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I am really hurt but I don't want to break up with him

 
 
stephh
 
Reply Tue 1 May, 2018 06:02 am
Me (18) and my boyfriend (21) have been together for 2 years. The first year we spent together was the best year of my life. He was perfect, we spent time together everyday. Since we are long distance we play video games together and watch shows together. This was going perfectly fine until he found this game I wasn't too interested in. He got addicted. It was bad, I felt forgotten and depressed everyday, but I accepted that he was happy with it so I didn't do much. 4 months passed, still didn't spend time with me. I felt like I had to bring it up with him. I did and he understood and even admitted that the amount he played was WAY TOO MUCH. He started spending time with me again, playing the games we used to play together. I was the happiest girl alive again. 1 week later, he told me he was starting to lose feelings for me. I was so sad and couldn't even believe it. I didn't eat, I didn't go to school, I was so hurt.
He told me the reason to his feelings fading was that he felt like he had to spend time with me doing things he doesn't enjoy, and that if he didn't do it, he knew I'd be sad. So basically he felt "forced" and told me he feels like he has no freedom. I couldn't stand the thought of breaking up, so I stopped asking him to spend time with me, because I didn't know he felt that way. It has been a couple weeks now. He doesn't even reply to my texts when he plays the game. He told me his feelings for me are back now because he got his freedom back and doesn't feel forced. He does text me occasionally while he is at work, but once he gets home, he doesn't message me until around 1-2 am and says the reason he doesn't reply to me is because "he forgets to check his phone". We have met many times in real life. we live in the same country and even planned to move in together this summer (he lives alone). I am moving schools to go to the one that is close to him. He told me last week that if I don't move in with him, he knows it won't work, and I agree. But then later he also told me he is scared of me moving in, because he's scared he won't be able to spend as much time on his game since I'll be living with him. I told him I could get my own apartment, but he said he wants me to live with him. I am so confused and I don't know what to do. Today we both have our days off work and school and I hated it because I know he won't talk to me. Am I overreacting? It feels like the game is a priority over me, and he said there is absolutely nothing that can compare to me, but I really feel forgotten. I even offered to play the game with him, even though I don't like the game. he says it's pointless because his level is much higher than mine and we won't be able to do things together.
I really want to spend time with him but I am scared to ask since I know he doesn't want to do anything else than play the game.
The reason I don't want to break up is because I know how loving and perfect he is when he isn't playing the game, and I really don't want to let go now because I have exams coming up next month and I can't stand the heartache while under pressure, it's just too much for my little heart to handle. I just want him back. We did make a promise that he calls me every night before sleeping. But it feels so pointless because i stay up so late just to wait for him to call me so he can fall asleep 2 minutes after calling, not even being able to have a conversation. This morning he told me his headache was so bad he had to get up and get painkillers. I said okay, get well soon. 2 minutes after he hung up he was on the game and now I know we won't talk until midnight again. what do I do about this? I don't complain to him because I'm scared he will lose feelings for me again, so I just let him do what he wants and I try to enjoy my own hobbies. It works at times but this has been going on since October 2017 and I know I have this depression growing inside me because of how much I miss him.
 
jespah
 
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Reply Tue 1 May, 2018 07:05 am
@stephh,
stephh wrote:

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It feels like the game is a priority over me...

This.

You are absolutely right.

As for him pushing you to live with him, that's bullshit. He just wants sex on demand and for you to get off his back so he can go back to his addiction (the game). He'll claim that being in the same room as you is spending time together and he'll say he's done his part.

You don't deserve this shoddy treatment.

I'm sorry about how upset you are, and I'm even sorrier that (a) you've wasted so much time on this and (b ) you feel you are getting depressed.

Please, I urge you to talk with a therapist. Talk about getting your self-esteem back and about building a life that isn't centered around someone who doesn't feel the same way that you do.

I am sorry. You deserve better. I hope you can see that.
stephh
 
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Reply Tue 1 May, 2018 09:10 am
@jespah,
I don't want it to end. I got a train ticket on June 25th to visit him. Last time I visited him was 23rd February - 1st of March, he was still addicted to the game at that time, but didn't even touch it while I was there, and didn't feel bored or anything. we went hiking together, cooked together and visited his family. everything was perfect, he even cried when I left at the train station because he didn't want me to leave.

Once he got back home from the train station, he started playing the game again. and there he sits in his room playing the game until the next time I visit him. This has been going on for half a year now, but he just seems to get more and more addicted.

I still see hope because he is never bored when I visit him. I do game a lot myself so we had everything planned, where I'd put my PC in his room etc. and he seemed SUPER excited because it was like a dream come true to him.

I'm just having a hard time because I'm not guaranteed a spot in the school next to him. my chances are like 50% and I just know it won't end well if I get a mail saying the school is full. I will get my answers in 1 month and I'm just so anxious and nervous plus him barely talking to me just adds to my pain and stress.
ehBeth
 
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Reply Tue 1 May, 2018 09:14 am
@stephh,
stephh wrote:
I'm not guaranteed a spot in the school next to him


is that the best school for your academic/career future?
stephh
 
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Reply Tue 1 May, 2018 10:19 am
@ehBeth,
Yes. It offers the same as the school I go to now
ehBeth
 
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Reply Tue 1 May, 2018 10:21 am
@stephh,
If it is the same program why transfer? if it's to be with the guy, re-think it.
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chai2
 
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Reply Tue 1 May, 2018 10:33 am
stepph valcillates between "things are perfect" aka "everything is going the way I want" to "I'm hurt and everythings a disaster", i.e. someone else is making sure their needs are being met.

She wants them to be joined at the hip, a recipe for disaster, and he wants to have interests of his own that don't involve her. Which sound really healthy to me.

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