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Heartbroken over FwB, cant cope

 
 
EV3033
 
Reply Sun 12 Jun, 2022 06:13 am
I F(21) dated a guy (31) I met on Bumble for 3 months but he ended things with me because he said he couldn’t see a future with me because of the age difference. We then became fwb. He said we would definitely stay friends when the benefits ended and told me he saw me as a good friend.

I went to his place Monday, we slept together and he noticed I had a new self harm scar. He said he knows its an addiction and that he wanted to help me and that I shouldn't feel embarrassed. At one point while I was there he gets a call and leaves the room. When I went to go pee I heard he was talking to a girl and I heard him call her sweetie and something about her taking the train and Friday. He told me he was on the phone with a friend and that he and his gf found out they were pregnant.He then told he liked me and that we should go do something together sometime like go to a spa or whatever I wanted and that he had to work the next day and wouldn’t be coming home but that I could stay another night if I wanted to.

The next day he left for work and I didn’t stay much longer because it felt weird to stay at his place while he wasn’t there. Later that night I got a bunch of texts from him like “I’m concerned about you” “I don’t know if I can ever see u the same way again” “I thought u didn’t selfharm anymore and I felt like u were rationalizing it” I can’t carry the weight of your emotional state on my shoulders”.I told him I know its not ok, but I slipped up and he then said “Its all okay, I just feel I need a break because I’m heartbroken from it”

2 days later I texted him and told him his sudden change of attitude was confusing. He said he didn’t understand it either. I asked him why he didnt tell me those things when I was there and he said because “it came later”. He then said that he doesn’t want to be friends with me anymore and that “ he wants to nurture me but wants to feel nurtured and challenged too” and that I crossed his boundary because I talked to him while I was there when he didn’t want to talk (even tho he was on the phone with someone for like 30 min). He said I should accept his goodbye for now and that these were good terms. He told me to please not message him and that he would text me again if he felt there was a possibility we could be friends,but that I shouldn't count on it and that that was his final message.

I couldn't resist the urge to text and I sent a text saying "Im sorry, but I dont see how these are good terms, u did exactly what u said u wouldn't do, u said we would still be friends when the benefits end, u told me u liked me and now ur ghosting me.." He then said he was blocking me because I "keep blaming him for ****" and that I dont care about his feelings and that we definitely cant be friends after that message. I cant stop blaming myself.I really liked him and I cant cope with the idea of never seeing/talking to him again. He was the only one I talked to and I feel so alone now. I cant forgive myself. I wish I could fix things.
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Mame
 
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Reply Sun 12 Jun, 2022 07:25 am
@EV3033,
EV3033 wrote:

I cant cope with the idea of never seeing/talking to him again. He was the only one I talked to and I feel so alone now. I cant forgive myself. I wish I could fix things.


Of course you can cope with never seeing or talking to him again. He's only one man in the universe and the guy has a girlfriend (whom he cheated on with you and possibly others) and he's going to be a father. You're a bit of a mess with your self-harming and it's obvious he feels doesn't need that in his life right now.

You should speak to a counsellor about your self-harming. It's obviously not healthy.

You're only 21 - barely an adult - you have many, many years ahead of you with plenty of opportunities to discover yourself and meet lots of people.

I truly hope you see a counsellor.
EV3033
 
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Reply Sun 12 Jun, 2022 07:55 am
@Mame,
Thank you for your reply. Sorry, I wasn't clear. *His friend's girlfriend is pregnant*
He knew I've selfharmed before and told me he wanted to help.
I just wish I hadn't pushed him away because I was stupid enough to text him again. He was the only person I talked to and I miss him. Also, I do have a therapist.
jespah
 
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Reply Sun 12 Jun, 2022 08:20 am
@EV3033,
You need better friends.

I'm not being facetious.

I swear FWB is the worst way to interrelate that people who claim to at least like each other have ever invented.

It's not just ******* without commitment, which is fine. It's ******* without even making the barest of efforts.

The "relationship" is virtually always uneven or becomes that way. Like the end of any interrelationship, people get hurt when it crashes and burns. Inevitably, the person who is hurt the most is the one who is most emotionally fragile/depressed.

At the end, FWB is very exploitative of people who are exceptionally emotionally vulnerable.

And here we are.

Like I said, you need more and better friends. You need to get out and meet people, because this guy wasn't a good confidant. You tied up way too much with him. He clearly tied up nearly nothing with you.

I'm sorry, and I recognize you are hurting.

But you are (and have been) giving this guy far too much credit in your life.

Your emotional state probably won't allow for this immediately, but you need to seek out other people.

Join Facebook and Meetup groups which align with your interests. Take up (safe) outdoor exercise. Wave to your neighbors. Pet the cute dogs you see (with permission from whomever is walking them) and ask how old the dog is, or its breed or name.

Ask the person at the produce counter if the peaches are any good, or the person at the butcher counter if they recommend anything.

Call your family and any long distance friends. Make plans to visit and follow through on them.

Take a class. Volunteer. Look up local community events and start attending them, whether it's a book signing, a Little League game, or a fun run.

In short, find other people to spend time with and talk to. That way, when you do meet someone you like (and for God's sake, you will! Don't go around thinking this was your only shot. This wasn't even 1% of a shot), you will have other resources. You will be less available and more mysterious. And you will have plenty of other people to lean on.

This guy was never gonna be good for you. One day, you will see that.
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Mame
 
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Reply Mon 13 Jun, 2022 07:01 am
@PoliteMight,
She replied to me that he did not get anyone pregnant - it was a friend of his.
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Reply Tue 21 Jun, 2022 02:01 pm
@EV3033,
The point being is that many people have been through abuse, trauma, and tons of stupidity. His household is probably a huge part of it and he is not usted to having anything if anything good in his life. Like the problem where people are told and then being addicted to accept garbage, your like treasure among the heap of volatile trash in his life.

It is like that terrible comedy film called "Norbit". It had a Urkle ( Sonic / Family Matters ) type character but instead of being paired up with a cute nerd girl AKA Myra ( Amy Rose ), or even Lora Winslow ( girl being cruel to him that was never his friend ). Norbit was paired up with this aggressive spinster tub-o-lard and her terrible family members that bullied him into adulthood. Even Norbits family sucked.

That is how he probably is. Your this piece of normality, this slice of life, that is allowing him to be normal. Without you he might as well become another Timothy McVeigh, Anders Breivik, or even Ted Kaczynski.

He can not believe your real. It is like my father to my mother. Like wow it is too good to be true.

Just keep trying to talk with him and to get him to open up, and whatever he feels or says just accept it and move on. It is like somebody saying something irrelevant among any real information.
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