Basically been seeing someone for over 2 months but I left midway through because I wanted to focus on my career. Few weeks later, I asked for her back. She accepted. We laid out the ground rules. We’d take it slow. And we’d be exclusive. Not bad, at least on paper but get this. It’s almost like she doesn’t want to talk/see me...at all. We went on a date last weekend, which was incredibly awkward. She was on her phone. Kind of dazed out. Barely listening. Didn’t find me as funny as before. I’d make this girl laugh into tears and now she just...chuckles. So I’ve kept my distance. Remained exclusive for about over 2 weeks now. But what doesn’t make sense is that I’m exclusive to someone who doesn’t even talk to me. Within the last few weeks, she’s reached out once (which was yesterday) and once I started to put more personality in my texts, her responses became cold. So I left it at that. I want to make this work. It was really great when we both clicked. But it confuses me that I’m s...

Tldr: Is my boyfriend private or is he a liar? If he really is just private what should I do? Second account to protect privacy. My boyfriend is super private, as he calls it. He doesnt like to be monitored and cherishes his freedom. He talks to a lot of women on social media, younger ones, but doesnt tell me. I've asked him to let me know who his female friends are, and when he talks to them if he does often. He refuses to. He does not want me to tag him on things on social media. He is always on his phone and actually doesnt here me when we talk bc he is talking to others. He gets mad if I ask who hes talking to. He tells me I should just trust hin and that I cause arguments. I get upset because social media clearly shows what photos he likes on Instagram and who hes chatting with on FB theough suggested people to chat with. It isnt hard to figure out. I get evey worried and ask him for reassurance about certain people he likes every photo of or people Facebook shows me he i...

So my boyfriend and I have been together a year and we live together. Well today, he mentioned how his 70 year old dad is getting old and wants him to come live with us (eventually) until he dies. His dad is married but the wife is crazy and doesn’t want him living with her but yet wants his financial support. It’s a weird situation that I’m not fully aware of. I guess my “issue” with this is: we have a small house that we’re currently remodeling. Even with just the two of us it feels like a one bedroom house. There’s a den (entertainment/TV room), a tiny master bedroom and directly next to it, another bedroom. The “living room” is a formal living room. We also have a dog and two cats that stress my boyfriend out because the cats always fight/play (ones a baby and ones a senior cat) and the dog is old so he’s becoming senile. It’s already cramped in here as it is and he wants to bring his dad in here essentially to die. We don’t have the space nor the time, that a dying person needs...

I don’t want to go into a bunch of details so I’ll give you an abridged version of whole story. So this past summer my girlfriend went to Europe for a couple of months with her family. I didn’t want to be alone for the summer so I decided to get me a temporary summer girlfriend. I had the full intention of breaking up with her when the summer ended and my girlfriend came back home. I bonded a lot with the summer girl, at first she didn’t come across as someone super interesting or smart. But she was exactly that. I genuinely fell for her. But obviously I was in a a commuted relationship so I had to end it. It was a good breakup and didn’t get ugly or anything. The messed up part comes when my girlfriend came home and tells me we need to talk. I immediately knew what was coming. She dumped me. She said our time apart was the happiest she had been in a long time. Then she got up and walked away. I was hurt and heartbroken. I decided to reach out to my summer girlfriend and see if she ...

Me (34 y/o gay male) 4 brothers and their wives (36-46 y/o) Dad (dead) Mom (64 y/o not dead) My dad was a youth minister and was very good at his job. He really listened when people spoke to him and had deep connections with several people. Many of my friends looked up to his as a mentor and role model. He had this ability to inspire, connect, and relate to almost everyone he met and really preach with empathy. One of my brother's is an addict and my dad was instrumental in supporting him get clean from heroin. But being gay was totally different. When I came out it was pretty rough. I remember my dad said "you're a sinner and you will go to hell if you continue this lifestyle." My sexuality was the big rainbow colored elephant in the room. No one wanted to bring it up except for me. There was this big distance growing between me and my family so one day (I was 18) I said I was going to go to a college orientation, and instead I moved to Chicago (family in the bur...

So I've known this guy for a little over a year and we used to be good friends. I had feelings for him and I think he did too, but at the time I didn't address it properly, things got awkward and we drifted apart. We're just acquaintances now. Although we haven't been in touch for many months I've been thinking about him and wish I could rekindle our friendship (not with a specific agenda in mind.) The thing is, I texted him and perhaps seemed too casual/confusing. Since it was out of the blue I texted him about some course he had done (I was nervous and didn't know how else to start). After we exchanged formalities, he asked about my course options, then I gave him a run down and he hasn't said anything after. I guess I didn't leave much to reply to but I was hoping we'd go forward from there? So I need help on how and what to text him to convey I actually want to talk to him and he's been on my mind (not about some course lol). Is it weird f...

I (21F) met this guy (26M) online where we played games and talked for about half a year before established a connection (not official, we were taking things slowly). We were planning to meet each other this Christmas, and we already video called and voice called each other weekly. I came out from a badly-ended relationship with my ex, and so I avoided my ex for a while until we both agreed to resume the friendship, like, started to play games and talk again without yelling or talking trash about each other again. The reason is because me and my ex share the same circle of friends and there's no use trying to erase him from my life. We both hated each other a lot till recently we admitted that we have to grow up and stop letting our past relationship mingles into the conversation among our group of friends. This means that we endure each other while taking part in common activities with our mutual friends, and not intentionally seek the other one out. We don't want to get bac...