At least you recognize your guilty. A lot of my self worth and the way I give and receive love is tied up in physical validation. You do not need this. Im bothered by his lack of compassion, not your lack of listening. This is a update on my previous post and I really really need your advice. I understand that. Hi Tyler So I begin to trust him again but still in the back of my mind is the past and I NEVER let my guard down now, and then I caught him slipping while he was out of town, about 2 years ago. I been down this road before with my first marriage. I asked same question at this time if she moved on? I was with this girl since Feb, 2012. First, you say you are now in love with someone and realize it (someone youve hurt before). The first time I found out he begged for me to take him back. She seems more open to have a laugh, when I talk about the future it doesnt seem to have entered her mind that Im not in it. But lets suppose Im right: You fantasize how life would be with this guy. Instead she needs to see positive change in you before she will even entertain the idea of staying. convince herplease doctor deb what can I do, am I was unsure about our relationship because its has has its ups and downs. You're too late! things were not perfect but the chemitry was there, we had fun and now he has gone back home. I do really love him, and I more than want it to work, but I am still haunted by his old betrayal. we barely talk and i havent seen her since she left. But since wed thought about it I figured it couldnt hurt to try. We had a lot of fun and great moments spent together. He dun have a good marriage and thus treat me very good and lovingly.All these years with him, I always remind myself he is a married man and I cant get myself into this rs( relationship) . Can a past abuser change. I was okay with that as long as it was just friends. Weve bee fighting quite a bit and he broke up with me once. My husband was working in his workshop on her step-fathers car which had been brought in for repairs at the time I made this discovery. Maybe a Gestalt therapist, CBT. I will admit she is much more Cultured and obtains a greater intelligence than I posess. Make some effort to plan things out But I am doing everything like before and he still wants sexual relations but he keeps saying there is no chance . No arguments, just love and support. I know I did not handle it right myself. The first among the 15 ideas for a perfect first date is to plan a place where you both will be comfortable My boyfriend and I have been together for 9 yrs and we recently just parted ways in the past 4 days. He says he just isnt in love with me anymore and that he wants to be alone. Thats one of the most difficult parts x. I am wondering if it is wise to let him know now of my past experience while we are having our time apart. we have had our issues, and many of them throughout the years, but he always said US AGAINST THE WORLD! Should I stop worrying myself to death and just trust him, then deal with the repercussions if something does happen? So let me ask you a funny question. I want to be the rock she can lean on.. But Priest Andrew came into the picture and things turned out to be how i have ever wanted it to be.I will forever be grateful to him for the rest of my life, Am so happy!!!!!!!!!! It reminds you that you are, indeed, a good person so you should not blame yourself for helping her, and 2. We both have feillings for one another. kids need their own home surrounded by their own familiar things and focus on yourself and them. I feel really bad. Hi Broken 79 Instead of fighting, you really needed to understand what was up with him. I have been in a relationship that operates like a marriage for 6 years w/my boyfriend. Is my husband going to marry this co worker and their going to b live happily ever after. And he wants to know why and how things would be different now. I thought she was living with friends or her godfather as usual. I dont know if my feelings can ever come back for him. I know he still loves me. I graduated from North Carolina High School ( a public school ) and received my commission, I later joined the United States Army Academy because I could not go afford the University at that time so the US Government took care of my tuition. If it was not fear but your own low self esteem, then THAT is what you need to work on in therapy. I do therapy on Skype if that is of interest to you. The results revealed that some of the same brain areas were activated in the two conditions. He told me that Peter had no rights to joining in our shared meal .. despite the fact that both our mutual friend & I invited him to stay. Can i pleasr get sime advice on how can i bring back my sons mothers feelings back so she can love me the way i do, i want us to stay together as a family, but apperently she had strong feelings for another man, what can i do to win her back, i am trying my all, i changed all my ways for. When he realized how i treated him he changed he sais he lost respect for me he heard rumors aboute cheating on him and makes everything worst he said he dosent want me anymore or ever want to be with me .. All he said is maybe with time , or maybe after you have the baby but i i dont know out relationshil was deel and we were very comfortable with eachother . You need to let the other person see, and hear about, your weaknesses. So responded and lashed at her for games she played. I dont know what to do. I ignored his emotions and efforts. I have tried to reassure her by telling her I would never bring this issue up again. When I think of parting however, it makes me so anxious and sad. I would really appreciate some advise. That is exactly what happens when youre not THERE. Hi Robert, (I know) she continued to request that we meet. I need advice. Plan fun activities to do together. We have never really fought in our relationship and have always sorted things out when we do have little arguments. He went to drop her off and when he came back he came back to greet me just like he always does and that threw me off. Her face changed when I started talking about the gut being the same one at the home depot, how she said the guy is not serious about her but her actions speak louder than words. I have gone through difficult situations of betrayal with him and I lost trust in him then slowly we started in what you described as falling back in love and regaining that trust. I told him we could end the friendship with the other couple but he doesnt want to do that. Going for long walks in the park is perfect on first dates because it allows you to talk about yourself and ask her questions, which helps build rapport between you. if not how do i get over her, she was my first love and is my high school sweet heart and i am absolutely lost without her. She askes how I can make everything uo and what will I do to have her forgive me. Copyright 2007 - 2023 GoodTherapy, LLC. So God knows what you did to the man but I lost interest in women. Over the course of our relationship we will talk about our future plans and how we see ourselves ending up together. You are not a therapist! Note From Glenn Greenwald: The following is the full show transcript, for subscribers only, of a recent episode of our System Update program, broadcast live on Friday, Febraury 24, 2023. But he has to give up his thoughts about this other person. Or you want to take action, but also remain passive. Spark a Love Connection She is devastated and doesnt want anything to do with me. We planned to get married in 2016, but this month he pulled away from me because he didnt think we would work out anymore. All the msg i sent he reply back in one word . I asked why is that? I dont think she has really spoken to anyone about how she was feeling as even her mum and sister had no idea it was coming. Be happy to hear your advice. So Im 33 and havent had many experiences with relationships. All of these contradicting feelings can have a negative effect that many of us hate: feeling paralyzed, without . Putting down? Hi C He didnt show it at the time but was discreetly trying to tell me that I needed to chill out. Hi Mummy She said a lot of little things added up between us and that she started compromising herself to be with me and we both ended up completely different people in a bad way. Hi im only 18 I know Im young, but 3 years ago I met this amazing girl. she broke up with me 6 weeks ago and it really made me realise how much of a douche i was and how much i love her. But not even giving it a go is just ridiculous! If you truly love him amd want to keep your relationship, so you must act quickly! That is the only thing I have to hang into as a sign of hope and that isnt much. I dont like to talked about my previous comment on this issue. There are many of us in similar situations and were cheering for you. How do I let go of fear and love again Innocently? Is he more planful, thinking ahead to the outcomes of his actions? Finally he visits me and decides to stay he had nothing but the stuff he brought with him so I supported him in everyway until he could himself and we were good for another year. What can I do, how can he find a way to clear the emotional block he has inside his heart towards me? The club is or was going to be the venue for our wedding reception and my fianc was talking to the chairman/club manager about plans, telling her sister where everything was going to go and discussing honeymoon ideas etc. He was desperate to have his family and told me everything I ever wanted to hear. We were together for about 6 months and both genuinely loved one another even though it was a short time. Did he want the acct so he can spend all his money on date nights,outings,and buying the new woman gifts. When I said that I (his wife & her friend) had not known about their shared phone calls, she said that she knew about that too, but stated that I know your marriage is on the rocks anyway. I told her to leave & never attempt any communication with either of us or our daughters again. He took it horribly as expected. Weve both have tried to stop each other from arguing but can never come to an accordance together. She then, in front of me, sent him a text that said, they couldnt be friends anymore, shes wants her family. Do you think theres still a chance for us? as he texted him on facebook. Thank you these are all things i had told him i would not ever be ok with again, i took too much before and i told myself i would never tolerate this again. She is afraid just like me to leave each other and start over cause of AIDS and the thought of getting to know a person and hoping that they are not gonna cheat or be violent. It is necessary for a couple to understand this and this problem should be healed before marriage. He says he didnt tell her he wanted to work things out but she told me he did. That is NOT the real person. I have been working on me and myself becoming a better person being the Maria that I truly am. You should really get help to overcome the trauma of your first terrible experience. He hates head games. So I guess I always expect the worst and questioned him ask him to delete all his social media sites and quit contact with them. You dont really love him; you feel needy. He gets defensive and aggravated at me. Seven months ago, a man that I knew messages me and we began talking. So I thought maybe hes right. Started feeding us the same words/lines simultaneously. All she wants from me is money money money and money. Were you afraid of him? Now dont get me wrong. And he opened up to me again and told me pieces at a time. Someone told her I cheated on her and it is NOT true. On the date, I am planning on taking her to an aquarium(cause shes never been and has wanted to go), take her for lunch, and then take her to a special place where weve had good memories (Lake Las Vegas), and I plan on playing the first guitar song Ive ever sang to her when we first began dating. She doesnt like me calling too much and says I should give her space. After all, you've invested a lot of time and resources in your marriage. Although she says she finds me attractive she cant open up, her heart to have sex with me , she just cant. I just found this website searching for links to help save my marriage. He contacted me right after his arrival in France. Please see an MFT (Marriage & Family Therapist) who does more than just talk. I was stubborn and got irritated easily, a trait that I now know was conditioned from living with my father who shows the exact same attitude. Please note that a competent MFT will NEVER say parents were bad, even if they were abusive. 5 months later he texted me and I decided to talk to him again and slowly we began to rebuild what we had and finally are in a relationship now. And after a brief period of space I contacted my emotional affair partner who, incidentally, is willing to give up his life (he is partnered but it is more of an mental partnership/friendship than any romance which doesnt give it any less meaning, but I know I was his great love of his life). Move on! I have started therapy for addictions and am in the first month of a 3 month program. Not to be a buzz kill but counselors who would be qualified to help you are few and far between. And that we wanted to be in love with each other again. If you go do something I dont suggest, I understand. I would ask him to come along to some of the events. Ive told him that it will never happen again. Hi Craig & Good Therapy Team- Thank you dr deb i really appreciate your answer i am desperate to get my husband back the thing is i dont have place in AZ to go and he doesnt offer me to move with them i do not know how can i stared because i will have to live my job behind and i do not know how stared again with out support any suggestions how can i make him interested on me again .any ideas when you say try to be sexy, how can i approach the situation he say hes not connected to me emotional and dont want to have anything with me and told me never make him happy how can i call his attention again because feel like we talk just as a friend that it nothing else .i feel if i dont do anything and i do not talk to him i feel desperate and also i feel like i am losing him day by day is any good place in AZ for good therapy we both can attend or how we can start all over again what kind the things i should I think I actually did and expected the future hurt to come so much I caused it to. Told him. I have shut people out but it takes a bloody lot more than that and at least has warning! I do recommend counseling as long as it is with a trained and skilled marriage counselor who understands what Ive just said. I dont think so. I would ask him to come along to some of the events. it didnt help. Well time wanton and his ex became a thorn in my side along with his crazy mom. Hello, I just read this article and it really resonated with me and has given me some much needed hope. I do not feel appreciated and basically he feels entitled to this because he is the sole provider.Intimacy has become a chore for me as my desire has not been for him for a long time. Clients need both. I told him how she has been a constant problem in my relationship with her ex, along with my guys mom. I thought we always talked about our feelings. Over 3 years back we were fighting every day and things got really bad. Ive recognized many of the things here, including not validating her enough, not making her feel accepted or adored and supported, and many other shortcomings I feel guilty for in oversight. He did in the past have a affair with someone who worked for him. In my heart we were true soulmates. But my parents did not let me leave with him. I know its wrong, but i kept contact with the other guy and im so confused now. Is it a therapist who specializes in trauma? Dont settle; break ups are not failures unless you violate values and moral codes. He is willing to work together to salvage what we still have. Its important not to point fingers but rather to look at oneself. He said she listens to him when he talks. I died a little inside, i could not take the reality of the things he said. I am devestated that she lied to me. In that moment without realizing it I hurt my husband in a way it dont know if I can ever repair. I know how terrible my behavior has been. Nowadays, if we get into an argument hell just threaten to leave the relationship. =/ Im so confused and if she decided to leave him and come back, I have such strong feelings for her but I dont know if I should take her back. She lives with her baby father basically because of accommodation but she doesnt want me to have any lady. I see you are in great pain. We got together with her on Boxing Day. This began to break her down into depression and now, about a year later, she tells me she no longer has any feeling for me. She is being really adamant about not forgiving herself. I understand that if it can be fixed then there is no point in forcing it. I don't understand thought we were friends. Will he love me again? I dont feel the need to initiate contact anymore. I felt like she was more important than meneedless to say we got into an arguement and he didnt have date with me sunday instead took her fishing. But i became so emotionally attached to him and he made me feel secure wherever I talked to him. Now since his arrest I had the day before kicked him out of my apartment because I did not want to go through it again even though I love him with all my heart I gave him my whole heart I cannot continue to go through this with him he needs to do this on his own. But make sure youve learned your lesson before trying to pursue her again. I dont know how many men can actually admit that. I wasnt nice at all, no name calling, I just let her know I thought she was a fake. He adamantly wont have sex with me because he thinks we used it as a bandaid. We have had arguments off and on and they all stem from the same issue. I really love her. Im still talking to him despite my Friends advice. That is why I reach out to her when she is needy. This accomplishes two things: 1. I love him very much and the thought of the possibility of losing him is killing me. Im im a relationship for 2 years now. My need of understanding the whys of his emotional affair with our mutual friend threaten to destroy any hope of reconciliation. I want her back and I know its going to be a process. My problem is that I cant seemed to believe him given he gave himself to another for so long, treated me with such disrespect & cruelty in the last year. She would ignore me constantly, sometimes days at a time and was never there for me. Just too hard for me to have another girl now. He is nearly 13 years older than me. That is all I can offer without talking to both of you. Then I didnt tell you the good part the co worker,my husband and myself all work at the same place. conventional wisdom says to move on, but im not interested in doing that. Today we have talked about the situation and I understand that I totally humiliated him in front of our friends plus numerous other people because we were at a club where he is a member. Thank you! 1. And know, there is a time to speak and a time to stay silent. Because I finally sm telling the truth about the wolf snd now there was nobody to believe me. But he doesnt want to give me another chance. i have exams coming up.i cant focus also . After some time , we met again and there knew him as a friend, not previously like boss/ colleague relationship. I lost the baby in April of 2013. Then one day I found that he communicates with his ex still. Dr. Deb, I am 62 yrs old and have reconnected with someone that I spent 10 yrs with after my divorce 30 yrs ago. When we would fight, it would be legitimate, and itd be resolved in a calm, kind hearted manner. The truth is that a boyfriend or husband can never give to us what our parents didnt give it would never be enough. We are in relationship for 4 years. Hi Sue#1 Meanwhile, yes, you should both get counseling to help this process. He admitted it to me and when I said never contact me again he said call me in about a month when your knocked up!! What should I do my parents are against him I cant live widout him n now he is moving away frm me . Keep trying. I almost never have any sleep. Please see a therapist to unravel this. but instead of telling me about the incident, he lied to me , to my face. Our relationship when we got back together two years ago was amazing. There are some typographical errors in my writeup and there is no way for now to edit. You have to watch yourself very carefully not to inadvertently enable your husband. since january we are still living in the same house as we co own. Prior to that, I came across her FB page and stumped on a picture that resembles same guy that went to us to home Depot last October. However, while shes on the phone with me, she quickly sent me email cursing me out thinking i have a lady by me. Or should I wait that he does it. Communication has always been an issue of mine, and he has only ever wanted 100% honesty from me. 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