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June 4, 2018 at 3:44 pm #210791asadlittleoneParticipant
I had a boyfriend that’s very nice, and I like him quite a bit. He’s somewhat immature, by that, I meant that he cannot understand my feelings (although that this is not a big problem as we don’t share the same brain but I could understand most of his), he cannot deal with the problems his friends have with me nor does he care (despite that it doesn’t matter too much but I always try to make my friends like him) and he doesn’t bring sunscreen (he get sunburn easily) or water or bug spray when going outside (I always bring some for him) or money while going to the restaurant. These are just minor problems if they can be considered as problems at all, but they began to pile up and I just found that I cannot really endure all these lately. I got mad at him for the first time and I couldn’t control my temper that well, so I just told him that I was okay but I would like a quiet moment alone for a while to calm down and think about the problem after I yelled at him for a sentence.
He look up to me in our relationship, and he always asks me for my advice. After I kept asking and told him that it’s okay to tell me and promised that I won’t be angry because he was saying that he’s bad because these things that he do, he admitted that he watched a lot of porn and he has fantasied about some of the other girls that we both know. I was surprised as I’d never think him as being someone who does these things. Despite that I immediately comforted him and told him that it was okay and I’m happy that he told me and I still like him, this fact still bothered me a slightly, and I wasn’t sure how should I deal with this problem.
Most of all, I don’t feel that he likes me sometimes. He occasionally seems that he does, but sometimes he seems like that he doesn’t. He always says that he likes me so much, but I wasn’t sure if that’s true. He’s more willing to hang out with his friends (it’s a personal choice but I do the opposite for him) Should I just focus more on my friends also?
All in all, I feel sad about not receiving too much, especially that it’s dangerous for me to give a lot more and I’m afraid that I’m losing myself.
I don’t see how I still like him and why I like him, I’ve always wanted a boyfriend that’s mature and can give me advice instead of someone who does the opposite. I still try to improve our communication (which I’d say that the disruptions are on my part), I still attempt to make our relationship more enjoyable for both of us and I still want to go out with him very much despite all of my dissatisfaction toward him (How is this so? ). I enjoyed going out with him. But I cannot be as happy as I used to be about our relationship recently. Any advice?
June 4, 2018 at 3:57 pm #210795asadlittleoneParticipantSorry for the really long post and the bad grammar here and there, any suggestions?
June 4, 2018 at 7:45 pm #210801MarkParticipantasadlittleone,
How about keeping him as a friend? Try dating around to see if you find a better match for a romantic partner.
Continue to communicate what you want for yourself and make specific requests of him of what you want from him.
Check out Non-Violent Communication as a process/technique to do this.
Mark
June 5, 2018 at 5:02 am #210847AnonymousGuestDear asadlittleone:
You wrote: “I don’t see how I still like him and why I like him, I’ve always wanted a boyfriend that’s mature and can give me advice instead of someone who does the opposite”-
Maybe you like him because he is like a child who needs guidance, one who looks up to you, who asks you for advice and who needs to be taken care of (bringing along sunscreen for him when going out, for example).
It is possible to want a mature boyfriend on one hand and enjoy the immature part of the boyfriend you have, at the same time. What do you think?
anita
June 5, 2018 at 1:21 pm #210967asadlittleoneParticipantI like some other advantages that he has, such as we always have something to talk about and we almost always share very similar perspectives about the world. But that doesn’t include the immaturity- it bothers me (I understand that it’s nearly impossible to have a bf that’s perfect on everything) and I cannot help but to feel unhappy because of it (or else I won’t be irritated because of it), what suggestions do you have? Thanks
In addition, how should I lower my expectations of him a bit (or should I)? Am I too insecure to think that he doesn’t like me much and too demanding for wanting him to?
June 5, 2018 at 1:30 pm #210969asadlittleoneParticipantMark,
Thanks a lot for your suggestion, but I feel bad for keeping him as an option while looking for someone else at the same time, that sounds unfaithful to me. I really like your suggestions about making specific requests (and that’s what I was doing). His response was saying “yes” without actually implementing it. I wasn’t sure if it’s just overly difficult to ask someone else to change since humans cannot really be changed too much.
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- This reply was modified 6 years, 5 months ago by asadlittleone.
June 6, 2018 at 3:19 am #211175AnonymousGuestDear asadlittleone:
You read mature to me: you understand that it is impossible to have a perfect boyfriend, that the two of you don’t share the same brain (in your original post) and therefore differences are to be expected, that “humans cannot really be changed too much”, very mature. Also, the way you dealt with yelling at him was very mature, you took “a quiet moment alone for a while to calm down and think about the problem”- I am very impressed.
In a relationship with any man, you are likely to be the more mature one.
In your most recent post you expressed that you value faithfulness in a relationship. My advice therefore is that if your boyfriend’s immaturity extends to being unfaithful to you, then it is time to end the relationship. Because you value faithfulness.
You may be okay with being the one to bring sunscreen to an outing but I don’t think you will be okay with him being with another woman while in relationship with you. So keep that in mind: how impulsive he is (an aspect of immaturity) when it comes to other women?
There are other things you value, evaluate his behavior (not so much his words) in the areas you value most.
anita
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