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How to ask for more time and communication

Dating 6 months. My guy is amazing but when we’re not together I often feel like I’m not a priority. This is because he’s an extremely sparse texter and doesn’t seem to be a planner (I always have to set up the next date). I have plenty of reason to believe it has nothing to do with me; I think we just have different ideas of these things and/or maybe he’s just ADD or something (like I’m out of sight out of mind). But it’s driving me nuts. How do I talk to him about this? Submitted October 15, 2019 at 12:16AM Dating 6 months.My guy is amazing but when we’re not together I often feel like I’m not a priority. This is because he’s an extremely sparse texter and doesn’t seem to be a planner (I always have to set up the next date).I have plenty of reason to believe it has nothing to do with me; I think we just have different ideas of these things and/or maybe he’s just ADD or something (like I’m out of sight out of mind). But it’s driving me nuts.How do I talk to him about this?

My (m/26) girlfriend (f/22) of 10 months thinks that she’s dead weight because she’s less experienced with positive relationships. How should I respond?

TRIGGER WARNING: abuse My girlfriend of 10 months is a survivor of intense abuse of just about every type you can imagine. Our relationship is one of the first - if not the first - positive ones she’s ever had. She’s also extremely precocious, and takes it personally when she gets something wrong. The thing is, she’s new to someone treating her positively. We’ve both learned a lot from our relationship, but she (at least visibly) has learned a lot more than I do. She views herself as a dead weight for not “getting things right” the first time. We have a wonderful relationship, and I don’t think she’s lesser for this. Everyone starts somewhere. I can say all of this to her and comfort her in the moment and it helps sometimes, but sometimes I’m met with “Easy for you to say, you’re not constantly fucking up.” I’m trying to find something to say that reframes the conversation so that she can find a more positive way to view it, and she doesn’t feel so guilty. Does anyone have any idea...

I (22M) have just been broken up with over wanting to attending night outs with my friends

I'm currently in the last year of college and plan to go quite hardcore on my career after graduation, and my girlfriend (ex now) has broken up with me as I wanted to attend a few clubs with my friends before the year ends (after the year I cant imagine ill have the time nor the energy other than holding down a relationship) however she has now ended the relationship as she believes it is disrespectful (despite I allow her to go out on her own). I'd say i'm upset but i'm more shocked than anything else. Can anyone give me an answer whether i'm in the wrong or whether she is? tl;dr: Girlfriend doens't want me going out as she believes its disrespectful despite going out when I say its okay for her to do so. She has ended it with me, am I wrong to have stuck to my opinion? Submitted October 14, 2019 at 11:09PM I'm currently in the last year of college and plan to go quite hardcore on my career after graduation, and my girlfriend (ex now) has broken u...

I [25F] need advice on how live with an ex [25M]

Hi all, I’m looking for advice on how to tolerate living with an ex. My BF [25M] and I [25F] are most likely calling it quits today due to multiple issues. We’ve been together for about 1.5 years now and we moved in together back in July. Hindsight is 20/20 and I now know we weren’t ready for it. Insta-regret.. So now the break up is here, and both of our names are on the lease (2 bedroom apartment). I would rather him to move out because I still love him and have feelings for him, which most likely isn’t reciprocated. He’s not financially stable enough to live on his own and I don’t want to put him out on his ass in all honesty. This is killing me.. I need advice on how I can get over this heartbreak and still live in the same apartment? Thanks you for your time! TL;DR - relationship of 1.5yrs in turmoil, forced to live with each other. Need advice how to live in the same apartment as an ex. Submitted October 14, 2019 at 11:12PM Hi all, I’m looking for advice on how to tolerat...

My (F17) aunt (F60) that I live with is mad at me for my mental illness.

My (F17) aunt (F62) that I currently live with yelled at me for my mental illness. Hi! I currently am finishing my senior year in a new state, I moved across the country and my mother did not make the move, yet. In the meantime, I have been living with my aunt for about three months and it has been manageable for the most part. Of course, it’s not ‘my’ home, and I do not feel comfortable. My aunt and uncle try to make me feel at home, but it is very difficult and I feel I have no privacy. They are very opinionated, and feel free to say whatever comes to their minds. I am used to living in a larger home, with just my mother and I and we were both very independent and living with her was perfect. I worked, went to school, hung out with friends, I was barely home. Moving your senior year across the country to a new high school has definitely been one of the hardest things I’ve gone through. My mother still lives across the country, I haven’t seen her in three months and I miss her a...

Did I (35f) push him (38m) to cheat?

We had lived together for 3 years. Several bad things happened that caused me to push him away a little more each time. First of all, I discovered he had been texting flirtatiously with a co-worker. That stopped, but a little bit of my trust in him died. Then I found out he was texting another woman we both know. When I asked him about it, he at first tried to deny that he texts her at all. He then tried to blame me saying I am so jealous and paranoid after the co-worker incident that he just "didn't want to deal with it". ​ More trust died. Then he was texting some other woman (I know I sound like an idiot here now), and I told him I wanted to read their texts. He showed me his phone and he had deleted the texts. ( as a side note, I later found out that there was nothing inappropriate in their texts ). I was furious that he would be dumb enough to delete texts between himself and another woman, so I told him I was considering moving out. I did move out of our bedro...

I [25/F] was ghosted by my SIL [35/F] after she had twins, and now family dinners are awkward.

I need some advice on some family relationships. To preface I'm generally a very trusting person, but also a very closed person. I won't show my true self to people very easily, but I'm also very easy-going. That's what makes me think I didn't offend my SIL to get ghosted. Before my SIL became pregnant last year we weren't super close, but we did hangout occasionally. After she became pregnant with twins we started to become closer. I'd go over to help with things she needed, and hangout together while doing it. I thought we were becoming friends, and we'd text regularly. After her babies were born I was over multiple times a week, everything seemed fine, and we'd just chill and I'd help with baby stuff. As the months went on she healed, and she insisted she wanted time alone with the babies before she went back to work. We'd still see each other a few times a month, and text. As the months went on she suddenly didn't reply to my texts ...