Break-ups - Appalachian Trail

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#21

lonely or happy, either way it’s a long way to maine:tongue

“K.T.R”

#22

Dump him while he is on the trail. Sure, he’ll be mad for a couple of days but eventually get over it. There are many women on the trail who will help ease his pain.

bearsquat

#23

Sorry you misunderstood but men will be men. And a lot of the AT women develop great legs and like the company of a trail hardened bodied men. Sometimes great new realionships develop on the AT. Too bad you are so insecure and imature. You just don’t understand trail life, too bad.

tiltop

#24

There is a good chance he wanted to dump you and is using the AT as a way to get out of a negative relationship. This is the way I read it. I think he is dumping you. So things should work out well. Just one honest man’s opinon.

Pee Bear 01

#25

don’t think he is dumping me, we were supposed to do the trail together but in the end it didn’t work out for me to go, plus we live together so I hardly doubt he would leave everything he owns to someone he is dumping.

I am not insecure nor imature…no clue how you got all that from my posts here.

Thanks to all of you who left responses and actually stayed on the topic of my original post. to the rest of you women haters who just saw an opportunity to bash a woman because you have “issues”, get a life.

Jorgia

#26

Jorgia…hang in there girl!! Don’t let other writer’s “issues” (things people write often hit close to home, I think) get to you. I think that it’s neat that you’re concerned about him; the timing of things. etc. Question: you cared enuf to live together, & you care enuf to be concerned; would it be also smart to get some couples counseling?? Or is it too far gone? Good luck whatever you decide; I do think waiting a bit can clarify things; but agree that it doesn’t matter a great deal when.

RBG

#27

Do it now while he’s on the trail - but do it with the same sensitivity you would if he wasn’t on the trail. That means do it in person if at all possible. Doing it now, while painful, will mean he will have time to adjust before he has to reenter normal life. Then he’ll be ready to get on with his life. Unless you don’t mind waiting until he’s off the trail 4-6 months, you might as well do it now.

onthetrail

#28

Do it now! He will be having a REALLY hard time reintegrating at the end of his hike. Then to get hit with a major breakup… Better to do it now while he has his trail family and a purpose in his life. But do it in person if possible. That’s what I would want (but I hiked with my GF at the time. It was a test for our relationship. We got married shortly after.)

Gravity

Gravity Man

#29

LMAO Cutman, “pound of flesh”. Yeah, absence makes the heart grow fonder… to someone closer.

Non-hiker

#30

I think Jorgia came to our community because she thought we’d offer insight into what is probably not a rare situation. She got more than she bargained for and deserves an apology because I think she has been very straightforward.
Onthetrail and Gravity Man gave you good answers. There’s probably a place and time upcoming on his walk where he could take a break for a visit from you. You don’t have to tell him your purpose in advance and don’t do it in the first few minutes either.
If you’ve had a relationship that involves living together, you should have good experience talking together. It’s sad when breakups come and your posts reflect that sadness. But I think you want to get on and it’s in your interest to do it now. He’s on the trail for a few more months and is demonstrating that he can live without you. He’ll handle it and he won’t have guilt if he meets someone else.

jjmcgo