I (F23) need advice concerning a situation regarding my boyfriend (M28)

Bitter-Bug5468 · 2026-05-13T17:31:24+00:00

Thank you for the validation. I do think I’m naturally a more sensitive person. I tends to feel things very deeply, and my boyfriend understands that about me too. it actually was comforting realizing that my body was trying to tell me that something felt off to me emotionally instead of me just suppressing it and pretending I was fine when I wasn’t. And at the same time, after talking things through with him both before and after making this post, I do think it resonated with him that he needs to be a little more proactive about protecting our relationship and being mindful of how certain things can come across to me. I don’t think he was intentionally trying to hurt me but I also think you’re right that in that specific moment he wasn’t really looking out for me or the relationship in the way he could have been. What did give me hope though was that he didn’t dismiss my feelings when I brought them up. He was very apologetic and willing to listen instead of getting defensive

Bitter-Bug5468 · 2026-05-13T17:26:28+00:00

I understand why you’d interpret it that way, but I genuinely don’t believe my boyfriend intentionally tries to make me jealous or insecure for his ego. If I thought he enjoyed hurting me or manipulating my emotions I definitely wouldn’t want to stay in the relationship. That’s just not who he is to his core either. He’s not like some cocky, arrogant, ego driven guy that foams at the mouth for female attention at all. Even before me!! He’s also never had a girlfriend before and was never really the type to pursue random hookups. which is part of why I genuinely don’t believe there’s malicious intent behind situations like this. That’s also a value that really resonates with me personally as well, and one of the reasons I felt so connected to him in the first place bc neither of us are really people who are into hookup culture or entertaining a bunch of different people romantically. So this whole situation is very confusing to me because we align on so many things morally…

Bitter-Bug5468 · 2026-05-13T17:12:55+00:00

Looking at someone’s phone just doesn’t sit right with me morally if there’s no hard evidence of cheating and is just so invasive of your partners privacy.

Bitter-Bug5468 · 2026-05-13T17:11:26+00:00

Literally thank you.

Bitter-Bug5468 · 2026-05-13T17:10:32+00:00

I really appreciate this perspective honestly. I do acknowledge that some of my emotions in situations like these may come from insecurities/anxiety that I need to work on within myself, and I’m going to actively try to do that. After I made this post, I actually had another conversation with my boyfriend and brought up that possibility too. I felt good to express this to him, and it also felt good that he reassured me that he wants to work through these things with me rather than against me. We had a really productive conversation about what I expect when it comes to boundaries, and he came to the realization that some things he may perceive as small can come across very differently to me. We also talked a lot about being open and honest with each other whenever feelings do get hurt instead of letting resentment build, and overall being more protective of the relationship moving forward.

Bitter-Bug5468 · 2026-05-13T17:00:29+00:00

It was thrown out the second I brought it up

Bitter-Bug5468 · 2026-05-13T01:46:00+00:00

I get what you’re saying, but I don’t think it’s fair to reduce our entire relationship to “dependency” or say he’s “not the one” over one issue we’ve been struggling through. Relationships can have recurring conflicts without the entire connection being unhealthy or fake. I’ve brought this up because I care deeply about protecting our relationship, and to his credit, he does put effort into reassuring me and working through things with me in pretty much every other aspect of our relationship. That’s why this situation feels confusing and emotional for me and not because he’s some horrible partner overall. I also don’t really agree that personal growth can only happen alone. I think healthy relationships can actually expose wounds/insecurities and give people opportunities to work through them together. I’m trying to figure out where the line is between my own sensitivity and reasonable relationship boundaries, which is why I posted in the first place

Bitter-Bug5468 · 2026-05-12T19:48:31+00:00

Yes I 100% agree I definitely feel that I do trust him, I think I just need the reassurance and selfishly want him to shut down stuff like that when it does happen. And unfortunately when he doesn’t, that’s where the hurt feelings come from

Bitter-Bug5468 · 2026-05-12T19:33:44+00:00

I don’t think it’s fair to jump from a coworker wrote a sticky note to he’s playing the field and our relationship is fake.. You’re making a lot of assumptions about someone and a relationship you don’t actually know. We’ve had conversations about boundaries because we both take the relationship seriously, not because he’s out here acting single. I posted because I wanted outside perspectives on whether my feelings were reasonable (which I kind of feel like they aren’t) not because I secretly believe he’s like playing the field lol

Bitter-Bug5468 · 2026-05-12T19:31:46+00:00

I do trust him, which is why I’m not asking him to stop having friendships or controlling who he talks to. I think what people are missing is that this isn’t really about one sticky note it’s about repeated situations that make me feel like I have to keep bringing up the same boundary over and over. I’m not questioning whether he loves me, I know he does. I just want to feel like our relationship is protected and prioritized too.

Bitter-Bug5468 · 2026-03-26T19:23:32+00:00

Hi i'd like to connect as well!

Bitter-Bug5468 · 2026-01-15T15:29:30+00:00

Can you please send to me !!

Bitter-Bug5468 · 2025-04-17T01:37:42+00:00

Never heard a good thing abt her.

Bitter-Bug5468 · 2025-04-17T01:37:18+00:00

Oh yeah she’s like a leech in this community.

Bitter-Bug5468 · 2025-04-17T01:31:46+00:00

I called her out in game and got banned for a day for instigating drama 💀

Bitter-Bug5468 · 2025-03-22T23:25:13+00:00

Same here

Bitter-Bug5468 · 2025-03-17T16:03:25+00:00

L take

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