| You need to take some responsbility here, too. He's not using you, you're using him. He has a girlfriend and you know it, yet you're still seeing him. That's YOU using him.
If you do break with him, it shouldn't be another manipulation tactic to trick him into wanting you instead. It should be because you believe you're a better person that you're acting and you want to cut off contact with the things/people that cause you to behave badly.
As you grow older, you're supposed to realize that feelings are a motivator, they attract you to others... but you're intelligence kicks in and helps you make SMART choices about which feelings you follow through on, and which you override with your common sense or good morals.
It's up to you, if your dream is to be the secret other woman in a man's life, then congrats, you got that already. If your dream is to be equals in a mature loving relationship, well, that's not what you get with this man, so you staying is YOU deciding what you want is unimportant.
I hope you figure out that you CAN have what you want from a man, just not from this man. |