she met Tim at work. He manages a different team.

[00:17:25] She doesn't work for him. She said he was very charming and attractive and should almost

[00:17:30] immediate interest in her. They got to know each other and he asked her out. She was worried it was

[00:17:34] a rebound but felt so much better getting his attention as she went along with it. After dating

[00:17:40] for a while, she developed feelings for him and later led to a sexual relationship. It wasn't a

[00:17:45] fling and she dated him for a while beforehand. I asked about whether he pressured her into sex.

[00:17:51] Last time she said he was very persistent. She said she was trying not to upset me.

[00:17:56] She thought if she gave the impression she was reluctant to have sex with Tim and I wouldn't

[00:18:01] think badly of her. So it was a story to try and spare my feelings. It told her it just made me

[00:18:07] worried that she'd been assaulted. She looked shocked at that and said no way. It was actually the

[00:18:12] one who initiated their sexual relationship. I said although I don't like that she lied to me,

[00:18:17] I can understand why. I don't think she did anything wrong change in her mind about abstinence.

[00:18:23] Yes, I was heard when she told me she was having sex but I have no right to judge of her anything.

[00:18:28] She's a single adult and it's her life. I don't think badly of her. She burst into tears and said

[00:18:34] something like I thought you must hate me now. I showed her that I didn't. She said she was sad

[00:18:40] it didn't work for us but that she never would have dropped a virginity commitment if we had not

[00:18:44] broken up. After we broke up, she decided that it was a commitment she made to her dad when she

[00:18:49] was still a kid. That was messing with the life she wants now. But by the time she and Tim

[00:18:54] got into their relationship, she decided that she was ready for sex with the right person.

[00:18:59] Pressed about her dad and she just said he doesn't need to know. I asked about why she asked

[00:19:05] to get back together. Tim is older, she told me he's 32 and has been at the firm for 10 years.

[00:19:11] One day at work one of the women made a snarky comment too early about being another one of

[00:19:16] him's girls. She did some digging and it turns out him as a history. He has dated a long list

[00:19:22] of women from work. Several of them were young graduate employees just like Ellie.

[00:19:27] The room around the office is that Ellie is just the next girl to be used by him. She was horrified.

[00:19:33] Jekk used him of using her. They argued and she told him it was over. Soon after that she came to me.

[00:19:40] She felt as if we might be able to rekindle things now that she was open to a sexual relationship

[00:19:46] but my hesitation and time to calm down made her realize that was a mistake.

[00:19:50] Over the weekend Tim asked her to work things out. She decided to give it a chance.

[00:19:55] She tried to call me but they went to voicemail. I was camping so she sent those messages instead.

[00:20:02] So I guess that settled. I don't want her back and she's in a relationship so she doesn't want

[00:20:07] me back either. We chatted a bit about how our families are going. She congratulated me on

[00:20:12] finally finishing uni. She asked if I've been seeing anyone and when I told her I've been studying

[00:20:17] hard and working a lot since exams, retail job, with no time for girls, she laughed and said I'm

[00:20:23] still a big nerd. She hoped we could be friendly if we ever see each other but she wants to keep

[00:20:28] out of contact with Tim. She wanted to give it a real chance of working. She gave me a hug

[00:20:36] said thank you for understanding and left. So there you have it. Ellie involved me in a relationship

[00:20:42] drama. I would have preferred she hadn't but at least it sorted now. I'm glad I paid attention

[00:20:47] to my feelings and took time out to consider things as it could have been very messy if I had taken

[00:20:53] her back. Drusting my gut has been the biggest lesson for me in all of this. I still care for

[00:20:59] despite recent events. It seems like she's dealing with a lot of complicated things between a new

[00:21:04] relationship and work gossip. I wish her well and hope she'll be happy, whether it's with Tim

[00:21:10] or not. She was my first love and I expect I'll always have warm memories of her. I'm clear now

[00:21:16] that I don't want her back. She's in my past and I want to look forward. Well, this is becoming

[00:21:24] an essay. Judges at uni always told me I was too waffly in my writing. That's well,

[00:21:29] fuck those guys and not a student anymore. I can now focus on launching my new career with no

[00:21:34] distractions. I've worked so hard for so long to get here. My new job starts on Monday. He's going

[00:21:40] to be great. He's going to be so great building actual real experience in my new profession.

[00:21:45] Not just endless theory. I'll be earning much better money. No more student poverty and I've got

[00:21:51] graduation in May to look forward to as well. I'm open to finding someone new but that has way

[00:21:56] down my priority list. I'm not going to actively pursue that anytime soon. Cheers everyone,

[00:22:02] your comments and advice. Edit the next day. Okay you've convinced me. Today I blocked

[00:22:08] Ellie on everything. So we agreed not to be in touch again. That shouldn't matter but if she

[00:22:13] doesn't stick to that agreement, EGF she and Tim split and fight again, it won't be easy for her

[00:22:18] to contact me again. I thought it was a petty thing to block someone but in this case you've

[00:22:23] convinced me that it's a way to take control of the situation. With luck I went here from her again

[00:22:30] and if I do, like if she knocks on the door, I'll remind her of the agreement and shut her off.

[00:22:35] I'm just not being passive and take charge of my life. A life Ellie will not be a part of.

[00:22:40] So a commenter says to Apeon that one's end. But as you came to the conclusion best for you,

[00:22:45] however I feel you gave Ellie too much of what she wanted to feel better about herself

[00:22:49] and the expense of your own emotional well being. Apeon says that was already pretty churned

[00:22:54] up about things from when she first asked to get back together. What she hadn't done that but

[00:23:00] after she came to see me on Tuesday, it was easier for me. We got to mutually say no to a future

[00:23:05] together and also put a lot of baggage in the bin. Is Ellie going to be happy? I don't know. I hope so

[00:23:12] but I have my doubts about this Tim dude. But you probably can't trust my judgment on that.

[00:23:17] More relevant to me is whether I'm going to be happy. The answer is fuck yes because I'm going

[00:23:23] to make that happen. Opie adds a comment on Ellie changing. Opie says it came to terms with our

[00:23:29] relationship months ago. When she came back to me, it stirred up some old feelings because

[00:23:33] we'd been in a couple so long. I'm thinking about it now that was more of an echo of those memories

[00:23:39] and real feelings. All of this drama was Ellie's doing. What a preferred she never involved me so

[00:23:45] I could have been blissfully ignorant of her romantic life. I prefer not to know about her worldly

[00:23:50] rich boyfriend or their sex life. She's definitely changed. Ellie I remember was scrupulous and

[00:23:57] honest to a fault. Ellie I have dealt with recently wasn't like that so much. I think that's why

[00:24:03] her lying to me pissed me off so much. It wasn't just the lying was how out of character it seemed

[00:24:09] but people change. She's in the business world now and people there live by different standards

[00:24:14] that the religious family she grew up in. Anyway I've cut myself out of our life so anything that

[00:24:19] happens with her is hers to deal with. If she comes back to me I'll remind her we agree to stay

[00:24:24] apart and leave it there. I'm not looking for another relationship right now so no Tinder for me

[00:24:30] and no I'm not looking for casual sex either. I'm a virgin but I want a meaningful connection

[00:24:36] not just sex. As I said in the post I'm open to something if the right woman came along

[00:24:41] but I'm not actively seeking it that might change after a while but right now

[00:24:46] I want to keep focused on my new career. And a comment from OP on them having closure and they said

[00:24:53] a lot of the comments here act like the final meeting was all for her benefit. Sure he got some

[00:24:58] kind of relief for closure out of it but it was also good for me. Seeing who she is becoming

[00:25:04] just made it 100% no doubt in my mind that we wouldn't ever make sense. She's changed a lot

[00:25:09] in the last year starting when we were still together and she'd started her job. Random phrases

[00:25:15] like work hard, play hard. Being generally less kind and more dismissive of others. Clearly

[00:25:21] you've been influenced by those around her. It was her choice to take on those behaviors.

[00:25:27] I love the old Ellie but I'm not sure they even like the current one much. Anyway I don't feel

[00:25:33] like she intruded. I felt like I got a nice neat ending to the whole thing and get on with my

[00:25:38] life with a clear conscience but we're clear now that it's over forever and I have a promise

[00:25:43] that she'll stay out of contact. If she ever does try to come back I can remind you of her own

[00:25:48] promise and close the door. This post also made it to the best of Redditor updates subreddits

[00:25:55] and OP responded in there and said hi this was me thanks to the comments and I'll agree with

[00:26:01] the door matte ones but I'm learning. We all have our flaws to fix. My job started this week

[00:26:07] it's kind of overwhelming and my brain feels full every day. It was like I've met 50 plus

[00:26:12] people already and there were plenty more in the company. I can officially say I'm an engineer

[00:26:17] now and not just an engineering student which feels great to say to myself. Radio silence from

[00:26:23] Ellie. Since she's blocked that shouldn't change. I also took advice from a few commenters and

[00:26:29] asked my friends to not pass any messages if she tries to use them to do that. And you know

[00:26:35] I personally love when people express all their feelings in a mature way like OP did in this

[00:26:41] situation. I think what they did is totally the right thing to do. Totally separate themselves

[00:26:47] from the situation. You know even after the first post I was like yeah I think you know restarted

[00:26:53] that relationship on the back of what was happened and going into it with these feelings would never

[00:26:57] be a healthy thing to do. But then everything else that happened afterwards and it just got totally

[00:27:02] messy it just cemented that for me. Some of the other comments had me thinking from sort of Ellie's

[00:27:07] point of view without OP and you know thinking about her background and potential religious trauma

[00:27:13] about around sex and stuff like that and then meeting this guy who and the whole power imbalance

[00:27:18] of his job and age and things like that you know him being in the higher position and her

[00:27:23] and him already having this bit of a reputation already. And again that's not OP's problem either

[00:27:29] but it did have me thinking down that path as well and I think OP was right to be blocking because

[00:27:34] you know I have to say it doesn't feel like the way that it was talked about in the story that

[00:27:39] that relationship with Tim is going to last too long it may do I don't know but if it does

[00:27:45] break up as Ellie again going to turn around to OP and start messaging him and saying oh can we

[00:27:49] meet up you know rebounding or something of course that's all speculation but there's a potential

[00:27:56] for it to happen right. But anyway what do you guys make of this situation let us know your thoughts

[00:28:02] down in the comments below and just a huge thank you from the bottom of my heart for getting

[00:28:07] involved in today's story is your love your support your time always means the absolute world

[00:28:12] to me so thank you so so much for being involved and hopefully I see you in the next one take care

[00:28:19] how much love