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Sun 3 Sep, 2023 12:33 pm
For context I am 27 years old and my boyfriend is 26. We live together and have been going out for three years.
PROS:
• If I ask him to go somewhere/get something for me and I cant he will do it for me
• He makes my pack lunches for work
• He gets me lovely gifts for my birthday
• He is consistent and doesn’t play games
• We are good when we go out together/good dynamic at getting on with friends
• We have the same interests of going out/films/etc
• Is loving towards me
• We have a laugh
• Sends me flowers when I have been studying
• We enjoy going for big walks in the week
• Wants the same things out of a lifestyle
CONS:
• Says we've been somewhere when we haven't (e.g - Never been to the Ivy but when I said in front of my mum I hadn't he said YES WE HAVE, a lie
• If we have an argument he will never make it better I just give up and start making him laugh or whatever
• Makes the weekend a bit confusing as I never know what he wants to do - in reality he wants to go and see his friends and makes it a bit confusing until we see them
• On a weekend when I have to study goes to the pub with his ex there - whilst bombarding me w texts saying would I feel uncomfortable if he goes? Knowing she creates drama and we usually as a unit avoid seeing her as it's a lot of hassle.
• Gets annoyed if I go to bed and don't watch TV with him, when I have work the next day
• Goes into a thick mood and I don't often no why
• Tells me I am aggressive if we ever argue or squabble - when I'm not even raising my voice just standing up for myself
• If we cook something he won't let me google how to do it even if he doesn't know/doesn't let me google anything always says he knows like directions etc and we often get lost
• Doesn't just want to chill some weekends always has to see friends
• V big ego at work - says no one 'listen's to him when he is 26 and inexperienced.
• Went in a mood when I wanted to drive somewhere once because he can't drive and didn't want to be 'embarrassed'
• Told my good friend that I go to sleep at 8:30pm every night, which is untrue and I did it once when I felt unwell, was weird and embarrassing having to defend myself
• When we were playing a game with my parents once he wasn’t winning so sad he was retiring to bed when we couldn’t continue the game without a foruth person (him)
Listen, none of us can answer that question. If it feels right, it is. If it feels wrong, it is.
What you need to do is communicate with him. Stop doing what you don't want to do (staying up to watch tv, for example). He sounds co-dependent. He can and should be doing a lot of those things on his own.
If you don't want to visit his friends, don't. You don't need an excuse. Just say you have something else to do or you don't feel like it.
You don't have to be tied at the hip. Start saying no.
@Mame,
Yes - I totally agree.
Until recently when my mum started pointing out things i hadn't thought about them. I know they're not right however, the thick moods at my parents house etc but I just thought I was being sensitive to him.
I have often said no about the friends thing but he will say 'I've bought these tickets to go now and everyone's waiting for us!!!'
@lilypelie,
lilypelie wrote:
I have often said no about the friends thing but he will say 'I've bought these tickets to go now and everyone's waiting for us!!!'
You aren't obligated to go just because he bought tickets without asking you prior to buying them. He'll learn a lesson when you say no. He could give/sell it to someone else.