Torn Apart by Indecisiveness
I’ve been working with one of my exes for 4 years. She wasn’t a fling; we had something solid for 3 years before going our separate ways. Prior to our split she had done 4 abortions. I wasn’t ready to father a child and so I insisted, with the promise we would have kids after marriage. We never married.
Professionally, we make a good team. We interact frequently because we work together on projects. I am married to a wonderful woman. We’ve been together for 8 years. We have 3 children. My ex has been married for 6 years and they’re yet to have an issue. Dave, till she mentioned she’s unable to have children because of the abortions I made her undergo years ago, the workplace wasn’t a minefield of apprehension and disruption for me. Guilt prevents me from pretending I made her undergo that procedure. She is one of the most important people I have ever known, and now I feel bad about what I made her do years ago. She did not want to tell me. It was a conversation I overhead when she was on the phone with her gynecologist. She’s already a big part of my everyday working life. I’ve known about her phone call since November 2021. Before November we had handled ourselves professionally in spite of our awkward history. Now, I am not able to be professional. I am attracted to her again. I know guilt has a role to play in all this but I am beginning to realize I still have a deep-rooted love for her.
I’ve kissed her and hoped we could rekindle a relationship. She’s trying to keep her distance from me because she doesn’t want to revisit our past. I don’t want her to push me away. I am in love with her and I want to make things right. I am at a point where I am entertaining the thought of divorcing my wife for her. I don’t know what’s happening to me. I failed a very good woman for another good woman that I want to now divorce so I can go back to my ex. I don’t want to talk to any counsellor. I am looking for practical views from people who can understand what I am feeling.
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