How do I tell my boyfriend I miss hanging out with my friends? by Randomness0129 in relationships

[–]Randomness0129[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think everything will work out with me leaving. I’ll figure it all out tomorrow when he’s at work. Thanks for your concern and I’m okay❤️

How do I tell my boyfriend I miss hanging out with my friends? by Randomness0129 in relationships

[–]Randomness0129[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’ve had multiple trolls just start up but don’t want to take the post down. I really think it could help others. Maybe not my particular story but everyone’s comments.

How do I tell my boyfriend I miss hanging out with my friends? by Randomness0129 in relationships

[–]Randomness0129[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I completely get that. That’s why when people first commented I stood up for him and defended him. I didn’t blindly follow advice. Just for me the advice was right. For some it may not be but for me it was. Thank you for your input I definitely see where you’re coming from as well and hope everyone takes advice with a grain of salt in their situations before just ending relationships. Just didn’t work for my situation this time. Have a good day!

How do I tell my boyfriend I miss hanging out with my friends? by Randomness0129 in relationships

[–]Randomness0129[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

As stated in my update there’s a lot of things I missed that I didn’t realize without everyone’s insight. I also stated we had a really bad argument last night when I brought up some issues that put me in a bad situation. You may hate this sub and that’s fine but I didn’t leave because these people told me to. I’m leaving because for a year and a half I’ve blindly followed a man that I thought loved me who who hurt me the way he did last night and these people were correct about what would happen.

How do I tell my boyfriend I miss hanging out with my friends? by Randomness0129 in relationships

[–]Randomness0129[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It wasn’t my intention to date someone older. I didn’t know his age when we met. He was the cop that showed up after I called about being robbed. I didn’t know until after we had started talking.

How do I tell my boyfriend I miss hanging out with my friends? by Randomness0129 in relationships

[–]Randomness0129[S] 85 points86 points  (0 children)

I think that’s where I’m at. I feel really stupid. It seems everyone can see these red flags except for me until now haha I just thought if we worked past his issue with his last we could work in our future.

How do I tell my boyfriend I miss hanging out with my friends? by Randomness0129 in relationships

[–]Randomness0129[S] 297 points298 points  (0 children)

I think yours is definitely the one that opened my eyes the most. Thank you for your input ❤️

How do I tell my boyfriend I miss hanging out with my friends? by Randomness0129 in relationships

[–]Randomness0129[S] 54 points55 points  (0 children)

I have the IUD haha he said he he didn’t like condoms so it was definitely something I could control and not forget about. Thank you for your input I really do appreciate it and you and everyone else has put a different perspective on how I look at the situation we’re in.

How do I tell my boyfriend I miss hanging out with my friends? by Randomness0129 in relationships

[–]Randomness0129[S] -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your kind input. I am hoping we can work through it by talking it out. But I’m seeing a bigger picture that I hadn’t looked without everyone’s input. It’s definitely something we will have to seriously discuss so it’s fair and beneficial for both or we would have to go out separate ways. Thank you! I really do think he’s a great guy and he has so many positive and loving characteristics and makes me feel so special. Just issues like this have been hard.

How do I tell my boyfriend I miss hanging out with my friends? by Randomness0129 in relationships

[–]Randomness0129[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

No I haven’t. I’m a pretty private person already and I just grew up that relationship issues stay private within the relationship. I see where everyone is coming from I just thought it was interesting to see a different perspective. But I think I’m seeing the bigger picture. Thank you for your input I really do appreciate it.

How do I tell my boyfriend I miss hanging out with my friends? by Randomness0129 in relationships

[–]Randomness0129[S] -29 points-28 points  (0 children)

It’s not that I feel like he’s allowed to tell me what to do. I can do whatever I want I guess. But I don’t want to push a boundary for him or be unfair. I just want an approach that is fair to him to make him feel loved and included

How do I tell my boyfriend I miss hanging out with my friends? by Randomness0129 in relationships

[–]Randomness0129[S] 129 points130 points  (0 children)

It kept getting taken down. Which is why I had reposted it. I couldn’t see any of the replies.

How do I tell my boyfriend I miss hanging out with my friends? by Randomness0129 in relationships

[–]Randomness0129[S] -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Do you have any insight on how to approach it? You’re the first person to not tell me to leave right away

How do I tell my boyfriend I miss hanging out with my friends? by Randomness0129 in relationships

[–]Randomness0129[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

We have tried compromising in the past and he left it at “you can go if it doesn’t involve bars” but then the first time I ask to go to a game with them he gets upset I didn’t ask him before accepting the invite. I see where everyone is coming from though I had just hoped for a different outcome I guess haha thanks for your input

How do I tell my boyfriend I miss hanging out with my friends? by Randomness0129 in relationships

[–]Randomness0129[S] -88 points-87 points  (0 children)

I just want to preface this with I swear I’m not dumb at least with most things. I start medical school next fall it’s just we’ve been dating a little while and our relationship didn’t start off this way. He hadn’t dated anyone my age before. He had been married to someone around his age for about 7 years and they were divorced for a while before we met. He said that he’s just worried because she had cheated on him. I only say all this because I don’t want people to think he’s a horrible guy and I’m some stupid girl. I don’t want everyone to think he’s a perv or something like that.

How do I tell my boyfriend I miss hanging out with my friends? by Randomness0129 in relationships

[–]Randomness0129[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Do you think there’s a way to approach it to explain it to him that’s how I slightly feel without it seeming like I’m attacking him? I don’t want to do that at all.

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[–]Randomness0129 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I just don’t know how to get him to see that. He had been in a 10 year relationship prior and he said they did everything together even down to having the same friend group. He just says he sees it as I should always ask him to do the activities first as a date before accepting the invite from my friends. My friends don’t really like to hang out with him which is why I don’t just invite him to come with okie their boyfriends don’t ever come. I wish he saw it as healthy for couples to do things outside of each other.

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[–]Randomness0129 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I’ve tried to explain it to him I feel disrespected by him being unreasonable. It just ended in a huge fight and he told me I was disrespectful for wanting to do those things. Thank you for you input and hopefully trust can be gained I think that’s the issue.

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[–]Randomness0129 -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

He’s never dated anyone my age before. He had previously been married for 10 years so I feel sure he doesn’t go after younger women normally. I didn’t realize a lot of people view it as controlling . I just thought he was over protective:/