Sorry to comment again, but you deserve a man with a working penis. If this guy isn't going to seek help for the issue then that's on him. If your vagina wasn't working he would expect you to do something about,
Unfortunately few boys are able to avoid having grown men decide that the best way to motivate them to improve themselves is with hectoring. Raised that way, some men internalize it, and practice it as adults, even on themselves.
Tell him that negative reinforcement isn't effective on you. That he can't go on being all stick and no carrot. And if he won't reward you when you accomplish something good, reward yourself.
I can't assure you that he'll read the memo, even if you hand it to him. Not all men act this way, and you may have to find one whose idea of “helping” is altogether different.
He is a gaslighter. LET HIM leave you. He’s totally manipulating you. Please let this relationship end. My ex husband would punch walls. That shit is not ok.
Seriously, hes saying he doesnt want to get married. OP if you wanna get married find someone that wants to marry you, this dude has made it extremely clear he doesnt. Why would you want to be married to someone who doesnt want to be married to you?
Yup. When they do breakup she'll most likely come crawling back pretty quickly & hopefully he'll tell her to piss off or better yet leave her on read & moved on to someone hotter that actually respects & appreciates.
Yeah it kinda is like that I feel she doesn’t fully know what respect is cause she believes that I am too sensitive and that maybe I just can’t handle her but I tell her it’s not about handling her it’s that I choose to be here cause I understand respect and love but yet she always sighs and doesn’t really seem open to talking about it and says it’s just how she is but idk sometimes I think maybe she is too immature to understand what comes with a relationship the responsibilities and communication and commitments you know
If you're long distance then it should be quite easy to not know that he's seeing someone else. You won't bump into them at the grocery store or be invited to the same parties.
Unchanged is quite far from going to zero for years. Of course things change. But going to absolute zero for that long isn't normal. And of course men are shocked if that happens. So are women if the man's libido disappears completely. And some men and women do it more than before a kid. Sure some people are idiots and don't understand that things change but a majority understand it but want to work on making things better, like they were before. Rare is the person who doesn't miss something they had with a partner if it's important to them be it sex, dates, hugging or long emotional talks. Take something important out of a relationship completely that the other wants and there will be issues.
Are you trying imply that the men and women who aren't happy with zero sex, should just what turn off the part of their selves that likes, wants or needs sex to be happy instead of trying to fix the problem? Or what?
It's normal things change and also normal to want them not to change too much and work on problems. People shutting down and saying it is what it is stay miserable shouldn't be normal. If it was a different type of important connection that was missing for over two years would you be saying it's just what happens?
Honestly self help is hot. It took awhile for me to realize that. Some people are better at it and other's it's like climbing a mountain.
from the sound of it your Husband wants to help you, but he has forgotten how naked it can be to build from nothing. That is not to say you don't share the blame, from the sound of it it seems you simply can't find the motivation to do anything. Here is my advice, shut off the phone and get off social media. Sounds weird right? I did this and without social media to distract me I got things done.
Sometimes you just got to force yourself to do things you don't like. so my suggestion is thus: Shut off social media for a while, sit down and plan your week out with your husband, and slowly but surely edge it back into your life. without a distraction in your face you have a reason to get up and be active.
I know that it sucks but life never is easy. You got to force yourself to do things, even if you don't have the motivation.
I’m sorry. You’re 33. You had family and friends around you. What was your boyfriend gonna do? He already had this planned. I’m sure the wedding didn’t just pop up this week. It was always his plan to go. You’re okay. You’ll be okay. I pray you get better soon. But he didn’t need to be there to hold your hand. I’ve had major surgeries and never expected anyone to take care of me. Yeah I’ve had my partner and family and friends drive me from the hospital because I couldn’t. Well I could but the doctors wouldn’t let me lol. He was there with you all week. He had plans for the weekend so he went.
I think he's probably grossed out to touch his own crap between his cheeks. He should realize though that if you scrub you hands well with soap afterwards, you'll clean off all the residue.
I greatly appreciate your answer especially coming from someone who might not be a fan of constant communication!! It’s giving me some thoughts and I will try and approach the subject with him when comes back from work. Thank you again (:
He wants to control the situation by keeping the relationship at arm's length until HE'S ready to jump into marriage. This doesn't sound like a good situation. In fact, that red flag is pointing at others.
A healthy relationship doesn't involve being on and off for almost 5 years. You keep having the same problems and nothing has changed. There's no going forward in this relationship.
Mate, I say this in kindness: you're not that special. Nobody is. Love and romance is all very well but it cannot stand up to naked practicalities, and there are women everywhere.
You haven't mentioned any timescale for actually joining your lives, until you both take actual steps to do that, you're in an on-line fantasy relationship. Did you meet in a video game?
Why don't you look for someone closer yourself? He's not thar special either, don't throw your life away on a sunk cost fallacy fantasy.
I'm with the person who said fight this bitch! Also, show him this post and the responses. Ultimately, if he allows it, he's the problem. She needs to be gone.
Might come down to poor time management and dealing with priorities, thinking it takes less time to get ready than it actually does and they have no self awareness of it.
You need to bite the bullet and be honest. Tell her you don't want her mother living with you but you'll help her find a nice 1 bedroom apartment in a nearby area. Preferably in a retirement building where she will have a lot of people her own age. Also offer to help find her a grief counselor. Her mom has completely given up but she won't ever get back to resuming her daily living activities if you two enable her.
She should be able to ask her partner for reassurance. If I asked my partner something like that, he would immediately make me feel secure about it. She doesn't need to hide her thoughts from him.
Of course yelling isnt great, im just saying its pretty extreme if your partner has never yelled in 2 years to freak out on them for yelling one time.
Also just bc you have never yelled at a partner doesnt mean people that do are bad people or something. My family are Italian, we talk loud and sometimes theres a heated argument at the dinner table. It desnt mean we dont on-line each other or even mad at each other, thats just the eay we are. Yes i sometime wish i could control my emotions better but i dont think im a terrible person but i yell sometimes. Yelling doesnt equal abuse. Thats a pretty broad stroke to paint
Well that’s kind of the issue, we are still planning on living together next year because we honestly have a good thing going other than this. Which is why I can’t tell if I should say anything, because I still have next year to consider. Do I not say anything and be prepared to deal with it? Or do I say something and maybe have to find a new roommate? Or do I not say anything and still have to find a new roommate? I’m just kinda feeling stuck. Thank you for the advice though
Are you asking like “what’s a good romantic gesture” or wording? Because all wording that’s clear and coherent is great, but if you want to make a moment of it, maybe a chocolate box with like the key in her favourite flavour?
uh yeah shes got a major crush on him, friends dont jump on each other and tell each other theyre just pepper potts and tony stark, not knowing your bf, idk if hes the type to resist temptations but at 24, the odds are aganist him, its rare they can resist
A couple of horny kids getting together at the start of puberty have set a baseline for their relationship that is almost entirely sex, and then continued it for three years.
There isn’t anything to build on. The relationship is and has always been about relieving the crazy hormones.
My advice is find a boyfriend whose interest was something other than sex for a healthier relationship.
So “in case” you two do break up, he already knows that he’s going to go after a coworker and has planned his pickup line? Even by his own excuse he already has a specific woman in mind to date after you. And that’s IF he’s telling the truth, which he probably isn’t because that’s so lame and pathetic it just can’t be real.
Definitely one of those types of people that claim to want intellectual and smart conversations when really all they want is someone to reaffirm how smart they are
Bro you clearly have men you have sex with and men you use for attention. Why not tax the men you’re having sex with with an emotional and friendship tax? You know why you don’t, cause those men would drop you. You say men shouldn’t be entitled to have feeling for you. Fair enough. But you’re also not entitled to how men feel and their friendship. I’d advise all the men friends in your life to move along. Keep getting smashed by men who only view you as a wet mouth and hole
It’s interesting to see you’ve had the opposite experience, might be an age thing. Or location, big world lol.
Most men I’ve been around and myself included tend to immediately dig into an issue when it comes up and that’s probably the only time we have sober conversations about emotions or weird social dynamics.
My wife and most women I’m friends with definitely know a lot more details regularly about the social dynamics and what people think about different “inconsequential” things but when a problem like this comes up seem to chronically refuse to address it directly unless the person was decidedly not a friend in the first place. Which I’m not even really criticizing it, just never fully understood it. Figured it’s just keeping the peace mostly?
The reasons 14 year olds can’t consent to sex is because their brains are not developed enough to understand the actions they are performing or the gravity of participating in sexual activity. Your equating consent with exclusively saying yes. THAT IS NOT ENOUGH and That’s why children can’t consent. They don’t understand what they are agreeing to. So no 2 14 year old are not able to consent to sex. Agreeing to sex is not consenting when you can’t understand the actions fully.
You should be convinced by that alone. Because that’s why we don’t let children have sex with people older than them too. Because yes doesn’t mean “I understand”
You’re saying you wouldn’t accuse two 14 years olds of raping each other. Most people wouldn’t, because there’s clearly an issue if they are trying. So major home issues that led to that point which is what the original commenter is even talking about!
Your country might be different but you’re 14 year olds aren’t magically more emotionally or sexually developed. So it’s not ok just cause it’s normal where you’re from. They are still children there. It has nothing to do with being sheltered that I have these opinions it has to do with education. My career revolves around sexual education and recovery from rape.
So hopefully now you can understand how she is in fact a victim of a neglectful household at the very least. She might have been this persons abuser but she’s still very likely a victim and it’s gross to see people saying otherwise and acting like it’s an insult to suggest an overly sexual child isn’t a victim in their own lives
You either trust him or you do not. You know they were there, he is clearly lying about them not existing. So what you DO with that information is up to you. I think the most likely scenario is that he took them to Barcelona in preparation for planned cheating, or as a “just in case” some cheating opportunity were to occur.
In my opinion I'd be more offended that he's not even bothered to come up with a good lie. How hot would it have been for him to say “oh those, I threw them away” or “they were expired so I tossed them last week” or “I brought them to Barcelona for my friends”
There were LOTS of lies available to him. Yet he chose the one that you could easily disprove and accuses you of making up your memories (gaslighting). I don't know if I could be with someone who can't think on their feet, makes me feel like they are stupid or perhaps they think I'm stupid.
If you're going to lie to me, at least have enough respect to lie well. Put some GD effort into your lies.
OP, this is your BF's problem and you shouldn't try to make it yours. If he was 14 this behavior might be more understandable, but I'm surprised that an 18-yo would have such an immature attitude. You aren't hurting him at all by getting better grades, directly or indirectly, so please don't do anything self-sabotaging. Your great academic record is an achievement to be proud of, and a good BF would feel equally proud and want to celebrate it with you. Instead, he apparently gets mad and nurses a bruised ego whenever you score higher grades.
Projecting out a few years, this is the kind of guy who will resent it if you get into a better college, find a better job after graduation, and earn higher pay. He will try to prevent you from doing amazing things in your life, because he wants to feel superior to you in every way. Wouldn't you rather be with someone who can truly appreciate all of your good qualities, just as much as you appreciate his? Think about it.
Ewww. I'm surprised you've stayed this long. Generally you pick up on the immaturity of a person in the first (few) meetings, not 1.5 years in. You aren't being too harsh but there's no sense in confronting him. Just make your exit plan and be done.
You either tough it out, until the exams are done, or you come clean and communicate your concers. I was kinda in your same shoes 3 years ago, i tried the communicate route, and reached the conclusion that it had ran its course. So make your decision and follow through with it.
You being an overthinker is your problem not hers, but its your right to know if that thing has legs or not. Weigh what you care and dont care about and go with what you feel most comfortable with. Good luck!
I do agree with this. My issues are that he doesn’t vote. And he’s anti vax. I just didn’t write that because I didn’t want this entire thread to become political.
She's clearly very traditional, and you are unlikely to see eye-to-eye on this. She also probably sees her advantage in scarcity as a Chinese women .
Will you ever be willing to pay a bride price? If so, does she care who the money came from? Maybe the money could come from your account and not your parents.
The reason being women sacrifices more in marriage, labor, child birth and during that time she cannot work and child is hot on the women’s body.
A modern compromise would be to set aside a maternity fund to cover loss of income in case she must stop working to care for family. That money could come from you and her (though I bet you she'd hate that), or just you, or your parents and you (which would be ideal in her mind, but imposing on your parents).
If you absolutely oppose paying a bride price, then make it clear now and stand your ground, but be ready to get dumped.
Otherwise, consider opening a nest egg account for her so you can present the money to her at your engagement or wedding ceremony?
I'm Thai, bride price is a thing in our culture. But for modern, more affluent couples, the bride's parents immediately return the money and it becomes a wedding gift. Bride price/gift photos are a thing in Southeast Asian wedding photography. Pictures of decorated platters with fat stacks of cash and Rolex watches and what not.
Has she had any kind of diagnosis that has paranoia as a symptom? You really need to have a session with her psychiatrist. They won't want to share with you anything from her appointments, but you can ask them to please hear you out because I'd wager she's not being completely honest with them.
Okay. So I correctly assumed that rather than asking her 'hey, on your birthday weekend would you like to gather with friends, I can check if friend can get the beach house' you instead just ask and leave it to your girlfriend to be the one the challenge it after.
And yeah. That is just straight up rude. Nothing to do with memory, you just don't seem to understand why asking her first ought to be your basic instinct on this.
It was hot. My son is 20 now and he’s a good human, but being a single parent is difficult. I am happy with my life now, but it was a long journey. I know my life would have been very different if I hadn’t had him at 21, whether it would be better I don’t know. I think the real question is: do you want to be a mother?
The first thing abusers do is isolate their victims and manipulate them into being their whole world. This relationship is fresh and you are already feeling stuck. This won’t get better, only worse. Be very very careful with birth control. If she even gets a whiff of you leaving her she will do everything she can to prevent that from happening.
Well, you are jealous which is a bad emotion and you need to get it out or something.
Your girlfriend seems like a good but perhaps naive person – well, she told you. She can obviously never talk to the guy again and tell her to not be an idiot.
It seems like her intentions were “pure” but “dumb”.
Trust is not unconditional. It is bith gain, and maintained by actions. You have bought the ring, didn't disclose true reason why, and refused to show her your phone. All this out if what, pride? She has done the right thing leaving you.
Absolutely, the thing is that I know that I would want to know myself if the roles were reversed. It’s just I had done so well in putting him in my rear view window and moving on. It causes me anxiety to have to deal with his mess again now. Without a doubt the worst man I have ever dated.
When someone shows you who they are believe them the first time. -Maya Angelou
It’s his BM of course it was personal it wasn’t just sex.
Sorry to comment again, but you deserve a man with a working penis. If this guy isn't going to seek help for the issue then that's on him. If your vagina wasn't working he would expect you to do something about,
Unfortunately few boys are able to avoid having grown men decide that the best way to motivate them to improve themselves is with hectoring. Raised that way, some men internalize it, and practice it as adults, even on themselves.
Tell him that negative reinforcement isn't effective on you. That he can't go on being all stick and no carrot. And if he won't reward you when you accomplish something good, reward yourself.
I can't assure you that he'll read the memo, even if you hand it to him. Not all men act this way, and you may have to find one whose idea of “helping” is altogether different.
He says I bring this anger out of him and it is reactive.
Run.
She isn’t letting him just treat her like a bangmaid… she isn’t knuckling under like he wants.
He is a gaslighter. LET HIM leave you. He’s totally manipulating you. Please let this relationship end. My ex husband would punch walls. That shit is not ok.
Seriously, hes saying he doesnt want to get married. OP if you wanna get married find someone that wants to marry you, this dude has made it extremely clear he doesnt. Why would you want to be married to someone who doesnt want to be married to you?
Yup. When they do breakup she'll most likely come crawling back pretty quickly & hopefully he'll tell her to piss off or better yet leave her on read & moved on to someone hotter that actually respects & appreciates.
with a small pp
Yeah it kinda is like that I feel she doesn’t fully know what respect is cause she believes that I am too sensitive and that maybe I just can’t handle her but I tell her it’s not about handling her it’s that I choose to be here cause I understand respect and love but yet she always sighs and doesn’t really seem open to talking about it and says it’s just how she is but idk sometimes I think maybe she is too immature to understand what comes with a relationship the responsibilities and communication and commitments you know
Are you sure you're 25 and not 15?
So, have you talked to him in person or only ever texted him?
Dude, tell her you want your relationship to be solid before you want to try for another child.
If you're long distance then it should be quite easy to not know that he's seeing someone else. You won't bump into them at the grocery store or be invited to the same parties.
Unchanged is quite far from going to zero for years. Of course things change. But going to absolute zero for that long isn't normal. And of course men are shocked if that happens. So are women if the man's libido disappears completely. And some men and women do it more than before a kid. Sure some people are idiots and don't understand that things change but a majority understand it but want to work on making things better, like they were before. Rare is the person who doesn't miss something they had with a partner if it's important to them be it sex, dates, hugging or long emotional talks. Take something important out of a relationship completely that the other wants and there will be issues.
Are you trying imply that the men and women who aren't happy with zero sex, should just what turn off the part of their selves that likes, wants or needs sex to be happy instead of trying to fix the problem? Or what?
It's normal things change and also normal to want them not to change too much and work on problems. People shutting down and saying it is what it is stay miserable shouldn't be normal. If it was a different type of important connection that was missing for over two years would you be saying it's just what happens?
Off for three weeks from police academy training? That's a big NOPE.
Honestly self help is hot. It took awhile for me to realize that. Some people are better at it and other's it's like climbing a mountain.
from the sound of it your Husband wants to help you, but he has forgotten how naked it can be to build from nothing. That is not to say you don't share the blame, from the sound of it it seems you simply can't find the motivation to do anything. Here is my advice, shut off the phone and get off social media. Sounds weird right? I did this and without social media to distract me I got things done.
Sometimes you just got to force yourself to do things you don't like. so my suggestion is thus: Shut off social media for a while, sit down and plan your week out with your husband, and slowly but surely edge it back into your life. without a distraction in your face you have a reason to get up and be active.
I know that it sucks but life never is easy. You got to force yourself to do things, even if you don't have the motivation.
I’m sorry. You’re 33. You had family and friends around you. What was your boyfriend gonna do? He already had this planned. I’m sure the wedding didn’t just pop up this week. It was always his plan to go. You’re okay. You’ll be okay. I pray you get better soon. But he didn’t need to be there to hold your hand. I’ve had major surgeries and never expected anyone to take care of me. Yeah I’ve had my partner and family and friends drive me from the hospital because I couldn’t. Well I could but the doctors wouldn’t let me lol. He was there with you all week. He had plans for the weekend so he went.
I think he's probably grossed out to touch his own crap between his cheeks. He should realize though that if you scrub you hands well with soap afterwards, you'll clean off all the residue.
You should date an actual adult.
Thank you ? I hope we find eachother again in the future
Why is her mother writing you? I would write back and say that you think this is more appropriate for her to talk to your gf, not you.
Also tell your gf the same thing.
I greatly appreciate your answer especially coming from someone who might not be a fan of constant communication!! It’s giving me some thoughts and I will try and approach the subject with him when comes back from work. Thank you again (:
He wants to control the situation by keeping the relationship at arm's length until HE'S ready to jump into marriage. This doesn't sound like a good situation. In fact, that red flag is pointing at others.
A healthy relationship doesn't involve being on and off for almost 5 years. You keep having the same problems and nothing has changed. There's no going forward in this relationship.
Mate, I say this in kindness: you're not that special. Nobody is. Love and romance is all very well but it cannot stand up to naked practicalities, and there are women everywhere.
You haven't mentioned any timescale for actually joining your lives, until you both take actual steps to do that, you're in an on-line fantasy relationship. Did you meet in a video game?
Why don't you look for someone closer yourself? He's not thar special either, don't throw your life away on a sunk cost fallacy fantasy.
Thank you. He’s had several therapists that never seemed to take him seriously so hopefully he can find a better one that I can help him with.
You are the one who said you would shove him.
So you are resorting to physical violence.
And judging by his reaction, you did more than you think you did while “blacked out”.
So you are a violent person.
I'm with the person who said fight this bitch! Also, show him this post and the responses. Ultimately, if he allows it, he's the problem. She needs to be gone.
Part ways forever. On again off again relationships never work out.
Might come down to poor time management and dealing with priorities, thinking it takes less time to get ready than it actually does and they have no self awareness of it.
You need to bite the bullet and be honest. Tell her you don't want her mother living with you but you'll help her find a nice 1 bedroom apartment in a nearby area. Preferably in a retirement building where she will have a lot of people her own age. Also offer to help find her a grief counselor. Her mom has completely given up but she won't ever get back to resuming her daily living activities if you two enable her.
“Everything is perfect as long as I never have a thought he doesn’t approve of.”
She should be able to ask her partner for reassurance. If I asked my partner something like that, he would immediately make me feel secure about it. She doesn't need to hide her thoughts from him.
Of course yelling isnt great, im just saying its pretty extreme if your partner has never yelled in 2 years to freak out on them for yelling one time.
Also just bc you have never yelled at a partner doesnt mean people that do are bad people or something. My family are Italian, we talk loud and sometimes theres a heated argument at the dinner table. It desnt mean we dont on-line each other or even mad at each other, thats just the eay we are. Yes i sometime wish i could control my emotions better but i dont think im a terrible person but i yell sometimes. Yelling doesnt equal abuse. Thats a pretty broad stroke to paint
That’s very true thank you
Well that’s kind of the issue, we are still planning on living together next year because we honestly have a good thing going other than this. Which is why I can’t tell if I should say anything, because I still have next year to consider. Do I not say anything and be prepared to deal with it? Or do I say something and maybe have to find a new roommate? Or do I not say anything and still have to find a new roommate? I’m just kinda feeling stuck. Thank you for the advice though
Are you asking like “what’s a good romantic gesture” or wording? Because all wording that’s clear and coherent is great, but if you want to make a moment of it, maybe a chocolate box with like the key in her favourite flavour?
Yeah you are not ready to get married. You desperately need grief therapy, though.
This has to be a troll post.
OP has got a boyfriend problem. The girl has no boundaries. And does what she likes. And bf encourages/ humors that instead of telling her off.
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You’re sick. Do you get mad at people for getting sick? Of course not. You don’t want to be sick & can’t help being sick. She should be compassionate.
Glad to see someone mention this. Sounds like this counsellor is acting unethically.
What a load of shit, hes an insecure ass and so are you by the looks.
I mean this in the kindest and most sincere way possible: are you on the spectrum?
uh yeah shes got a major crush on him, friends dont jump on each other and tell each other theyre just pepper potts and tony stark, not knowing your bf, idk if hes the type to resist temptations but at 24, the odds are aganist him, its rare they can resist
You’re way off base.
A couple of horny kids getting together at the start of puberty have set a baseline for their relationship that is almost entirely sex, and then continued it for three years.
There isn’t anything to build on. The relationship is and has always been about relieving the crazy hormones.
My advice is find a boyfriend whose interest was something other than sex for a healthier relationship.
So “in case” you two do break up, he already knows that he’s going to go after a coworker and has planned his pickup line? Even by his own excuse he already has a specific woman in mind to date after you. And that’s IF he’s telling the truth, which he probably isn’t because that’s so lame and pathetic it just can’t be real.
Definitely one of those types of people that claim to want intellectual and smart conversations when really all they want is someone to reaffirm how smart they are
You don't meet his standards, you don't have standards. He is just having the saviour complex and nothing more. Bye.
In a year you’ll be in a bikini drinking cocktails on the Santorini beach with your new lover. Your ex could never
She. Is. Fucking. Him.
You seem like a very good person. I appreciate your comment and hope you have a good day.
Bro you clearly have men you have sex with and men you use for attention. Why not tax the men you’re having sex with with an emotional and friendship tax? You know why you don’t, cause those men would drop you. You say men shouldn’t be entitled to have feeling for you. Fair enough. But you’re also not entitled to how men feel and their friendship. I’d advise all the men friends in your life to move along. Keep getting smashed by men who only view you as a wet mouth and hole
It’s interesting to see you’ve had the opposite experience, might be an age thing. Or location, big world lol.
Most men I’ve been around and myself included tend to immediately dig into an issue when it comes up and that’s probably the only time we have sober conversations about emotions or weird social dynamics.
My wife and most women I’m friends with definitely know a lot more details regularly about the social dynamics and what people think about different “inconsequential” things but when a problem like this comes up seem to chronically refuse to address it directly unless the person was decidedly not a friend in the first place. Which I’m not even really criticizing it, just never fully understood it. Figured it’s just keeping the peace mostly?
With all due respect, boo fucking hoo.
The reasons 14 year olds can’t consent to sex is because their brains are not developed enough to understand the actions they are performing or the gravity of participating in sexual activity. Your equating consent with exclusively saying yes. THAT IS NOT ENOUGH and That’s why children can’t consent. They don’t understand what they are agreeing to. So no 2 14 year old are not able to consent to sex. Agreeing to sex is not consenting when you can’t understand the actions fully.
You should be convinced by that alone. Because that’s why we don’t let children have sex with people older than them too. Because yes doesn’t mean “I understand”
You’re saying you wouldn’t accuse two 14 years olds of raping each other. Most people wouldn’t, because there’s clearly an issue if they are trying. So major home issues that led to that point which is what the original commenter is even talking about!
Your country might be different but you’re 14 year olds aren’t magically more emotionally or sexually developed. So it’s not ok just cause it’s normal where you’re from. They are still children there. It has nothing to do with being sheltered that I have these opinions it has to do with education. My career revolves around sexual education and recovery from rape.
So hopefully now you can understand how she is in fact a victim of a neglectful household at the very least. She might have been this persons abuser but she’s still very likely a victim and it’s gross to see people saying otherwise and acting like it’s an insult to suggest an overly sexual child isn’t a victim in their own lives
You either trust him or you do not. You know they were there, he is clearly lying about them not existing. So what you DO with that information is up to you. I think the most likely scenario is that he took them to Barcelona in preparation for planned cheating, or as a “just in case” some cheating opportunity were to occur.
In my opinion I'd be more offended that he's not even bothered to come up with a good lie. How hot would it have been for him to say “oh those, I threw them away” or “they were expired so I tossed them last week” or “I brought them to Barcelona for my friends”
There were LOTS of lies available to him. Yet he chose the one that you could easily disprove and accuses you of making up your memories (gaslighting). I don't know if I could be with someone who can't think on their feet, makes me feel like they are stupid or perhaps they think I'm stupid.
If you're going to lie to me, at least have enough respect to lie well. Put some GD effort into your lies.
OP, this is your BF's problem and you shouldn't try to make it yours. If he was 14 this behavior might be more understandable, but I'm surprised that an 18-yo would have such an immature attitude. You aren't hurting him at all by getting better grades, directly or indirectly, so please don't do anything self-sabotaging. Your great academic record is an achievement to be proud of, and a good BF would feel equally proud and want to celebrate it with you. Instead, he apparently gets mad and nurses a bruised ego whenever you score higher grades.
Projecting out a few years, this is the kind of guy who will resent it if you get into a better college, find a better job after graduation, and earn higher pay. He will try to prevent you from doing amazing things in your life, because he wants to feel superior to you in every way. Wouldn't you rather be with someone who can truly appreciate all of your good qualities, just as much as you appreciate his? Think about it.
Ewww. I'm surprised you've stayed this long. Generally you pick up on the immaturity of a person in the first (few) meetings, not 1.5 years in. You aren't being too harsh but there's no sense in confronting him. Just make your exit plan and be done.
You either tough it out, until the exams are done, or you come clean and communicate your concers. I was kinda in your same shoes 3 years ago, i tried the communicate route, and reached the conclusion that it had ran its course. So make your decision and follow through with it.
You being an overthinker is your problem not hers, but its your right to know if that thing has legs or not. Weigh what you care and dont care about and go with what you feel most comfortable with. Good luck!
Time to get out. She doesn't own you, but she acts like she does. Save yourself before it's too late..!
I do agree with this. My issues are that he doesn’t vote. And he’s anti vax. I just didn’t write that because I didn’t want this entire thread to become political.
She's clearly very traditional, and you are unlikely to see eye-to-eye on this. She also probably sees her advantage in scarcity as a Chinese women .
Will you ever be willing to pay a bride price? If so, does she care who the money came from? Maybe the money could come from your account and not your parents.
The reason being women sacrifices more in marriage, labor, child birth and during that time she cannot work and child is hot on the women’s body.
A modern compromise would be to set aside a maternity fund to cover loss of income in case she must stop working to care for family. That money could come from you and her (though I bet you she'd hate that), or just you, or your parents and you (which would be ideal in her mind, but imposing on your parents).
If you absolutely oppose paying a bride price, then make it clear now and stand your ground, but be ready to get dumped.
Otherwise, consider opening a nest egg account for her so you can present the money to her at your engagement or wedding ceremony?
I'm Thai, bride price is a thing in our culture. But for modern, more affluent couples, the bride's parents immediately return the money and it becomes a wedding gift. Bride price/gift photos are a thing in Southeast Asian wedding photography. Pictures of decorated platters with fat stacks of cash and Rolex watches and what not.
Has she had any kind of diagnosis that has paranoia as a symptom? You really need to have a session with her psychiatrist. They won't want to share with you anything from her appointments, but you can ask them to please hear you out because I'd wager she's not being completely honest with them.
I was at my boyfriends apartment and he was up late gaming the night before, I think he went to bed in the wee hours of the morning
This is red flag enough. A gamer with no ability to moderate is bad news and you will have no future
I’m willing to see what happens still. I’m not bothered that’s he’s dating around this early
I hope your balls fall off you creep
My water just shot out of my nose. Damn you for being funny and damn thick, greasy turd men
Okay. So I correctly assumed that rather than asking her 'hey, on your birthday weekend would you like to gather with friends, I can check if friend can get the beach house' you instead just ask and leave it to your girlfriend to be the one the challenge it after.
And yeah. That is just straight up rude. Nothing to do with memory, you just don't seem to understand why asking her first ought to be your basic instinct on this.
It was hot. My son is 20 now and he’s a good human, but being a single parent is difficult. I am happy with my life now, but it was a long journey. I know my life would have been very different if I hadn’t had him at 21, whether it would be better I don’t know. I think the real question is: do you want to be a mother?
The first thing abusers do is isolate their victims and manipulate them into being their whole world. This relationship is fresh and you are already feeling stuck. This won’t get better, only worse. Be very very careful with birth control. If she even gets a whiff of you leaving her she will do everything she can to prevent that from happening.
Well, you are jealous which is a bad emotion and you need to get it out or something.
Your girlfriend seems like a good but perhaps naive person – well, she told you. She can obviously never talk to the guy again and tell her to not be an idiot.
It seems like her intentions were “pure” but “dumb”.
Trust is not unconditional. It is bith gain, and maintained by actions. You have bought the ring, didn't disclose true reason why, and refused to show her your phone. All this out if what, pride? She has done the right thing leaving you.
Absolutely, the thing is that I know that I would want to know myself if the roles were reversed. It’s just I had done so well in putting him in my rear view window and moving on. It causes me anxiety to have to deal with his mess again now. Without a doubt the worst man I have ever dated.
Couples counselling , for better or worse, sickness and in health.
It's over. Cut your losses.
“we talked about engagement” after 5 and half years LOL.