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Anonymous asked in Family & RelationshipsFriends · 1 decade ago

Boyfriend doesn't love me any more? :( long but please read and help if you can x?

OK, so I have a bit of a dilemma. It’s pretty long but I will try my utmost best to keep it as short as possible. Firstly, I just want to say thankyou to everyone who is taking the time to read this and give me some help or a little bit of light. Even if it is a few short words in your answer, I am so grateful as nobody else seems to be able to help...

My boyfriend and I have been together almost a year, and recently (I mean in the past month or so) he has been acting quite different;

-All of a sudden has not much time for me anymore. When I asked him about this, he said he has things to do, and gave me reasons which generally because ‘he wants to go home after work to do things he likes doing’, and none of those things included me. But the other stuff, like preparing for next day’s work etc, never used to affect the relationship before?! He also gave the lame excuse of not being able to sleep properly as a reason for not staying at mine any more

-I found a txt on his phone where he called a girl ‘baby’

-Still hasn’t met my family

-I’m spending Christmas with him and his family this year. When I asked him if he could meet my family he said to stop pressuring him. I said that I want to at least feel part of the family to an extent at Christmas, as I have always spent Christmas with my family so don’t want to feel left out this time round. He said

“Yeah but you’re not coming to spend time with my family. You’re coming to be with me, and if my family’s there, great, if there not, well then whatever, you won’t get to see them. It’s not like it matters. They’re just happy that they’re gonna see me”

-I know that sex gets less frequent as a relationship goes on in time, but we are hardly ever passionate now. And when we are, it’s like he can’t even look at me. And it’s good, but all over so quickly, and then we just go sleep.

-Whilst speaking to friends of his in the past, they have said to him ‘you should marry this girl’ (sorry I really don’t want it to seem like I’m being big headed coz im not  ) and my bf’s been like ‘yeah, we are married LOL’ or something like that. But the other night I was talking to one of his mates and they said that to my bf and my bf said ‘I was once about to...’ then just walked off.. it was like there should have been a ‘but’ on the end of his reply,.

-Sends me nice txts like ‘you’re so hot’ and ‘I love you so much, i feel so close to you’ err... B*^^%$t!!, but is horrible to me in person

-Sometimes when we’re in public and I try to put my arm around him to hug him, he either elbows me away or pushes my arm away.

-When i try to kiss him in public, he keeps his lips tightly closed, sometimes.

-I do everything for him- buy him new clothes, print stuff off for him at work, meet him somewhere after work so he can borrow my travel card, buy him drinks and dinner all the time (especially when he was unemployed, until recently when he got full time job) and even though he now has money, he has only bought me about 4 drinks in past month, and not taken me out to dinner ONCE.

-Denies stupid things. like other night i got a call from him after a txt at 21:30, when called him back he said he didnt call or txt, he said he 'didnt touch his phone'

. then an hour after talking to him he said i checked my phone yeah i did call, but it was at 20:30 and txt was at 20:30 also. .... how on earth would my phone receive a missed call saying 21:30 if it was received an hour earlier.... I confronted him asking why he said that he didnt even 'touch his phone' and he got really angry and said 'I never said that. Stop changing my words'

The list does go on, of course, but they are the most re-occurring and major things, and I don’t want you to get any more bored!

I just want to know why he’s suddenly acting like this. I don’t want people to just say ‘leave him, dump him’ etc, coz that is easier said than done and I want to know what on earth is going on and sort it out, not just runaway from this problem, because I know it sounds mad, but I still love him so much  and it is breaking my heart.

Thanks So much for reading and for any advice/opinion/judgement you may be able to give

Tammy x

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  • 1 decade ago
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    You haven't said how old you both are, the reason I'm saying this is because I went through something similar with my bf a few years ago. He went really funny with me all of a sudden and was going out wih his friends alot and not treating me right. When I asked him what was wrong he said I was paranoid and imagining things, fast forward a few months later and he finally admitted that he just wanted to be able to come and go as he pleases, he was too young for a serious relationship, he didn't want commitment etc. So we split up, broke my heart too. The good bit about this story is that we got back together a few months later and are still together now years later. When I mention it now he says he just felt overwhelmed by the speed our relationship was going in and that he wanted to see more of his friends (which I was never really that happy with because his friends were the wrong sort.) With your situation, I think you need to tackle him head on, one thing I've learned is that if you think things are not right then they're probably not, you have to trust your instincts. Tell him you wont be treated like that and if I were you I wouldn't spend christmas with his family while he's being like this. If you love him you can only try and figure out what's behind this by talking to him, if you don't get anywhere then maybe it is time to walk away, I would be very bothered by that text on his phone though, that would need some explaining. It could be the fact that he's met someone else, I hope not but it's a possibility, which is why you need him to explain himself. Your life is hell right now and he's not doing anything to make you feel better, if he really loved you he wouldn't want to see you so upset. I hope it works out though x

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Well you've already tried talking to him about it and gotten nowhere, instead of spending all your money on him why not spend it on some relationship councilling? Maybe he has commitment issues and realises that now things are getting into the long term relationship phase he's gotten scared?

    It is abit extreme he has not even met your parents yet after a year but again this could be too much of a serious step for him, just because he jokes around with his mates about already being married doesn't mean he's ready to get married maybe he just means he feels as if he;s married because you go on at him or something.

    I really think if you both want to make it work you need some proffessional help to get everything out in rthe open and see where to go from there and if he isn't willing to try then you have your answer don't you?xxxxxxxxx

  • 1 decade ago

    Stop being this guys doormat. He just uses you for his convienience. He has gone off you it seems but hasnt the guts to tell you. I think he does feel some guilt about the way he treats you and he knows you'll be happy if he throws you a bone, hence the smarmy texts. I bet he sends them usually before he asks you to something for him. You seem a nice girl, please remember he is not the only guy in the world and your instincts are probably correct about him chatting up other girls. Start standing up for yourself. Stop answering his texts. Let him call you. Do not go to his for Christmas. Say you've changed your mind and will be stopping with your parents. Make sure you invite your friends so you don't have to sit moping about him. Don't go rushing to meet him so can leech off you for drinks, dinner, travel etc. You are no longer his ATM machine. Have a little makeover, do your hair get some new clothes and go out to clubs, start enjoying life. He'll soon come running...Hopefully, you'll have found a decent guy by then. Good luck!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The only thing you can do is sit him down and have a heart to heart thats the only way your going to find out whats going on.

    Set a time/date to do something together and give him advance notice so that he cant make an excuse - make it light hearted and have fun together then ask can you have a 'talk'

    Good luck and try to be strong I know how difficult it is as I've been there before - talking is the only option if you love him and want to stay with him - thats what I did and I resolved it. x

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  • 1 decade ago

    A Woman's instinct is always right, follow it...if you think something is going on, get to the bottom of it. I Myself had a boyfriend similar sounding to him, and he made me feel stupid, like it was all my fault and that i was paraniod, and even swore on my life he was up to nothing. But he was carrying on behind my back texting women, facebooking them. Ater i discovered this i still stayed with him for a while as he promised never to do anything again. But then he started staying out all night and putting his phone off etc. And then saw texts again about 'meeting up' from another woman....that was it for me, He made a fool of me for long enough. Have a word with your bf and tell him how you feel, and if he loves you and respects you he will do anything to keep you. If not, trust me move on as there are wonderful caring men out there! :)

    Source(s): Personal experience!
  • 1 decade ago

    That was a long one but that's okay u are in need for help. There are many different reasons he could be acting like that. One could be his mood swings. Even though most people say that only girls has mood swings guys could act like that. It could also be that he has moved on to a new girl and can't find a way to break up with you. Even though he wants to move on he might just haven't found a way to tell you. It could be tons of different reasons!!!! Hang in there girl!!! God bless you <3 <3 <3

  • 1 decade ago

    I really feel for you. Not sure what to say as the answers other people have left are what i'm thinking to. You just need to be strong and stand up to what you believe an tell him. If he don't want to know then he isn't for you hope everything works out for you

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    ah dear hun :-/ i know exactly what that is like, i was with the guy for 2 and a half years tho. I'm not overly sure what to say about the matter, but honestly if he was like that with me id tell him EVERYTHING that was getting me down, and after telling him & he wasn't bothered, or if he doesn't even listen & isn't bothered i would ditch him.. hence what i did when i was in your situation. i know it isn't know where as easy to do it than when someone says it; but you might be happier with the result? I'm happy with my new bloke, sometimes i do miss the other one, but then realised i deserved better than how i was being treated & thats what you need to do, its like you barely exist to him & esp. that text from "baby" goes he's props hiding a girls name from you. i hope everything goes well for you babe.

    x

  • 1 decade ago

    you seem to be quite high maintenance give him some space . you dont have to be together every moment he might feel like its all too much . sorry

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