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Hi,
I haven't posted here before but I've been reading this forum for a long time.
I have a problem that I really need a solution to and I will pay $50 via PayPal, check, cash, or anything you want for the best answer.
Think of it like a game. Answer well, get $50
I want to pay because I want EVERYONE to respond. Take a second to think to yourself about something that really, REALLY mattered to you, so much that it made your head spin. That's what this is like to me, and that's why I need your help.
I went out with a girl for just over a year, and things were fantastic. We were really close, hardly ever fought, and everything was amazing.
Over time, however, we became so close that we hardly saw any of our other friends anymore, and only hung out with eachother. Still, we loved it.
In the last few weeks, however, I became unusually posessive and got worried or paranoid if she did so much as smile, hug, or anything friendly with another guy. I forgot that what was important to me was our love, and began to stress too much about insignificant things such as whether or not she was friendly to a guy who hit on her.
My worry turned into my bad mood, and this made her feel guilty that she couldn't do anything she wanted. This guilt stalled our life sexually, and she became guilty about not doing anything sexually as well. She felt as if she didn't have her own life anymore.
So just the other morning, she invited me over to her house and she told me that she wanted a break, and wanted time off. This meant not seeing her nearly as much as I had been used to.
This came as a semi-shock to me, but I took it alright because I understood where it was coming from.
I consulted with a lot of people, and decided the best thing to do would be to let her know that I respected her wish to become independent again and have friends, and have a life outside of me. She was glad when I told her that I felt that way.
The next day was the first day in a long time that we hadn't seen eachother, and it was hard for me and I guessed it was hard for her too. She text messaged me and told me "I miss you. I am smelling some flowers you gave me and they smell good."
I consulted with more friends and thought a heck of a lot and decided I should let her know also that I believed that we COULD be together and she could still have her freedom. That I realized I had been to possessive, and that the break-up had been a wake up call to me, making me realize that my posessiveness was pointless, and that I'd been worrying about small insignificant things like if she hugged another guy, and not realizing that all I really wanted I already had, which was our love.
She agreed and was yet again glad that I felt that way.
However, she didn't feel ready to say anything yet. I asked her if she felt better having the freedom and she said that she did.
I know for a fact that she still loves me. I've heard it from her friends that she told, and I also just know it. Here's the problem I need a solution to:
Today she told me that she agreed with me and accepted that I understood her, but didn't know when she could see me because she is afraid that if she did she would be right where she started again, and she thinks that with time the chances of that happening would decrease.
So I'm sitting here just waiting for her to feel like it's OK to see me.
I told her that I want to see her at least once per week, even for an hour, to keep her a part of my life, and she agreed.
I know I've handled it well up to now, but I have to somehow get her to believe that honestly, we can be together and she can still have freedom. I've totally realized my mistake in being posessive before and I will be different.
I want her not to be scared to see me because she's afraid of getting back to "right where she started again".
I don't expect everything to suddenly be the way it was before everything went downhill, but I do want to make sure that we can see eachother even as just best friends, and that she can see me when she wants to without being afraid.
I want to make her feel comfortable being an independent person and also in love with me, and i want her to stop associating being with me with a non-free life.
I think you understand the situation, and if you want clarification let me know.
I do NOT want to hear "next" the girl because that isn't an option. This is going to work out, and I need as much input as I can get.
What should I do other than just sitting here and waiting for whatever might happen? What can I tell her?
Thank you SO Much guys!
I haven't posted here before but I've been reading this forum for a long time.
I have a problem that I really need a solution to and I will pay $50 via PayPal, check, cash, or anything you want for the best answer.
Think of it like a game. Answer well, get $50
I want to pay because I want EVERYONE to respond. Take a second to think to yourself about something that really, REALLY mattered to you, so much that it made your head spin. That's what this is like to me, and that's why I need your help.
I went out with a girl for just over a year, and things were fantastic. We were really close, hardly ever fought, and everything was amazing.
Over time, however, we became so close that we hardly saw any of our other friends anymore, and only hung out with eachother. Still, we loved it.
In the last few weeks, however, I became unusually posessive and got worried or paranoid if she did so much as smile, hug, or anything friendly with another guy. I forgot that what was important to me was our love, and began to stress too much about insignificant things such as whether or not she was friendly to a guy who hit on her.
My worry turned into my bad mood, and this made her feel guilty that she couldn't do anything she wanted. This guilt stalled our life sexually, and she became guilty about not doing anything sexually as well. She felt as if she didn't have her own life anymore.
So just the other morning, she invited me over to her house and she told me that she wanted a break, and wanted time off. This meant not seeing her nearly as much as I had been used to.
This came as a semi-shock to me, but I took it alright because I understood where it was coming from.
I consulted with a lot of people, and decided the best thing to do would be to let her know that I respected her wish to become independent again and have friends, and have a life outside of me. She was glad when I told her that I felt that way.
The next day was the first day in a long time that we hadn't seen eachother, and it was hard for me and I guessed it was hard for her too. She text messaged me and told me "I miss you. I am smelling some flowers you gave me and they smell good."
I consulted with more friends and thought a heck of a lot and decided I should let her know also that I believed that we COULD be together and she could still have her freedom. That I realized I had been to possessive, and that the break-up had been a wake up call to me, making me realize that my posessiveness was pointless, and that I'd been worrying about small insignificant things like if she hugged another guy, and not realizing that all I really wanted I already had, which was our love.
She agreed and was yet again glad that I felt that way.
However, she didn't feel ready to say anything yet. I asked her if she felt better having the freedom and she said that she did.
I know for a fact that she still loves me. I've heard it from her friends that she told, and I also just know it. Here's the problem I need a solution to:
Today she told me that she agreed with me and accepted that I understood her, but didn't know when she could see me because she is afraid that if she did she would be right where she started again, and she thinks that with time the chances of that happening would decrease.
So I'm sitting here just waiting for her to feel like it's OK to see me.
I told her that I want to see her at least once per week, even for an hour, to keep her a part of my life, and she agreed.
I know I've handled it well up to now, but I have to somehow get her to believe that honestly, we can be together and she can still have freedom. I've totally realized my mistake in being posessive before and I will be different.
I want her not to be scared to see me because she's afraid of getting back to "right where she started again".
I don't expect everything to suddenly be the way it was before everything went downhill, but I do want to make sure that we can see eachother even as just best friends, and that she can see me when she wants to without being afraid.
I want to make her feel comfortable being an independent person and also in love with me, and i want her to stop associating being with me with a non-free life.
I think you understand the situation, and if you want clarification let me know.
I do NOT want to hear "next" the girl because that isn't an option. This is going to work out, and I need as much input as I can get.
What should I do other than just sitting here and waiting for whatever might happen? What can I tell her?
Thank you SO Much guys!