hello, I'm new. My name is Natalie. I'm 20. I feel feel open and raw right now, see little less then a month ago my boyfriend of almost 4 months informs me that
a.) "we need to take a break."
b.) I have personality traits he can't live with
c.) that we might as well break up now, to save a fight and never speaking to each other again.
d.) i'm aggravating
e.) but he still cares about me and wants to be friends
and acts like an ass every time I try to ask him what changed.
We met over LJ, turns out he was in Mi for college, we started emailing each other then phone calls... then we met. He always liked to say we fit.
And in early August he asked me to think about coming to live with him after we were together for 6 months. He even said he was thinking about staying in
Mi(his graduation is in Dec., he hopes to get a job in CA or FL.)until I wanted to leave. And I fell in love. we spent most of the summer together, and constantly being told I'm almost perfect and beautiful, being told that he was so happy to have finally found someone that he plans to spend a "very long time with") apparently 4 months is a long time to a male).
When he told me he wanted to break up(over the phone) and that he had been thinking about it for 2 weeks(10 of those 14 days we were together, and he conveniently wanted to have sex right before I left to go home).It put me into a serious state of shock, I right after he broke it off started my period a week early, I've lost almost 20 pound(I only weighted about 113, now I'm almost 90), I can't sleep or eat right. And because he still wants to be friends he calls whenever he wants to talk to someone or is stressed out(once a midnight, once a 8 in the morning, and I love this guy so I want to help him with his stress, but its tearing me up). I can't bring myself to talk to him about how much he hurt me, becuase the last time I tried he became really mad. I don't want to lose him completely, but I can't live like this. I don't know if I should take the chance of him never speaking to me again to tell him he hurt me and that I want to know the real reason he broke it off.
I'm in a different state right now visiting my aunt, I didn't bring along my cell(roaming sucks), but before I left, he called twice asking to talk before I left. I called him, and he just kept asking me what I wanted to talk about(i emailed him and told him i was uncomfortable talking to him. and that there is alot of stuff I now feel I can't share with him, to which replied"u can tell me anything") I feel really hurt that he thinks we can just be friends so easily. I hated that he was so annoyed that I was hurt that he wanted to break up. I don't want to just stop talking to him, because I do like him. He's a great guy, but him not caring what he's doingt to my emotional state is driving me insane, or perhaps he doesn't know he's doing it. I haven't mentioned "us" since we got into a fight a few days after we broke up, I figured I'd just live with it, and I'll get over him and we can just be friends. I figured that if I just acted normal, and not hung up and so pathetic as I feel, that he would see me a myself and want me back. When I asked if he would flat out tell me that he had no feelings for me and that he would never again
ask me out, he wouldn't do it, I pin it off on ego, that he gives me just enough hope to hang on, so that he knows he's stringing a chic along. I don't want to lose him, but I can't live like this, crying every time a love song plays(the Savage Garden song,Chained to you, is exactly how it was the first time he kissed me, that use to be one of my fav. songs , or when I see something that reminds me of him(pools,ice cream,anime,my icon...). I don't know what to do. I wish I would of never met him.
January 31 2005, 04:49:18 UTC 7 years ago
I know how you feel and trust me you are not alone. I dated my ex for 4 years and he cheated on me. He'd still call and tell me he loved me and it destroyed me. I had heart surgery, school, and him to deal with all at once. I remember telling his grandma I hoped I died from the surgery he hurt me that badly. Of course I didn't really mean it, but those times sucked.
O.k I am going to give u some advice, but you don't have to listen if u don't want to. First off as hard as this is and I mean I talked to Justin everyday for 4 years u have to stop talking to him. It sounds to me that when you do speak with him it only hurts more. I know that too because I felt that way. You have to be strong...Do NOT let him do that to you. If you do pretend your happy and u don't need him, this will either piss him off or make him feel like shit hehe. Don't lower yourself to him hun. I use to think if I could just make him want me again it would be ok, but it wasn't. It made me look pathetic. Plus do you honestly want someone who does that to you back anyways? I am sure you probably do now...cuz it still hurts, but in the long run you don't and if you took him back he'd prob do it again. Trust me if you ignore him he'll most likely come crawling back and from there it's your call. I however know you most definetly deserve better than him. Good luck and if it makes u feel better I know what that feels like. If you need a friend ask me and I will add u to my friends list :) Also try and eat and get your mind off of him. Go out and don't dwell on stuff as much as u can help it. *Hugs*
<3 Ash
February 14 2005, 21:41:30 UTC 7 years ago
up getting in a huge fight after he asked me out again then started
treat me like crap again, i left him a voice mail telling he i really cared about him but i couldn't deal with what he was doing to me.
about 2 weeks later he emails me to how upset i was with him, and
2 weeks after that he calls and we chat like nothing ever happened.
2 weeks after that he calls and tells me he's sorry and regrets everything that he did to me. we started talking again and we're dating
long distance right now. he was up from Tn to see me just last week and he is sincerely sorry about hurting me. I still can't say trust him
completely, but he is showing me how much he cares(he spent a week with me with my family and he hates them. in fact he just called me right now to say happy V-day, and that he couldn't wait to tell me that) i know i may get hurt by this man again, and after what he did to me, i should of never taken him back, but love is one of those illogical things, i can safely say that he has matured a lot, and i'm glad of that.)
thanks, i'm going to add you to my friends list.