How Long Does It Take To Move On?
The last few days I’ve been in a funk. It all started Wednesday night when my sister and I went to see the movie Dear John. If you don’t know what that movie is here’s a little about it:
Special Forces Army Sergeant – John Tyree (Channing Tatum…OMG can you say HOT? He’s GORGEOUS!) – who is home on a two-week leave from Germany and he meets a college student – Savannaah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried) – after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah’s purse that had fallen off the pier. A budding romance occurs, and Savannah falls deeply in love with John. As she is about to go back to college, she promises to write John overseas during the next 12-months until he returns to her after completing his enlistment. Their love is put to the test when John reenlists after the 9/11 attack.
So what does this movie have to do with my ‘funk’ I’ve been in the last few days? Some of you remember Seth I dated awhile ago, some of you probably have no clue what I’m talking about (it’s a long story). He is in the Army, in the special forces even! While our story is nothing like the movie it’s everything like the movie – if that makes any sense.
I’ve been doing a really good job of ‘hiding’ how I feel lately. In fact I was pretty sure it wasn’t the least bit apparent to anyone that I still had feelings for him (boy was I wrong). I mean after all this time there’s no reason I should still have feelings for him.
I had a minor (ok major) meltdown at the movies. My poor sister didn’t know what to do other than hug me and let me cry. I seriously cried through the ENTIRE movie! The tears started within the first 10-15 minutes of the movie and didn’t end until well into the next morning! I cried a lot (it’s been awhile since I’ve had a cry like this lol).
There’s a part of my heart that still belongs to him and it frustrates me. I know you can’t help who you fall in love with and I truly didn’t expect to fall in love with Seth – it just happened. It took me by surprise but when I fall…I fall really hard and I fell harder than I’ve fallen before.
Soon he’ll be redeploying and just like times in the past my heart falls to my toes thinking about him being in danger again. I get sick to my stomach thinking about him leaving without me getting to say goodbye. I get sick to my stomach thinking about how I still feel and the fact he doesn’t know it…even though it wouldn’t matter even if he did.
So I wonder – how long is long enough before you’re ready to move on? Why does it take longer to move on from some relationships than it does other ones?






