My fiance broke up with me, what should I do?
I was engaged to a very nice young man, our parents approved (though his father could have done more to us than he promised), I was close to his sister, my sweet Catherine, the dearest girl possible. But then I met this young man, Captain Tilney (from a very good, well to do family), who started complimenting me and flirting with me, and he became quite my shadow. Many girls might have been taken in, for never were such attentions; but I knew the fickle men too well.
But my dearest James heard some silly rumours and broke
up with me! The minute he did so, Captain Tilney went away, forgetting all his speeches, about wanting my heart independent, my blooming cheeks and so on. He is a very deceitful flirt! I saw him with the last two days with Charlotte Davis; he stopped noticing me!
How can I explain all this to James? It was a silly misunderstanding, nothing else, and he took it so seriously.
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For shame, Isabella! You know your intentions were not quite as innocent as that, so don’t be crying that you lost James.
I don’t understand why your questions are based on classic literature all the time. I get it, you’re a Austen fan.
trust is an integral part of a relationship. If he can’t trust you than I don’t see how a relationship can work
This sounds like it came out of a Jane Austen novel. If its true, To bad, so sad. You tried to have your cake and eat it to. If you "knew the fickle man so well" you could have gone to Catherine and asked her to tell him to leave you alone. Sorry dear. Next time, it there a next time think before you get involved.
P.S. Have you given any thought to the idea that Tilney and James were in it together? Maybe this is James way of saying he did not want to marry you.
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