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Old Jan 05, 2016, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by marjan View Post
Thanks for sharing. We are still together after the whole year being on and off. However, these days I'm very cold with him. It feels I can't switch my feelings anymore. The last weekend he kept complaining that I'm disconnected from him and he wanted explanations from me. I just didn't want to ruin my long weekend and I kept denying till today early in the morning when he asked again. Then I told him. I told him all of my concerns as points and one of them was the incident with my broken foot and how he behaved. I told him in a very calm manner. For the first time, he listened. He texted me later on thanking me for telling him my concerns. However, I know he will never change. I know for sure. I'm planning to exit the relationship and it's been very hard for me. We've been together for three years. We have so much attachments.
I find it hard to be in a relationship and harder to be in a relationship with somebody with kids. I have to work around his schedule all the time and it's not fun. We can't even choose our home location together, we got to be close to the kids' school and their mother. It's so many restrictions and at top of that he doesn't appreciate or he doesn't understand that I'm giving up my own needs in terms of fulfilling his and his kids' needs.
FWIW, I told my boyfriend about your experience with the broken foot, and how that kind of thing is something I fear, and he said "that guy is a douche!" If you know he won't change, you should move on. You deserve better! There has to be compromise in all relationships, even those where someone has kids. It sounds like he's using them as an excuse to have everything be his way.
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