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Nia
Hi how are you? I am so sorry this might seem all over the place I’m just a wreck so please bare with me if you can. Thank you in advance.
I am going through a really tough time right now. My fiancé has practically abandoned me after 8 years, 1 year of that we’ve been engaged. I am broken and he is literally ignoring all my phone calls and text messages. He has always had a calm demeanor but it slowly started to seem like he just didn’t care as much as I did and I overlooked it for a long time to make things work and thought I was overthinking it. I don’t know if this is what I deserve because I chose to ignore that sign or what but I’m just lost. And when I say abandoned I mean he literally is risking his life during this pandemic to go and do deliveries for his business just so he doesn’t have to deal with me and our issues. Why am I still calling and texting someone that is showing me in my face that they don’t want me or this?
He leaves in the morning and doesn’t come back until it’s time to sleep and he refuses to talk. I just want to disappear because it seems like it’s what he wants. And the only reason I know he’s at work is because he gets up early and pushes out all his inventory and comes back with nothing and everyone tags him in posts on social media thanking him for their plates. Other than that I would think he was cheating. As you can tell by now. another issue, trust! I am at a standstill I don’t know a life without him we’ve been together since I was 16 years. I’m so hurt that someone I thought I knew could just quit on me like I’m nothing.
I am so hurt. He ignores my text messages when I express my feelings and if he does respond he ignores what I say. He keeps telling me I complain and make him feel like I’ll be better off without him and I never said that, we just have a LOT of unsolved issues. Here’s an example of the most recent message he sent.
“I wasn’t working to forget you, I was working to clear my head. This isn’t easy for me. Us not being good effects me more than you’ll ever know. I’m sorry.
But I swear this doesn’t seem like it. He makes me feel worthless I texted him so much and he barely responded. Yesterday he said he would make time for me, I waited by the phone until midnight and kept calling until I got an answer and he fell asleep. Woke up this morning didn’t acknowledge me at all. After 8 years I’m not worth fighting for? I’m not worth an ounce of effort? It feels like my heart is ripped out and he’s squeezing and watching me gasp for air. I don’t know what to do I will never be able to get over the fact that he was even capable of doing this to me. What do I do? I love him so much and I don’t know a life without him we’ve been together since I was 16.
LaneYou are the definition of a walking talking co-dependent! Seriously, you need to take a *time out* and stop constantly wanting something from him as I could understand WHY he feels drained by you, heck just reading our post emotionally drained me!
Here is what YOU need to do. Go away for a couple weeks. Give him and you some space to clear your heads and not deal with the relationship. Go no contact, and while you are away bring a lot of self-help books with you that deals with co-dependency, neediness, and how to boost your independence, self worth and setting some boundaries (on yourself) because he IS going to walk forever if you don’t get your stuff together. It may be too late, the damage is done so this is the 9-1-1 of potentially salvaging it.
You are too reliant on him. He is not your crutch, he’s a man who is trying to survive in this world and needs a supportive partner, not a nagging complaining black cloud hovering over him like a helicopter. You MAY be able to turn this around if you can get yourself turned around first. The bad news is the damage could very well be too great. The good news is that you may get to a point, with a lot of work, to find a way to be *interdependent* instead of co-dependent! BTW, I am an ex co-dependent and now interdependent….its took losing a toxic relationship of over 20 years to get me there though, so again, even if it doesn’t work with him, it could be much better with someone else—I know because I found that someone and our interdependent relationship of over three years is going great and getting stronger each year!
There is light…you just need to move towards it.
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