Does this mean we are going to fall apart soon?

@dream_ozn (1754)
Singapore
July 5, 2011 10:48am CST
I recently have been very irritated with my boyfriend. We have been together for about 5 years. During the 2nd year, we stayed together for about 2 years and just the beginning of this year, I'm back staying at my parents place. It took me quite a while to get use to things and since then, I realise we have been quarreling quite occasionally and it's easy for him to get onto my nerves. I just gets so irritated with him and now, I have so much lesser things to talk to him about. I sometimes really just don't feel like talking to him. I'm lazy of explaining things to him and it's like... we are constantly in cold war. and I don't like this feeling Really makes me start wonder where is our relationship heading to. Are we going to stay together or is this a signal that we are going to fall apart soon? I really don't know.
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17 responses
@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
6 Jul 11
It seems that you are really drifting apart from each other. Try to imagine yourself living without him? If it breaks your heart to imagine a life without him, probably you've fallen out of love. Try cooling off for a few weeks and see what happens.
@dream_ozn (1754)
• Singapore
11 Jul 11
Sorry toniganzon, you mean if it breaks my heart I have fallen out of love? So it's good to break my heart or not? Confused. I cannot imagine a life without him. For one, I'm not really sure if it is because I'm already used to him or because I really love him too much to leave him? It's has been so long that it's driving me crazy. I have thought of breaking up with him, however, every time, every single time, i just blew it. I just cannot decide, cannot decide what's the right choice to make.
@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
12 Jul 11
You have completely misunderstood. I'm sorry to have caused such misunderstanding, what i meant was if you could imagine life without him then it means you have fallen out of love, if it breaks your heart not to see him then it means you still love him. If you say that it breaks your heart to imagine life without him it means you still love him. If you're just used to him being there, it would only make you sad but it won't make your heart break like it's being crashed. Give yourself a break. Go for a vacation without him. For a week. Or you can tell him not to see you for a week and you will see what would happen.
• Philippines
6 Jul 11
You said that you constantly in cold war. I guess for all of these things that's going on right now with you and your boyfriend, the solution is "communication". Try to talk to him seriously about your relationship so that you will know where your relationship is heading to.
@dream_ozn (1754)
• Singapore
11 Jul 11
Yes, communication is really the magic word. No matter how i'm feeling, no matter what i'm thinking, i should let him know how I'm feeling so at least he'll be there to help me no matter what. If I don't say anything, there's no way that he'll know what I'm thinking and what i'm feeling. It's really a torture to not know where our relationship is heading to. It would be good to communicate and to understand each other better and to at least know where we are going into and what to put into the relationship, whether I should put in more effort to sustain or not
@urbandekay (18278)
6 Jul 11
Understand that your irritation is YOUR problem not his and is a result of underlying issues you have but which you have not dealt all the best urban
@dream_ozn (1754)
• Singapore
11 Jul 11
Hmm, you are right too. Getting irritated is really my problem and very little of him. He has always told me that he has tired his best to make me feel loved, try to make me feel that I'm the most important one but i'm never ever satisfied. You are really right and I thank you for your candidness. I really need to understand that my boyfriend has been doing whatever he can to make me feel happy. But still, i am the one who has the problem now and i really should not blame anyone. Thank you for reminding me :) To salvage this relationship, the only thing to do is for me to change my thinking and to change my attitude.
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
6 Jul 11
For me if you think you never love him because he is dominated you then it is not good sine.
@dream_ozn (1754)
• Singapore
11 Jul 11
Hmm, I think in the beginning he is really very dominating, but now as a few years pass, i find that I am the one who is even more dominating. I really don't know how to cope.
• United States
6 Jul 11
Sometimes in life, it takes a while to realize you are not ment to be together with someone. I would def. say these are the signs. You should not be in a relationship in which you are not happy. So, move on and things will get better! Remember - there are many fish in the sea. Goodluck!:)
@dream_ozn (1754)
• Singapore
11 Jul 11
Yes, it's takes a while but the problem is I don't know how long it's going to take and even so, will I get the answer. I can't really say I'm forever not happy with him. SOmetimes I do, sometimes he just make me feel like he loves me so much and really wants to spend the rest of his life with me. I do want that as well. But at other times, i just have no idea why I feel otherwise.
• United States
6 Jul 11
If you're having a bad time with him, why stay with him? There is someone else out there waiting, he doesn't seem like your match by the way you have explained things. Think about this, are the fun times with him out-weighing the bad? It's your life, so it's your choice for what you want to do.
@dream_ozn (1754)
• Singapore
11 Jul 11
I am not currently staying with him anymore. Not on a daily basis. I now only go to his place about once a week and most of the time overnight to spend some time with him. At some times, it's fun being with him and i feel that I love him so much. However, at other times, I find him sickening. I do understand that it's my choice and this is what is making me difficult.
@GemmaR (8517)
5 Jul 11
You sound like me at the moment, and I'm not too sure about what's going on with my relationship either. Are either of you stressed at the moment? I know that I am, as I am worrying about my future and what's going to happen in my life, and this is having an effect on my life and the way that the two of us get on with each other. I have talked to him about it and it would seem that he is happy to stay with me until I have thought about what I want from my life. I know that it is the stress that is causing these things in my relationship, so take a step back and think about what might be causing it for you, too.
@dream_ozn (1754)
• Singapore
6 Jul 11
Yes, I also have no clue as to what is going on with my relationship. For one, I think I am really stress out. Like you, I am worrying about my future. Wondering if I should continue my studies etc. It's really affecting me cause of the huge amount that I will be spending should i pursue studies. PLus, it is my parents money which I will be using. To make matters worse, my parents don't approve of him and they have made clear that should I continue to be with him, they won't support my doings. Great for you that your BF is willing to stay with you until you have thought things through. Mine has alawys told me that he'll wait for me and support whatever decision I made. He gives me no pressure but i still feel it from other parties (like my parents side) Sure, I'll try to takea step back and think things through.
@kingparker (9673)
• United States
5 Jul 11
That is the early symptoms for it. The same with my ex - girlfriend. We had a big fight since last time at the mall. Then she call me less, and I was lazy to call her back. From then, we are at cold war, and see each other less. Until sometimes, she call me up again, and ask my help. I was like, "what, you call me up, because you need help?" Then I were separate for good. So, I hate to tell you the truth, it is the early symptoms for it.
@dream_ozn (1754)
• Singapore
6 Jul 11
Early symptoms for it. I'm somewhat happy to hear it, but not totally. THat really describe my feeling right now. I have no idea whether I wanna continue stick with him or not. How long were you and your girl together?
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
6 Jul 11
It's difficult to have a cold war with a love one. Issues are not solved because it's not being talked about. Well, it's you who can truly say if you are falling apart. In my opinion, if both of you will constantly be in a cold war and no one is surrendering , the relationship might really fall apart. It takes a good communication line for a relationship to work.
@dream_ozn (1754)
• Singapore
8 Jul 11
Yes, I hate being in a cold war, nothing gets solved. Just two stupid people trying avoid the real problem. We do take turn to give in to each other many times still but sometimes I feel like the decision of having to choose between my parents and him is really giving me a lot of stress, which in turn gives us a lot of issues. Yes, a good communication is really important for a relationsihp
• India
5 Jul 11
well from what you have written her one can easily say that you are already falling apart.. but i would suggest you to hold on and reassess the situation.. may be are into too much of pressure of something that everything from your boyfriend seems irritating to you.. or it may be something in him that he hasn't told you about that is giving him a hard time...hmm well I'm just saying all this for the sake of love that I presume you both once had...may its just a bad phase you are going through..hold on until you are completely convinced about a failure.............
@dream_ozn (1754)
• Singapore
6 Jul 11
Yea. I have been holding on for the past 6 months already and things are still like that. Definitely, I am really in a lot a lot of stress now. Wondering where my future will be, whether I should continue my studies and also wondering if he is the right person for me. Sure, we loved each other, very much especially during our early days. We wanted so much to stay together and we wanted to stick together. Perhaps in the beginning my parents did not approve of him. And they still don't approve of him now. DOn't even allowing him to step into our house. This is one reason why we wanted so much to stick together, to prove them wrong and to show people that we are in love. You are right, just a bad phrase we are going through and I should think of it as a test for the both of us. If we pass it successfully, it will bring our relationship to a higher level. Thank you for your advice and I'll hold on till I make sure it's a failure.
@moneywinner (1864)
• Brazil
6 Jul 11
I don't know if this mean the end of your relationship. I think the best thing to do is talk to your boyfriend and see what's wrong in your guys relationship, most of the times the dialog resolve a lot of problems in a relationship. This is the only way that you can see if you still wants to be with him or not.
@dream_ozn (1754)
• Singapore
6 Jul 11
We just had a talk earlier on and that really help us see things clearer and help to sort out certain things. However, there are still some things lingering and it's really irritating. Yes, the talk we had just now made me feel that he loves me a lot and we still wnat to be together. But that would mean a lot of challenges for me because my parents still cannot accept him
• Valdosta, Georgia
5 Jul 11
It does sound like your falling apart. However, if you want them to they can be turned around! You and him can talk about whats best for the two of you. It can be worked out because when my husband and I were still dating we worked things out worse than that but you both have to want to. If your not happy and he is getting on your nerves a lot you probably don't want to be with him though. =)
@dream_ozn (1754)
• Singapore
6 Jul 11
I'm not even sure what I want. Somtimes I want to stick together with him while at other times I just don't want. You are right, we both have to want it before our relationship can sustain. Sometimes I'm happy with him, other times, I'm not. Really confused.
• Philippines
6 Jul 11
If you want to, things may fall apart so bad, all you can do now is try to do more talking, that will surely will help a lot and make both of you decide what to do now.
@dream_ozn (1754)
• Singapore
6 Jul 11
We just had a talk about it and we decided to stick to each other and support each other. However, sometimes I just don't know whether all these talking works because it seems like we are having more and more of such talks recently. I really want to decide, but somtimes, it's really hard.
@aimend13 (51)
• United States
3 Aug 11
Hmmm it seems that ever since you moved back with your parents, you are the one whose really having problems with him and not necessarily the other way around. If I misunderstood, please feel free to correct me. I think that you need to take a deep look at your feelings and not regard his in your decision. Anybody can stay in a relationship in which they aren't happy if they feel guilty about wanting to leave the other person. However if you are honest with yourself and you don't want to be in this relationship anymore, then you need to break up with your boyfriend. It's much more cruel to stay in a relationship you don't want to be in just to spare the other person's feelings, and have them try very hard everyday to make it be the best relationship it can be.
@chiyosan (30183)
• Philippines
6 Jul 11
i think all of us goes through such. i remember i also have posted such an experience with my current relationship here in mylot. i thought i even lost my love for my boyfriend and was really annoyed, not happy and excited to be with him.. but suddenly i realized that he is not going anywhere. he annoys me alright but he sure does love me. he loves me but i thought he doesn't because i thought why isn't he loving me this way, and how i expect him to do so. maybe you just need to realize each other's value more so that you can save the relationship. find the good things in him so you get to see the best and the good side of him, the one that made you fall in love with him and not look at the negative ones that is making you feel annoyed and that is getting into your nerves...
@annavi23 (6522)
• Philippines
3 Aug 11
wow, you seem to have stayed in a long relationship but then why all of a sudden you turned to war? well, i can't blame you. there are really instances that we have to live with the person to know him more. it's not that instant that we know all of their attitudes. there are also instances that people do change cause their environment is always changing. you just have to learn more of each other how you both behave and those attitudes whether good or bad, you have to accept it. if you both loved each other, you are more than willing to accept all each other's behaviors. unless you or him have to change bad to better. it's all a matter of understanding each other.
@Dominique25 (9464)
• United States
7 Jul 11
We are all imperfect and so we naturally irritate one another. Even couples who have been together for decades can rub each other the wrong way. These things don't necessarily in themselves mean your relationship is falling apart. The thing that you and your boyfriend have to think about is where do you want your relationship to go? Are you willing to live with the faults of one another and still love each other. No relationship is perfect and if you can deal with these issues you can still have a wonderful relationship together.