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#2024846 02/19/08 04:57 PM
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I have a on again off again relationship with a man. we have been living together now for two years. we have talked about marriage. I have realized I just dont want to get married. we bought a house together. Everything moved to fast for me and now I feel traped. I want to move out. I dont have the money saved up yet to move out. all of our money goes into a joing account to pay house hold bills and I never have any left. I want to splt the mortage and the house hold bills 50/50 so I can save up some money to move.

How do you break up with a man who will not leave you alone lone enough to use the bathroom. who ask you Who do you Love? and How Much ? I have a responce directed by him I am suposed to answer with feeling.

I dont want to leave him for any one else. I just dont want to spend the rest of my life with him. there are many issues. Drinking being #1 and Anger being #2.

please help with suggestion.

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Are you afraid he will hurt you physically if you don't do what he wants?


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I am just not real sure of what he will do. I dont know how he will re-act. possible why I put it off for so long I have tried to break up with him in the past and he would follow me take the same trains to and from work looking for me. I was weak and always went back. I am tired of the YOYO I want to be free of this.

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How much of your own money do you have tied up in this house? Did you put a lot of your own money down when you bought it?


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I did not put any of my own money into the house he just need me to but the house he coudnt but it on his own.

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I can't tell you for sure what you should do. But I can tell you for sure what not to do. Don't get married. It won't make things better. If you feel like this now, having the weight of social conventions, personal values, and religious convictions on top of everything else you're dealing with will make things significantly worse.

I imagine that, when he asks you "who do you love?" etc, you can't offer anything but an enthusiastic positive response without him probing further to find out why. My partner is the same way. For her, it is a manifestation of her insecurity. I find I have to throw her a proverbial bone lest we argue about it for the next five hours. But throwing that bone just perpetuates in her mind that everything is okay and functional when it is not. It's a tough situation. But, sooner or later, you are going to have to tell this guy the honest truth and be prepared to stand up for yourself. You don't have to be argumentative about it; in fact, you should try your best not to be. Just be matter of fact. Tell him how his behavior makes you feel and why you would rather not be put on the spot. If he can't come to terms with his need to respect your needs, then you'll at least know you tried to communicate with him. While your at it, ask him why he does that. Why does he have to constantly hound you for a manufactured affirmation? Does that really make him feel better? Wouldn't he rather hear you say you loved him naturally, without prompting? See what he thinks.


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Shoulder,

I think out of all the posts I have put on this site you are the only person who seems to understand. yes most of the time I just answer to throw him a bone. some time he takes it and sometimes he says you dont have to answer like that. If I tell him I love him on my own with out promting it feels just like words I have to say. but he gets so happy and tells me I just made his day. either way it feels like a manufactured affirmations.

The last two days he has told me I am all he has. I just say that is not true. I hate all that pressure on me. He has 3 kids. he dosent see them very much but he has kids.

I dont want to get married. At least he stoped talkeing about marrage. I told him I am not ready to get married. That hurt him. when I was ready to marry him he was not readdy. I waited. now I dont want to marry him at all. What is the reason to stay together if I dont want to get married.

any way thanks for the responce


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