Well, you have feelings for your husband, and you have feelings for your ex-girlfriend. Why can't you have feelings for both? Why does it have to be one or the other?
The common idea of love is that it's a finite resource, that you only have so much to go around so you have to chose one person or the other. It's the feast-or-famine or all-or-nothing idea of loving.
Well, we know that's not true. We don't apply that kind of thinking to our kids our our family. Why do we apply it to our mates?
The fact is, you love your husband and you love your ex-girlfriend. You love them the same but for different reasons because they aren't the same person. Just like you love all your children the same but differently because they are different people (if you have kids you'll know what I'm talking about). Just because you love both doesn't mean each gets half your love. It means they both get 100% of your love. Again, love is not a finite resource unless we chose to make it that way. Unfortunately when it comes to significant others we've been conditioned by our society that it is a all-or-nothing emotion and therefore we conciously get greedy and stingy with it, which leads to insecurity, jealousy and resentment in our relationships.
Both your husband and your ex-girlfriend represent different things to you that help complete who you are. They are both pieces in the puzzle that is you. For you, without both you aren't a complete you. So why chose one or the other.
If you want to keep both of them in your life talk to them about this kind of an arrangement. It's called "polyamory", the situation of having more than one meaningful relationship at one time with the knowledge and consent of everyone involved. Who knows, they may be open to it. I mean, why wouldn't both of them want you to be happy? If they don't they're being selfish and only care about their happiness. If your ex-girlfriend wanted you to leave your husband for her because she doesn't want to share you, than she really doesn't care about you and what's good for you, she cares more about herself what's good for her.
Same goes for your husband.
Take some time and learn about polyamory. Have your husband and your ex-girlfriend do the same. It may be exactly what you are looking for in your life to feel happy and fulfilled. Because love + love = more love,
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