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Created on : Friday, July 01, 2005, 05:06:14 pm
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Is it time to end things with your significant other? Or, have you just been handed a relationship pink slip? Share your stories.

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June 9, 2009, 11:58 am PDT

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I recently left the father of my son and the father of the child I'm currently pregnant with. He was addicted to computer games and I finally reached the end of my rope witch is why i left. I'm 26 years old and in a few weeks will be having my fourth child, crazy i know. I want to give him one more chance but my mother who i now live with is always putting him down because he said something once in anger, but she also puts me down even when I'm 2 feet away to my aunts or just to me in front of my kids. I really can't move now because I'll be having the child in 2 weeks or so and i just can't figure out what i should do she wants me to go after him for child support but if I'm going back to him it seems like it would be pointless and she has plans for the money i would be getting if i did, but at the same time i asked him for a little to get diapers for our son and he tells me he doesn't have any until i tell him about child support them he wants to tell me he'll send me some money but i haven't gotten any yet. I'm just so lost i don't know which way to go or if i should just go my own way.
 
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June 10, 2009, 7:19 am PDT

Need help figuring out how to leave...

OK, so my BF of 18 months has been wearing me down. The guy has 0 patience with anything, he sometimes talks to his kid like I wouldn't talk to anyone...for example - "You'd screw up a wet dream, you're a moron." for simple things as not putting the water away right or shutting a drawer right or not moving fast enough when asked for something. Isn't that enough to make me leave? No, I stay because I think the kids need a positive influence in their lives. He actually yelled them for giggling once while they were playing. Seriously, I need help.

So this past weekend we went to an all day party event, there was a lot of alcohol and it involved canoeing, camping etc. I got out to walk in the river since it was an awesome day and I slipped on a rock and fell and cut both my legs up...he got angry at me. never asked how i was just mad because I fell. Then after 2 years of quitting smoking for some stupid reason I decided i wanted a puff of my friend's smoke, it tasted awful but he caught me and at first I said I didn't then I said admitted it and well now he says I destroyed all the trust we have built. He isn't sure he can get over it or will get over it...a little on the drama king side if you ask me. it was just a puff and a reaction. Yes we had been drinking all day so that didn't help but he told me the trust stuff today after not talking to me since Sunday.

It seems like every time we have an issue it's my fault, he is never wrong and even when he is and I call it out he refuses to believe he is wrong and has a reason for it being my fault. Then he'll say something like I didn't know you had those kind of issues, you need help with that. Anyway, I feel like I am in an emotionally abusive relationship sometimes. I feel like I am constantly trying to compensate for something but I don't know what. I also feel like he really has no idea why I have all the friends I have or why people tell him I'm awesome...it's like he refuses to give me compliments and when he does they feel forced. Then he acts all sensitive like I destroy his world by a stupid drunk decision...I mean I didn't harm him or his kid or cheat...I took a drag off a freaking cigarette and said I didn't. Am I wrong for thinking this is blown WAY out of proportion. I know I need counseling but I lost my job and can't afford it. There is a part of me that wants to leave and a part that is afraid if I do. My best friend said she can't believe what i am dealing with from him and that she is worried I'm going to end up not being me. Frankly so am I, we live together so it's not as easy as just breaking it off. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
 
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June 11, 2009, 8:47 am PDT

He tell's me he misses me?

My boyfriend calls me to tell me that he misses me, after I had ended things with him a week earlier, yet there was no initiative or drive in him what so ever to go out of his way to talk to me in person when I told him that I prefer to speak face to face. He's working on renovating his friend's basement and so he's staying at his friends, well really his friend's parents place, for his convenience. He doesn't drive, nor does he have a cell phone, and he's 20, whom acted completely indifferent while we were together, coming up with every excuse in the book to avoid seeing me, at least that's the impression I got. His friend has offered to take him to see me, and has done so, as long as he provided him with gas money. However, generally, I've always notice that my boyfriend would not take the initiative to see me even when an opportunity occurred. It's like our relationship survived over the phone and we would see each other once or twice a week, sometimes the odd 3, or every other week. I did go out of my way to see him too and I don't drive nor own a car either. I wanted a balance and I was always the one to take the initiative to make plans, he never did, and the majority of the time our plans rarely followed through. I've asked friends to take me to see him and so on ...Anyway, since transportation was an issue, every night we would talk to each other and say good night, but suddenly that changed. It seemed like a hassle for him. His excuses were that if he was home his brothers or sisters would be using the phone, or he would tell me that he’d call me back and he wouldn't. Once he's been staying with his friend, putting the blame on his family no longer existed because his friend has a cell phone and home phone line that he could use. Obviously he was going out with his friend, whose single, but I didn't care and I told him that, I just wanted to hear from him because I think of him and I found it sad that he was giving off the impression that he wasn't thinking of me. I told him that and i asked, so transportation is cut, and now communication is as well? I told him that I wanted him to be a part of my life but he was only pushing me away nor allowing me to be a part of his, so what love is there? He’d tell me he loved me all the time. This is the 3rd time I’ve ended things with him, but this time is final because it's only been the same for the past 6 months and I feel like we haven’t grown together at all. He gets his family involved...like his mother in on our conversations and arguments...his sister doesn't speak to me and I don't even know why, nor do i care anymore. His sister and I were friends to begin with and I trusted him because I thought I had a good sense of his sister and family and he became my first in all... This is the 3rd time I’ve ended things with him, but why  does he have the nerve to call me back to tell me that "I don't know what to say", and "I miss you", why bother, if he never seemed to be interested, or pretended to be, to begin with? Whats there to miss?

We didn't have many opportunities to sleep together, it happened a few times, hen what exactly is he getting out of this idea of us? It's like he prefers to keep a relationship going on the phone, which isn't consistent, and again, I miss his call and that very day he tells me he misses me and leaves me a message telling me that he'll call me back and then he doesn't, normally he always did... so why bother calling me to begin with? I think he's selfish because he is only considerate of his own feelings....but what exactly is he trying to do? I don't want to be his side dish...and I’m feeling spiteful...what can I do to clear up my foolish image of having stuck around for so long and come across as being better than him rather than one of his subjects.....
 
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June 12, 2009, 2:56 pm PDT

NO WORRIES

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My boyfriend calls me to tell me that he misses me, after I had ended things with him a week earlier, yet there was no initiative or drive in him what so ever to go out of his way to talk to me in person when I told him that I prefer to speak face to face. He's working on renovating his friend's basement and so he's staying at his friends, well really his friend's parents place, for his convenience. He doesn't drive, nor does he have a cell phone, and he's 20, whom acted completely indifferent while we were together, coming up with every excuse in the book to avoid seeing me, at least that's the impression I got. His friend has offered to take him to see me, and has done so, as long as he provided him with gas money. However, generally, I've always notice that my boyfriend would not take the initiative to see me even when an opportunity occurred. It's like our relationship survived over the phone and we would see each other once or twice a week, sometimes the odd 3, or every other week. I did go out of my way to see him too and I don't drive nor own a car either. I wanted a balance and I was always the one to take the initiative to make plans, he never did, and the majority of the time our plans rarely followed through. I've asked friends to take me to see him and so on ...Anyway, since transportation was an issue, every night we would talk to each other and say good night, but suddenly that changed. It seemed like a hassle for him. His excuses were that if he was home his brothers or sisters would be using the phone, or he would tell me that hed call me back and he wouldn't. Once he's been staying with his friend, putting the blame on his family no longer existed because his friend has a cell phone and home phone line that he could use. Obviously he was going out with his friend, whose single, but I didn't care and I told him that, I just wanted to hear from him because I think of him and I found it sad that he was giving off the impression that he wasn't thinking of me. I told him that and i asked, so transportation is cut, and now communication is as well? I told him that I wanted him to be a part of my life but he was only pushing me away nor allowing me to be a part of his, so what love is there? Hed tell me he loved me all the time. This is the 3rd time Ive ended things with him, but this time is final because it's only been the same for the past 6 months and I feel like we havent grown together at all. He gets his family involved...like his mother in on our conversations and arguments...his sister doesn't speak to me and I don't even know why, nor do i care anymore. His sister and I were friends to begin with and I trusted him because I thought I had a good sense of his sister and family and he became my first in all... This is the 3rd time Ive ended things with him, but why  does he have the nerve to call me back to tell me that "I don't know what to say", and "I miss you", why bother, if he never seemed to be interested, or pretended to be, to begin with? Whats there to miss?

We didn't have many opportunities to sleep together, it happened a few times, hen what exactly is he getting out of this idea of us? It's like he prefers to keep a relationship going on the phone, which isn't consistent, and again, I miss his call and that very day he tells me he misses me and leaves me a message telling me that he'll call me back and then he doesn't, normally he always did... so why bother calling me to begin with? I think he's selfish because he is only considerate of his own feelings....but what exactly is he trying to do? I don't want to be his side dish...and Im feeling spiteful...what can I do to clear up my foolish image of having stuck around for so long and come across as being better than him rather than one of his subjects.....
No worries girl!!  First things first... you have not even began to live yet!!  that is good, because young love is hard!!  very!!  I have a daughter about your age.. and I have been there myself..believe me.. I just broke up myself...I should "know better"!! lol.... right?  NOT! Love is love....but let me tell you straight out...NOW!!!  DO NOT CALL HIM ANYMORE... HE SHOULD HAVE A JOB, GO TO SCHOOL.. HAVE A CAR.. HE SHOULD BE AFTER YOU...NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!!  ... He needs to grow up...but he won't yet.. he is just a baby...just think of when he turns 21 and goes out with his friends to the bars etc.....you will be going crazy!!!  You did what you felt....it's over.. leave it alone now and DON'T WASTE ANOTHER MINUTE OF YOUR PRECIOUS LIFE!!!  Do you know how many boys are out there????  concentrate on yourself right now.... remember what happened... ALWAYS , ALWAYS, LISTEN TO YOUR "inner" SELF.. ALWAYS.. that little voice inside... its RIGHT ON!!  You knew it was not right.... now end it once in for all!!!  it's NOT going to work babe!! 
Oh, it hurts... DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT EVER EVER LETTING HIM TOUCH YOUR BODY AGAIN EITHER!!  NEVER EVER GIVE IN TO HIM AGAIN!  Men are in thier prime at this time... that is ALL THEY THINK ABOUT.... you need to be very very careful... the world is full of diseases and you don't want to catch anything .. it's NOT WORTH IT!!!!!.....My daughter had a big scare with her on again off again CHEAT of a boyfriend.. and she thought she got a disease... they will NOT wear condoms!!  It's too scary!!!! I am sorry I sound so blunt.. but I take this very very serious and I wish we had internet and all this when I needed it back in my day!! lol.....I learned everything the hard way.. and now it's my way or the high way baby!! lol ...trust me... he is not the only fish in the sea!!  you should print out what you wrote and read this later in life so you can laugh at it!! lol... you live and learn.. that's all you can do.. we are human!! 
Move on.... take it easy.... don't answer the phone NO MATTER WHAT.....  AND DON'T SEE HIM!!!  The right one can't come into your life if you are stuck to the old!!  It is written all over your face and men can "sense" that.... serious!!
I need to take my own advise, I am having a hard time right now because my boyfriend is NOT right for me.. and I am too old for this crap and I should know better.. and I don't know if he will call or not and I have to be strong... this time it HAS to END.  I wish I can start all over.... most men just think of sex at that age... be very careful...you should concentrate on yourself and your future.. and love is NOT SEX....remember that!!
Go out with your friends, and have a blast.... keep busy... and you will see... it will take you a while... they say sometimes as long as the relationship lasted... but that is ok... right?  be strong.. he will respect you more and you can "stick it" to his baby friends and his family.... you are worth it!! 

let me know what happens...

el
 
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June 14, 2009, 12:24 pm PDT

Boyfriend couldn't handle my grieving

I have been with this guy for over a 9 months. During those months i lost my job, had a miscarriage, a family member dearly close to me was brutally murdered and my father died. He was never there since he was wrappped up in work. Court hearings he always seemed to forget, dr apptshe never went or help out with the bill knowing i had lost my job but supported his male room mate. I called things off last week hoping he snapped and change but he has made no contact being that this would be the first year I had to celebrate my birthday with my family members. Why am I so hurt.
 
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June 15, 2009, 3:21 am PDT

Boyfriend chooses freedom over love

Hello there,
A week ago my boyfriend broke up with me. We had a relationship fo 2 years and 9 months.
We still love eachother and it is very hard for me.
Sometimes we had fights, but we always decided to make things better in the end.
Even a week before the breakup he said he decided to be more passioned in this relationship we had.
Then he had some camp from a theaterclub he is with and a friend from his friend died and he realized he didn't do what he wanted in life, he had to get more out of life.
He came back home and was very silent and distant from me. And I asked him why he was.. he wouldn't tell me but told me in the end he needed time alone to think things over. So I gave him a weekend, but it didn't help. He decided to break up because the relationship was restraining him from being his happy self and to be 'really' alive everyday. I just don't understand, he wasn't himself with me, because he wasn't open enough. I understand a lot of men won't talk about their feelings, but I thought that in relationships problems could be solved together and now he just walks away.
It has been a week from now, I still feel very sad and kinda lonely, I don't have many friend, the ones I have are far away.
I was curious how he was doing and sent him a textmessage, then he replied that he was very busy and not happy with it and I answered that he should take time for himself to overthink things, because, he is always running away from his feelings. And then he said that I shouldn't care about him, that he just needed to have fun in life (I don't know why he can't have fun with me...) and that he didn't want to think and that I shouldn't wait for him to come back together.. I got angry about this somehow, feeling he didn't care about our relationship at all. But then he called the next morning and told me that he didn't mean that he didn't care, that he missed me and that it hurts a lot for him too but that he just doesn't want to think about it. Is that healthy? he wasn't very open in our relationship, probably the reason why it stranded because he can't tell what he want, he can't give his opinion so it seems he doesn't have one. I feel he has to be honest with himself and with me, even when we broke up, so I can leave things behind. So we decided to have a conversation somewhere in the future to talk about things, again.
I just don't understand, why can't he be with me, have fun with me, tell me all his feelings? Maybe it's his past, because he never could tell his parents or anyone else for that sake... and I know I shouldn't wait for him, but we were so close the last time we saw eachother, we still love eachother,.. then why breakup?
I can see something unhealthy in that he can't tell me what he wants.. but..  you could learn to do that, right?  Is there some future if he maybe learns from this?

Also.. I'm sorry if there is any bad English language.. I'm from the Netherlands and trying my best.
 
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June 15, 2009, 5:25 pm PDT

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Does anyone have any insight on this?  I started dating a woman who recently got out of a relationship.  She claimed it had been over for a year, no sex, little communication, both were unhappy, etc.  You get the picture.  Now after 2 months, she feels like she misses her ex and now is basically trying to decide if they should get back together (the ex states he would like her back). My question is....how realistic is it that they are going to make it work THIS time?  I told her that after 3 months it would probably be back to the way it was when they were unhappy. 
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!  Thank  you!
 
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June 18, 2009, 3:52 pm PDT

Breaking Up

Okay so I am having major trouble getting out of a 4 year relationship. My girlfriend and I have broken up a few times throughout our time together and every time this happens she lays some sort of guilt trip on me. She always crys in front of me and begs me not to leave and tells me how much she loves me and stuff, but what about me? I really feel like I am being there just to make her happy because my heart is really not in it. I guess I am a really soft hearted guy and I guess I worry about her feelings more than I do my own. So, how can I get away and not feel guilty? How can I get away and believe that I did the right thing for me?
 

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June 18, 2009, 9:42 pm PDT

Breaking Up

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Does anyone have any insight on this?  I started dating a woman who recently got out of a relationship.  She claimed it had been over for a year, no sex, little communication, both were unhappy, etc.  You get the picture.  Now after 2 months, she feels like she misses her ex and now is basically trying to decide if they should get back together (the ex states he would like her back). My question is....how realistic is it that they are going to make it work THIS time?  I told her that after 3 months it would probably be back to the way it was when they were unhappy. 
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!  Thank  you!
I would say if she is open about missing her ex then you should encourage her to analize why he is her ex. There is a reason why we make people our ex.
 
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June 19, 2009, 2:53 am PDT

In most cases,

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Hi all,

 

My ex common law husband for 4 years and me had a 6 yrs. old daughter.  During those time of separation, we were off and on until last time was December 2004.  He had dated here and there and had a girlfriend in 2004 but only lasts 5 months.  He introduced our daughter to this girl only once.  After that girl, he dated another one that only lasts 3 months.  He came back to me and got back together again but only lasts for not even 2 weeks.  After a month he started seeing a new girl and already started exposing our daughter to her.  They are still together and both been spending time with my daughter sometime every other weekend when my daughter is with him. I overheard on his voice mail messages that this girl is already saying I love you to him.  I know it is not illegal for him to expose my daughter to her..but it's making me really angry.  I wanted to know this girl so I know who my daughter is spending time with when she is with her dad but he would not introduce her to me.  He already introduce her to her family but not to me.  Am I entitled to know or for him to introduce to me to his girlfriend or is this out of my business? 

I would think everyone would want, for lack of a better word, to meet.  When a child is involved it is a good idea to keep everyone on a friendly term basis, for the child's sake. She should want to mee you, he should want to meet anyonne you decided to date, and you should want to meet her.  At least once. This shows the child that there are no secrets and no one is getting hurt, not mommie, not daddie. It shows her that mom and dad are ok and are friends. What more can a kid ask for? 

 

Your anger is your fear. Someone is going to have to step up to plate here, looks like it will be you. Make a plan to all meet, without the child first, then with the child if the first visit goes smooth. Then that is it....Good luck.

 
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