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    P

    Hi everyone –

    On the weekend I went for an evening walk with my girlfriend. We are/were planning on moving forward together. It’s been 7 months. I asked her about her finances, and that I was a bit concerned. She has been upfront about her income and savings but I felt like I wanted to know a bit more.

    She got really angry. She walked off on me. She reached her house before I did. I wasn’t that far behind her. She stormed inside and threw my stuff into my arms ams told me leave. She was silently boiling with rage. She told me that I don’t need to worry as our plans won’t be happening.

    I was shocked but stayed calm. I tried to explain that I just wanted a conversation around it but she took it very badly. She just kept saying just go. She wasn’t clear if it was a break up.

    I ended up staying as I didn’t want to walk away, deciding that I wanted to work it out an calm her down. I’m now wondering if I should of left and let her reach out instead of standing my ground and trying to help her talk about why she is so upset. This has happened before. It’s like she changes and I can’t connect with her. She is stone cold. This is the second time. It always feels sudden. But it’s when she feels attacked in a conversation.

    Would you have left?

    #931496 Reply
    tammy

    have you told her about your income, savings and future financial plans/goals?

    #931497 Reply
    P

    @tammy
    Yes.

    She has a very high income, lives simply is super careful with her money. I felt like there was something not adding up. For what she earns and how she lives and her savings I wanted to know if she wasn’t telling something. I was awkward in asking. But we are about to live together. We were anyway until she said it’s now off because of the conversation.

    #931499 Reply
    Raven

    I’m sorry P- I’m going to be blunt.
    How many times does this woman have to treat you like sh!t before you get the message?!

    #931502 Reply
    Honesty Rockss

    She sounds like fun. Not. Why do you want this for yourself ? And what are you thinking that concerns the finances when living together ? Could it be that she’s frugal and has issues with money so will it be willing to share or contribute when you live together. These are things that need to be worked out and finalised before you make any plans or changes.

    #931503 Reply
    Honesty Rockss

    Sorry I meant she will be unwilling to contribute.

    #931504 Reply
    Liz Lemon

    Hi P! I remember your other posts about this person. If I were you I’d think twice about moving in with her. First of all, I don’t think it’s a good idea to live with someone who’s not willing to have an open an honest conversation about finances. You need to outline your expectations and what you will both contribute.

    Second of all, her reaction was completely disproportionate. Surely you recognize that storming off, raging, throwing your stuff at you and telling you to leave is unacceptable behavior? From your other posts I recall that this person has a lot of issues. You’ve posted about problems with her multiple times (I think this is at least your 4th post about her) in 7 months. This is not to attack you for posting, I think it’s great you’re reaching out for feedback– but it seems this person isn’t stable. You keep experiencing problems with her. Seven months of dating isn’t that long, you don’t really know this woman that well yet. So I’d advise you not to move in (don’t one or both of you have children? Don’t uproot the children’s lives and move in together when she is this unstable!).

    And of course I agree with Raven’s point– this woman has a history of treating you badly, I encourage you to seriously evaluate whether this relationship is healthy for you…..good luck!

    #931507 Reply
    Raven

    Are you still at her place? If you are, please gather your things & return to yours… Now. Don’t matter what time it is or what else you’ve got going…

    You’re walking on egg shells & if you keep this up, you’re running screeming face first into co-dependence, right now, you’re tippy toeing.

    With what you’ve shared, mee thinks it’s her pushing you away with big shove.

    Next time I won’t be surprised if she gets physical with you.

    #931508 Reply
    tammy

    i don’t know about the earlier posts. nor about your history with this woman. but if you are planning and discussing about moving in together, why doesn’t she want to discuss? finances and future goals is important. i agree with other posters. pls do not make plans to move in yet till you guys sort this out. and she seems to have over reacted over what i am not sure actually.

    my suggestion is that if she has over reacted and thrown a tantrum over a non issue, u need to leave her well alone. am sure when she comes to her senses she will get in touch with you. pls do not reach out or make the first move. let her reach out.

    you can in the meanwhile think this whole relationship through. whether shes right for you and this is the relationship you want. its not too late.

    #931522 Reply
    P

    Thank you, I don’t think she is treating me badly, but she is risking me walking and maybe that’s what she wants to prove that I will leave her. She is kind and warm just not always available. She has poor follow through I think mainly due to her being time poor and really affected by anxiety. She does change this into I’m expecting more than she can manage.

    I think if this happens again I will just say ok and talk to you later and leave instead of playing therapist and talking it through with her. One thing that I did decide was that as she took moving in together off the table when she got angry I will keep it that way. Not out of spite but I need to know her much better. I will be looking at years before I move forward now.

    Until then I’m going to make this relationship more casual. I love spending time with her, we have a lot of fun but she really isn’t meeting a lot of my needs. After talking it through with a close friend I’ve realized that I’ve noticed she over commits herself/she is time poor. She is impulsive/ she really doesn’t seem to think logistics through. She gets really excited by an idea but then it seems to be forgotten about.

    What I’m doing wrong here is that I’m making giant allowances. I’m too understanding of her needs forgetting about my own. I want her to feel comfortable and happy.I’ve just realized oh Fu-k! this is the relationship I had with my mother as a child. How she was and how I felt protective of her, how she was so fun to be around, how she was mentally unwell that it really affected her that she couldn’t leave the house. Her really dark colouring etc. I’m a dating my mother? Does this happen?

    What do I do with this now?

    #931523 Reply
    P

    Also @Liz Lemon I post do a lot. But that’s because I’m anxious about relationships and fearful that I’m not paying due diligence to who I pick to spend time with. It’s pretty typical of my attachment style.

    #931524 Reply
    Raven

    Yes P, this is a thing, It’s called Imprinting…

    #931526 Reply
    tammy

    i am getting conflicting views from your posts P. on one hand you seen to know exactly how she behaves and her weaknesses.but you are defending her actions because of the way she is. these discussions have sprung from the fact that she got angry, hyper and cut you out when you wanted to discuss finances. lets narrow it down. how are her anxiety issues and bad time management connected with her getting mad with you when you wanted to simply discuss finances? can you explain that?? she doesn’t have to defend herself because your already defending her.

    Towards the latter part of the post your saying you won’t move in and that you will take years! why? you already seem to know her well. her gud and bad traits. noone is saying she is a bad or a gud person. but she seems to be treating you badly or as you said her bad time management and anxiety issues cause her to over react and you become her punching bag! why are you willing to accept that?

    you realise your over compensating and you very well understand her personality traits and her demons. i think you need to carefully weigh in your pros and cons. what your getting and what your giving. and of course how you feel abt this give and take along with your feelings for her. after weighing in all the factors, i think its time you make a decision. by saying you will get casual, take time etc. maybe is a way of copping out of taking hard decisions?

    #931546 Reply
    AngieBaby

    P I love you and I want to see you be happy.

    That being said, I’m gonna be honest – I feel like we’re enabling you here. You’ve posted many times about this woman since you met her and you’ve been warned repeatedly by many people here from the get-go this is going to be a rough ride and won’t work out in the end. But you said you really like her and sex is amazing, etc.

    As usual, you’re posting with a red herring question instead of asking the real questions that need to be addressed – why do I find someone so difficult so irresistible and why don’t I believe I deserve better?

    I just told someone else this and I think it applies here. This is not about her anymore, it’s about YOU.

    The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result. That’s what you’re doing.

    You two are not good for each other. Your issues and her issues are not a good combination. You think that because things are good most of the time and she only kicks off occasionally, you can somehow manage that and keep it going. But this is an unhealthy, codependent dynamic you two have going here from my perspective in my opinion.

    What do you do with this now? You’ve asked this before and you don’t take the advice. But I”m going to say it one more time because I think you need to hear it. You need to leave this relationship and cut contact with her. Get into therapy before you start dating again.

    This is NEVER going to change. It’s always going to be something with her. And you’re feeding it, because you’ve got issues too or you wouldn’t tolerate any of this and you would have been gone a long time ago. She’s doing you a favor, not allowing you to move in. For God’s sake, do not move in. Your life will be hell. And God help you if you decide to marry her. That will be a really sucky divorce.

    Please value yourself and your happiness enough to get a grip and end this. Now.

    I think you should get into therapy in real life and stop posting here, it’s not helping you. Although updates would be good to hear. I really hope you can find the strength to end this dead end relationship.

    I trust you will take this in the helpful spirit in which it’s intended. Hugs.

    #931556 Reply
    tammy

    to answer what you have asked? yes i would have left! long time back.

    #931573 Reply
    mama

    AngieBaby, I think you hit the proverbial nail on the head.

    #931605 Reply
    T from NY

    What AngieBaby said!

    Also I would venture to say that I’ve learned from reading this forum for years that the majority of posts are the posters “issue”, and not the significant other they write in about. Through my own evolution I no longer need to write in for myself anymore because any time I have the inclination – I realize the root cause is ALWAYS me – trying to construe a man’s interest, riddle out his behaviors or psychological damage, or rationalize their lack of effort behaviors.

    The person *for you* WILL MAKE IT KNOWN, TALK IT THROUGH, and you will rarely be questioning.

    #931607 Reply
    tammy

    so true. this poster knows exactly whats wrong with this relationship and tht he has already given many many chances. and nothing has changed. yet he goes back for more. he should figure why he goes back now more important than her behaviour.

    #931608 Reply
    Raven

    She

    #931610 Reply
    P

    Raven is right its she.

    Hmm yes you are right, it’s me. If I’m posting that I’m frustrated, not getting my my needs met and not trusting then why am I continuing.

    #931634 Reply
    tammy

    it has gone on for a while. sometimes things evolve and get better when your dating for some time. you get used to the other persons peculiar quirks. with you guys, its obvious that she has a certain pattern in her behavior. and its also obvious that when she goes on her such tirades, you get frustrated and upset. you want to handle issues without drama all the time, she thrives on drama. either accept the fact for what it is and stay with her or move on. its obvious she will mostly stay this way with the hope that will mellow down with time.

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