Find someone of your own to pursue as revenge.
Or if not dump him/her
Revenge is NOT the answer.
I must answer this with my true thoughts and feelings.
If this "partner" is suppose to be your true partner, then he would not be having feelings for another woman. His love and devotion to you should be absolute. If he is having feelings for another woman and wants to pursue them, then his feelings for you are not what they should be.
If he is asking for space to pursue feelings for another woman, basically he is telling you that he wants to see other people. You have to decide what YOU want. If he wants to do this, he is going to do it regardless. His asking permission or for "space" is his way of making himself feel not so guilty about cheating on you. He's obviously feeling guilty and if you "allow" or tell him he has the space to pursue these feelings, you are doing nothing more than giving him conselation for his indiscretions and infidelity.
My best advice to you would be to find out what you need and want, you can't force him to stay, but if he is having second thoughts about your partnership or relationship, then perhaps it's his way of trying to end it with out feeling guilty about it.
Don't give him the satisfaction of this, let him know that if you are together in a partnership it is to be a monogamous one, and his pursuing these so called "feelings" for another woman is unacceptable. You are much better than that and deserve more. If he leaves you for this other "woman" you will end up hurt in the long run, don't allow the hurt to be any harder to deal with than what it is now.
As long as you are single the first thing you should do out of courtesy is to talk to the friend's ex and explain your feelings and you would like to pursue the relationship. 'Ex' means the relationship is over so either your friend can accept the two of you will be seeing more of each other or you may have to walk away from that friendship. Other than being honest with the other partner in the picture there is no reason (only if you feel you both love each other) that you can't pursue the relationship.
to pursue
maybe he did but did not pursue that's why he just do it through his poems... the feelings he have for the lady...
It was to pursue other interests. From what I read, no hard feelings.
Pursue
He will say yes if you ask him, if not, he has no feelings for you or they are not strong enough to pursue anything with you.
Pursue.
There could be various reasons why De Pareja is unable to pursue Miri. It could be due to personal circumstances, unrequited feelings, or social barriers. It's important to respect each individual's feelings and choices in matters of love and relationships.
:o If you really care about her then tell her your feelings. You don't really have to ask any questions in my opinion.
It is ok to have feelings for more than one person at the same time. Acknowledge it to yourself, and move on. If the friend already has a girlfriend, you need to deal with the fact that he is not available. If you truly have feelings for the other person, consider whether you want to pursue them. If you are still stuck on the friend, let the second person go, and give yourself some alone time to deal with your feelings for the friend before trying to force something with another person.
You must take some time apart as to let them sort out their feelings.
Kaoru and Hikaru both have romantic feelings for Haruhi but Kaoru steps back to let Hikaru come to realize his feelings for Haruhi and encourages Hikaru to pursue his feelings. At least that is what I got from the anime but those reading the manga will have a much better understanding, I would think.