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Old Jun 26, 2020, 07:15 AM
IceCreamKid IceCreamKid is offline
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Originally Posted by Anandi View Post
So he called me yesterday and we had a two hour conversation. He had no empathy for my fear and made no attempts to calm me.
Instead he turned very critical of areas that he feels I have not measured up as a girlfriend. He also told me that he has no feelings for me and never had. And that the best I could hope for was to deem me as someone important in his life. He ridiculously blamed his acceptance of a loveless marriage on culture. (As if I am ignorant of a culture that I have lived in for nearly 26 years). He has been lying to me about the state of our relationship for 6 months.
When I asked if he was breaking up with me, he said he wasn't sure and he wanted time to think about it. I asked how he would want a cooling down period to look like. He also didn't know and said he would let me know today.
But as soon as we hung up, I had clarity. I don't need any cooling down. My opinion hasn't changed. This relationship is over. I was in love with a man who doesn't exist. All there is, and perhaps ever was is this cold hearted bastard. I have no words for how much this hurts.
I am ready to end this. I plan to be kind and respectful. I plan to say it's about different expectations and incompatibility. And to let him know for the sake of my moving on, I am not okay about friendship (he said if we broke up he still wanted to help me on a project he had promised to help on, no).
I hope what I am about to tell you helps. A good love relationship is not a home improvement project. True love is loving someone as the person actually is. This is not the man for you--and you are not the woman for this man. Period. Right now, today tell your clinician friend that you are separating yourself from this man and make sure she has all the particulars on him--his address, his physical description, etc. He sounds dangerous and he may very well react very poorly to your choosing to stop interacting with him. Then, stop interacting with this man. Stand firm when you tell him that you two are not suited for each other--no more phone calls, no more meetings.

Last edited by FooZe; Jun 27, 2020 at 05:08 PM. Reason: Administrative edit to bring within guidelines
Thanks for this!
Anandi, MsLady, Open Eyes