confuseddia
May 16, 2008, 02:49 PM
My boyfriend of a little over a year said that he fears that he will never love me the way I want him to love me. We have basically lived with him for about 10 months and officially for about 4. Things are great, we are great companions and love to do the same things. I am hyper-emotional and he is hyper-rational and so far we have been able to stabilize each other. We have never even had an argument
Two day's ago, abruptly, he told me that he felt that there was a major differential between the degree that we are emotionally dependent on each other. That I am much more dependent on him and while he likes me a lot he feels he has plateaued in his feelings and while he couldn't tell the future he was pretty sure he would never love me. He said that he was fine with the relationship the way it was, but unrealistically, did not want it progress. He admitted that it was unrealistic, but said that he would feel terrible if the relationship continued because he felt like he would be stringing me along.
Personally, I cannot rationalize breaking up when the relationship is perfect out of fear for the future. The future is always uncertain, peoples feelings change, mature or they meet someone else.
I am fully committed to him and fully committed to fighting for him. Last night, one night after the break up, he sent me an email telling me the things he had left at the house that he would hold until the next time I wanted to see him, and he said that he missed me already.
Is the fight worth it even if he thinks that he will never love me? Should I fight on the hope that his vision of the future is wrong and mine is right?
Two day's ago, abruptly, he told me that he felt that there was a major differential between the degree that we are emotionally dependent on each other. That I am much more dependent on him and while he likes me a lot he feels he has plateaued in his feelings and while he couldn't tell the future he was pretty sure he would never love me. He said that he was fine with the relationship the way it was, but unrealistically, did not want it progress. He admitted that it was unrealistic, but said that he would feel terrible if the relationship continued because he felt like he would be stringing me along.
Personally, I cannot rationalize breaking up when the relationship is perfect out of fear for the future. The future is always uncertain, peoples feelings change, mature or they meet someone else.
I am fully committed to him and fully committed to fighting for him. Last night, one night after the break up, he sent me an email telling me the things he had left at the house that he would hold until the next time I wanted to see him, and he said that he missed me already.
Is the fight worth it even if he thinks that he will never love me? Should I fight on the hope that his vision of the future is wrong and mine is right?