In addition, he was chatting up another girl, hoping to meet up with her. We had a very difficult relationship and it was always difficult. What can you do? Like in your article, Ive realized I need to allow him space and deal with what hes feeling before we can take the next step. The relationship ended, but not because I did anything wrong. She declined & he called her from our kitchen at 7am to supposedly wish her & remind her the invitation was open. I dont want to always regret what I could have had. A no-pressure approach is the opposite of the needy approach and in and of itself is respect-worthy, therefore attractive. I should have told him the truth, but I didnt want to lose him or hurt him by telling him. He has been doing it ever since. Dr. Deb could you please help me out with my post from Sept 10! Consider ending this relationship NOT your life. Do men not expect feelings to develop over time, we are adults. Shehas permanent hearing loss, so this I Then my brother died too n now thia person whom I want in my lyf to stay wid me I dont want him to loose . I love him very much and the thought of the possibility of losing him is killing me. What can I do to make him forgive me? That even though. . My boyfriend doesnt have any kids, not one. Just too hard for me to have another girl now. Very often when we love someone, we want them to thrive. I am so upset and I dont even know what can I do. And he was even complaining that I was putting on weight! I want to change the person I am not because I want to go back with her, but because I really need to change and Im hoping that with those changes she can learn to trust me. I told him I needed time to heal and I knew I could get past this, but within a day or so he wanted to act like things were fine. Heres the last part of my comment. He used excessive guilt and said he would change. She got mad and asked me why I would do that and dont we both deserve to be happy if things cant be fixed. and its just amazing ive never been so happy before. i know hes really hurt thats why he doesnt feels like talking to me that much . Although theres a strong connection between us, I feel he doesnt care about my needs. Dont start yelling because they do. Will he ever talk to me again. I am trying my best not to worry but its hard. We have had a few rough patches but nothing like this And I dont know how I am suppose to go about trying to get back to the way we were. 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There have been some mistakes in the past 9 years that hurt me over and over, and I stopped letting myself be vulnerable to them by closing myself off from him about 4 years ago. I live in la area, she lives in Bakersfield and the only way she will let me see my son is if i come and stay with her and her mom but i sleep on the couch to see my son because if i dont i cant see my son and she wont let me take my son for the weekend. okay Do you think he can ever fall in love with me again and we can fix our marriage without heading down the divorce road. About a year ago now, she had a gastric sleeve done for health reasons and self esteem reasons. 5 days passed and no word. We have been together for 5 yrs how do i get him to fall in love with me again? You must not put yourself down for doing this. My parents kicked him out of the apt when I was institutionalized and I have since got him to move back in. Jumped straight in my bed but I called her straight to the point. Im going through something like this with my boyfriend. Entering the 3rd month I have been a lot better and basically focusing on restoring normality and also putting my new positive life skills to work. I still cant believe how stupid I was to not recognise it. She is the one doing all that. Although there is too much detail to write with respect to how I finally found out but in April 2015 I found more proof than I wanted that he had been unfaithful. Ill I wanted was to feel loved and wanted from him but Ill I ever get is rejection and feeling worthless but still I go back for me which Ill never understand. Like this that I dont know what to do. I feel like I am being punished for this and I really am having trouble with trusting another guy. And we became friends again. We were together, but not technically, for a while due to the fact that I was staying with my mom a few hours away. During such heated moments, you may find each other highly repulsive. Which I fully support. He didnt, but while we were dating, I found out he was on tinder 3 times. I just didnt have the evidence. Hi Marie, I trusted him to be responsible. He/she must acquire the skill of patience. My BF and I have been together for 6 years have 2 kids together. Recently i found and tried a program called the language of desire. i have since found that he was texting women and web chatting with woman the whole time his nan was here basically dying? He broke up with me while he was overwhelmed trying to take care of me. Her response discouraged me. I told him to maybe give it a year before we actually start dating again though I will be here for him to talk to but I suggested him to write me letters instead of calling me. How can I tear diwn the wall that has been built around her that bears my name? He thinks Im really that mean,fussy, negative and everything else person that he had seen all these years. I still cry from time to time over the pain he has caused and I know he feels awful about it. Maybe you want to talk and not talk at the same time. I was raised by a single mother and my father abandoned us when I was 6. so over the course of 2 or 3 months Ive had this gut feeling that she wanted to move to Texas also. She is my first real long term relationship but its mainly because Im very specific on who I want to give myself too. Am welling to fight back, but i feel hes is not trying to put the effort into getting back together. Which he liked. He just says he doesnt have it in him to make the relationship part work with how drained he feels hes already become emotionally and how much hes working now to make sure we can take care of the baby financially. The first 3 years were great. Hi Uncertain, Meeting the other person halfway also entails giving up some of your personal freedom. I dont know why I didnt just back off in that original argument, I guess I felt I should be accepted for who I am, that my presence with her at the wedding was what she should deem most important. That will not work. utterly devastated (UK). Because his confidence in me was shaken, me stepping back and letting him process things, it helped. Do I just need more time? So insecure that she did not believe enough in HERSELF as a person to have true love in her life. :'( my boyfriend and I have been together for 4 years now. We live together but told me ee r roomates and friends he said he only loves me cuz of the kids. Before that, I had told her my ex contacted me and I was transparent about the details of our conversation. Craig you have no idea how i feel everyday i just want thibgs to be the way They used to be. I think your reaction to being betrayed is perfectly normal. This broke me. So she went back home I tried to communicate with her and work through problems. He has even threatened to call the police if I come by his house again, its like hes the devil now. Why isnt that enough? I was with someone for 7 years through out this relationship there was a current drug use addiction and I turned into someone I cant even comprehend today. I found out one person i had sex with, he knew. I told him we could end the friendship with the other couple but he doesnt want to do that. Because now I dont know any other way to do this. My spouse is trying to be patient, but I still dont think he really gets the emotional toll his affair had on me, even though it was several years ago. Hes my everything. Hi Pauline, Then she said she had to go we will talk more tomorrow. He was insanely jealous that Peter was going to remain there whilst we left. My final rejection of his efforts to start again are a step to far. Im so lost. Dear Dr. Deb, I started to distrust my new partner and it snowballed. For sure though, do not start a new relationship when youre in an old one. I figured I had to be that girl so if it happened again at least I didnt give my all. I try to tell him Im doing fine, I keep busy and having a social life. There are many reasons why we can't be with someone we love. I dont have a problem with platonic friendships of the opposite sex but after 10 weekends I told my husband how I feltI explained to him that he had stopped doing the little things and that I wanted to spend time with him. I felt hed do it all over again. I know I miss our family and though I didnt show it I loved her deeply and wanted to change, I just didnt know how. getting pregnant was not what i wanted at the time because i was in university. In our last msg, i ask if we can be friends . He found me. I need help Should I end this ? What can I do? And she drove back home. This crushed me and I found it difficult to function (began drinking heavily). please help me with this asap. This man deserves a better girlfriend, a better wife. How do I overcome it and trust fully? I am devestated that she lied to me. I told him I wouldnt hurt him the ways I had any longer. If it's convinced you that you never want to cheat again, then congratulations! And due to that I was a bad father and boyfriend because I wasnt doing the camping and hiking and other fun things I loved to do and my family wanted to do. For a long time I pushed her needs off to the side but now she is my Queen. I cant lose her! I dont think you love him if you chose people over him maybe its a infatuation, i have been in a relationship for a short period of time, it was for 7 months, i dated this guy who liked me and had a crush on me when we met in university, he stood up and told me on chat that he likes me so much nd wants me, i agreed being with him after getting hurt in 2012 with my first ex, i wanted to heal my self and by time when we were together i fell in love with him more, and i was so happy with him, later by time our relationship starting becoming worse, it was like a long distance relationship and i barely used to meet him and complain but he says he had so much work in university, we fought alot due to my jealousy on him and his jealousy on me, we both really loved each other, but at times people use to get in between and tell me he is a player, dont stay with him and all, i actually ignored, i really dont care about the past, he was truly a player but when he dated me he changed completely to better, time by time we were good and suddenly we fight and breakup, we broke up once and got back again becuase he loves me, suddenly i stood up and told him i cant be with u anymore, because i got alot of bad things about him and i was tired listening, but i felt like i didnt break up from the heart, it showed that he didnt want to let me go, after the break up he tells me that he misses me and writes up pms all over his status, and that time he was out of country, he says that when he comes back he will fix the fight, and i felt guilty and i wanted ti stay with him because i love him so much that i cant let him go, once he got back he started getting colder i was wondering what happend to him also he was avoiding me and he wasnt replying me so often, he couldnt face me so his bestfriend told me that he lost feelings and he cant get me back again because he loved me so much and in the same time he got hurt so much from me also hes not ready for a relationship, i tried to get him back but no use, we talk and i try to fix but he says i cant be with someone who belives things on me wrong from people, he was like we can be bestfriends, i dont really feel like he lost feelings and i still dont know, but i love him so much and i cant let him go.please help me :(. Months after it happened, I went through I tough time in my life and my girlfriend stood by me and helped me. Your expertise would be greatly appreciated. We instantly clicked and were dating and involved romantically within a short amount of time. He says he knows how he feels and he will never feel anything for me again. Every conversations inevitably lead to anger, raised voices & thats not conducive to moving forward. Complaining? Since then (start of october) we tried traveling together for 3 weeks to nepal, subletting anapartment together (we got out of ours in october) and i cant seem to make it work, im restless, im crying every day a few times. Stand in their shoes. I gave him the space I knew he needed. 12: Ask her if shes willing to go ice skating with you We fell in love and she broke from those two relationships, but I think I must have harbored resentment from that dificult transition that took a year, because our relationship has been stressed. We want to be with each other and fall back in love but we dont know how. She just cant hold to long. I just want her to know Im a actually doing something for myself. and to connect with him. This I learned mid July. Ive been selfish and a taker and I understand that I caused much of this. So, here is my honest opinion: A. You can look up a bit of it on my personal blog at drdeb.com in the abuse section. Hi DrDeb, She cried a few tears as did I because I believe we wanted this to work out. At this point what is done is done. Your fear of losing him has lead to your pushing him away. It feels like repentance and remorseful thoughts and actions are not enough. Good Morning Dr. Heb, Hello, What I dont understand is, if it was infatuation why do I still feel the same way I did 3 years ago? He tries to ignore it because he loves me but each time he wants to tell me that Im beautiful it all comes back to him and he gets very angry with me. I am so unhappy with my marriage and in the plans of leaving once I return from a job. But before she passed out I asked who the heck was the guy?. 1. Its been over a year and a half since the wall went upclosing in on 2 years. And you should not have gone there, either. Hes taking her back? An outside source, another person but she only got mad. never! First thing to do is to have a frank discussion with your real boyfriend about his mistreatment. First you say you werent sure you even wanted to continue the relationship. What do I do? He is always supportive of things that might better our life together. They hate each other. Im now 5 weeks from my due date and he recently said that because of how Ive been acting due to the pregnancy and because this isnt what he wanted at this point, hes falling out of love with me. He also has a habitat of accusing me of cheating which ive never done or given him a reason to be that way we also fight over that. To change the person you are, you would have to stop the abusive behavior but also stop the needy and victim feelings that underlie it. I have told him that I love him and want to fix the problems. Do you think theres still a chance for us? Ive been out of touch for over a month waaaay too many computer problems. That is what I mean by not being needy and dependent. I am willing to wait as long as it takes, but it has been over a year and the feelings just arent there for my wife and I think she is starting to worry that they will never come back and wants to quit. But how can i come back from that. It is still incredibly raw. What can I do? My husband felt he had fulfilled his part but I was slacking with my end. This is affection, as well as understanding, care, and empathy, etc. He promised to our children things would be better and to me. He has said these things before but admitted he didnt mean them. He started to act like his father. I have done my best to be introspective and figure out where I need to change, and contemplate how I can be a better person. I dont know if its depression along with anger or if its time to just walk away I know he is staying in this new place. Please help me out, i want my family to stay strong together, with love and loyalty , respect what should i do to win her love for me ! Interesting that he has a not-nice mother and an ex-wife that was not nice. I had been clean for over a decade. Should i let him go because i dont deserve him or should i stay and try to win him back? Literally hundreds of texts were shared & then my husband had gone on to a BlackBerry so text messages werent recorded on his bills. Long story short, my father got ill and when he was very bad, I relapsed. Hes everything i could have ever asked for. So, being the idiot that I am, kept blaming her messed up childhood, her friends for taking all of her time, and her for not wanting to spend any time with me, and her for not communicating her fears for so long. My wife didnt know me as anything but a healthy member of AA. But there's a fine line between "want" and "need," and when the "need" outweighs the "want," you have a . D stood between the open door & me. They had sex twice. It is not GOOD, but it is normal. That, too, usually takes therapy. So to what am I doing I could ask you the same one of my doing and I crazy to continue to hold on hoping and praying and I have a very strong faith in my religion he does not. We I thought worked through it and I moved our family there. The way shr did from the beggining, wherr i messed up was i would call her names and yell at her but then i changed my ways all late when the love was gone ): Hi Bell No arguments, just love and support. Can i pleasr get sime advice on how can i bring back my sons mothers feelings back so she can love me the way i do, i want us to stay together as a family, but apperently she had strong feelings for another man, what can i do to win her back, i am trying my all, i changed all my ways for. If only Id been more patient and stayed away from her awhile so she could have been thinking like she said she would. hes very quiet and antisocial, doesnt like the neighbours etc, i love them all! We have been together now for almost a year and he has treated me like sh** the whole time! Ive been with my partner for just a year now. Get the help you need from a therapist near youa FREE service from Psychology Today. Should I continue to work on our relationship and eventually she will come back or should I move on? Once our bucket is feeling full, we will want to give everything: our time, our attention, etc. When you write down how it truly was, the process will liberate you to move on. My boyfriend doesnt have any kids, not one. I showed my husband The Emotionally Distant Husband and he finally recognized what I had been talking about. And I dont know if Ill be able to get him back. and cease repining; Behind the cloud is the sun still shining; Thy fate is a common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall." Longfellow is rightrain comes at different times to all of us. I love him i would die for him please help me fix my relationship we were supposed to get married September 12, 2017, Me and my girlfriend are together for 2.5 years. No matter how much technology has advanced over centuries, this trick still remains relevant today because it never fails to put a smile on any womans face, which will then automatically put both you and her at ease. Hi I have recently seperated from my husband after 8 years and 3 beautiful kids together. It was my value. I judged and shamed and manipulated her without really even thinking about it. We start dating and everything is absolutely perfect, we were perfect. I would suggest you work on your insecurities so as to assure yourself and him that you will never backslide if you are together. Im not sure why it needs to I fell in love with him since 6 months ago was not straight away we have been having a physical relationship for nearly 2 years! Well, you CAN create a new relationship just by going back and starting over. He gave me a right to go to Mpumalanga if I want to and I never really bothered as I trusted him. I am on the reject list. Hes learned to control him just a bit now but theres times where its redundant and I cant deal with it. the last three times he came home. I have been with this girl that I am in love with but every time she gets irritated. It can only come from herself. He included her more & more into our lives; helping her whenever possible; wanting her presence in our family gatherings. I have asked her if she still loves me and that who would win in a contest and she had told me that I would win. On the other hand, he seems to be stuck in a pity party. Sorry about that.. Hi, I realized I was being abusive and selfish in the relationship and I wanted to be a better person for her. Why wouldnt he let me see them, is it something extremely deep they text each other? My fiance and I have been together for 6 years now. All I want now is to hate him. Id be happy to start slow and rekindle this relationship. At the time I wanted to get married, he didnt. She actually mentioned that she thinks the reason she let her coworker into her life is because he is confident. The key to having a good conversation during your first date is asking questions. I have three. Ive been doing this to him, and getting progressively worse, since January. So my question is thisI understand that you say it takes time to heal from the hurts of the past and the pain I caused him. We have 4 children. You do not need this. . He gave a dry hi not even a kiss or hug. And after a brief period of space I contacted my emotional affair partner who, incidentally, is willing to give up his life (he is partnered but it is more of an mental partnership/friendship than any romance which doesnt give it any less meaning, but I know I was his great love of his life). Therefore, the best thing for you to do is work on gaining security and self love. I didnt want to risk losing someone else. I asked is there still a reason for me to be here and keep trying, she told me she has no comment on that. He says I really hurt him when I did that and he doesnt know how to get around it. However I am a cheater. So that is what happened with your husband. I said if its that hopeless why doesnt she say her finally good bye to me. Yes, please address this issue of emotional intimacy with someone outside of our relationships with our partners. I told him I didnt want him talking to her and he stopped. Takeaway. My boyfriend and I were together for 4 and a half years when I was anonymously sent a link to an ad he posted in the personals section looking for casual sex. I will never use again. That they were just social media stuff. I wanted to live up to my potential because I had always failed in school and my self-esteem was really low. What does it explain? Too much focus on how rotten you feel about your actions point your attention back to yourself and thats not where it belongs. Being in love the first time just happens. My girlfriend had been cheated on in her last relationship and she did not believe me when I told her it didnt happen. Dont start explaining everything. Dear Dr, A lot of the times we fight he packs his stuff up and is gone about a day or so. I slowly over come it but it comes back now and then. How do I fix this? 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