johnw23
Jun 10, 2013, 12:32 PM
Hey guys,
New to the board, I have just recently broken up with my GF who was on and off in my life for a year. Im 23 she's 21
Basically, we met through my work and hit it off from the beginning, physically we were very attracted to each other, and this led to us talking. We talked 2 times before we actually started to officially date.
BACKROUND on her-Has a drinking problem... Def can be extremely crazy and a loose cannon when she's angry... Horrible TRUST ISSUES... Past relationship really messed with her.
She had been with a BF of 5 (very abusive relationship physcially/emotionally)years prior, and me knowing this, kept it light and fun and never took it serious. We talked for about a month, it never progressed in the seriousness of the relationship,but we did create some feelings, as well as learned about each other. Anyway her on and off boyfriend came back. She told me about this, and I honestly didn't care as I was dating around already, and didn't have time to deal with the drama. She went her way, and 4 months down the road, I started to get the text and FB messages saying how much she missed me. We ended up hanging out again for another few months where it never went really far as I was unsure her readiness to get involved, so I kept it light and fun again(for the most part), and she let it known she wasn't ready for a relationship as she just officially was done with her long term. I stopped talking to her toward the end, realizing I was getting to the point that I would get hurt it I continued, and let her be.
4 months later. Im living 3 hours away and she starts sending me novels about how much she missed me and that she wants to see where this goes as well as she was ready to have a relationship with me. Two weeks after that I decided to go through with it... One week in, she's telling my best friend she loves me? Should have seen that as a red flag? Anyway things get very heavy very quickly... Lots of feelings being expressed. She's blowing up my phone 24/7 saying she misses me, loves me, that I'm the one... This goes on for a month and a half... she travels down to SA... gets in a fist fight with my roomates GF, both are extremely drunk... my roomates GF precreeds to tell me every day that my girlfriend claimed she was playing me, etc(I shouldn't have believed her as I let it get in my head and ruin me).The Roomates girlfriend later admitted to lying to break us up(she admits it a month later, DAMAGE was DONE)...
The next month I began to question my girlfriend all the time, and with this, she became more distant. She began to get disrespectful,always ANNOYED WITH ME, she told me she was tired of me going out and living my lifestyle. I ended up complying because I didn't want to lose her, but she became worse as my questioning annoyed her(I questioned because it got annoying she seemed so unhappy and I wanted to fix the issue), and she didn't get better. After that I began to fix the issues(me going out all the time, always making plans for her without asking, I can be selfish) she didn't like about me in hope that she would stop being distant, but it didn't help. By the time I stopped questioning, and fixed my lifestyle to abide by her needs(by this time I was treating her like a queen), the damage was done. Our attraction was killed by all the fighting, we still had sex, but the passion was gone. We became friends with benefits basically. Things hit rock bottom and I decided I was ready to break up and she agreed. I realize my trust issues harmed the attraction level and made me look weak.
We had our talk
She was ready to break up a week prior, lost feeling for me and felt we became more friends that anything(weird because a few days prior to us breaking up she was crying from anger because I was getting a 4th roommate that happened to be a good looking girl) She Apologized because she couldn't give me what I wanted anymore as she lost feeling for me and even said maybe someone else could give me that. She said what drove her away was all the fighting, her having to worry about me in another city all the time, and that I sketched her out when I became distant and it put it in her head that this wasn't a secure relationship so she emotionally checked out. And she WAS OVER IT. I pushed her away, and she didn't think this could get better ever as she lost hope for us. Stopped missing me as well even though I lived out of town because we constantly fought. She WANTS SPACE now. As do I, as I feel I need to work on myself to fix my issues.
To be honest, I want her back as we do have a lot in common, and we seemed to be compatible, but our own issues hampered our relationship. My question is that is there any hope on her wanting this again? She is extremely emotional and when gets mad she says some things she doesn't mean... she isn't happy with me right now obviously. What is my best course of action because I do want her back?
New to the board, I have just recently broken up with my GF who was on and off in my life for a year. Im 23 she's 21
Basically, we met through my work and hit it off from the beginning, physically we were very attracted to each other, and this led to us talking. We talked 2 times before we actually started to officially date.
BACKROUND on her-Has a drinking problem... Def can be extremely crazy and a loose cannon when she's angry... Horrible TRUST ISSUES... Past relationship really messed with her.
She had been with a BF of 5 (very abusive relationship physcially/emotionally)years prior, and me knowing this, kept it light and fun and never took it serious. We talked for about a month, it never progressed in the seriousness of the relationship,but we did create some feelings, as well as learned about each other. Anyway her on and off boyfriend came back. She told me about this, and I honestly didn't care as I was dating around already, and didn't have time to deal with the drama. She went her way, and 4 months down the road, I started to get the text and FB messages saying how much she missed me. We ended up hanging out again for another few months where it never went really far as I was unsure her readiness to get involved, so I kept it light and fun again(for the most part), and she let it known she wasn't ready for a relationship as she just officially was done with her long term. I stopped talking to her toward the end, realizing I was getting to the point that I would get hurt it I continued, and let her be.
4 months later. Im living 3 hours away and she starts sending me novels about how much she missed me and that she wants to see where this goes as well as she was ready to have a relationship with me. Two weeks after that I decided to go through with it... One week in, she's telling my best friend she loves me? Should have seen that as a red flag? Anyway things get very heavy very quickly... Lots of feelings being expressed. She's blowing up my phone 24/7 saying she misses me, loves me, that I'm the one... This goes on for a month and a half... she travels down to SA... gets in a fist fight with my roomates GF, both are extremely drunk... my roomates GF precreeds to tell me every day that my girlfriend claimed she was playing me, etc(I shouldn't have believed her as I let it get in my head and ruin me).The Roomates girlfriend later admitted to lying to break us up(she admits it a month later, DAMAGE was DONE)...
The next month I began to question my girlfriend all the time, and with this, she became more distant. She began to get disrespectful,always ANNOYED WITH ME, she told me she was tired of me going out and living my lifestyle. I ended up complying because I didn't want to lose her, but she became worse as my questioning annoyed her(I questioned because it got annoying she seemed so unhappy and I wanted to fix the issue), and she didn't get better. After that I began to fix the issues(me going out all the time, always making plans for her without asking, I can be selfish) she didn't like about me in hope that she would stop being distant, but it didn't help. By the time I stopped questioning, and fixed my lifestyle to abide by her needs(by this time I was treating her like a queen), the damage was done. Our attraction was killed by all the fighting, we still had sex, but the passion was gone. We became friends with benefits basically. Things hit rock bottom and I decided I was ready to break up and she agreed. I realize my trust issues harmed the attraction level and made me look weak.
We had our talk
She was ready to break up a week prior, lost feeling for me and felt we became more friends that anything(weird because a few days prior to us breaking up she was crying from anger because I was getting a 4th roommate that happened to be a good looking girl) She Apologized because she couldn't give me what I wanted anymore as she lost feeling for me and even said maybe someone else could give me that. She said what drove her away was all the fighting, her having to worry about me in another city all the time, and that I sketched her out when I became distant and it put it in her head that this wasn't a secure relationship so she emotionally checked out. And she WAS OVER IT. I pushed her away, and she didn't think this could get better ever as she lost hope for us. Stopped missing me as well even though I lived out of town because we constantly fought. She WANTS SPACE now. As do I, as I feel I need to work on myself to fix my issues.
To be honest, I want her back as we do have a lot in common, and we seemed to be compatible, but our own issues hampered our relationship. My question is that is there any hope on her wanting this again? She is extremely emotional and when gets mad she says some things she doesn't mean... she isn't happy with me right now obviously. What is my best course of action because I do want her back?