hurt but yesterday she just told me she wasnt Her attitude changed a lot. He is 6 yrs older than me and our longevity (his term for bucket list) clock is ticking. He just says he doesnt have it in him to make the relationship part work with how drained he feels hes already become emotionally and how much hes working now to make sure we can take care of the baby financially. Eventually we both found out about the other. I know he have no trust in me nor rs. There are several pieces of your story that need filling in. This is serious! Hello. If I give her space I feel like she wont be back. Im contemplating Whether to move back home, or move in with a friend. Love is the only thing that is Real. Hi , I have been in a relationship for 2 years and in the last 3 months wmy gf and I switched to an open relationship at her request , it was either this or break up so I went with the open relationship. I do like him a lot but i dont love him or feel that i love him. I have now put everything out on the table, I have genuinely apologized and have asked him to not give up on us. The act of letting go is simply the act of moving forward without the person you loved. I know Im faced with the burden of him having that ugly image of me, making this task harder, but how do I go about this? Can you give me a few words of advise? He left me because he says he isnt in love with me but still cares about me and he did love me. Ive been drinking a lot and feeling so sad and overall not ok. Is there anyway that the relationship could work again and if so how? Once you enter your information, youll be directed to a list of therapists and counselors who meet your criteria. She said she works and is too busy. I dont want to hurt him. he eats when i cook just the same and we have sex. Now he doesnt want to restore our relationship & Im crushed because it feels like now that Ive put forth the effort to not only change myself but to change the downward spiral of my relationship, its too late. since january he started acting strange and then he said his foot his not in this relationship anymore. He said he didnt think me leaving for awhile was necessary to begin with. Hi The Lightened, We all respond differently to being hurt and rejection is tough to deal with. So weve still been taking, not about us, just conversation. he said that he wants to break up and no communication at all. I have been dealing with depression for many years since having children with my boyfriend, he has always been someone who loved to drink and over the years of enjoyment of drinking turned into the need of drinking. I know that she most likely will be happier without me since I caused so much damage to her, but I really want another shot at becoming the only one she loves. After reading this article I know now that my unfulfilled promises of improving myself had hurt him deeply. Hi IDK I have been divorced for two years and separated for three. I know I love her with every ounce of my being, but throughout the relationship, I managed to abuse her physically and mentally. Before I lose him. Was he just no longer interested in the marriage? We stayed up hours really talking. w/o details I cant say much other than that it usually leads to big trouble. Remind him that he OWES you something, but when you talk with him, be CHEERFUL, not sad. So now I must go on the journey to get him back. I put on a brave face to everyone I meet as I work front-line reception, but the facade is slipping more speedily with each passing day. I assured her she was important to me. You feel anger toward the person who hurt you as well as on yourself for letting them do this to you. There will be new things in the you that has experienced all this pain: guardedness, healing, and newfound respect. I ferl list in my professional life as well and feel like maybe im just taking it out on my relaitionship? It was difficult at the time but we decided to stay together and try everything we could to fix our relationship. We have two beautiful children. However, I thought I should take a break from her in December 2013. We have 2 children. If he is afraid of his mother or of feeling guilty because of what she says, then he would need to work hard on getting over that and that piece is difficult. Then he said he has matured and changed and wants something new thats not me. This crushed me of course and I was miserable all summer. Hi Dr. Deb, Good luck. I cheated a couple of times n i was also women enough to let him know. Id say I can go with you and hed say naw you cool Ill just go), and he doesnt want us riding in the same car. Say 3 weeks later, I was still having trust issues, being suspicious of him. We moved around shopping for baby stuff, groceries, her personal stuff at expensive places.This took place between September to December 2014 and she was due around late January. https://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy/issues/domestic-violence. She spoke to her mum asking if it was normal thing putting it towards wedding jitters. Hi Rose, He will say it back if I say it first, and on the day I moved, he said it first a few times. we have been broken up over a month now. Any suggestions? I started to frantically look for ways to fix the situation and I think that I came across as too needy. We recently just moved across the country together. Whether physical or emotional, affairs tear the fabric of a relationship. Not searching for love but I fell for someone at my work place I kissed him a few times but no more but I told my husband I was leaving him that it wasnt because of the other guy . If you dont remember the paragraph I wrote you Oct 1 @ 7pm. i told him that i miss him and am sorry but he said its okay . I get so frustrated when he cries and says he needs to feel love from me because I understand that he means it, but I kind of feel like well, you had that already and it didnt bloody do you any good. Hello, Dr. Deb Hello!! Influenced mainly by a friend of his. They married and had another baby within a year. We were planning to get married. I told him that Im not asking for him to forgive me but to think about the good qualities I have and put a little hope in that part of me. 3 months later, he contacted me and wanted to explain himself. I have been clean since the last time, in March. We lived together, slept together, and had sex, which was passionate at first. Thats how it seemed. I couldnt take living under the same roof with him because I love him so much and dont want to get a divorce but he does. Yes, it would be possible to fall in love with this man provided you have a highly skilled therapist or perhaps you both take my course. If you sign up for my newsletter (which I have temporarily stopped) on my website you will hear more about it. Over the years he has struggled with excessive alcohol abuse and usually I am able to bring it up and he notices its getting worse and fixes it himself. That is the only way I can love my spouse, not because we have a bad relationship, but because a relationship is hard! I wish I was exaggerating. What can I do? My mother in law showed how selfish she is since day one making a huge drama about everything. Im now at a point that my feelings for him are not the same and my affection and attraction is not there. but I cant let go of him cos i knew he is the one in my life. Every emotion was real. I was gutted and a we had a few arguments in consecutive days. My ex doesnt. Is it wrong for partner one to just be done. 2. PLEASE HELP!! Be romantic, too. I cry even in my sleep, have nightmares. Few days ago i was at the Mall when she called. Taking responsibility is a big first step. Hed ignore my messages for minutes and reply me after hed replied hers. He ended up hooking up with another girl twice. I dont know if my feelings can ever come back for him. People tell me its a front that she puts up. We werent together officially but the purpose was to get closer to having a real relationship. But my boyfriend and i decided to try and fix things. However, I still mourn the loss of my marriage, and what I SHOULD have had. My husband knows this. What can I do to leave the past in the past? I figured I had to be that girl so if it happened again at least I didnt give my all. About six months ago, we had a blow out because of what I perceived as a radical change in her behavior. Now Im dealing with abandonment and regret. I wasnt happy before but now Im down right depressed and I dont think things will ever work put but I cant imagine a life without him in it. on jan 1st of this year(Our 18th anniversary), my partner came home from work and told me he wasnt happy anymore and was no longer in love with me. This is adult conversation which shes been avoiding months long. But I called her on Wednesday to make the plan for Thursday instead which she agreed. We had a one night stand and he got me pregnant on purpose!! He also must feel unloved at the bottom of it all and it has nothing to do with you. This guy has no pride at all. And then, below that, shes saying you are not confident. The fact that he is back and forth with you tells me that. So (not proud to say) I hacked in to his SM accounts. I said things to him like right person, wrong circumstances, and I even told him I wished Id never met him. Am I crazy for trying so hard? Hi Dr, thanks for replying back. Dont settle; break ups are not failures unless you violate values and moral codes. I think I know whats going on. 4 years ago I took up skiing went every week at local dry slopes. Just a quick note to say I have been working with Tako for about 5 years, on all sorts of different issues, anytime I get a problem at work, or my noisy terrible neigbours, or my Mother In Law plays up, I phone Tako and he sorts its out, even little things, I phone him and its all sorted, what would I do without him?? Do I continue with her or bail? What is going on?? Im so anxious and scared. You deserve better and there is better trust me. He keeps on saying I feel empty inside because you have hurt me before. My husband trivializes my feelings and says things like if it were that bad you would have left a long time ago. Because by telling her this, you validate her feelings without putting any pressure on her to do anything at all. I dont want to ruin a good thing but I also dont want to be unfair. We talk about getting married in the future and we both know that we want to be long time life partners. A child of the civil rights movement, a trial lawyer and the youngest individual ever to be elected to the South Carolina Legislature as well as the youngest African American elected official anywhere in the nation, Bakari Sellers has known great personal loss and earned historic public victories. I met a guy you loved me from last 5 years but told me last year . So those are 3 areas to work on in therapy. Told him to change for himself, else its not sustainable.and I needed to see him take actions that will guarantee it never happens again. So she said I live with his mother. I had a little girl with her and today I thank my e partner for leaving me and taking our daughter away from the pain and suffering I was causing. Just for the fantasy and pleasure for us to share. Hi my name is Ashley I know I may be only sixteen right now except I have been in four relationships so far and right now I am in my fifth relationship with my boyfriend for over a year now. Hes been one of my best friends since college and my boyfriend knew that. Your letter comes down to this: Your husband has been emotionally abusive to you for almost 4 decades and has been cheating for many years. He says I really hurt him when I did that and he doesnt know how to get around it. but i really love him. Financial restrains were blamed. The first among the 15 ideas for a perfect first date is to plan a place where you both will be comfortable Hey Steve, thanks for commenting on my article and on your sincere remorse. Hi Kacie, Well, your letter is pretty long, but I do want to make a few comments to the first 1/3 of it, which I read. They enter into a relationship in which they can keep one foot in the water, and the other safely out, on the sand. Please get your health checked now that youre having sex again. I love him and always will but I want to feel the same way I did when it all began but I just dont and I just cant, Ive tried for so long to get that spark back but I think the damage is done and im beyond the point of recovery here. She was upset really bad and I said I will not give her anything. No courtesies or pleasantries were exchanged. I have never loved a woman like I love her, and I honestly dont think I ever will again. The level of emotional connection I have with my EAP is so huge and the level with my husband so minimal it is quite difficult to imagine climbing that mountain. I keep telling him that trust can be rebuilt and that I am going to try and be better person for myself, for him, for us and for his girls. She wohldnt want to hear about it or apologize. Before we started dating, we were really good friends and have a lot in common. I trusted him. So heres the thing: Falling in love is great but we dont stay in love for all that long. He is very judgmental and critical on top of it I feel like he only knew how to put me down. Well, you are right you did wrong. She said she almost left, I mentioned that she has to stop reacting like that, because I too had wanted to hug her, just in more private setting than in line at Starbucks, I explained I wanted it to be a longer deep hug. In fact, be sure the type of therapy you go to will do exactly that. That is, your partner is so anxious to wish away all the bad in the relationshipwhich is understandablethat he/she may make you feel like he/she is more concerned with what he/she is getting out of it than what you are being offered. I also, have a temper & it stems from hurt feelings and I can admit that I reacted instead of having a mature response and when I want to talk about things I wanted to discuss it then, not wait but since weve both grown upI realize that he is a man that I do want to try and see if we can work it out.otherwise I am not just going to be an ex-wife who comes over eats & has sex with a man if this is not going anywhere for us both. That is NOT the real person. There is no way I could make a suggestion w/o knowing what you are learning from your life coach and therapist. Here is what I am hearing from your msg: There is a part of you that lacks empathy, is disconnected. Aside from thatwe are friends and I would like to at least help him see that not everybody leaves and not everybody is out to use and hurt you. We inspired eachother in our creative endeavors. He said he doesnt want to try and he doesnt want our marriage to work. 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