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  • in reply to: Broken trust – having doubts #195403
    Faye
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    Thanks Anita for you input and thoughts!

    I especially agree with the second saying: “You don’t trust that you are able to evaluate him correctly”. Because there only has been one occasion of his disloyalty and he seems very attached to me, very scared to lose me. But since I’ve grown older I have been confronted by the reality that people/partners will lie to protect themselves or to get something out of you. So whenever I feel “weird”. I start thinking: is he lying? But I can’t evaluate it correctly, is it just a feeling? Do I have a reason? Am I overreacting?

    “You don’t trust that his behavior is more than a … consequence of your wrongness”

    I’m not sure.. we’ve had so many issues already that I can’t tell if this just is who he is as a person. Or I bring out the anxiety, insecurity out?

    About the living together. If I’m honest, it still seems like a good idea (I know it sounds weird). But my home can be very chaotic, my parents fight a lot, they have a big impact on me and not always in a good way. And also living together to me is kind of “a last resort”. Either it’ll do us good or it will make it clear that my boyfriend and I are not meant to be in the long run. It feels as if it would give me some clarity if I really want to continue this relationship.

    About calling the other girl “nothing” I agree. I told him as well that I thought this was a very mean and cruel thing to say. Especially since he did care and She had some serious butterflies for her. I always wonder if he’s projecting. When we first got together he didn’t have anything nice to say about his ex either. I don’t mean things like: she hurt me, she played with my feelings. That’s normal I think but things about their sex life, about her appearance, her lifegoals. Which annoys me because it means if we ever break-up he’ll do the same and tell my dirty laundry to everyone.

    And the weird thing is, last week when he told some story about a friend who had gone to her birthday party, you know some gossip. I’m not sure what it was about but I replied with something like: Oh well it’s not like your rship was that serious, from what you’ve told. And he got SO defensive about this and snapped at me with: You don’t know anything, you weren’t there.

    He confuses me so much sometimes. He is so sweet and gentle, always telling me I’m the love of his life, wanting to be with me every second of the day. Buying me flowers, treating me like a queen. But it’s like he has this dark side that I don’t really like.

    in reply to: Broken trust – having doubts #195361
    Faye
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    Small Update:

    I talked to him about the Instagram pictures and that I didn’t feel comfortable and found it suspicious. He tried reassuring me that it was nothing and that he doesn’t even remember liking them (I think that’s a lie). I asked him why he’s always acting so weird around the subject of that girl and he says it’s because he’s ashamed and that I’m always making him feel ashamed. I know shame is a powerful emotion and I can somehow believe him. I’ve dealt with shame a lot, actually I daily deal with it. Still I’m so scared of being lied to, played with. Even if it’s small lies, I feel very uncomfortable about them. I’ve decided to let it rest, I worked out with a friend later and that definitely helped me blow off steam.

    I just wonder how do you repair broken trust? Can we even? Why are we so focused on the past all the time?

    Mark,

    You are definitely right, this feels like a heavy “transition” in my life and I seem to doubt absolutely everything and every choice I make. My boyfriend must be going through the same but we can’t always seem to help each other.

    Anita,

    Yes I’ve definitely made some mistakes with my boyfriend and the previous one. I’m still learning what’s okay to share and what’s not. Sometimes it can feel as if there’s room to share certain thoughts and feelings but afterwards it comes back to me to bite me in the butt. The dramatic behavior is that I get upset easily and tend to always expect the worst. One small feat can discourage my whole day. Then I need to vent and often i’ll go and confront the person I have a problem with. People dislike the confrontation and call me dramatic. Well two boyfriends have told me this. I think it’s a mean thing to say. Everyone has feelings and if you step on them you’ll get a reaction. I think most humans respond to pain so why judge me so hard for being hurt you know..

    I just have problems trusting men in general to be honest. My dad has cheated on my mom multiple times, my previous boyfriend would lie to get me in bed or lie about where he was hanging out. I can’t tell truth from a lie anymore.

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