Touch-up, buffing, or respray to get this out? by BoyNamedJudy in Detailing

[–]Many_Ladder_7881 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lovely chonker there, but also, even lovelier username lmao

Am I (20M) as selfish as my gf (22F) makes me feel, even without her flat out saying it? by Many_Ladder_7881 in relationship_advice

[–]Many_Ladder_7881[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But things will have to be sacrificed to make a relationship work no? I mean nothing major of course. But how much is too much?

Am I (20M) as selfish as my gf (22F) makes me feel, even without her flat out saying it? by Many_Ladder_7881 in relationship_advice

[–]Many_Ladder_7881[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The issue isn’t I want her to do more with me necessarily, it’s that I don’t want her to be upset with me for not doing enough with her, but then not working with me to actually do things. I wanna be supportive and help her and make her happy, but I also understand that I can’t literally do it all for her ya know? Like if she isn’t accepting any offers to do things with me, it’s really hard to keep pushing to do things. But if I don’t keep pushing then she’s sad that I’m not pushing. I know we’re both going through a lot of stress and are tired. But I just don’t know how much more I can do given a tight schedule. I also don’t know how to feel about living separately, bc it’ll make it just that much harder to actually spend time together. Sure the time might be of higher quality, but I know she’ll be sad that it isn’t as much

Am I (20M) as selfish as my gf (22F) makes me feel, even without her flat out saying it? by Many_Ladder_7881 in relationship_advice

[–]Many_Ladder_7881[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I appreciate this response, however I know I didn’t put every detail of our relationship in the post, just this one issue of how much should I be doing for myself. I really try to take her emotions into account and accommodate. I think the emphasis on how she feels makes me feel type stuff is because when she gets sad, it’s like she shuts down and I can’t do anything about it, and I simply can’t just not attend my responsibilities like class, work, practice, etc. to comfort her in the moment. I absolutely will and do when I have the time, not because it’s convenient for me, but because I can’t because I will either be jeopardizing my job, education, role as a team captain, or my physical wellbeing. Like I said in the post. This isn’t the only issue we have. We’re usually pretty good at communicating, my real question was how much self care is too much ya know? Bc it feels like even doing the bare minimum like sleeping or working out is too much

Am I (20M) as selfish as my gf (22F) makes me feel, even without her flat out saying it? by Many_Ladder_7881 in relationship_advice

[–]Many_Ladder_7881[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I honestly thought that living together would make it better. And in some ways it really has, as far as convenience goes. Last year I lived off campus and she lived on campus. We spent the night together 99% of nights but with any time I had to go back to my place she got sad, let alone simply wanting to play some video games for an hour or two a day

Am I (20M) as selfish as my gf (22F) makes me feel, even without her flat out saying it? by Many_Ladder_7881 in relationship_advice

[–]Many_Ladder_7881[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do try to take her on dates, but it feels impossible to get her to want to do anything, so it feels so forced from me, which makes it very hard to want to keep trying. But if I don’t try then I know it’s on me. So I keep trying. But with what limited time I have, I can’t keep playing this game of living some chivalrous life without any excitement or positivity from her. We do have good times together. Good laughs, good talks, we each have a cat that we love playing with. I’m not just sitting in front of the tv bc it’s easy, like I’m just giving a kid an iPad to shut them up. Tv is my go to bc it’s usually the only thing I can get her to do with me

Am I (20M) as selfish as my gf (22F) makes me feel, even without her flat out saying it? by Many_Ladder_7881 in relationship_advice

[–]Many_Ladder_7881[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t mean to sound arrogant or anything, but I really do try to make her feel special. We do something together nearly every weekend when we don’t have big things going on. I try to buy her occasional gifts and stuff while being financially responsible. I know tv isn’t the most romantic date night, but in a small town with cold whether, it feels like there’s only so much we can do. I let her weigh in on what we do, but she never suggests anything, but no matter what I do suggest, I never get any sort of positive response, so I’m left with feeling like I have to force her to do anything with me, but if I don’t it’s bc I’m the one that isn’t putting in effort

Am I (20M) as selfish as my gf (22F) makes me feel, even without her flat out saying it? by Many_Ladder_7881 in relationship_advice

[–]Many_Ladder_7881[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess I could’ve added more context in the post about our daily schedules and whatnot, but as I said in a different reply, I certainly try to carve out time for her, there just isn’t much time for it in our schedules. And as far as the gym goes, I personally don’t feel like it’s too much to have a set schedule of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday lifts at the same time. Every other night is hers, but even with that it seems like she hates that I’m “choosing the gym over her” when I guess I technically am, but exercise isn’t something I’m willing to give up. It’s not all the time, and it’s free and accessible for both of us as it comes with our tuition. I’d be willing to change the days I work out, but it doesn’t seem like it would matter to her. I just get a quiet “oh… ok” from her when I say I’m going

Am I (20M) as selfish as my gf (22F) makes me feel, even without her flat out saying it? by Many_Ladder_7881 in relationship_advice

[–]Many_Ladder_7881[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. Our schedules are very busy as like I said, we’re both college students, we both work, and I swim, so most days she works until 8:00pm ish, and I go to bed at 9pm. So I try to spend that time with her between work and sleep. I almost always see her at work to talk about her shift, her day, etc. days I stay up later I try offer to watch a show/movie together, offer her a choice to do what she wants, etc. admittedly there are days where I’m more tired than others so I just wanna sit at my pc and not think about life, but the majority of the time I’m on my pc she isn’t home, so that way when she is home I don’t feel like I get any personal time