Adrian26

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What is your sexual orientation: Bisexual
Who in your life has "personality" issues: Ex-romantic partner
Relationship status: Very ambigue
Posts: 50
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« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2020, 05:32:06 PM » |
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Welcome.
This is very difficult, and I'm sorry for what she's putting you through.
I don't know any golden advice on 'getting her back', and indeed many of us here wonder if it would be the right or healthy thing to do. What I can see, however, is how she's keeping both you and her ex in her orbit. She wants you to stay available for her, but does not commit or respond to your feelings. Instead, she is in frequent contact with her ex, who according to her cheated on her, etc.
BPD's are afraid of commitment, yet want affection. I cannot tell for sure, but your heart of gold and good treatment might actually be threatening for her because its 'new' and 'secure'. Her luring back an ex-boyfriend who cheated on her of course is falling back on something old, something insecure and destructive- but at least something 'comfortable', however strange that might sound. She is probably in a way hard wired to expect abandonment or fear abandonment. At the same time she wants intimacy but fears it as well. With her ex, she might still have some intimacy, but not the threat of investing heavily. She might not have to 'commit' to him, or she is just so inexperienced with good treatment and stable prospects (with you) that it scares the heck out of her and causes her to relapse in self-sabotage.
Look after yourself. If you have the insight and self-worth that you claim in your posts, act upon it. Its hard, I know. But do not let her be in control of the both of you. Assert your boundaries. I cannot tell you what to do, only to respect yourself and, if you really want advice on how to get her back, your best shot might be to withdraw, cut contact. In my experience and others on this board, this might actually lead her to chase you again. But its a difficult thing to do, and you should ask yourself: do I want to play this push pull game?
Last thing I'd advise you might come across as condescending, I don't mean it to. But your post has little interpunction, which makes it more difficult to read and for others to advise you.
Good luck and take care!
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