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Lana Hugs

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Headed for a breakup?
Posted: 07-14-08 10:22am

Hiya,

I've been seeing someone for almost two years now. The relationship has always been hard work. I will admit I'm a very demanding girlfriend and lean heavily towards the clingy. It's something I've been working on and something he's tolerated pretty well.. . until this weekend.

I had a majorly stressful event coming up, I had told the boyfriend over and over that I was going to be REALLY stressed this weekend. I talked to him Thursday during his ride home from work, everything was normal. We hung up with our usual I Love yous . . . . Thursday night I needed a break from my event and gave him a call . . no answer.

I knew he was working a long day friday, but didn't go in until noon so I called him about 2 hours before he left for work. I know his habits well and he doesn't NORMALLY answer the phone when he's eating/dressing/ gearing up to head to work. . so I left a message. I sent two text messages Friday. One saying I hoped he'd have a good day and another saying I missed him, couldn't wait to talk to him.

He sometimes calls on his way home from work so I HOPED to hear from him Friday night on his way home, but I knew I might not. He was scheduled late and I thought he'd be tired. I did try calling him but it went straight to voicemail and yes, I left a message.

Saturday rolled around and during my event I was SOOO stressed. I knew he was at work and working a double shift so I didnt' call, but I did send a text asking him to call me on his way home.

An hour later I get a text message saying "Leave me alone" He's NEVER sent anything like that to me. . although I'll admit I've never been that persistant with him.

That was 3 pm on Saturday and I haven't heard from him since. Unless he's out of t own with family he almost always contacts me once a day in some form. . . .. My first thought was that he was breaking up with me, but then when I calmed down a bit I realized I was being super clingy and he might just need some space . . .but now since it's been almost two days I'm wondering. . IS he breaking up with me?

Opinions?
Sorry for the long post Razz but I thought the background might be important.
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worrywart01

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Posted: 07-14-08 16:15pm

well...ask him whats going on with you two...no one here can really give you that answer...i can't tell you how many time my boyfriend and I have almost broke up, we've been dating 2 years now as well...I was in a similar situation as you with him and I just left him alone for a while..gave him alittle space..to see if he would call..instead of texting him or calling him to annoy him I messaged him on facebook telling him we needed to talk and that I still needed to pick up a few things over at his place so I'd just meet him over there...he messaged me back apologizing for over reacting about things saying breaking up is not what he wanted yadda yadda yadda...so we met up, talked about things and are still together now....so just give him time...tell him you need to talk IN PERSON...and just ask him whats going on....it could be that you're being too clingy he probably just needs some time to himself
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SithLordAlii

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Posted: 07-16-08 12:22pm

I'm sorry to hear about that.
I've been with my boyfriend for about 8 months now and we haven't had too many problems so far.
I'm like you. I can be very clingy and somewhat demanding but it's only because he is my first real relationship and I am his first real relationship.
So it's trial and error kind of thing.
I think it's better to talk in person. Words can end up getting taken the wrong way over the phone[texting.] and defiantly over the computer. You acn approach it both ways I guess.
Either wait for him to contact you or leave another message saying you need to talk about you and him and where the relationship is going.
You HAVE to tell him how you feel. Guys don't usually pick up on things like that.
So I wish you luck and I'm sorry I couldn't be more help.
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Lana Hugs

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Posted: 07-18-08 09:48am

Well,
I took a personal day from work yesterday. Was playing an online MMORPG that he and I played together. I was on a 'toon' that he doesn't know about so I could chill.

Low and behold, he logged on. He's been on the game (it shows when your friends last signed in) almost every day this week, but always at odd hours.

I waited to see if he'd stay and I logged onto a 'toon' that we usually play together. The moment I logged in, he logged off. Deciding that if he went to a different 'toon' that I didn't know about I wasn't going ot log off and make it seem like he chased me off my game. Didn't want him to think he has that much effect on what I do. Almost two hours later he came back. I thought about it for a good 20 minutes and decided that as an adult, I should at least say hello.

He actually responded. Things were tense and strained (to me). He didn't offer any information or insight into what the hell is going on and I didn't ask. . . YET. . . We wound up playing together for about 5 hours in game before it got late.

I decided to leave first for the evening, normally I'd hang on until he went to bed. I said my goodnights, said I love you like I usually would. He did NOT respond with an I love you too, he just said goodnight and logged off when I did.

We so have to talk about this, I'm trying to let everything settle a little bit and have a talk about where we stand and what HE wants for the future Razz Then if he tells me he still wants us to be together we need to have a talk about acceptable behaviour. LOL. . . and lack thereoff.

I'm SOOO not good at confrontation and talks like this, I have NO idea how to approach it. I've had small issues with him over hte past two years that SHOULD have resulted in a talk but I let them go because I'd rather not argue with him. This time I'm pissed enough that we talk or it's OVER.

Anyhoo, sorry for rambling.
Later
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worrywart01

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Posted: 07-18-08 22:06pm

I would wait until you've settled down...don't talk to him while youre pissed..thats a sure fire way for things to escalate and then things will definitely be over i'm sure haha...dont attack him...i've found that the way you approach the situation determines how smoothly the conversation will go...just let him know that you two need to meet up and talk IN PERSON whenever he is available...then just tell him you're confused about everything that has been going on recently...tell him you know you can sometimes be clingy, you've been trying to give him his space lately but you feel like things have gotten weird between the two of you and you're confused as to whats going on in the relationship...ask him if he still wants to be in a committed relationship and let him know how you've been feeling lately with the way he's been acting....i wouldn't attack him about acceptable behavior just let him know how his behavior lately has been affecting you and you wish he would make more of an effort in the relationship bc its starting to feel one sided...........anyway...good luck to you and i hope you two work things out!
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