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advice please!!!

Ok,I have a boy friend that I have been with for about a year,I know that he cares and yes I do to we had been talking about marriage and and children together, we were great together and solved problems amazing together, we never had drama, and then a few things happened this summer and started causing us to fight bad and dramatic, then an ex came into his life that has been wanting to get back with him and is really good friends with his good friends, so when he goes out with them she is always there, and trying something, at first I would let it go and then it really bothered me, I have no doubt in my mind that he would cheat, but yes I will admit this summer I caused alot of fights with him about it, wrong I know!!!! and so we broke up over the summer, and we started talking agreeing that we both wanted to work things out but now if he has plans to go with his friends he refuses to let me come if she will be there or has a chance, now trust is not the issue here, I have tried to show him that I am not about fighting anymore, by not fighting with him in a few months, maybe a little spat or what not but nothing you would think twice about, when I come to him about a problem I always address it as my feelings and not his actions! well that has been ever since July and we are still not together I will say though that he did deploy in August an just came home last week, things were great HE brought up marraige and me moving with him if he ever had gotten stationed elsewhere, well when he came back the second night back he was going out with his friends and yes the ones she is friends with and yes I waited for him his whole deployment I was a little upset that I didnt even get to go out with him cause soley of the fact that she was going to be there, and he didnt want it to be awkward! well the next day we got together and talked and agreed that we wouldnt be acting as a couple until we were actually a couple, well ever since friday night when that happened he has not called or anything, he told me he wanted to hang out this weekend and so I textedhim and asked what time we would be hanging out so I could arrange plans around that then he canceled and then said monday so now its monday and he has canceled again and wants to hang out another day this week, I really want to go back to what I normally do is just do a no hanging out basis until we are together but he begged me not to that if things couldnt work out as a couple he still wanted to be friends,,,I am so lost, Im giving him his space and spending time with my friends and family and really enjoying life, but I really hate it when I get no text, on the day we are suppose to be together or a text sayin he is busy and we had nothing technically set in stone, I did tell him that I was tired of being stood up and that I was not hanging out with him unless we had something set in stone and that it hurts my feelings when I get stood up that I deserve better then that, he just apologized and said he was sorry he just didnt want to fight, I had no idea where he even came up with that, everything was great on my part, and then he said he was scared cause of how it was in the past, how do I get him to stop dwelling in the past and move forward, if he wants to be with me he has to try and move forward, and stop dwelling, I do love him and want things to work but Im not going to be his insurance policy when he only calls when he wants and doesnt give a little too! Maybe I answered my own question but its so nice to hear other womens points of veiw on this!!!

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I think you did answer your own question, Samm.

First of all, he's telling you that you cannot spend time with him and his friends because his ex is there? It should be the other way around (him telling his ex she can't come over when YOU'RE there.)

Another red flag is the talk of marriage on his return from deployment. He's just been through a stressful life change, so of course when he comes home he's all pumped up and maybe grateful and wants to mark the occasion. WRONG! Marriage should be a sober decision two people make and agree to every day, good or bad. I don't think the marriage talk should be followed by 3 days of his flaking on you.

I don't know your age or his, but this seems like typical young guy behavior (the bros before hoes mentality, throwing past fights in your face now, the on again off again feelings). This isn't something you want to marry into for the rest of your life, is it?

My advice is for you to take some time growing your own life apart from him. Honor the boundary you set to not hang out and mess around while you are not clearly in a committed relationship. Then follow through by keeping that boundary.

Every kind and decent woman deserves a man who is strong enough to come to her and clearly express his desire to be with her and who then follows those words with actions that are consistent.

Anything less than that, F*** it!! Tell them to get lost. Tell them that's not good enough. Tell yourself it's not good enough and move on!!!

The good ones will come to you. If this guy were good enough to keep you in his life and love you he would be at your side already.

 
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I totally agree with marmoty! Having dating an air force guy, he came back from his deployment making marriage plans and such but once he settled back into life, he was gone. So you need to think about what you want and what will make you happy. If being with him makes you the person you want to be, then fight for him -- not with him.

The big red flag for me is the ex and him telling you you can't go because she's going to be there! That's not cool. If he wants you to be in his life, he needs to include you with his friends and ask the ex to step back.

Go ahead and make plans with your friends, limit your calls to him and make concrete plans with him, time and location and who's driving. Then if he breaks the plans, you can address it. But saying we might together isn't wise because he can use that as an excuse for not hanging you and you are struck home.

Work on making your life great and try to squeeze him into it when you have time.

 
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I got a few questions that i need to ask.well first of all im a 33yr old mom of 3,i was with there dad for 16yrs thought everything was good but i beleive love is blind,because i was so blind but yet kinda knew what was going on,anyway thats a long story.now ive meet a new guy and hes also got 3kids (girls hes got physical custody)so im an instant mom of 6 and yes hes an instant dad to but its so hard there is 5 girls and 1 boy 16g,13g,two10g's an two7;1boy1girl the thing is we are so good together when our exes take them when they have time but basically we have kids 98%and it takes a toll on us i understand that its hard but i dont know what to do i feel like im always being 2parents mom,dad and 3kids are not even tech mine but yet i feel like i have to be both but again im the bad guy if i speak up to his kids its always yours mine and i dont know how to handle this.one min hes hes on my kids sooo much more then his own but yet he dont seem to think that.sometimes hes fine the next hes miserable and then he is sorry.he ask me to marry him after about 8mnths we have been together for about 15mnths i said yes but a wk or so ago i gave back the ring because i told him that i wasnt going to marry a man that dont get it (he was married once an divorced then with someone for 4yrs an said he would never marry again)but yet hes allready asked me i feel bad that i gave it back but at the time i didnt know what to do he got me so upset i had enough and yet were trying to buy a house but im scared i dont know what to do i love him very much but we have only been dating about 15mnths but known eachother for 19mnths and he started off with a lie at first when i was honest thats were my trust issue comes in because i beleived him as a friend he should have been honest but yet he lied about things when he was suppossed to but honest anyway i dont know what to do,i could write you 20plus pages but i know your busy i know i dont make sense but beleive it or not i did very good in my essay's in school but this letter is all over the place sorry i didnt do a rough draft but plz can i have some advice what do i do?is he to be trusted?is it normal to get more easily frustrated toward his kids?and do you think hes got some kind of issue because his mood changes on a dime ? help me please im stuck seriously between a rock and a hard place !!! i love him very much but sometimes i dont like him it sucks because i felll in love with a different man he comes and goes he really is good to me but yet hes not the man i fell in love with its like 60 40 good but he thinks he dosent have a problem but everyone tells him and sees him for what he shows himself to be whats your advice please!!!

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My problem is to know whether my boyfriend is sincere with me or not. Our relationship is 11 months old, no sex because I'm a virgin. This is his first time being in relationship without sex and he been kindly waiting for it happen. And soon, we will do it. We talk about our future together, of how he will convert to my religion , marry me and the fairy tale. My problem is that he is my first boyfriend, and honestly think I take everything as the truth. I have this fear that he is in the relationship as a challenge. Once he get it, he will leave me. Plus our relationship is always 50/50, example if we going out for dinner, we'll pay the bills 50/50. We share our feelings, but I do more. I told that I love him, and he doesn't want to use the word without truly meaning it. So I feel like he has the upper hand in the relationship. In conclusion, I have this annoy feeling that I shouldn't give up without hearing him telling me that he love me or keep for marriage. What should I do? He is truly sincere to you, or is he waiting it for the moment he get it and leave. Help me ...First timer...Also we're both in university, in our early twenty and he always mention that he want to convert to my religion.