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Am I too sensitive? ?

My boyfriend confuses me in the way he talks. Sometimes he responds to a question or statement and just sounds aggressive and patronising in his tone... but he says he’s not angry. He will often point out things I say or do that are “stupid” or “annoying” it seriously makes my blood boil sometimes when he puts so much emphasis on the word “stupid”. I’ve told him it upsets me and he just says that he says it but he doesn’t mean I’m stupid or annoying. Over time I’ve started feeling self conscious around him, I feel like my self esteem us getting slowly destroyed. 

Im 28 years old, am I too sensitive? I’ve thought about breaking up with him many times, but then I wonder if I need to toughen up. At my age I feel like I should be able to disregard these things and not let it do this to me

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  • Alan H
    Lv 7
    7 months ago

    Easily solved.     Move on

  • 7 months ago

    I strongly encourage you to NOT train yourself to tolerate aggressive annoying verbal abuse.  Pay attention to your own instincts and feelings and opinions. They are more valid for YOUR life than his or anyone else's. He's busy doing and behaving as he wishes for HIS life and, apparently, tearing you down helps him feel better. He doesn't care that it upsets you. He might even like it. Feels power through it.  I've no idea why you feel you need to make this okay for you. It's not okay!

  • Robert
    Lv 7
    7 months ago

    So, are you married and forced to stay in the relationship, or just needy and afraid to move on to something new and better?

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