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March 7, 2017 at 8:26 am #136567ElizabeteParticipant
Hey!
I’ve been feeling very down for a long time since I’ve been going trough a lot in my relationship and I could really use some advice..
I’m 23 years old…I had this amazing relationship with this guy(also 23) I met over the summer while I was working on a foreign island..relationship seemed to go very well even though for a while it was long distance..we had a lot of future plans and he even came to my homeland to visit my friends and family..for a year it was perfect but after..
Some problems showed up in each of our own private lives… I was in the middle of my crazy family drama and it left me feel very depressed and I was starting to not atend my university and even questioning is it really what I wanna do but my family had expectations so they were quite pressuring me..my boyfriend was helping even though he was far away..he would stay up late just to talk to me on Skype to be there.. But meanwhile he had his own problems and he had to deal with the fact that he’ll have to leave his job that he really liked.. so it all became very messy and confusing. We would try to help each other but it was hard when this all was going on..
Then a real nightmare started when I couldn’t take my situation and just being very impulsive I left my school and spent my last money to go and start a new life on this Island with him…at the beginning it felt like a dream cause we were together after a long time of separation..
But then it got even worse as he was still depressed about his work situation..I was trying to be supportive but I myself were not at a good place either cause I just made a quite life changing act and didn’t felt like standing on a stable ground being away from home and friends and everything I used to know that well.
We started to have these petty fights..basically fighting for each others attention and at the same time needing some alone time.
I felt a bit homesick as I’ve never been away from home that long so I offered him to come with me to my homeland for a holiday while he was waiting for his answer from new job. He came with me even though for me it seemed he wasn’t really in to it and it made me stressed cause I desperately wanted to see my friends and my home but also wanted him to have great time there.
After the holiday the worse happened on the last days of our holiday we had a little sex accident that scared us both cause we were not really ready for babies..so we decided that I should take a pill for safety..
We came back to the island and I went back ton busy work as I was working in a bar but he was still sitting home waiting for an answer. He decided to go for another trip to Vegas with his friends and I was supportive cause he needed some fun. But meanwhile I was starting to have these health problems cause of the pill I took..seemed as if it didn’t work and I was actually getting pregnant cause I gained a few kg and was feeling sick a lot..but he was away and I tried not to bother him with my sickness while he’s on his holiday with friends..
When he came back a week after I still tried not to show it off so much cause there was our anniversary and my birthday on the way and he showed me that he got me a big gift the that was standing in the corner of the room in a box so I can’t see…everything seemed to be ok..
Untill the evening right after he came back he just suddenly became weird telling me that I’m annoying and getting upset about my every moove or word…meanwhile my sickness kicked in from that pill and i was feeling sick and bleeding the whole night..few days later was our anniversary and it was even worse.. he completely shut down…few days later I texted him asking what is wrong and he would text me back that he just needs some space. Usually I would respect him needing space but probably as I recently took a large dose of hormones I couldn’t resist but calling him and crying and asking what is going on…
He calmed me down saying that everything is OK but then few days later while going to work I saw him driving pass me with another girl beside him…
Long story short…it turned out that he’s been cheating on me for quite a long time I still don’t know if it was just emotional cheating or physical too…he wouldn’t admit he was cheating but saying that they are just friends…but I had never seen this girl or he would have never mentioned her during our relationship but in the end she turned out to be his friend that lives almost next door to him…
Of course I went full rage on him cause it was completely devastating for me on top of all my sickness and the worse that he did not seemed to care much either..he said he still wants to be with me but meanwhile he would still see her…it ended up in about year of complete emotional roller coaster where I was being mad at him..then he would apologise but still go out with her then I would find it out again and go mad at him and he would apologise untill I told him to stay away but he wouldn’t let me go and we tried to make our relationship work and he would promise me the world …just for me to find out again that he still lies and she is still coming over to his house doing God knows what….and again him saying sorry but not changing anything…
So recently I told him to leave me alone if he has no good intentions and he replied with that it’ll probably will be best for everyone if he leaves for good.. and it ended up in 2 week long silence while I finally felt peace even though missing him cause i felt bad for being so angry at him… up until he suddenly dared to show up at my work place(nightclub That he usually wouldn’t attend) with his friends just to get wasted in front of me…I got angry again and took him by the hand and asked to leave but he wouldn’t listen and his friend insulted me so I just went back to work trying to hold myself together…
Sorry for the messy writing but it was hard to put out almost 2 years of complete misery of my life… I just really want to get it out and forget about it…
Now I feel very bad about my decisions to leave my homeland and I feel kinda stuck on this Island I don’t want to go home or stay here cause the place is small and there is always something reminding of him…and I really don’t get his attitude…. I feel very bad for being so angry all the time.. cause i feel for him too and still love him.. it’s very hard as I don’t really have good friends here..I just don’t know what to do…:(
March 7, 2017 at 10:11 am #136595AnonymousGuestDear Elizsbete:
What happened with the pregnancy? Are you pregnant and how is your health?
It is a shame that you had such distressing “crazy family drama” that you escaped to the island only to find worst drama.
At home, the crazy family drama left you “very depressed” and you felt pressured. As you consider what to do next, take into account your family situation and dynamics. You don’t want to look for peace (again) where you are likely to find more drama, pressure and distress.
Regarding your boyfriend/ ex boyfriend- doesn’t read promising to me.
Waiting for your answer regarding your pregnancy and health. Also: do you feel stuck on the island because of money and/ or because you don’t find going back to your family appealing?
anita
March 7, 2017 at 11:28 am #136621ElizabeteParticipantMy pregnancy eneded soon after or could say it ended before it really started.. as I was under a lot of stress…I went to a doctor that told that it was a misscariage but as it was in early stage basically the first 2 weeks..
I lost a lot of weight and was feeling sick after…my boyfriend at the time…(when I finally reached him cause he wouldn’t speak to me in person just send texts) felt bad about it but he just said sorry and continued ignoring me..
I was lucky at the time cause I became good friends with a foreign girl from work who was there just for the season…she very felt for me and tried to help me and get me out and eat and was spending time with me so I recovered from my illness quite ok…I’m eating again..less then usual but doing it…and Tring to go for walks whenever I have free time from work just to clear my mind…just sad that my friend left after the summer was over…
About my leaving or staying situation…I don’t really want to go home cause as I left school I don’t really have much job opportunities there and there is my family that keep on reminding me about my bad decisions about leaving school and constantly asking me what I’m gonna do with my life..that is all the time expecting something from me although deep down they are just putting their own problems out on me cause their own lives aren’t better at the moment so they have found someone to put their own bad emotions on to….
Also here on the island I finally have stable income and can live without big worry…at home it wouldn’t be that easy cause job opportunities are quite bad and it’s always living in a worry about how I’m gonna pay my rent as it was one of the reasons why I left the place.
So now I kinda feel hanging somewhere in the middle…feel like I don’t belong anywhere…
March 7, 2017 at 11:36 am #136627AnonymousGuestDear Elizabete:
It reads to me that it will not be a good idea to go back home: bad relationships there as well as high rent and little to no job opportunities. Better stay on the island for now than to return home.
Also reads to me that it will be a bad idea to pursue and/ or get back together with your ex boyfriend because he is… quite heartless.
Hold on to the good you do have now: your improving-in-progress health, freedom from family distress, freedom from boyfriend-distress, a stable income-
and keep posting here, as clarity and the coming up with options is a gradual process.
anita
March 7, 2017 at 12:00 pm #136643ElizabeteParticipantAt heart I know he’s not that bad I even understand him for leaving me cause I just did to him the same that my family does to me and was kinda pressuring him to care about me…he tried to be nice to me at some point but as it involved him still meeting with another woman at the same time it just kept on making me angry..
He has a bad family history too..his parents are divorced and keep on fighting…last time when I yelled at him to leave my work place I even felt bad cause I was acting just like his mother..that had yelled at me too during our relationship..
Just feels bad that when I finally thought that maybe something good has happened with me when I met him it turned out in to a big disaster…
and I can’t seem to escape this wheel of bad things happening to me…specially now when I don’t feel like home anywhere…I even understand where it comes from cause my family has always had money problems and we had been moving a lot and I always had this urge to just finally settle somewhere…
Thank you for your advice! Already feels better just to write it out..:)
March 7, 2017 at 8:30 pm #136999AnonymousGuestDear Elizabete:
You are very understanding of him, very empathetic. Thing is, he wasn’t empathetic toward you when you needed him most. And he was seeing another woman.
I wish you had a friend on the island, and a few boyfriend candidates or possibilities, so that your attention will move away from your ex.
What makes it difficult to have friends on the island?
anita
March 8, 2017 at 3:07 pm #137665ElizabeteParticipantWell as I work in a nightclub during weekends mostly..I get to go out only during the mid week when everybody else is busy working in the offices etc. An as it is small there is nothing much going on..like concerts or other public events..
I get to go out only with people from work on midweek.. but it’s a small group of people that constantly changes cause mostly there is people coming to work just for few months and then leaving…
And for now I have also kind of lost the trust or sympathy in local people probably cause my ex was local..their culture seems a bit different then mine..some of them are quite rude towards the foreign people that work here and see them lower than them selves.. and from what I’ve seen during long hours of work in a nightclub it’s quite ok and familiar for them to cheat or act inappropriate and then just act like it never happened..
I get some numbers from guys while working at the bar but it’s already a deal breaker that they ask me out while they are drunk so I don’t bother calling them..
I probably should change my job but it’s not that easy here as foreign people without any big experience get to work only in hospitality that always means smaller salary or a lot late working hours…
March 8, 2017 at 7:58 pm #137775AnonymousGuestDear Elizabete:
I understand. You describe your situation very clearly. Doesn’t seem socially promising .. or work wise, beyond a temporary arrangement. But this is what you have now, where you are at. Your temporary co workers, like the friend you had, are your only possible source of personal friendship, be it as short as it has to be. Learn about their lives, where they are from, what kind of lives they are going back to, after they are done with the island. Maybe you will get ideas.
anita
March 8, 2017 at 8:40 pm #137783AnonymousGuest*didn’t record…
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