but up to now he doesnt understand what im pointing out and still refuses to make even small efforts. No calling. Im in school full time until July 2023 and though I have a flex pt job at Amazon, the hours and job itself is so crappy. Around my birthday time I started to notice that his effort was there mentally and physically. I love him more than ever and I know I made the biggest mistake of my life. its been 10 days now and he havent ask me out, during these 10 days when he says i miss you or i say i miss, he would ask me to meet at his place for couple of hours (again at the spare of the moment). You can change how you respond to your boyfriend and everything else in your life. Unless he drank to much then he was argumentative and yucky. Idk I really love him hes the first person thats ever given my butterflies or made me actually feel anything, but I just feel like its all changed now maybe and Im not sure how to continue. I went back to check on him and he was online for like a minute..(Thinking he was asleep I left sweet messages for him to read when he wakes up. So, my boyfriend and i have known each other our entire lives. The littlest things set him off, and me as well. I keep trying to tell myself this is just a bad patch until I finish school and get a full-time job again- now that hes finally got a new job and should be happy. He is trying to save the world on his own. I really dont know what how to go about it. He has never been one to open up about problems he has with himself or our relationship. Do I let this person disrespect my boundary? i felt unhappy with it.. i wanted to give up but i feel like im the only one who can understand him and love him uncondtionally. Don't be antagonistic towards him, but make him realize how much you i already confronted him with the issues and tried to convince him to change and make things smooth. I just cant understand or relate to his lack of effort anymore. We went on a trip. Then there was the hangovers. I felt once again unappreciated. But loves to act as if what Im saying isnt logical. It makes me feel like 1: he now feels a connection with this woman he does not with me and that is why he feels so contemptuous towards me all the time now 2: pissed off that he KNOWS it bothers me, is not able to understand why I feel that way and simply disregards my feelings maybe even doing it on purpose?? Trust me, because I have gone through absolute bad times and still risen like a phoenix. You dont have to change your personality, but you may need to change your expectations. He then told me about the basics, and then he let me hold on to him to avoid falling. Part of me struggles with feeling like this relationship is way way past it expiration date and needs to be taken out back and put out of its misery but at the same time and I just struggling with what is a natural and normal transition into a long-term relationship? I guess subconsciously I acted that way because hes quite lazy and I didnt want to cut him any slack in fear that he would put in less effort to maintain the long distance. A couple passing times of the day, well meet just for a couple minutes. He is a very patient and calm person. 58 here and it was us as the major priority for 3 solid yrs.. and now in our 4th yr. it has changed. It hurts a lot when they say things to intentionally hurt us. I visit him at work a couple nights a week and bring him dinner as he works second shift. I love him so so much and I LOVE spending time with him. Gaslighting, deflecting if I try to reasonably communicate how I feel (because I am not allowed to ever have a problem). Hi Jessica, Sweetie this man is never going to love you the way you want him too.He may love you the only way he knows how and its not a healthy kind of love by your comments. Hes very sweet and affectionate, so I dont believe its due to him not liking me anymore, but it really confuses me and stresses me out. Hes doing it deliberately. We have an 18 year age gap. I almost believe he is avoiding me for not been attracted to me.I am sure that he wants me and I feel frustrated with his actions but I do love other qualities he has. i jst think hes all abt himself and idk wht do. I didnt even realise I was expecting the bare minimum until it hit me while I was laying in bed after he hadnt messaged me all day because he was busy playing his game. He said that the only thing I require of him is to give me attention. Thats something you need to know. Ive bin going through a similar situation with a guy. P.S. Just torn and dont know what to do. There are plenty more examples. He is struggling to find work as well. My boyfriend and I have been dating about 5 months weve known each other for quite a while in the 1st couple months was wonderful we talked a lot did stuff together laugh together he started working more and didnt have as much time is energy but I noticed that hes working obsessive until he absolute collapses he makes no time for me he keeps saying I cant wait till we have time again when I get these jobs done but nothing is an emergency hes not strapped financially he doesnt have to complete these things as fast as he does I go to his house and sleep a lot of nights with him thats kind of all were doing anymore were not even having sex but if I dont sleep over he calls me and text me I miss you so much I love you so much but he wont actually put in any effort to do anything with me Im so confused about about it Ive lowered my expectations again and again and hes just been just disconnected just not really even present Its like he knows he has me and he can just put me on a shelf until he feels like paying attention to me again and its not enough for me but I love him I know he loves me I dont know why he doesnt get it that this relationship is gonna die if he doesnt keep starving it. I feel like Im the only one putting any effort for us to spend time together. I reslect to my culture. Its completely up to me to provide the conversation and topics, which is rather stressful for me 2 years in. But he makes time for his boys and gaming everyday. We must set boundaries and stick to them so we dont keep ending up here! We have a beautiful home and are dog and cat owners. Thats was our first time seeing each other in person (granted, Id seen him randomly beforehand in elementary school years before that). We recently broke up with him due to the fact that, despite my efforts to express how I didnt feel like a priority, and him apologizing, him not making an effort to see me during the week (Works been crazy) and saying he would call me at night, but not, he did not change and I gave it 2 1/2 weeks. Although he did not tell me this beforehand, we have been trying to work on these issues and improve our relationship. This guy isnt my boyfriend but we met in a way that would almost seen like fate. It sounds to me like hes not into you. The first date was half a year into our relationship at an Italian restaurant. https://www.bonobology.com/husband-does-not-give-me-attention He foes sweet thoughtfulthings when I come over yo see him. Lastly, he is obsessed with social media. ? Literally so many times. but he refuses to communicate, refuses to try and he does this thing where he grasps for straws so that he can point the finger of blame on me. Is like he is taking his frustration with having no control at work out on me. I told him 3 times that this has bothered me and he has made no effort to change this. I feel like we should break up but as I say he is my life its really difficult and I dont want to hurt him. Girl, thats not fair to you. Now my mom did not know about my boyfriend i was afraid to tell her cause she probably wouldnt approve that he didnt go to school. So i moved out and got my own place and we continued dating. We used to work on projects together, go for walks, and he barely even grooms now. But I decided to tell my bf what makes me happy. He is so passive. forgive me for my wrong grammars im a filipina and im not that good in expressing myself in english. Someone needs to get off if it cant be discussed and decisions made together to improve what doesnt work for one or the other. Yesterday he said he had tried to write in his journal in the morning but it was took dark and did not want to wake me. Then, youll know what to do when your boyfriend makes no effort in your relationship. Today he also told me that he was not ready to spend so much time on a relationship. Also he NEVER wants to have sex so that concerns me too. My boyfriend and I both 21 have been dating for almost 3 years and for almost 2 years he has been serving the military back home with only weekends to spare and while I am in Canada studying for almost a year. When I spoke to Lisa, his wife, she said was fed up with the lack of affection she felt she I dont know what to do or how to feel.. Im trying to figure out if its his depression thats making him stress to make more money as well as not doing anyrhjng for me or the home we live in, or if he truly doesnt care for me or my feelings and Im just here for the mean time to do things for him? When i and my parents call him to come home(as our culture) he dont bother about him.. That was another thing to disappoint me more. You see, now when you decide to leave him, its not because you dont love him, but its because you love yourself and respect yourself far more than you love him. But he still makes no effort in even recognizing relationship milestones like anniversaries, but he has done romantic things for the girl he chased for 6 years. This makes me feel like he just needs me to help him with work. This sucks. My 30th birthday was two days ago. He loves Instagram and has a fitness page, and is constantly posting pics on it and putting up stories of his everyday life. He has said that he would maybe consider living together in five years. If you do his laundry, stop. He tells me I could come over to his familys Thanksgiving, but only after everyone has left and only for leftovers (aka forgo my Thanksgiving dinner with my family and eat reheated sides). My boyfriend and I been together for a few months ,we dated not really long time ago and now we are in long distance. Start by letting go slowly. i simply dont understand this. laugh etc for 45-60 mins. I am very confused and angry at myself because I know he wasnt like that in his previous relationship endeavors. He keeps telling me that if I think relationships are only about anniversaries and dates, giving each other a label, cheesy stuff, then for him it isnt meaningful. You dont have to ask him to take care of you or pull you out of that sorrow. I tried talking to him and he said I was being to needy. He never comes to see me, I always have to go to him. He didnt want to and i ended up cheating. I am insecure and scared because all my past relationships,Ive been either cheated on or dumped. I do not want to give up on relationship, But seems to be STAGNANT right now. We are in LDR. And then the other half of me cant help but feel like perhaps he just doesnt want to go on a date with me at all and thats why he never made an effort. But theres other strange things he does, when we go on dates that require conversation like coffee or dinner, or drives, he doesnt start any conversations. Like once or twice a week.I asked him to put in some efforts and he said he would change and that he is trying. Fine, dont come. He used to do things for me but it seems like he doesnt do anything. He dresses professionally. Ask them, I feel like youre ignoring me. I am alone in this relationship.? I cleaned his puke and poop from damn near halfway up our bathroom walls from when he got e.coli a few weeks ago, but we have a housing inspection on the 28th and my house looks like a storage unit and its filthy! I dont know what to do. Im a mum of one and I feel if we move in he will leave it all to me. Stopped fantasies and games and generally sexual desire towards me about 2-3 years ago now, losing track. I sometimes think my expectations are too high. Thanks for letting me vent gals. He forgave me and I eventually moved back. He knows im going to have sex with him if he initiates it because im 36 years old and NEVER EVER EVER have sex. Its just making me feel awful but its so difficult because he is my life Ive been with him that long and he is a sensitive person I dont want to hurt his feelings as he isnt bad at all hes just lazy, but I really feel like Im wasting my time now. I may be overreacting sometimes, but I believe my feelings are valid. I love him very much and I know that he loves me but deep down i often wonder how much i mean to him or if i mean much at all. I started breaking down on zoom and crying. He would become distant and i would feel left alone and hurt by it. Need. In the second year of the relationship we were going out a lot to bars and clubs, and he began to drink a lot, and would become very aggressive with me, and started to treat me bad. Anyway not sure what to do either but it helps to know Im not the only one. Not only that sexual favors have been one sided for a long time now. Always come lastAnd itsbreaking My heartthat I dont know what to do Financially Im not able to move And my son doesnt want to Any advice? He didnt get me anything. Whereas if I was in his situation I would just leave (not during the lockdown). The day he chatted he just really want a date for that day and as we go along he confess to me that he has a crush on me since 6th grade and told me he really want to have relationship with me in high school but didnt make it because he think of me highly that he is afraid he gets dump by me so the ending he courted my bestfriend. I love my girlfriend but I never know what to say to her. After a few nights of him treating me bad, he noticed that I was about to leave him so stopped drinking when we would go out because he didnt want to be aggressive with me anymore. I dont think he knows how a relationship works or I am just difficult to be with. I signed up for therapy and told him that if my behavior was hurting him, that I was willing to change. 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