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Molly
Hey ladies
I have found myself stuck in a rut and I don’t know how to feel about it.
First let me give some details to better understand.I am 22 and graduated from management administration studies 8 months ago but haven’t been successful in landing a job. I want to have a career to STICK to, and bagging groceries at the supermarket for the time being is not what I want to be in no matter how honest and humble the job is. I am not being a smart ass its just not what I’m comfortable with. I have tried temping which worked out only a few months and it helped me with money. But since then I have been knocking on doors to get into contact with people that can help me and it’s going well but the hiring process of today has changed and even with degrees and brilliant interviews, it’s difficult to get hired. So I get by with the help of my parents financially for the moment. And since I have been sitting on my butt most of the time I have let myself go a little bit and have gained 10kg. Deep inside I’m a little depressed but it doesn’t stop me from going out still and seeing my friends but since I have little to no money I can’t take care of myself like I use to . And I can’t take care of my responsibility as a girlfriend anymore to do nice stuff and contribute nicely to my relationship. Which brings me to the next chapter.
You see my boyfriend is 29 and we have been together since March 2015. Most of which was spent in long distance but the majority we spent it physically together. He is leaving again this Sunday. (He is studying and has 2 years left) I do not have an issue with the long distance, my problem is the fact that I don’t have a problem with it that bothers me. I don’t feel sad that he is leaving again when before it would tear me apart. Maybe I got use to it but I think it’s more than that. I am actually looking forward for him to leave so I can breathe and do things my way. During the time that he is here with me I spend ALL my time at his house. Sometimes I want to stay at my house just to be on my own but he tells me to come to his place since he wants to maximize the time together before he leaves. And I understand that and appreciate the fact he wants to spend time but I am so tired with the back and forth. Because I can spend a week at his house but then my parents will ask me to come home because I haven’t moved in with him and they don’t know him too well since he never comes to my place when I invite him, said he is not comfy to meet my family yet (we both live with our parents) so I go home for 2 days and go back to his house which is 45 minutes away by BUS and with my stuff in a bag (I don’t have a car and he sold his since he went abroad to study). My boyfriend is not 100% nice. He has mean streak and he likes things his way. He is very passive aggressive and sometimes I don’t see myself having a future with him but then when things gets better it changes my mind. However the thing about not meeting my parents and me always being the one coming to him kinda bugs me but I’m not thinking about it.
So bottom line is I am not sure of him yet if he is ‘the one’. And with everything going on with ME personally I just feel like I no longer want to be in this relationship or ANY other relationship for that matter. I want to be alone in my universe to work on myself and dedicate my time and attention for some good self love. To get my career straight, hit the gym and just do things for myself. But I don’t know how to address this to my boyfriend. He is talking about building a house when he comes from study and buying a car and wants me to contribute of course but I am 22 years old. I do want all of this for myself in the future but I do not have the money for it anytime soon and Im not 100% sure its my boyfriend I want all this with. I feel so guilty and I know I am going to be scolded on the forum for this. And everyone will simply tell me to break up but the situation is not as easy as I wish it was. I feel stuck. Got my own problems on one hand and on the other having a relationship right now is just applying more pressure. I dont know what to do. I feel like a failure and totally unprepared for relationships right now. And I have been thinking a lot because of this. When I look back on my past since I turned 18 i have been having long relationships, I never got the chance to be on my own for a long while to enjoy things and life. And this has been bugging me a lot as I might be moving too fast in my life, (my dad has told me so; my parents are very open and cool)I know I love my boyfriend, I was crazy for him I couldn’t sleep but everything that has happened, and have got to know him in every corner of himself my love for him is not enough in this situation. Our sex is still great and we look happy when we are together, I was sick recently and he took care of me, and tomorrow I have planned a small farewell party for him with some friends who pinched in financially for his going away. He does good things too, but his personality is not one I can deal with sometimes. And since I’ve been coming to his house I have gotten really close with his siblings and it’s just sad to up leave just like that. Oh my goodness everything is just confusing to me I can’t tell what pages we are on. So much pressure.
What should I do when I’ve realized that I don’t want to be in ANY relationship right now but I already have one?
What makes it hard for me to just ‘talk’ to my bf about this is because he won’t understand, he will think I have someone else or something. And I don’t want all that drama where everyone will be involved, his family and our friends. And also I don’t want to hurt him. He had a bad break up with his ex and she did pretty much the same thing and left. And I feel so bad to do this. Im just taking a day at a time but I am pressured to do things I don’t want to do yet because I have to think of other people’s feelings (trying to not be selfish). And definitely it will hurt to seperate from him. I know it will hurt me and I would think maybe I haven’t thought it through, which is why I am asking for help.
The truth is it is not about him really. It’s about me and the stage I am in in my life. I do not want to break up with him to be free to go flirt around and hit the club every night. I just feel like at this moment, mentally, financially and a little bit physically I am not PREPARED for relationships.
Please ladies, help me. what is the best way to go about this? :((
MollyAnyone please?
Ash—————————–
“What should I do when I’ve realized that I don’t want to be in ANY relationship right now but I already have one?”
—————————–You could break up with him to work on yourself, but if that’s not what you want to do then him going away sounds like exactly what the doctor ordered.
So let him go away, use the time to work on yourself and when you feel better either bounce back appropriately or the time apart will give you enough reflection to break it off.
MollyThanks ash..it’s what I am looking forward to at the moment. To breathe and think better but obviously he will still want me to behave appropriately as a girlfriend while he is gone. To text him day and night to tell him where I’m going and all that. I’m just not into all this anymore. Breaking up NOW is the best thing to do but I dont know how to do it. But i think I might just see after he goes away how things are.
LaneHi Molly,
I would do the slow fade out. He’s leaving and will be busy with studies so you will have a lot of time to be with you. Allow it to naturally occur by talking less and less to the point where both of you have moved on without having to say anything.
Although mine were mainly military orientated, after a few months my passion/love waned to the point I no longer responded to their letters/calls (before phones/internet). Although in my case I knew I would never see them again so a formal breakup was unnecessary, however you may need to ‘end it’ but I would pick the prime opportunity to do so, such as lack of contact on his end and say “this is working out, and would like us to take a break’…then make it permanent.
Lanesorry meant “this ISN’T working out, and would like us to take a break”
MollyThank you lane.
Sounds like this could work. Just this morning he got angry at me for no reason. Turned his back to me and all I don’t know. So I guess it will indeed’naturally’ happen.So sad but can’t ignore the way I feel inside.
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