u/EastWindBreaks

问大家一个关于感情边界的问题,一方面我现在是奔着人生伴侣找对象的,所以比较谨慎,也是第一次碰到这种问题。

最近在接触一个女生,在排他阶段,还没有正式在一起。她有一个交往了5年的初恋,分分合合很多次,最后是她提的分手。她说现在已经没有感觉了,也不会主动联系。这5、6年里,对方其实只主动联系过她2次. 一次是他结婚前,说“等不了她了”。一次是后来当爸爸后,在她朋友圈受到感触,评论,大概聊了几句,说他已经离婚且复合了 也就是说,不是那种经常联系的情况,更像是在人生节点偶尔出现。他们都见过家长,如果她没分手,可能过两年都结婚了。 她刚分手没多久后 她就来海外了。 他原本大概是等她回国吧。

她的态度是:觉得这种“我已经放下,但不至于一辈子都不再联系,偶尔联系一下没问题”,如果对方越界,她可以不理或者告诉我。 这是她大学开始5年的初恋。我和她谈了几分钟,她似乎没有想在开启新一段关系的时候删除联系的计划。但她也说前任是无法当朋友的, 但是如果对方需要帮忙,她还是在不越线的情况下尽力帮忙。她性格比较心软。他可能会再打感情牌,以后如果他自己的感情不顺,联系频率大概只会提高。

我会觉得,即使频率不高,但可以时刻联系到、偶尔回应,某种程度上还是给对方留了一个潜在入口。给我们未来生活添加了没有必要的噪音。我相信如果他越界,她会告诉我,但是,这也仅是在我们愉快相处下,如果我们以后产生矛盾 不开心时,我感觉这份信任就在这种情况下变得脆弱。虽然他们绝对有不少共同同学和朋友,也应该知道她父母地址,微信不单单是唯一的联系方式。但是微信太便利了,且包含了日常生活,不是一个性质。另外她初恋之后 还有一段几个月的关系,显然她是有能力进入新的关系的。

我没有过这么深长的感情,有可能我无法理解那么深的感情对她的分量,但我自己完全可以做到断掉和前任的联系,因为在我看来也是没法当普通朋友了,虽然没什么感觉了 但毕竟曾经在一起过。 特别是如果现任在意的话。 另外, 我亲眼目睹过 那些和初恋多年过后 藕断丝连的情况 所以可能加重了我对这个问题的敏感。我承认自己在感情方面比较不成熟,甚至有可能占有欲过强, 所以一边是自己探索这个问题,一边是想听听不同角度的看法。一方面我是真的很不舍得她,她目前为止也很真诚,毕竟,她原本可以完全不告诉我。

想问大家:这种“6年只联系2次”的前任,如果是你,会介意吗?还是觉得完全可以接受? 在还没正式在一起的阶段,这种边界差异算不算一个结构性大问题且只能终了?请附带您的大概年龄

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u/EastWindBreaks — 25 days ago

I’ve recently entered an exclusive phase with a girl. She had a first love that lasted about 5 years starting from college, with multiple breakups in between. In the end, she was the one who ended it. She says she no longer has feelings for him and doesn’t initiate contact. I later clarified that over the past 6 years, he has only reached out to her twice:

Once before he got married, when he told her he “couldn’t wait for her anymore”. Once after he became a father, when he commented on her social media (lets call it APP) after feeling something from her post, and they chatted briefly. He also mentioned that he had divorced and gotten back together again. So it’s not frequent contact, more like he shows up occasionally at major life moments.

Her attitude is: she has already moved on, but doesn’t think it’s necessary to never contact him again for life. She feels that occasional contact is fine. If he crosses boundaries, she says she would ignore him or tell me. We've talked about this for several minutes, and it doesn’t seem like she plans to delete him when entering a new relationship. She’s also someone who is soft-hearted and not very good at rejecting people. I do worry that he might try to reconnect emotionally again.

From my perspective, even if the frequency is low, the fact that he can still reach her anytime and that she may occasionally respond feels like leaving a potential door open, however small that door might be. I do believe that if he crosses the line, she would tell me, but that’s assuming we’re in a good place. If we later have conflicts or go through a rough patch, I feel like that trust could become fragile in those moments.

I understand that they have mutual friends/schoolmates and he likely knows ways to reach her regardless (even her family address), so APP isn’t the only channel. But APP is extremely convenient and closely tied to daily life, so it feels very different. She did say that they were on the path to get married if she did not break up with him, both of them had met their parents, for east Asians, this is a big milestone.

Also, after this first love, she did have another short relationship lasting a few months, so she is capable of moving on and entering new relationships.

I’m wondering if I’m being too immature about this. I’ve never had such a long or deep relationship myself. Personally, I can completely cut off contact with exes, because to me, it’s hard to truly go back to being “just friends” after having been in a relationship, even if the feelings are gone, especially if a current partner cares about it.

Given this situation, how would you approach a conversation about boundaries with her? What would be a reasonable way to handle this difference without coming across as controlling, but also not ignoring my own discomfort?

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u/EastWindBreaks — 25 days ago