Doing this you will find out more about yourself. He would change his mind a lot from going to his home state to staying and ever since hes been on and off in our relationship and very careless he doesnt put effort into it after everything I HAVE DONE FOR HIM. I was 15 when we got together and he is like my best friend I love him very much the problem is, I just feel like I do everything I can to make him feel comfortable and cared for and he does very little at all. I get everyday but we go like 3 weeks to a month to once a month. When I got back to our dorm that night I ft him and told him it felt right but It was also an accident. LOVE IS AWESOME BUT GUESS WHAT HERE I AM 8 YEARS LATER AND HE STILL DOESNT CLEAN , STILL DRINKS. He wanted to hang out everyday which at first I though was strange but I started to so after while it was weird for both of us to not be around each other every day. Me and him didnt talk all day but that didnt matter at first cause he slept while i went to school but then he started to sleep at night like a normal person and so I would go to school and ft him right when school got out and we would fall asleep on ft together. Do I let this person disrespect my boundary? You are so young and still have many, many years to find a good guy. However, he has never been one to put in huge amounts of effort. He Finds Your Attention Diverted. I dont know what to do. I suppose its not at all about him but when I have time to think, my mind goes to him. Its insane. More than likely you will both have to work on this throughout your relationship and adjusting as the relaitonship adjusts and GROWS. My boyfriend and I have been living together for 8 years and have three kids together. He didnt even make an effort to see me or plan anything the week before he went out of town. i dont know what i should do since i know that he has feelings for me but i feel like he treats me like a friend a lot of the time. From what you said, he seriously dont appreciate you. You cant change your boyfriend. So, I hate to call him my boyfriend because he is late 50s and I am 47. And mind you the beginning of relationship we always traveled and did things together. Please tell me whatbi should do. He may not be the person for you. He has been better now and takes time to analyze his intention before he says more. I bought him a beautiful set of cufflinks from his university for Christmas. My gut instinct had been telling me since February of this year that his feelings had changed. What Im gonna do? All he does is playing fucking video games all day and night. So hes stopped making an effort because it doesnt matter. If your boyfriend never made an effort to begin with, then he may simply be lazy or indifferent to building and maintaining a relationship with you. Its 90 degrees out so I thought Id stay cool and look a little less like I live in a dumpster. My bday in Jan and our 5 year anniversary/V-tines Day was a sh*t show. I so desperately want a date once in a while wether its once a month so we can enjoy each other and so i can feel like hes doing something special with me AND so i wont go crazy spending every moment in the HOUSE. When I text, he ignores them for hours even when he is online in the meantime. I just feel hurt and we just had a big fight yesterday and I feel kinda empty. NO PHONE CALL. Monday rolls around, nothing. He always said that its his first relationship and he doesnt know how to behave like a boyfriend. NEVER REALLY HELPS. Yes I agree me with Kristina. He said he was seeking for personal growth and happiness. You deserve to be told that you are beautiful, you deserve to be shown concern, you deserve respect. Hes always been so affectionate towards me, always wanted us to be happy so we got together. Does your boyfriend still care? I have been with my boyfriend 15 years and yes he is still boyfriend no engagement no wedding haha. Weve had a roller coaster of a relationship. I feel like he is not making me a priority in his life. My boyfriend was CEO of the company when I know him, we both were very attracted to each other, but some how we missed the chance. I told him i was confused and he said he was dealing with smthn and didnt feel like saying what it was but instead he took it out on me. I am learning. I realized he was not the man for me. My boyfriend and I have been together almost a year. If they are willing- great! There may be more social pressure on men to be the ones who go after women, but hes got feelings too. Im afraid the only way we can turn this scenario upside down is by starting to love and care about ourselves more. Literally same. My boyfriend is 22 years my senior and weve been dating over 8 months. At last my mom knew everything and i wasnt allowed to talk to him.. Such as examples of what he did made you feel a certain way and what was the real reason he did that? Its been hard but there are better things to come. Stay fabulous sis!? do you have to have contact for this. Hes shows effort but due to my insecurities I overthink when I stop seeing the efforts and assume the worst. He ignores me for a week and then talks to me like he rlly loves me and nothing happened. No updates or goodnight/ goodmorning texts.The thing is, I get worried easily.I didnt wanna bother him cause I knew he could get pretty busy with chores at home and his fam is kinda strict on exposure to electrical gadgets so he doesnt want to be on his phone much when hes with them. Ive been doing long distance for nearly 4 years now which hasnt been so good with COVID but honestly thats just an excuse, I think our relationship was still doing bad back then. Its really hard, but Im trying. He told me about his situation and how his mother is a single mom and he has to take care of his younger siblings. He is a nice guy as a whole but its the fact he went out of his way for me a handful of times that gave me a little hope in this sudden realization of my feelings but recently he has completely shut me out. Im 22 & hes 25 , why arent we fucking like rabbits? Im still not brave enough to leave him though he was my first long term and Ive had the best time of my life with him. I have been working 70 hour weeks and I am doing an online MBA. When you're unpredictable, he'll get more excited when you reach out. It took him 2 days to notice something. My boyfriend and I have been together for almost 4 years. It sounds that you need to work on yourself first. I am still sad and confused as to what happened. I want to be with him but Im also scared that Im wasting my young years and wake up one day regretting not leaving bc he isnt going to change how he is for me or at least try for me. Should I just never expect to be treated the way he used to treat me? But all I want from him is a simple hug. I know hes not a bad person maybe he doesnt feel the same about me anymore, or still loves me but is not in love with me anymore. He used to be very motivated and neat. He tried and invited me to a restaurant 2 times but that has stopped as well now. Maybe he doesnt want to look like a fool. I hate to say it maybe he did something he wasnt so suppose to and felt guilty leading him to end things. i simply dont understand this. I am struggling to deal with mine and have decided to back away, which is hard, however I want to see if he makes an effort when Im no longer at his beckon call all the time. He was very affectionate and gentle towards me and would make it a point to call me every day, the first maybe 2-3 months of our relationship. As he knows that everyone has me do everything for everyone. However he has an interview for one. I realized he got into gaming with a girl for a long time. Everything about him was so private I have no idea what he does. i think if i knew he wasnt capable of doing these things i wouldnt feel so strongly. Im the beginning, it was easy. I have no idea what this is all about, but the roller coaster needs to stop, its too hard for me to deal with. I love everything you said and its so true. Which was Im looking so bad I dont want neighbours to see me like this. He doesnt pay me a visit at our house- he actually did, 3 times to be exact (there was a celebration in those times). Ive been with him since july 2020 and its been rocky but its resolved and yeah there is zero effort to hang out and i have to initiate everything. Works always. If so, you have to trust that your relationship can handle this temporary lull in affection and attention. Ive been upset ever since and its only been a week but Im feeling really low and I have bad anxiety in general but its been worse lately because of him. When I do, its the absolute bare minimum or just a bunch of excuses. He knew my day was not going well and that I have dinner ready for him every single night and just once, I ask him to just do it for me! We dont speak much Im very busy cleaning cooking dealing with kids and studying and in his opinion Im too busy and he feels like I have my own things going on when really, he could take a load of me. And to be fair to him around a year in he got the message and now regularly checks in and asks to meet up. I can tell you have much love for him but imagine how good itll be to love someone that has that same love and 10x more for you. I DO ALL THE LAUNDRY, VACCUMING , DISHES ,MOPPING, ALL THE CLEANING. He chose to try with his ex leaving me broken hearted but we remained friends. Also he NEVER wants to have sex so that concerns me too. This is all so contradictory and Im confused about our relationship. Because i often say this to him when i get angry. Seriously, he was amazing. So any advice for me would be great! You want him to want you. This guy is really bad for you, and you know it. I am this woman. Misery loves company, I guess, because I am so damn happy to know that someone else is suffering the same as me and now I dont feel just so alone. Hes really bad at texting and sometimes we dont really talk on the phone cause he said he was tired. Needless to say, I do not want to get married, to see if that will make a difference. Day after, he went for work in other city and stayed there for 3months. I feel in this kind of limbo where expressing dissatisfaction with a relationship that doesnt actually exist makes me sound like a basket case. Im still dissatisfied I guess. He is making zero effort for me. i refused saying that I am already busy, in which I am and I told him quit rankly i need you to plan before hand and so we can both be free. I think its not enough to say I dont feel like Im a priority. he said he had been trying to email me but i dont rlly believe it I never got anything. Hi girl, Im in the same situation right now. I gave him the benefit of the doubt too many times. Hey so Ive been in a relationship for about 2 years now. He called and asked me to come and get himwhich I did. Carve out time for conversation, get in tune with their needs, stop avoiding difficult chats, empathize with what they say, and listen to how they say it. I just dont feel like a priority any more. Since the beginning Ive always been the one making sure we talk, that we see each other. Is Your Boyfriend's Mother Ruining Your Relationship? I want to tell him that having me over for take out and to spend the night is not enough. ?pretty much hurts and also my first. Writing can help you discover if youre expecting too much, or if your boyfriend stopped making an effort because your relationship doesnt mean much to him. High on mine, low on his. He said hes not going through something. Nothing. He also explained to me that the last time we saw each other that night he walked home and got hit by a car. I saw him once more and he taught me my first trick. But when it comes to his business he always asks for my help and Im always putting things aside to help him. Dont settle for this. At first, he was working, seeing his daughter, making me coffee in the morning, starting my car for me, doing dishes, and laundry and now ten months in, he lost his job, and I have no idea if hes looking for a job. Then he texted me to see how I was doing. Im really worried because from October were doing it long distance and Im dreading that if Im not the one to go see him, were not gonna see each other for half a year. Again Im the only one putting in effort. It is just hurtful to know that he could not even think of doing this one thing for me. He started texting her about how a great time they had and flirting with her. He said the reason we broke up was because of different love languages, arguing, and that he was not as emotionally available as I need him to be. And so on. surprisely right after I unblocked him he sent me a message saying hi and hows life? I cannot communicate with him. ? Since a month or so these fights are causing me to have panic attacks and he doesnt care when tell him how much it affects me. .he is older than me 5 years older and I started dating him because I thought he was mature but every time we fought he puts me down telling me Im fat, Im disgusting, no one will ever want meabout a year ago I went through something where I needed all the support I could get and he left me and didnt have my back..10 years later we have no sex and its always in excuse as to why we are not having ithe continues to call me names and everytime I tell him my true feelings it seems like he dosent care, Ive asked him if he would like to try and start all over because I would still wanna be with him and he agrees and says yes and once again we keep going like through this cycle that never ends..I just wanna be happy at this point I dont know why he dosent try a little harder but Im tired. Haha. It became so bad that I almost broke up with him. That doesnt only mean that hes His brother lives for free with his mother and he has nothing but contempt for him over it. Hi, Your post really reflects on me. Right now I want to clear things out and make this the last time we talk about this, because in the last month I told him many times that I felt like he made no time for me and was making more effort to spend time with his friends than with me, and he doesnt even answers my texts. If you depend on him for your self-identity and self-image, then you have to learn how to be an emotionally strong woman in your relationships. If every word out of your mouth is an insult, a critique, or disparaging remark, Just know, that you DO deserve love in this relationship. he just sits there and acts like he hasnt heart a word ive said. We talked about it seriously the 2nd year. As his tummy is upset, but theres been more times idk I just think in this lockdown Ill message him say Im not far from where he is and Im like I could drive past wave from my car and hes like no dont do that. she tells him SHE is sorry. My boyfriend is Lebanese and given the situation there (economic crisis, unemployment rate and poverty rate are getting higher), he began manifesting symptoms of an overly stressed man. How much time should I spent apart from him and not talking to him? I think that might make him feel better. He wont text me all day till I text him. Im in the same situation. But he says that I am the person he wants to build a family with and take care of our children someday. A lovely text of him telling me that we can talk everyday when I wake up in the morning. He said that the only thing I require of him is to give me attention. he would nvr go out of his way to do anything for me now and it makes me wonder why because what am i lacking? I have told him many times that he doesnt care about me, and he always says that he loves me. Is he older? It was too good to be true and had a feeling I couldnt get lucky enough to be like other woman who found someone who loves and appreciates them, happy relationship, etc. Fast forward to after the trip, he rolled back into town and expected me to be completely free for him to come over to loaf around my apartment. I love him and i plan on marrying him but i dont know how to fix the lack of effort without fighting like we always do when i ask him to put in more effort. Around the 5th month, he asked me to be his girlfriend but then he quickly retracted it after realizing how serious we were about to be. And the only way to do that to take more care of our own selves, love ourselves moretruly love our self! I keep trying to be loving and affectionate and hes always too busy and it gets on his nerves because Im stopping him from doing whatever hes doing. I just see so many girls that have boyfriends who do so much to keep them happy, it just feels like my boyfriend stopped trying. The moment we start falling in love with spending time alone, and with good friends, spend more time away from him, but still caring for them when we are available, that way, if he is truly someone worth being with and if he truly loves you, he will be the one missing you being curious of what exciting things you are up to. I am secretary saving money to leave. should i stay or let go? And I hardly have any money since I am paying for literally everything. They may not come true. He never compliments me, from my perspective he only tells me when Im not doing something right. Im just confused if he really want me he should have no excuses in having time with me. I thinking breaking up with him is definitely a stretch, but Im tired of begging my boyfriend for some reasonable attention. We cuddled and played video games until 5 am and they took me home. We are now in quarantine and I have mostly been the one to come see him. He doesnt know WHY he cant put in the effort that he wants to put in. I want to make things work. Everything I say he interprets as me hating him. I see slow progressions here and there. Just a text. Antidepressents can be a good way to start on the road back to normal just to give you some emotional stability. I feel sad when I see these things and feel left unheard and unseen by my so-called partner. Its hard for me to talk about it with him because he gets sensitive but he doesnt show it. We would stay up all night calling for hours, thats how we learned the most about each other. I feel like the future that I saw with him will not be possible anymore. I would like him to make effort, look up someplace Id like and invite me to go. We talk on the phone usually three times a day. In the first half year it was the same and then overtime he gave up completely or thats how it feels like. 8 Signs Youre Falling Out of Love With Your Partner, How People Who Commit Adultery Justify Cheating, According to an Expert, What to Do If Someone Is Flirting With Your Partner, What Is Breadcrumbing? Anniversaries, birthdays etc. , hopefully each day, I will start to become stronger, and maybe me and him could continue with our friendship as time passes. We just never did anything like that alone. I dont think Ill ever want to be in another relationship again. I know love makes me blind, could anyone tell me what I have been missing in this relationship please? We have been together for almost a year. 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. No dates, no presents, no initiating anything or trying to make me feel special. Yep. 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