Listen, as young people, we can dream. Although opposites do attract, the fundamental, deep-down attraction comes from a reflection of oneself. He has even threatened to call the police if I come by his house again, its like hes the devil now. i read where you say its called patient giving i understand what your saying and what needs to be done my only concern is how long should you keep trying patient giving before you realize its not going to work and your marriage is going to get back to going the right direction, ive been married for 6 years and off and on weve had issues but it hasnt been til the pat year that my husband has told me once he wanted a divorce but never went throught with it we patched thigns up we never seperated but about two weeks ago he sat me down and told me about the issue were having now and he said i am willing to give you one last chance and work on our marriage, but if it happenss again hes done now neither one of use has cheated its has nothing to do with that, he got very upset and angry at something i said, he has that right to be mad i understand but he tells me he wants to give me another chance but tells someone else he doesnt want to so i want to make my marriage work and prove to my husband its not him thats the problem it never has been he hasnt told me he doesnt love me anymore, so i am confused on how long should i try and mend the bond before i finally say i cant do this anymore and tell him ive tried to fix this issue but i cant do it anymore, i want to fix it but i just dont know how long i should before it starts to get better if it even does get better if you understand what i am asking. insanely in love wit heri promised to come see The sex will be much better when that happens, I promise you. Yes he has deep feelings for me and loves being with me. thanx, Our relationship have always been, very mellow, we give each other our freedom and space. You guys were fooling around and having fun. Dear Dr Deb I am 32 years old I accepTed a friend request from an ex on face book and lie about who it was and what the conversation was about hes now convinced Ive cheated and am still lieing, i would never do cheat hes the love of my life when this happened I was have alot of negative self image problems it made me feel good because I knew he could see how I looked I dont know how to fix the mess Ive caused Ive tried saying all that happened only to be told Im lieing i even called the guy while my husband listened but t because I didnt say exactly what he told me to say hes convinced I will never be truthful it hurts I know i caused the problem I need advice please Im not a bad person Ive made some dumb choices . It is super important to totally get past the verbal abuse. I know that it was not the way to handle it but I didnt know what else to do. Well Ive done everything i can think of to take back and fix what Ive done. He is not the kind of person who likes to talk about feelings or his inner world, nor does he need to communicate on daily basis with me. But I know that I pushed him away. Hi Carmen, I had 2 relationships between my in famous breakup and the one Im in now. Copyright 2007 - 2023 GoodTherapy, LLC. give him time ? Ive been made aware of the changes that I needed to make to be a better woman, in general, and I am ready to move forward. Im devistated and cant imagine his feelings have gone from being madly in love to having no love in two months. Just please read it again if you forgot and give me your honest advice. Hes the first person Ive truly loved and treated me correctly. Spark a Love Connection I Have caused him so much pain and deep hurt. I saw mine, even if I saw it too late. Many people can try to give you this message but it doesnt work with other people. They can still be gentlemen and not blaming. We have been talking and trying to work on things but his biggest issues is that I dont want to be vulnerable in terms of getting sexually involved with him until I see and feel a change in him. What Im thinking is that you dont know who you are let alone who he is and he has the same problem. Hi, I already know that you are going to tell me that I or we need to seek out a couples counselor. Or should I even try? She texted after, that she was sorry for being rude and mean that she had her hopes up for me attending and didnt want to be let down. We had all the qualities of a functioning relationship. She said she felt things just werent important to me. its been a year now and things have improved but i dont feel we have restored the connection again. Ive told him that it will never happen again. I dont trust my own judgement anymore. Or mayb im sick Help plz. My boyfriend and I have been together for 5 years. She wold smile and tell me to just shut up. Im so lost. Since the problem is not one girl in particular. We have 4 children. I am so crushed at his behavior and how easy it is for him to abandon us without word all because of a few to many drinks. This person is tasked with the challenge of getting each of you to open up your deepest (positive) feelings but also your fears, anxieties, all of it. when I told him we should plan our future he said nothing but What do you want me to tell you? Things eventually got back on track with him finding a job but our relationship never seemed to recover. And we have a son who is almost 2 years old. You have to take responsibility for your own choices. Says I am not part of his future. We started as friends in high school, had sex, and I got pregnant. I later found out he was supposedly at his mothers for the 2.5 days and then took off out of town to a casino for the weekend. Any advice from you? Im afraid that if I insist on this topic he ll start to feel guilty and pulls away as he did in the past. Someone help :(. You can do better. He is very judgmental and critical on top of it I feel like he only knew how to put me down. He was very remorseful of his actions and said he didnt intentionally do them and felt horrible for hurting me. The most obvious scenario in which you hate and love a person at the same time is one in which your love is not reciprocated. In fact, the brain chemistry in love is very much like the chemistry of the brain in addictions. I made everything about me and I took everything personally. Copyright 2011 by By Deb Hirschhorn, PhD. Do you think we still have chance to be together again or if he will still love if I change my attitude? Ignoring me treating me like I wasnt wanted and that I was in the way of his family. His mother laughed at me in that courtroom & she always gave unsolicited advice and I am not fond if that, AT ALL! You are working on all of it. I mourned for him begging and crying. The friendship simmered down a bit over time. Hurt is a reaction to fear, and in a place of Love, there is no room for fear or anything else. 7 months into the relationship he confessed he is really into me and that he could say he love me. I was going to end the relationship but he opened up to me and admitted he had a problem. Please go together to see a couples counselor. [And BTW, controlling people often do lack them; that is why they resort to pressuring others.] To be honest with you, its too hard to do alone. He litterly does nothing. In Western cultures, at least, where the importance of autonomy and personal freedom is repeatedly emphasized, having to let go of your freedom to some extent may not always feel right, especially not if you are used to being on your own and doing whatever you want (Brogaard, 2017). I dont want to lose my wife or my son to lose his mother. I would quote Elie wiesel here "Opposite of love is not hate its indifference" So you have already crossed half a way you don't "don't care" about that person. I took on all kinds of extra responsibility so that she could do more with her career. That will not work. My husband walked back to his side of the car, got in & we drove away. She was not like this before she got pregnant. For a few days he texted or called saying he wanted to chill. Should I agree to the separation? And yet I honestly feel he is a remarkable man, and I have seen him change some of his behaviours. And voila! etc.? I love him deeply and genuinely and I know I am partly at fault for him feeling this way (like his needs dont matter, like he never did enough, like I cant accomplish the tasks he sees as so important, etc), but I dont know how to try and start the process of fixing it. I have three kids of my own 7 and undet who are not his and he has two 13 and 10. If he wont listen, maybe you can write him a nice email explaining how you now see your mistake. Hello, Ive been with the same guy for 5 years weve been married for one. No shared words of encouragement in the car whilst parked at a traffic light. Please get therapy to give yourself the tools you need to get out of your bad place. First he said he wanted a divorce now hes not sure. So the way to avoid that is to always keep a barrier of some kind between you. But Priest Andrew came into the picture and things turned out to be how i have ever wanted it to be.I will forever be grateful to him for the rest of my life, Am so happy!!!!!!!!!! Still, cheating is cheating. I need some help. As a mother their pain is my pain and now I hurt and emotionally stricken even harder. Hes even came home with a hair on his privates and make multiple excuses. When I Dont Answer The Phone He Thinks Im Lying And Doing Something Thats Unfaithful And I Know My Actions Are what caused This, But I Just Hope Im Not Losing Him And If He Still Loves Me The Same OR not. and i dont want to lose her im trying so hard but i dont know what to do. I had been clean for over a decade. He told me this 2, 5 months ago but a week after that he called me (it was a great festivity in our town that we usually celebrated together) and it was amazing! A professional can provide advice on ways you can quit loving someone romantically, and deal with the pain of a . About 4 months ago we decided to try a separation but couldnt stay away. Very often when we love someone, we want them to thrive. Well the ex finally got a , I am trying my best not to worry but its hard. just prove to her that u love her. He, and therefore we, has been fine for the last several years, but is now going through it again. All the research bears me out. He at first hid it for me for month and friends of our all knew about it and no one told me. After that I started school (he started a while after me), we got our first apartment together, and really started our lives. They would still have sex but it wasnt meaningful to partner one the way it had been. It is NOT all about behavior. The friendship thing did not work after he got married. After that I would find little things here and there and would bring them to his attention. This last time I was there I couldnt stop crying. Long story short my husband suffered from sever depression and I stuck with him thru thick and thin. Your expertise would be greatly appreciated. My husband handed her the keys & walked away. I cant tell without more information. If we dont take care of ourselves, why would we expect others to take care of us? | switch games with rollback | can you love someone again after hating them. If she is in the same place that I am, she heard the words Im sorry so much that they mean nothing. Is this a normal thing? She hasnt asked for a divorce, and Im also trying to move closer to her and my daughter. My husband and I have been together a total of 17 yrs he has pushed me away for 15 yrs. Dear Dr, He put his face into her neck & told her that he Really really loves her. Im feeling really anxious but this article has given me some hope. You are surprised when your sister is late (yet again), but you had kind of expected it. =/ Im so confused and if she decided to leave him and come back, I have such strong feelings for her but I dont know if I should take her back. Hi Mark After she read the text from my ex and found that I had turned down all her advances, she went further to search through other text messages all the way back to a year ago and that was how she discovered the cheating. She did not call me after giving birth. Wow. This makes it important that the location of your first date should be one where both of you can be at ease and someplace that does not intimidate either of you. He was rude, impatiend and miserable with me. Hi Dr. Deb When arguments start, keep calm. I think your reaction to being betrayed is perfectly normal. He was desperate to have his family and told me everything I ever wanted to hear. I dont know what to do in these situations, because I usually bug her about why she is irritated usually to the point where she says she doesnt feel like dealing with this relationship anymore, How do I fix this and what can I do to get this relationship back to the spark that we used to have in the beginning ox the relationship. I gave him my number after his request. Thanks! Its hard enough as it is. I told her that if this is what she needs to do then we will do it. I really like this girl and understand what she is going through. Your spouse might be hurt, too. Im writing this to say that the advice on this website worked. It runs in his family, the one time we sought counciling they suggested it after the 1st hour, and when hes good hell even admit to the possibility. If you're this miserable, it's time to end things. Please help! She hadnt yet told her kids we were dating and not yet introduced me to family. He has a very hard time apologizing and admitting he was wrong. Everything was perfect, we had the same goals, the same visions on life, but we did have completely different interests. Hell take me out on dates, cook me dinner, and most importantly, putting up with me no matter how much I seem to push him away. i feel im cheating myself by staying and im not in love anymore. No matter what you try to tell yourself. Daniel, Im now at a point that my feelings for him are not the same and my affection and attraction is not there. I am very impressed with your self-awareness, namely, realizing that you would blow up for minor reasons and that your frantic attempts to hold the relationship together came across as needy. Therapy will help. and i never wanted to hurt her i never do. These fights escalate so bad that its hard for us to calm down. On the back of the first drunken night I went to therapy, but I dont feel any real improvement in myself. Too late.he hasnt left me.but . Truly I am regretting what I did. She simply did not answer. And I dont know if Ill be able to get him back. I would cry and tell her that I loved her snd that Id change. Our marriage of 39 years has had good times, but I have constantly felt my husbands disconnection in both emotional & sexual intimacy. Hi Dr Debb convince herplease doctor deb what can I do, am Her biological father is an oncologist and spent most of her childhood at work, she never bonded with him (red flag 1)and they havent spoke since she was 18. Now all his money just goes there and he gives me a little bit from each check. What I dont understand is, if it was infatuation why do I still feel the same way I did 3 years ago? I want it to work and have begged, pleaded for forgiveness, offered to go to therapy, counseling, everything and anything to prove to her what I did two years ago was a mistake and my love for her is real. Till this day I havent caught him cheating on me or doing anything he wasnt suppose to but it lingers through my mind at times. I have been in this for 24 years. I love him i would die for him please help me fix my relationship we were supposed to get married September 12, 2017, Me and my girlfriend are together for 2.5 years. Although I have valid reasons for it he could not give me a good enough reason except for his own selfishness. Although it was very out of character for me I recently cheated on him with another man who makes me feel happy and wanted. We have taken some counseling and have tried everything. When you were in love with him, he was not in love with you. I am trying to stay connected to this relationship and give it the effort it deserves. And i did this to him. Its very conflicting hating a person im still in love with and im sorry to anyone else experiencing something like this. Keep things fresh and exciting by having a theme for your first date. He got promoted then just then decided he only wanted to be friends. Is this a faze Im going through triggered by the anxiety? I explained that it was because it happened without him asking that he thought it might upset me, and at no point did he stop and put me in front of his desire at the time. Id say I can go with you and hed say naw you cool Ill just go), and he doesnt want us riding in the same car. 4 months back my husband found out about him and I came clean. But now i have to suffer. He met a girl and decided to stay out late night and I caught him by calling her # she denied and he all did and then he said wasnt like that but he had a 30 min conversation with the following day.we talked n he promised he would change the following week he did it again and I caught her text him saying prove it your not with her.that morning I confronted him and he asked me and my daughter to leave the house since had feelings for this person.i moved out and Im really sad cus he didnt care one bit the damage he caused and now blames.me that whatever he had going on isnt there with that girl. But a genuine person has a look in their eyes that cant be faked, and a voice thats full of love. For their sake, I wish it would work but for mine I just want it over. Anything I can do? I wish I could make her see Im not that person and I wish I never went down that road. I love her deeply and I know what I have to do to change, but weve been over this ground before. For the past year I have been doing everything I can to be supportive, kind and understanding. I am so hurt by how he is treating me. he is 24 and i am 32, he know about it but i cant help but feel that the age gap is too big. I been down this road before with my first marriage. My partner has said he loves me but is not in love with me , thing is he wont move out we have 2 children both teenagers, I am doing everything I can to change myself and be a better person. I screwed up & have TRULY tried to tell him how I felt betrayed by him because of the drinking/drugs and I was not going to come 2nd to a beer! My fiance and I have been together for about 7 years now and have two little ones. See what your insurance will cover in the way of a residential treatment program. He clearly does have a problem, as he admitted a few years ago. I must add that I also feel anger at her Ex who has been through something similar in his life and has 2 children of his own. But we been talking and he told me he got some back and he felt better about things. That said, I would not think this will work while he has someone else in the wings. If your therapist is not able to move from couples therapy to individual with you to help you with how you have cut off your feelings, that is a problem. Please help me. I cant control it but thats what Im working on right now. We cannot always show our true colors to the people at work, in the grocery store, or on the subway. He told me a few nights ago he doesnt love me anymore. Actually, that is the good part. Hes actually with a girl now that I was friends with I dont mind as long as he is happy and I think hes happy with her because he usually does not date. My hunch is that it would not be good at all. If we do divorce I will try to get custody of our children and that will start a war with no end. When I came back home he was honest about another woman he had met and slept with her. I trusted him. I asked them to leave the office so we could talk & proceeded to show her these horrendously expensive phone bills (most of which were touching on SAR800 per month). any advice, I have been in this situation before and its not easy. So I brought it up a couple of days ago, and he broke up with me because he said he couldnt trust me. John R. Rice. Her face changed when I started talking about the gut being the same one at the home depot, how she said the guy is not serious about her but her actions speak louder than words. While this article confirmed a lot of what Id felt to be true, it still helped. If you see a marriage & family therapist who is skilled at anger issues, then you can eventually bring him into the therapy so he can see that you are, indeed, working on yourself and this wont happen in the future. Should i let him go because i dont deserve him or should i stay and try to win him back? A therapist sees you with more objective eyes than you see yourselves. What should I do every time she goes out, my heart breaks. I have been with out my youngest daughter for 4 years and not my husband say he doesnt love me anymore he feel out of love with me , but is hard for me to accept that i can imagine the life with out them , I feel angry use and betrayed by him but i love him he wants to divorce now but i have been fighting back to get back into relationship with him to be with my daughter and him he say emotionaly he has no feelings for me no more and thas very painful . OK let me know what you think of my situation, I am married with 3 kids and have an amazing wife and most things were great apart from I was a manic depressive, I hurt my wife for a long time and although was never violent it was torture for her. But this, i couldnt. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. When we are not happy or satisfied we seek it in whatever form we can find. Or, you could have lied about finances, friends, your whereabouts, or anything at all. My wife and I had set goals in place. If you've ever loved, you know that you can hate a person you love. I hate to keep saying therapy in this column but I guess thats why God created therapists. except now I feel like he has betrayed me again in the way that he made a promise to me about going on a trip with me for my birthday then right out from underneath me he tells me oh by the way I cant come with you because Im going with my friend on a trip instead like he never wanted to go with just promised me that for no reason. -Ashley. All Ive been doing is focusing on bettering myself in the meantime. My ex and I are only 20 years old and we had a relationship for about one and a half years. Anyway, go easy on yourself. Man. A male friend that ive known 17 years was visiting from out of state as his sister was in hospitali had lunch with him twice, both times letting my husband knowbut after the cancelled date for him to take here to the movies i was madi took a day off from work to clear my headi asked my male friend if he wanted to ride down to the beach with meafter swimming at the beach we went back to my parents camper to shower and get cleaned upi watched a little tv and when the show went off i went outside until my male friend was out of the shower and dressedand while i was showering and dressing he was outside on his phone but had come back in before i was done. For 3 weeks I slept on the couch. Do you have any recommendations on how to go about re-gaining trust from her? She was upset really bad and I said I will not give her anything. Suddenly, her love turned to hate. 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