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father preventing me from having a bf

and its not by saying "you may not have a bf". No, its that because of him I'm too scared. My father let me down badly, and it hurt. Since then I've been leery of trusting people, especially men. Now there is a guy that I like, who likes me, but I can't make up my mind wheater or not I want to be together with him. Being friends is fine. But more? That means a whole different kind of trust. Trusting someone means being vunerable, and having trust betrayed is horrible. But this is my life and I don't want to have what happened with my father prevent me from living normally. But I don't want to set myself up for being hurt, thats just stupid. Also, I don't want to be his gf just for the heck of it but not let myself really care, because thats unfair to him. What should I do?
trust him if you think he is worthy of your trust. You cannot let your situation with your dad hold you back in life. After all its better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
Reply 2
i had trust issues because how i saw my dad treating women when i was growing up. But when you find the right guy, it becomes easier but will take time. Dropping your barriers and building up trust is a slow process and not every guy will hang around, but the ones worth keeping probabily will. :smile:
My mum is like that! I just don't tell her.