Dear Lady. Ann:
My Ex and I dated for 7 years. He was my first love. We started dating when I was 16 and he was 25. Many might say I was foolish then because he was sort of a bad influence on me. I was so much in love with him, that I did anything for him. I skipped school so many times just to chill with him. I wanted to be with him all the time and that resulted in a lot of fights between my mom and I. Once I was done with High school, I moved out of my mom’s place and moved in with him. I know I broke my mother’s heart, but I was young and foolish.
Things got really nasty when we started living together and I was forced into adulthood before I was really ready for it. He cheated several times, and I did a few abortions because he wasn’t ready for kids. I don’t think I was ready either anyway, but I wish I didn’t have to go through all that. He got arrested and I initially still wanted things to work out between us, so I kept seeing him while he was in jail. But I found out one of his side chicks had a baby for him and he used to lie about having anything to do with her. I couldn’t take it anymore, so I moved on. I dated other people after that, but its been 5 years and my ex is now out of jail. He did everything to find me and he says he still loves me. He says he has become a better man and he wants to start a family with me. I do believe he has changed, but I’m also scared of starting afresh with him. Please advise.
-Still In Love With The Ex
#DLATribe, Should she be considering getting back with the ex or not?