Because at the back of your mind, there's a teeny little voice saying you should hold on a little bit longer because there could still be some chance...

It's hard for me to let go because i Dont want to say goodbye to my Mother. i want to wake up one day and see her again...I know it wont happen but i like to think of her as she is away on vacation instead of her being in a grave....thats why its hard

We may hold on because there is present value even thought it might be painful or difficult – some part of you says –"You're not done here yet". In this case the value is in the present. We may hold on, even when that little voice says "You are done here", because there is something of value from the past that has not yet been processed. In that case the value is in the past. If it's too painful or too difficult to process it then it's best to hold on… When you are ready and able to process fully what WAS then you can shift your attention to something else that IS. There is no right timing to let go - only your timing…

Because Humans are stubborn. -.-

Because no one likes to feel pain and to let go usually means someone will feel pain.

Because of attachment...

Nobody said it was going to be easy to let love go. It will probably be the hardest thing you are ever going to do. You have to remember to have that support to help you through the hard times. The person who could help you through that is probably right in front of your face and you don't realize it. Try to take care of yourself.

cuz it's not always you that gets to make that decision

Because you keep telling yourself that something is still there when it probably isn't, even if it is, it's not what you need. It would be a lot easier if you would allow yourself to see the cracks and flaws instead of "glossing" them over. There comes a time when you just have to say.."Stick a fork in me..I'm done". After that, it becomes easier.

I'm in the same position as you, but I need to let go of a love that never was. I like a guy, but he don't like me back, and he's the only guy I like right now. It's hard for me b/c I really want a relationship. I know it's never gonna happen, but I keep allowing myself to get hurt. It's hard to explain... That's just the way we feel, period.

Fear of the unknown. You know what you had with the last person even if it wasn't all great. You don't know what you will have if you move on to someone else. I guess it's that fear of the unknown that keeps us hanging on to hope that the last person we were with will change and things can work out for us afterall. Even if in our hearts we know that person is no good for us there is a part that tells us as bad as this person is for us at least we know what it is we got. If we choose to move on and develop a new relationship it is possible that new person could turn out to be 1000 times worse than what we had. It's that fear that keeps many of us from letting go of someone who is bad for us and moving oin to what could possibly be a much better relationship than any we ever had. After a failed almost 11 year marriage and a failed nearly 4 year relationship with another woman I met not long after my seperation and subsequent divorce I was ready to give up trying. I felt there was something wrong with me because I couldn't hold on to a relationship. Then I met my late fiancee. I was nervous at first but once I got opast that we became really close friends. about 6 months into the friendship when I really felt comfortable with her and knew pretty much everything about her I began to have these familiar feelings. I immediately put the brakes on them telling myself that I was in for a big letdown if I allowed myself to go ahead. I also kept believing that maybe if I went back to my ex g/f I could work it out with her. I was scared of moving on for that fear of the unknown. In the end though I was glad I did move on because I had the most wonderful 2 years of my life with this girl. Never in my life have I ever felt so completely loved. I miss her terribly but I think that one of these days I will be ready to get over my fear of the unknown and find someone else to love again.

Because we hate to admit we were wrong. Because we can not stop emotions and memories- it takes a tremendous effort to put them aside or carry on in spite of them.

Because we have hope that people will change. They don't change. Only in certain few and far between relationships will a person change. It could also be fear, self-esteem, and so on. You need to make the decision if what you have is worth the effort.

Because even though you know that you must move on, you and this person held something together, went through time and emotion, understood each other, maybe tried to help each, and deeply held feelings togethe