I’m just a bit heartbroken and could do with some support.

My partner and I met in a country that we both are not from (I’ve been here for most of my life, but it is notoriously difficult to get permanent residency here so I am on a work visa). We’ve been dating for a year and he’s everything I’ve wanted, and more.

We’ve had a couple of difficult conversations over the last few days and have realised that there’s no way to make this relationship work. I want to move to a country that he has no interest in going to, and vice versa.

I don’t know how to deal with the pain of knowing that this was the right person, just the wrong time. On top of that, is this my fate as an expat? Should I only date once I know where I want to “settle down”, so to speak?

  • puzzlemann92@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    You’ll be fine, Prickly Vagina. Your head is the right place and you have your priorities right imo. At the end of the day, if you lose yourself in someone else’s plans you will end up resenting them, and break up anyway. I believe that long term dating requires some sacrifice, however the other person must want to meet you halfway. Not only you doing the sacrificing.