A little backstory—
My boyfriend and I have dated for a year since January of last year. We are a long distance relationship and we fell inlove in less than a week—as if it was love at first sight. We were doing well before our current situation. Our situation right now is, ‘single’. I screwed up, I messed up as he stopped texting me so often. (I’m clingy, and I can’t let him go.)
Our relationship then was really healthy. We talked for full days, we texted for full days, replies were quick. We were both just as clingy to each other, and we would reply consistently to each other,
We’ve reached the peak of the relationship, the part where, we have stupid arguments, stupid breakups. The first time this happened was around January or May, I suspected that he acted somewhat odd, I told him he kind of changed. He denies this, and says that he never has, and then I sent him a tiktok of how he acted, he gets upset and says he wants to break up. I had mental breakdown, I begged for him back, he agreed to take me back. (I feel as if it’s his fault, for, I didn’t do anything.)
The second time, he upset me, and I was unsure if I should stay with him, he reassured me that he would change and treat me better and we would resolve things together, I agreed. I took him back and we started dating again.
Then this time, (currently) I confessed that he rarely puts effort into the relationship, he replies hours late to me. I said that I think breaking up is better, and he agreed right away. I don’t get it, I feel as if he was waiting for the moment, and when I realized I was in the wrong, I begged for him back. I told him, I didn’t mean it and if he gave me just one chance, I can change, I’ll treat him better.
Yesterday, he claims that he doesn’t want me back, and he wants time, I refused, I pressured him to take me back. See, we came up with many plans for the future, and we came up with many plans for the summer. He gets out of school for summer in 2 weeks, I’ve been out of school—
#I messed up, but… TW. mentions of suicide
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I am, 16yo (F), and I have extreme attachment issues and I refuse to love myself, nor focus on myself. It is my biggest turn-off in a relationship.
My boyfriend is, 17yo (M), and he and I share many similarities. He’s more ahead of life than I am.
Continuing on
—since last week, and we made plans way before, we made plans for the future. We agreed on a time that we would meet up and have a physical relationship instead of a long distance.
Now, no matter what I do, he said I lost his trust, and I kept begging for him back, for the past 4 days, I’ve begged for him back to give me another chance, I’ve cried so much, I thought of him through every night. I lost my appetite to eat, and I stay up more often to try to get in contact in him so he would listen to me. I went from 8 hours of sleep to 4 hours of sleep.
I just wanted to be in a relationship with him, and I’m mentally attached to him, and I can’t seem to let him go. I’ve wrote him an entire book expressing how much I love him and how much I miss him.
I’ve forgiven him countless of times in the past, he said he became nonchalant after I said that we should break up this one time and he says that he doesn’t trust me. I said that I would be his tears, and that I’d cry for him. I said that he’d never shed a single tear for me, and he would only care when I mention suicide. He used to cry for me ever since the first large argument, he said he would change so I trusted him and took him back. I said that I’ll give him a month, and he agreed. He ended up making it up to me last time and we were happy.
Now as I made a mistake, he doesn’t seem to hear me out, nor does he care about what I say to him, no matter how much I am to apologize.
The replies I get from him now are:
“Alrighty”
“Alright”
“Hmmm”
“I see”
“Mmmhm”
“All good”
“Oh’
I don’t even think he cares about me anymore, I don’t think he loves me anymore. I think he’s practically moved on, but I can’t accept that. I just want him back, I want to love him, and he said that even if we did get back together, he would not talk to me as much, nor would he text me as much, nor would we spent time too much anymore.
I don’t realize my self worth, and I tend to mention a lot about suicide when he’s not around. I get this—
—weird feeling in my stomach and it feels like “butterflies in my stomach”, but the type that would cause nausea and anxiety. I can’t get him off my mind, but I’ve recently spoke to him, and he claimed that I’m rarely ever on his mind anymore.
We’ve sent each other inappropriate images and spoke about them. I’ve sent him countless of essays and paragraphs that express my love for him, and me apologizing for messing up. He said he needs time, but he needs one fucking year. I don’t get why he needs that much…we’ve only been together for one year, but he expects me to wait another year in order for him to date me again. It truly hurts how much I love him, and it hurts even more when I feel as if he doesn’t care about me.
He said he knew we would break up, but when I asked why he didn’t prevent it, he said he didn’t know. I lost hope, but I can’t leave him. We’re interested in so much that it’d be hard to leave him.
the thought of him with another women makes me want to vomit.
I messed up, but… TW. mentions of suicide
I thought he was an asshole this one time because he called me just to tell me that he’s gonna play a game with his brother and i can do my own thing.
I found it strange why he called because i would just be sitting there while he has fun, and barely talks to me because all he talks to is his brother. I get he wants to spent time with his brother, but why would he bother calling me just to “do my own thing”? And after that, we spent time less and less, which had me thinking he wasn’t interested at all. The previous breakups were all his idea, i don’t get why he would have to recover from this one and take a break while i accepted him back everytime then? And previously before this, i cried over him, and when my parents found out, they wanted me to cut ties with him. I argued back, i said he was the right one for me, i fought for him.
I’m just upset he gave up like that when he mentioned that when i cried over him that day, his brother heard and that we can’t get back together because he doesn’t know what his brother would think..
my current state
Unstable, loss of motivation, loss if appetite, overly sensitive, indecisive, impatient
In need of advice, help, any opinions of my situation would be helpful.
Best thing to do would be to just breakup honestly. Cut off the contact completely. It isnt working at all, he isnt interested at all, nor does he care, it exausts you mentally, and the psychosomatic nausea you mentioned is a clear sign of a bad relationship. You need to slowly rebuild your individual structure. Start focusing bit more on yourself, do thing you enjoy, and definitely broaden your social structure, but with the intention of only having friends. For the attachment issues, psychotherapy would be good, but it depends if you have the money, or if you are willing to reach out to your parents. Psychiatry could help you a bit, your insurance would pay for it, but meds dont fix things, they make you feel a bit better. So just explore, defintiely dont stay stagnant and ruminating, thats the worst. Try to develope a plan, start small so you arent demotivated. And slowly start building yourself up. If you even want a future romance, it wont be possible if it is gonna be the only value in your life, that will create many problems in the relationship, and will leave you compltely devasted if the relationship wont work out.
I’ve agreed to get help, I’ve spoke to many, but I feel better with more validation and advice.
Many said that he probably does care, but he’s just hurting on the inside and locked up his emotions he once showed me. Him “changing” would be just an excuse.
I feel like cutting ties would also be a good idea, but I’m just totally attached, I fear not finding someone like him, I don’t even want to mention better. We have many similar ||explicit fantasies|| that I won’t mention for the sake of younger audiences who’re reading and regulating rules aswell. I find it’ll be difficult to find someone just like him, considering my likings tend to be ‘disgusting’ to others, he welcomed me with opened arms since we began dating. He prevented and distracted me from my ||suicidal|| thoughts by speaking to me very often.
I like to think, that he does care. As a ‘almost mature’ women, I’m just mentally unprepared for the real world out there. I’m unhealthy to the point that even if he cheated and claimed he still loved me…I’d still, date him; unfortunately.
He has done a lot for me, and comforted me through my weak times, and when we met was when we both were pretty weak.
This is both of our first relationships, is it really worth stepping out of? Well, that’s not really clear enough, since we both have the title of ‘single’, or ‘waiting’, as he wants me to wait a year for him to improve himself. I cannot understand a man’s point of view, but I feel like I’m the victim, I feel like I’m the one whose hurt—though I understand that men do not like being seen vulnerable, therefore they don’t cry nor shed as many tears as a women would. I wish I understand what he’s feeling.
And as I mentioned, I just…
How hes acting towards you isnt responsible at all, maybe he cared and the beggining, but surely he doenst care at all now.
he didnt even think shit through
just said "i dont know"
and the whole situation is just unhealthy and extremely messy
the only reason why r staying is out of attachment
and those explicit fantasies, i mean depends
is it kink wise? or like gore?
many people are into different things
but arent open about it generally
Kink wise
I know there are probably contracts or clubs meant for them around the world, but truthfully, those people would never want to be in a relationship. It’s a one-time thing for them.
well i dont know what is it in specific, but from my experience , if r gonna find an open person, they are willing to try things with their partner
¨but you need to work on rself first
else future relationships are gonna end up bad too
I’m trying my best, he still checks up on me from time to time, I believe. Well, I don’t know, maybe he has and not anymore. The last time he did was yesterday, to make sure I didn’t commit ||suicide||
I think he just doesn’t want to live with the guilt that his first relationship ended because his partner ||took her life||
Maybe he just needed time…I’m trying to think positive and negative at the same time, and he said he wants to work for himself, but heres the negative, I don’t understand why when he didn’t seem affected by the breakup at all.
well r just kinda gashlighting rself
because you wanna stay for the attachment
he isnt affected because he doesnt care about you
I wanna stay, another reason because I fear I won’t find nobody better
What if he just doesn’t show it?
r gashlighting rself
he wast afected at all from the breakup
he didnt care
nor does he now
he checks up on your becase he is afraid of the guilt
Yeah. I think that too, I just am one indecisive person, and I’m scared to leave due to attachment. I’ll be lonely, I haven’t found a hobby nor interest to obsess over, and I’m not an adult just yet so I can’t find others with the same interest nor go around the world, for I don’t have enough money just yet either.
Others mentioned it’s because he cares…would anyone be bitchy enough to say ‘I love you’ not meaning it in their first relationship?
bruh
you have to understand
that feelings change
love is nothing static
him saying that is compltely relative
doesnt matter now
if he loved you now, he would be sad becasue of the breakup
I’m really trying my best, I mean I wish he could’ve said he wants to move on instead of wanting time, man, if he recovered in a year, I’ll just get dumped
instead he didnt give a shit
Unfortunately
I’ll have to get detached before leaving though, it’s gonna hurt like a a bitch if I leave now
welp
it doesnt work like that
you cant be detached if you talk with a person
you have to leave
cut off contact
block
and throw away any reminders
after that
attachment will slowly dissolve
and dissapear
if r gonna talk with him its never gonna change
it will just drag itself out endlessly
I would never truly understand a man’s mindset, but it’s true. He never held me back nor did he seem to feel sympathy nor care when I brought it up to his attention.
You’re right, I feel like he did lose everything for me. Why would he still be with me if he’s clearly uninterested?
As in, why would he keep contact? Maybe because he doesn’t want to feel guilty?
the only reason why he stays is that he is afraid of you killing yourself
and doesnt want to feel guild
he doesnt care
if he cared he would be atleast a bit sad
Damn the truth hits like a fucking boulder.
I don’t know what he’s thinking—gaslighting myself—what if he does feel sad or upset about the breakup but doesn’t want to show up in fear of being judged?
His mother has mentioned him crying for me in the past and he seemed pretty upset about it that day and said he can’t even trust his 2nd priority, whose his mother
maybe he cared in the past
maybe he said that he loves you
but thats long gone
his behavior clearly shows he isnt interested
How’d he lose it so fast? I don’t get it, I gave him everything…it’ll take me a long time to recover from this
hedonic adaptation
happends in most relationships
infatuation at the beggning, so its a new exciting experience
but if you arent compatible, and mutually work on it hard every day
the feelings will dissapear
and when they do, you start arguing
common cycle in relationships
I’m trying to get myself distracted by varies if activities,
Haha, that’s funny
Please don't leave us.
definitely improve your daily structure
checklist of what to do
fun activities
I wanted to make sure you're alright before reading the paragraph uwu
Give me a few minutes.
Those thoughts do go away, eventually, as I get distracted. I think of them for a few minutes to hours, but I get scared to leave as well, but I wouldn’t hesitate, as I have attempted before
God I’m terrible at scheduling, but I’ll see what I can do. It’s 10 AM right now, I’m currently having my freetime and speaking about my feelings and trying to get opinions since I’m an indecisive person and I don’t want to make a mistake that’s going to affect me again.
During 1-2 PM, I’ll probably be eating lunch/preparing for my sister and I,
During 3-4 PM, I’ll probably be exercising and then playing some games for the other half of the time,
5 PM I’ll be taking a bath or shower to wash up,
7-8 PM my parents would be coming home or so, and I’ll probably have dinner around 8-9 PM, I’ll be spending some time writing or listening to music at that moment.
I sleep earlier now, at 11 PM, because I tend to wake up early, since my sleeping hours reduced ever since he’s on my mind and all. I just want to be able to sleep for as many hours as I can.
Of course, take your time. I really appreciate you putting your time and effort into this
Damn, breakup season is tuff fr…everyone’s breaking up 2023
But it's so fun!
I get to date all types of different people.
You should try it too uwu
Truthfully, yes. Honestly, he really really likes my formality
Where you finding all these people…is this online or physical?
Online...
Nah he confessed after finding out I was Asian
🤷♀️
YOOO
Men are so fucking stupid
My guy’s latino, he doesn’t like any race but Asian, he thought I was white and never asked about my race. When I mentioned I was Asian over vc with his friend, (we were a trio). He freaked out!
Of course, I don’t mind at all!
You inspire me <3
But yea, and after I sent pictures of me, we all did face reveals and he confessed shortly after…
Whatd I do?
Ayo!??? Same! I sent my ex selfies in lingerie and he confessed.
Twinnie!??!?
You were more obsessed than me xD
I wasn’t in lingerie, I was totally mask fishing—but then I took it off but he said they looked great either way, COVID was going on at the time
What can I say…
AWWWWW
LMAO
Are you speaking to me because you know your comforting me?
You’re a great person aswell. Im glad we talked and had many similarities, it’s quite crazy
Your presence is so comforting.
I have sent explicit pictures of myself to him, and I have pictures of him aswell
It's inconceivable to think that you don't value yourself extensively.
I suppose you shouldn't think about dating for a while.
I value you.
You need to value yourself too!
I was exposed to technology and social media at a young age so I didn’t get to really enjoy the world as a toddler, for I was always on my little ipad at the time. I didn’t get so much love because of that, and i got ||abused|| as well by the age of 5 and all when my parents got employed, I hung out with the owner’s daughter, which was 12 and I was really mistreated, I was also attached to her, but unfortunately got abused due to that. I always wanted to play with her and spend time together, I was forced to keep it away from my parents or else she would ||slap|| and ||beat me|| even more,
It’s difficult, it really is, I can’t do it. I tried and tried
I can only focus on myself when I find a replacement for him,
Or another obsession
Aweeee!
I'm so sorry you had to go through such dreadful things.
He’s been through worse…
But you're so mentally substantial!
Thank you, I really appreciate that compliment
I'll help you <3 are you willing to pour a slight fragment of trust into this stranger?
Wait
We're friends.
Prioritize yourself!
Cutie.
Different people cope with things differently.
I trust everyone very easily, but aswell, I don’t…show trust. I question everything, and I literally gaslight myself like the other person said💀
That's okay <3
You've been through awful things.
It was, I’m pretty sure. He has a step-dad, been abused, was considered a mistake, has liver problems
I can't blame you.
I mean, that sounds much worse
LMAO
I like to consider myself as lucky. I haven’t been through much worse
I do, but I want to be happy with him
It’s unreal, when he leaves I just feel like something weird in my stomach and all
You're the cutest!
You'll have to learn to make a few sacrifices.
You tried your best to make things right with him.
I respect you for that.
Yeah begged for him back just to get no
But it's not healthy.
Tuff
No can do
He seems to not need you anymore... I don't think obsessing over him and causing your mental health to deteriorate is the right thing.
I know how difficult it is.
I still struggle with it.
Because of how much we've built with them.
I can’t help it—I literally cannot, as much as I want to make him regret leaving me because he’ll never find another girl whose gonna…
Cling onto him (which is probably a total turn-off)
Wish him good morning, goodnight everyday
Check up on him 24/7
Try to impress him
Spend time with him (I’m never busy)
Love him for him
Never judge him
Accept him for his kinks (we share the same)
Laugh with him,, not at him
Miss him more than he misses me
And loving him more
Never dumped him when there was a better chance
He showed me his childish side, and I know men don’t ever really do that since they’re in a phase of being vulnerable and they feel uncomfortable, but I treated him well. I said it was cute, I kept complimenting him
He never really did the same for me…unfortunately

Only in the beginning
Do you want to move on?
There's no solution if you're not willing to comply.
Unlessssss
I do, but truthfully, I cannot do that. He wants me to wait a year before dating again, which our relationship would be physical
You both should discuss it again?
Wait a year!??
He don’t wanna hear it. He denies me asking for another chance
Yeah, when our relationship lasted only 1 year
Are you seriously thinking about dating a man who's this indecisive???
Let's suppose
Yeah, sadly
You got married with him irl
You both get into an argument
He'll divorce you and ask you to re marry in 1 year!??
Holy shit

I don’t know what my next step is, someone else said that he’s recovering and may come running back sooner than I think
They said to give him time
But like
I wanna be w him and not wait a damn year
I think it's your opportunity to start the process of building your own structure.
Self
Worth
Why do you think you don't value yourself much?
I just don’t
I wanna care for others
I think of myself lowly, I put people before myself
How come? They really did provide me with a lot…I just am terrible at following, but I’ll always listen
I agree.
Vaga is a good person.
I just have some beef with him because he gets under my skin.
@lone vale
What should I call you?
Ahh, Eos, or Ren is fine. Eos is my online name, but my actual name is Ren
You guys have a pretty good friendship!
Which one do you prefer? I don't want to make you uncomfortable.
I don’t mind, some people call me the wrong name, it doesn’t bother me
I want to have a relationship with him.
Ren <3
Like someone called me eso or eros like I really don’t care
Hi!
...
That’s wild
You keep calling me, what’s up?
It’s common and shit
I love you!
Doesn't matter.
Love you too
He texted me, “what’d you eat?”
3 minutes ago
I’m not gonna reply
Your boyfriend?
Reply to him!
I’m not gonna reply, because he takes hours to reply to me while I’m that clingy mf who replies in less than 5 or so. I ignored it until now, I saw what he said, but I made sure it didn’t say ‘seen’. Yk like the side swipe thing? It doesn’t show that you saw but you still see it
He doesn’t deserve my reply just yet, not after I cried for him for 4 days straight or so without him feeling sympathy
I know you don't want to overwhelm him...
I respect it..
Butttt
I still think you should respond to him.
Are you leaving?
I thought you’re
I am!
Yeah, I’ll be here, come back soon
Promise me that you'll not s||u||i||c||i||d||e||
I promise
I need you more than he does.
Pinky promise!?
Yep, pinky promise
I can kinda see that,
Ping me whenever
I’ll be here
Can I add you?
Man I used to say that to him so much
Of course
Please?
I don’t mind
Awwwww!!
This is where it begins. There was a huge flood.
Update :
He doesn’t text me anymore. He doesn’t check up on me nomore. I think he’s just totally over it, but it hurts so bad.