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I have been with my boyfriend for 4years now and the last 2years have been really hard on both of us, we fight everyday pretty much and mostly it will be about stupid things. When i try to tell him nicely about how i feel about something he has done or something he could do to help the relationship out he takes it as a threat and we start argueing at the end of it, it is me that says im sorry because he can never see that it is his fault. we pretty much live together when he isnt staying at my house i am staying at his house. I talk to my friends about my problems and they all tell me the same thing to just leave. but it isnt that simple i cant just give up and leave someone i love.
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November 19, 2012 - 11:54amIm 18 years old and i have been in relationship for 2years now. during this time, my boyfriend had a severe accident in which he broke his back n still its almost a year he cant walk properly. I really wanted some advice that i love him so much and i cant leave him. After the accident he has changed alot. He loves me alot and i know that and he wants to marry me aswell. But the thing is that although he loves me alot he doesnt care about me. he cn go to an exent of hurting me. he has no feelings after his ccident. he wont care about me. not making me feel good nothing. Obviously every girl wants tht but he doesnt treat me tht way. which really hurts me. he loves me i cn guarantee that but his feelings of being perfect boyfrnd is not the same. hes not the perfect guy i wanted. but i love him so much tht i can litrrly do anything for him n i cant leave him. Please advice needed
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i have been with my husband for 3 years now and when we fisrt started out we all the time huged up on the couch to watch movies held hands everywhere we went and when we went to bed at night we huged up together and now over the past 3 years its gotten to where he says he cant huge up to me on the couch cause it hurts so that was ok but now we don't even lay close to each other in the bed cause he says it hurts we don't ever touch anymore and only have sex once a week he says i to needed and now he has gotten to where he tells me all kind of stuff he don't like about me i love my husband so much and is so scared he don't love me anymore and is only stayin with me cause of our 2 year old son can someone plz help me and tell me what is goin on i'm 22 and my husband is 27
November 9, 2010 - 7:55amThis Comment
I strongly suggest marriage counseling before this gets worse. Your husband saying "it hurts" to hug up against you on the couch or in bed sounds like an issue that he needs to discuss with someone. Him telling you all the things he does not like about you is not something you need to put up with, and if he will not go to counseling, you should definitely go alone.
It is hard having a 2 year old (I have a 4 year old and a 7 month old, both boys). It is stressful on a marriage, and both people need to take extra steps to make the marriage work. He sounds like he is going in reverse, and I hope he can communicate with you in more respectful and loving ways. You can at least tell him that you do not need to hear any more negative things about yourself.
Read my response above about counseling, as there are many resources available. I wish you the best!
November 9, 2010 - 2:49pmThis Comment
Thanks for your reply.
I really do want to work things out otherwise i would have left a long time ago. The thing is that we sit there after an arguement and promise that we are going to change and we discuss the things that we need to fix, and a few days later we are back to square one. Im not trying to put the blame all on him because i know that i need to change things to. Lately i have actually stuck to my word and stoped argueing over small things that dont need to be argued about. And my problem with him was that he isnt romantic, he doesnt take me anywhere nice, doesnt take me out to dinner, barley kisses me or has sex with me. And now the reason why we argue is i will try and sit down and talk to him about it and say that he hasnt really been trying and he will take it as a threat and say i have been trying when clearly he hasnt, its like talking to a brick wall. He is a beautiful boyfriend he doesnt do anything that he isnt supposed to do. He is mature in the way that he is almost 20 and doesnt want to go clubbing or strip clubs or whatever young people do these days, in that way i can say that he is truly amazing and i thank him for that. but i still need to feel the love at the end of the day and its just not showing as much as he says he loves me words are words and i need him to show it.
Couples counseling is a good idea although a while back we actually discussed it and we both agreed that we would go, but the cost is just to much. so i need something else for now until we can both come up with the money to do so.
November 9, 2010 - 1:50amThis Comment
You may try reading a couples counseling book together, and come up with a time for a "session" every week. It would be much harder to do this, as a counselor is worth their weight in gold as a third-person to hear what is going on in your relationship. Start calling around to counselors, as if either of you work full time, your employer may offer EAP (employee assistance program) that is free (and confidential and anonymous). Universities have free counseling centers for students. Other counselors work on sliding-scale fees, or work with your health insurance. Lastly, if you live near a University, students earning their higher education degrees need to practice on couples...and you would be perfect!
A man is not mature by definition of not going to strip clubs! :-) He probably is a great guy, but he may not be the best person for you. A healthy relationship is one where you BOTH bring out the BEST in each other. You should not have to be second fiddle to video games, or feel like you are talking to a brick wall. Relationships do not always last, and this is what dating is all about...finding that person that is lovely, connected, in love with you, brings out all the fun, giddiness and joy that is inside of you. They bring out all your best parts and help support you and make you a better person...while you do the same for them. You both sound like you are bringing each other down. You do not live together, since you have separate places, so make some changes in how you see each other and relate. If he will not "wine and dine" with you, then go out with friends who know how to have fun (in responsible ways, of course). If he will not talk with you, find friends who will. Eventually, you may find yourself spending your time with friends, family and alone...all of these times may be more enjoyable than spending time with your boyfriend, and this will help show you what you need in your life.
You have choices; don't feel like a victim. You can choose to be with someone who makes you feel happy, in love, loved, worthy, sexy, spontaneous, smart, funny...and you bring out these qualities in the other person, too. If this is not happening on MOST days, then you can choose to find someone who DOES.
November 9, 2010 - 2:45pmThis Comment
Just reading this makes me cry because i am going through all of this too. It hurts me so bad. we just had a baby wich helped reduce the fighting but he still makes rude comments twards me as if i am a bad mom. I hate this. I love him so much but he is not affectionate twards me and hasnt been for over a year now. the only time we are getting along is when we play video games. (i know those are for kids but that is the only thing that brings us together) i just dont understand why things wont get better. I try and try and try to just talk to him about it but then we agree to work on things, he gives up a few days later. i cry all the time hoping one day he will have a heart.
November 9, 2010 - 8:25pmThis Comment