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Until Sept 2 I was enjoying a wonderful relationship with a girl with whom I was hoping to grow old. Alas, after three years and two weeks, that relationship has now ceased to be. My 12 yr old daughter, who lives with her mother, loved my partner as much as I did, and it was very difficult for me to break the news to her. In fact I couldn't tell her until last night when I rang her to talk about her next visit with me. She began to very elaborately explain what she planned for us, telling me what time she was going to wake up, when she was going to wake us and when we would leave and what we would do. That made it even harder for me to tell her that Jasmine and I had split. I wish I could have been with her when I told her. I could hear her crying on the phone and I just wanted to hold her and cry together. For some reason I just thought about it now and I'm sitting here at work with my eyes welling over. Thank you for your patience if you are reading this, especially in light of Banasy's moving post and the atmosphere of gloom surrounding the current time, but you people are the first I've shared this with apart from my mother. I just needed to get it out.

Thank you.
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Hey,Gore,I know what you're going through.I just got out of a 5 year relationship October 2001 myself with my ex-girlfriend Anna.All she wanted after 5 years was the ring but we weren't financally stable yet and weren't working really.She treated me like a dog on a leash.I couldn't breathe when she was around sometimes.She acted like a mother when we were together.Her nice Italian Family loved me like an Uncle or cousin and almost every occasion they would invite me over to the houses to celebrate any occasion.Oh,well.gotta move on with my life now! -howard-

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I'm sorry to hear that about the break-up in your relationship. I'm sure God (or whatever god you worship) will give you another woman as good as Jasmine, and your daughter will love her as much too.
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