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He was crying on webcam!

I'm female and 18, and I started going out with a friend one month ago. I got pissed off with him for a stupid reason yesterday and I tried to break up by saying that it was much better when we were friends with him, but he just put the webcam on and he was crying so much that I couldn't carry on. So basically I couldn't break up from him. He's in another country so we can only see each other in the holidays and he wants me to move there in a few years.

One of the reasons I wanted to break up was because there was this guy I liked for a long time, but then I decided to let him go so I went out with my current bf. However the guy I liked before came back into my life and I realised that I still really like him, and that it's unfair for me to go out with my bf while I still like the other guy. I told my bf that I like the other guy but he didn't seem to want to know and all he says is that he loves me and he was crying to me on the phone this morning too. I'm also scared that he'll kill himself if we break up, because once he took tablets and another time he threatened to cut his wrists.

I'm stuck and helpless and no idea what to do. I told him that I love him again because I don't want to see him upset like that or kill himself.

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You can't stay in this relationship for the reasons that you are doing.

Tell him completely truthfully how you are worried about him but that you feel trapped in the relationship because of this. Offer to help him find someone to talk to if he needs it.

Good luck,
Sarah
Reply 2
why dont you tell him that, i mean if your bf loves you so much as he has shown apart fom being absessed he should understand
Reply 3
You can't allow him to emotionally blackmail you into staying with him. If he threatens to cut himself or harm himself then he needs to seek medical help. You should insist he seeks professional help if he wants to stay in contact with you.
Did he put the webcam on to show you he was upset?
To be fair, if that was the case, maybe he may be treading the "obsession" line just a tad. I can symathise with him to a point - he's obviously heartbroken, but seriously, would you guilt-trip somebody into staying with you?

I hope it turns out ok for you both.
its not your fault if hes unstable, you cant sacrifice your happyness for him. it wouldnt be fair on either of you.
Reply 6
jpowell
You can't allow him to emotionally blackmail you into staying with him. If he threatens to cut himself or harm himself then he needs to seek medical help. You should insist he seeks professional help if he wants to stay in contact with you.


i agree.
Reply 7
little_red_sox
Did he put the webcam on to show you he was upset?
To be fair, if that was the case, maybe he may be treading the "obsession" line just a tad. I can symathise with him to a point - he's obviously heartbroken, but seriously, would you guilt-trip somebody into staying with you?

I hope it turns out ok for you both.


Yeah he kept insisting to put the webcam on when we were arguing but I kept saying no no no but he said one last time, so I said ok and all I see is him crying like mad and I was in absolute shock.
Reply 8
No offense, but he sounds like a huge loser, and maybe pretty manipulative as well, if he turned on the webcam just so you'd see him crying. If you've told him you want to break up, and that you like another guy, he must know that the only reason you're staying with him is out of pity. It could get worse the longer you leave it. If it gets worse he may not let you go, and end up becoming the creepy stalker type. It seems a bit weird that he's already planning years ahead for you to move to a whole other country to be with him. When you're 18 you should just be living in the moment and not worrying about any of that stuff, which seems to be what you're doing. Maybe ring his house and speak to his parents and tell them you think he's unstable so they can do what they think is neccessary about it, if you're that worried about what he'll do to himself. But you definitely cut him loose, you're obviously not gonna be happy with him, and he's obviously in denial so will never be truly happy with you either if you don't actually want to be with him. Best for both of you if you just break it off, then you can go for it and be happy with that other guy.
Him doing that is abuse onto your part. Making you have to stay..and I mean come on...he crying all the time? I think maybe he needs you to split up with him so he can go stronger and get OVER it.
Anyway his threats if he makes any about cutting him self are really not your problem to be blunt. If he pulls that you should like said tell him to get help but still leave him if you think its right.
Reply 10
Yeah he does know the reason that I'm staying with him is because I feel sorry for him, but then he denies this sometimes and says that I love him and that I'm actually lying :s-smilie: He says that he'll wait for me forever to love him like he loves me and I was on msn a while ago and I said I'm busy I have to go but now he keeps ringing me but I'm not answering his calls. The fact that he's calling me 3-4 times everyday is really freaking me out and if something happens, like I don't say bye when I'm signing out then he texts me and calls me like mad and says that he thinks something bad has happened to me and he got really worried. :s-smilie:
Reply 11
I think you should cut off all contact with him. You are not in any way responsible for his actions. How would you feel if someone you loved was only going out with you because he didn't want to upset you. At first you may be happy, but ultimately the relationship would be meaningless.
sounds very wierd, to know that hes a pity bf and not care is bizarre, to tell u that u love him is stalkerish, i would talk 2 him, break up with him, then cut all contact with him n b thankful hes in another country
Reply 13
Anonymous
Yeah he does know the reason that I'm staying with him is because I feel sorry for him, but then he denies this sometimes and says that I love him and that I'm actually lying :s-smilie: He says that he'll wait for me forever to love him like he loves me and I was on msn a while ago and I said I'm busy I have to go but now he keeps ringing me but I'm not answering his calls. The fact that he's calling me 3-4 times everyday is really freaking me out and if something happens, like I don't say bye when I'm signing out then he texts me and calls me like mad and says that he thinks something bad has happened to me and he got really worried. :s-smilie:


That seals it, he's definitely a creepy, obsessive, stalking, loser. I mean, it is sometimes annoying when people don't say bye or anything when they sign out, as you don't know if they got cut off and are therefore coming back, but most people have better things to do than text and ring like mad that person, and would realise that it looks incredibly stalkerish. He obviously realises that your relationship is hanging by a thread, and that's why he's getting so paranoid when you don't say bye and stuff. He's not worried something's happened to you, he's worried that you're angry/fed up with him, and just wants acknowledgement and reassurance. He needs someone that he doesn't feel is better than him, so he can be relaxed and comfortable with. He obviously knows you're way too good for him and is afraid you're gonna realise and leave him..... which is exactly what's happening.
Reply 14
jpowell
You can't allow him to emotionally blackmail you into staying with him. If he threatens to cut himself or harm himself then he needs to seek medical help. You should insist he seeks professional help if he wants to stay in contact with you.


i agree!
Reply 15
Don't let him backmail you into staying with him. I was with a guy who threatened to do all sorts of horrible things to himself if I didn't stay with him, but really, you can't let yourself be persuaded. It is hard, and you probably feel awful, but chances are the threats he is making really are just threats. If not, like numerous people have said, he needs professional help. There's no point in a one sided relationship, and I'm sure he'll realise in the end that what you are doing is for the best. :smile:
Reply 16
wiggles
That seals it, he's definitely a creepy, obsessive, stalking, loser. I mean, it is sometimes annoying when people don't say bye or anything when they sign out, as you don't know if they got cut off and are therefore coming back, but most people have better things to do than text and ring like mad that person, and would realise that it looks incredibly stalkerish. He obviously realises that your relationship is hanging by a thread, and that's why he's getting so paranoid when you don't say bye and stuff. He's not worried something's happened to you, he's worried that you're angry/fed up with him, and just wants acknowledgement and reassurance. He needs someone that he doesn't feel is better than him, so he can be relaxed and comfortable with. He obviously knows you're way too good for him and is afraid you're gonna realise and leave him..... which is exactly what's happening.


I think you're completely right. Well I'm not the type of person who doesn't say bye on msn but something urgent comes up and I have to go, this happened like twice and I told him not to be worried about me when this happens, but he's still carrying on like that. I don't think he's had a proper relationship before and he says that I'm very special to him. I'm going to study law @ uni here for three years, but he says that I can study here for like the first year and then move onto a uni in his country. I also want to be a lawyer and I said that if I don't have a chance of becoming a lawyer at your country then I'm not going to come, I'm sorry but my career comes first. When I say this he says that I don't love him and if I did I would think about being next to him and so on. It's just driving me MAD. Ahh!!! I'll probably try speaking to him again in a few days but in the mean time keep my distance and so on so maybe he'll go off me?
he seems a bit emotionally unstable. the best way to turn him off is do the same. shower him with love and become obsessive and over-protective (don't let him speak to other girls) to the point where its annoying. after my boyfriend began to do this and say he can't live without me, something clicked and i got really turned off?
i forgot to mention^^ i was emotionally unstable at first too. it was the result of going out with so many asses before him.
Anonymous
Yeah he kept insisting to put the webcam on when we were arguing but I kept saying no no no but he said one last time, so I said ok and all I see is him crying like mad and I was in absolute shock.


your dating a total loser and an emotional blackmailer.

ditch him