THE GUY I SWIPED ON DATING APP PREVIOUSLY GOT ENGAGED 🥳
We’ve been following each other on Instagram for years but never spoke. Today, I saw that he got engaged thru his insta post and I was super happy for him!!!! They look so so good together & he met his financee on dating app. I’m so glad we didn’t meet up, or have any progress and it just reminds me what’s meant to be or what’s fated to be will be.
2 years ago when I was fresh out of a pretty bad mentally & emotionally drained situationship, I went onto bumble immediately to fill up the emotional void. I swiped onto this christian lawyer handsome family oriented smart guy which is exactly the package all girls wished for. We had good chats and he asked to meet, but I ghosted him after as I felt terribly bad to put myself in a situation where Im not ready to date, furthermore he sounded so genuine and the last I would want to hurt or toy with anyone’s feelings. I wanted to heal properly first, and we’ll see if there’s a good time I could reach out to him again but I never did because it took me 8 months to heal hahaha
It made me feel a little better about my grieving process in moving on now - perhaps the fate with my ex has ended, but he came into my life for a good reason - that right time was exactly why we needed each other and the good memories we forged and the love he gave throughout the r/s up until the discussion whether to break up was filled with tears love and for the better of each other always reminds me that love can be so precious.
While this latest r/s has scared me right now and I’m trying to heal from the fact why someone who could genuinely love me would choose to leave me on good terms.
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