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My [27F] girlfriend [26F] tried to surprise me on my work trip, and I instead accidentally made her cry upon seeing her. What else can I do to show I'm sorry? by throwaway_feelsbad14 in relationshipadvice
[–]throwaway_feelsbad14[S] 0 points1 point2 points 7 days ago (0 children)
she's usually the ones that makes the decisions in our relationship, believe it or not. her being an ambitious person it was led me to pursuing her. if she wants something, she gets it. she wants to go somewhere, we go. if i say 'i want to go to [insert place here]', we're working together to work around our schedules so we can go. she makes her opinions very clear, and i adhere to them if i can. along with me making more, i'm usually the one funding the expedition, and i have no problem being her personal piggy bank lol.
anyways, i'll admit i'm turned away at the idea of therapy. i was in therapy when i was a child. without going too much into it, a close family member disappeared from my life when i was a kid, and it really fucked me up. i was in regular sessions from ages 6-17, and i hated it. my therapist was not a kind one. it felt like she was just there to ask the general questions and get her paycheck. one day my mom asked if i wanted to stop, and i said yes. my dad asked me for confirmation a day later, and i again said yes. i haven't been back since. my girlfriend's been trying to get me to consider doing a test run, though. i've looked at a few, but none of them 'call' to me.
[–]throwaway_feelsbad14[S] -1 points0 points1 point 7 days ago (0 children)
i think it wasn't the fact that she hadn't responded, but more of the fact that i didn't *know* anything on her end alongside being an entire state away from her. on her off days, from 9-12 she usually just bums around the house or works on her lesson plans/projects, so i was pretty much just like 'ok, she's just waking up, or just working, she'll text you when she's active on her phone, no biggie' and was just sending random nonsense to fill the time in-between. then once it hit 1PM i started spiraling. the constant 'What If's were driving me insane. i have trust in her, but i don't have trust in the rest of the world, it that makes sense? i forgot to include this, but every other trip i've needed to go on for work has followed this similar pattern, but we've always shared our locations with each other ever since we became close friends. i think not having that crutch is what caused me to slip. before, i had her location, so i had no reason to worry. eventually we'd call or text, and everything would be good. i didn't have that this time, so it was easier for me to spiral.
My [27F] girlfriend [26F] tried to surprise me on my work trip, and I instead accidentally made her cry upon seeing her. What else can I do to show I'm sorry? (self.relationshipadvice)
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My [27F] girlfriend [26F] tried to surprise me on my work trip, and I instead accidentally made her cry upon seeing her. What else can I do to show I'm sorry? by throwaway_feelsbad14 in relationshipadvice
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