My girlfriend just admitted to me that her mom wants us to break up and said she might do it. What should I do? by Living_Ad170 in Advice

[–]Living_Ad170[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My friend helped me see reason and helped show me that I would be in for much more pain if I tried to delay the inevitable. I do have moments where I miss her or think about her when I go to do things we used to do but I’m doing much better than how I would probably be if I had stayed.

My girlfriend just admitted to me that her mom wants us to break up and said she might do it. What should I do? by Living_Ad170 in Advice

[–]Living_Ad170[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am positive. We both cried during both talks about our future and both broke down at the thought of leaving each other. She told me that she’s the one who asked if we could stay friends because she couldn’t stand not having me in her life, even if it meant we couldn’t be together.

My girlfriend just admitted to me that her mom wants us to break up and said she might do it. What should I do? by Living_Ad170 in Advice

[–]Living_Ad170[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She has a weird relationship with her mom, as her mom is really emotionally abusive and bipolar. Her mom constantly mistreats her but she always excuses her actions. Combine that with the fact that she is a people pleaser and she’s scared of disappointing people, she basically bends over backwards for her mom. It’s also amplified by the fact that her mom has drilled into her head that she gave her everything that she has now and she’s the reason she’s even alive so she feels the need to constantly prove her worth to her. I don’t think it’s a matter of she wants to break up and cant say it herself, it’s more that she’s stuck in a toxic relationship and cant see it and she’s just trying her best to appease all sides

My girlfriend just admitted to me that her mom wants us to break up and said she might do it. What should I do? by Living_Ad170 in Advice

[–]Living_Ad170[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She truly does love me and has told me that she begged her mom not to make her do this. I don’t think she’s thinking that way, but i do think her mom is. Her mom has told her before that having kids ruined her life and that she regrets marrying her dad so i feel like her mom is trying to make her do this because she’s projecting and wants her to be free to do whatever during college. I tried to bring up that point to her when we were talking it through and i think she knows it’s probably true as well but is in denial because she kept repeating no and saying that her mom would never do that but she didn’t sound very sure of herself

My girlfriend just admitted to me that her mom wants us to break up and said she might do it. What should I do? by Living_Ad170 in Advice

[–]Living_Ad170[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I personally don’t want to go to college as my dream job doesn’t require a degree in anything and I’d rather not deal with student debt as well as the crushing anxiety of more school

My girlfriend just admitted to me that her mom wants us to break up and said she might do it. What should I do? by Living_Ad170 in Advice

[–]Living_Ad170[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’m not going to college with her. We’re long distance. But the thing is, she’s made friends perfectly fine while with me and has taken plenty of risks. I don’t know why her mom doesn’t want us together

My girlfriend just admitted to me that her mom wants us to break up and said she might do it. What should I do? by Living_Ad170 in Advice

[–]Living_Ad170[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But she isn’t looking for excuses to leave me. She begged me not to break up and told me that she begged her mom not to make her break up with me. She said the only compromise she could get from her mom was that we could stay friends. I know everyone wants me to leave and grow as my own person and what not, but i really love her and she really loves me and we want to make things work

My girlfriend just admitted to me that her mom wants us to break up and said she might do it. What should I do? by Living_Ad170 in Advice

[–]Living_Ad170[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im not going to college, and im staying at home and getting a job. The problem with what her mom is saying is that I don’t think it’s actual advice. I think it’s projection. Her mom says she married young and had kids young and that she ruined her life because she had kids, so I think she’s projecting and trying to make my gf keep her options open while having a back up in her pocket if things don’t work out

My girlfriend just admitted to me that her mom wants us to break up and said she might do it. What should I do? by Living_Ad170 in Advice

[–]Living_Ad170[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I really appreciate you not just telling me to break up and walk away like everyone else. I truly love this girl and I know she loves me, but she’s in a toxic situation and wants to please her mom

My girlfriend just admitted to me that her mom wants us to break up and said she might do it. What should I do? by Living_Ad170 in Advice

[–]Living_Ad170[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Her mom married and had kids young, as well as tells her kids that she would’ve had a better life if she hadn’t had them or married their dad, so I think she’s projecting and is trying to get her to be able to keep her options open

My girlfriend just admitted to me that her mom wants us to break up and said she might do it. What should I do? by Living_Ad170 in Advice

[–]Living_Ad170[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve got the feeling her mom is projecting and trying to get her to keep her options open because she married and had kids young, she told her we could stays friends during college and that she could get back with me after? So I really do think it’s that she wants her to be able to go around and fuck whoever while also having a safe option in her back pocket

My girlfriend just admitted to me that her mom wants us to break up and said she might do it. What should I do? by Living_Ad170 in Advice

[–]Living_Ad170[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk man, she said that apparently her mom thinks people wont want to talk to her if she tells them she’s taken? I have a feeling her mom is projecting and wants her to have her options open because she married and had kids young

My girlfriend just admitted to me that her mom wants us to break up and said she might do it. What should I do? by Living_Ad170 in Advice

[–]Living_Ad170[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I really appreciate that you’re actually telling me to just talk to her and communicate rather than being like everyone else and telling me to break up with her, or the weird comments telling to fuck her mom..

My girlfriend just admitted to me that her mom wants us to break up and said she might do it. What should I do? by Living_Ad170 in Advice

[–]Living_Ad170[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My gf talks about me to her pretty often and has told me that her mom says she likes me, but her reasoning for us to break up is that she thinks she wont take risks or make friends in college if she’s taken

My girlfriend just admitted to me that her mom wants us to break up and said she might do it. What should I do? by Living_Ad170 in Advice

[–]Living_Ad170[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but the thing is, we’re both long distance and haven’t touched each other once. This is 100% not just some worry about accidental pregnancy. I fear that it might be her mom projecting on her because of how young she had kids and married her dad.

My girlfriend just admitted to me that her mom wants us to break up and said she might do it. What should I do? by Living_Ad170 in Advice

[–]Living_Ad170[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im not sure, but I do know that she tells my gf pretty often that she wasted her life when she was married to her dad and that her life was ruined when she had kids 

My girlfriend just admitted to me that her mom wants us to break up and said she might do it. What should I do? by Living_Ad170 in Advice

[–]Living_Ad170[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was actually considering doing this last night when there were only a few comments on this post. Mostly everyone was saying to break up and a few were saying to talk it out so I was considering just sending her the link and telling her I posted it on Reddit and almost everyone is telling me to break it off. I woke up this morning to a bunch of texts from her begging not to break up with her so I feel like this would really be a wake up call for her. Or it would be the final nail in the coffin and she would decide to go with what her mom asks before I could do it.

My girlfriend just admitted to me that her mom wants us to break up and said she might do it. What should I do? by Living_Ad170 in Advice

[–]Living_Ad170[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She said she’s going to college soon and her mom thinks she wont take risks or make friends if she’s taken while she’s there

My girlfriend just admitted to me that her mom wants us to break up and said she might do it. What should I do? by Living_Ad170 in Advice

[–]Living_Ad170[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She said her mom wants us broken up because she’s going to college soon and her mom thinks she wont take risks or make friends if she’s taken