'Why is he ignoring me after 8 years of our affair?'

12 October,2016 06:00 AM IST |   |  Dr. Love

I am married and have been having an affair with a married man who is 5 years younger than I am...


I am married and have been having an affair with a married man who is 5 years younger than I am. We have been in a relationship for 8 years and have had some good times, but over the past 3 years, he has been ignoring me. He behaves like a stranger now. What can I do? Should I stop here?
- Sailesh D
3 years is a long time for someone to behave like a stranger. People change after a point, of course, but a relationship like yours that has lasted 8 years ought to have been able to right itself by now. If it hasn't, and if you have tried everything you can to make it okay, I suppose there's no point in continuing. All you can do is try and put across your point of view and ask him why he has been behaving the way he has. Also, it's none of my business, but I'd like to point out that you have conveniently glossed over the fact that you and the person you have been in a relationship with are both cheating on the people you are actually married to. Think about that for a while too.

I proposed to my friend and he began to ignore me the next day. What can I do?
- Vishal G
If I understand your question correctly, you asked your friend if he would consider being in a relationship with you and he cut you off. Am I to assume that you're gay and he's not? Is he aware of your sexual preferences? Could this be why he turned away? If your friend is a homophobe (and a lot of people in our country appear to be), I suppose that would explain his behaviour. If that is indeed the case, you don't really need people like him in your life, do you?

I follow women on Twitter only if they put up cute display pictures of themselves. Does that make me a shallow person?
It does.

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