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Boyfriend problems

I had been going out with a guy since last sept and I now live with him in university halls. I am in my second year year, he's in his final year.

Recently we have been having some problems. During the summer we had some major fights but when we returned to uni, they didn't matter, we were like a pair of lovebirds again. But of late, we seem to be fighting a lot more and romantic involvement e.g sex has pratically become non-existant. But we still enjoy each others company and both believe we still love each other.

I did not think anything was majorly wrong until I met a guy at work (who is two years younger than me) who I connected with and got alone pretty well with. He started flirting with me and I actually liked the attention since I was not getting much from my boyfriend. Hand on my heart though, I haven't cheated on my boyfriend and I wouldn't even dare to but I am starting to wonder about my relationship with my boyfriend. I don't know if I would want a relationship with this other guy since he is younger and we don't really see each other out of work.

However, I really do care about my boyfriend but I don't know whether it is too late to save our relationship. I owe him a lot since I had some major problems settling into uni and he stood by me all the way. My boyfriend and I have had several discussions about our recent problems and he wants to carry on going out but I am unsure because I think it might be too little too late.

Our main problem is the fact that he is graduating next year. He lives two hours away but he has been talking about getting a job in London which is a long way from our uni and he seems to be making a lot of plans which don't include me. He says its down to the fact he does not know what will happen to us after he graduates but sometimes it appears to me as if he does not want to include me in his future life. I have already told him that if we stay together then I will relocate to wherever he is because I want to be with him.

There was also a chance of him staying in the uni area which I liked the idea of. I said that he might not want to stay in the area forever but it would allow me change to finish my degree and then we could go wherever. I even said I would commute to Uni if it meant staying near him during my final year since the three month uni holiday nearly killed me so not seeing him for a year would be terrible. But he refuses to discuss any possiblity of me after his final year.

I believe him when he says he loves me, I know he does but I am soo confused and need some advice.

(PS Sorry about the essay!)
Forget the bit about owing him a lot, do you want to be going out with him?

This other guy - can you be sure things would be any better with him? Do you think it's worth the risk?

These are the kinds of questions you need to be asking yourself. If you feel it's too little too late between you and your boyfriend then it's going to be difficult to make things any better. If you want things to improve and believe that they will do, then you'll have a much better chance of making it work.

Regarding the decisions he's making, it's important for him to make the right decisions for his future, regardless of whether he'll be close to you or not. It might be hard to think of it like that but if he knows you'll relocate to be with him then why shouldn't he move to wherever he has the greatest potential to get a fantastic job?

I think you need to properly talk about this. Voice your concerns and hear his too.
Reply 2
Sazarina88
Forget the bit about owing him a lot, do you want to be going out with him?

This other guy - can you be sure things would be any better with him? Do you think it's worth the risk?

These are the kinds of questions you need to be asking yourself. If you feel it's too little too late between you and your boyfriend then it's going to be difficult to make things any better. If you want things to improve and believe that they will do, then you'll have a much better chance of making it work.

Regarding the decisions he's making, it's important for him to make the right decisions for his future, regardless of whether he'll be close to you or not. It might be hard to think of it like that but if he knows you'll relocate to be with him then why shouldn't he move to wherever he has the greatest potential to get a fantastic job?

I think you need to properly talk about this. Voice your concerns and hear his too.


I understand he needs to find a position that he is happy in but I am going to do post-grad and I am willing to go to a lesser university than the one I want should he decide to move to London. I feel like I am the only one willing to put in the effort to keeping our relationship alive after uni and explain to him I felt this way but his response was that he wasn't sure what the summer was going to bring.

I don't mean this is a selfish way but see he has mentioned buying a house with a friend he knew from college but when I mention us having a place, its "we'll see." I feel left out and he doesn't understand when I explain it to him.
Reply 3
Anonymous
I had been going out with a guy since last sept and I now live with him in university halls. I am in my second year year, he's in his final year.

Recently we have been having some problems. During the summer we had some major fights but when we returned to uni, they didn't matter, we were like a pair of lovebirds again. But of late, we seem to be fighting a lot more and romantic involvement e.g sex has pratically become non-existant. But we still enjoy each others company and both believe we still love each other.

I did not think anything was majorly wrong until I met a guy at work (who is two years younger than me) who I connected with and got alone pretty well with. He started flirting with me and I actually liked the attention since I was not getting much from my boyfriend. Hand on my heart though, I haven't cheated on my boyfriend and I wouldn't even dare to but I am starting to wonder about my relationship with my boyfriend. I don't know if I would want a relationship with this other guy since he is younger and we don't really see each other out of work.

However, I really do care about my boyfriend but I don't know whether it is too late to save our relationship. I owe him a lot since I had some major problems settling into uni and he stood by me all the way. My boyfriend and I have had several discussions about our recent problems and he wants to carry on going out but I am unsure because I think it might be too little too late.

Our main problem is the fact that he is graduating next year. He lives two hours away but he has been talking about getting a job in London which is a long way from our uni and he seems to be making a lot of plans which don't include me. He says its down to the fact he does not know what will happen to us after he graduates but sometimes it appears to me as if he does not want to include me in his future life. I have already told him that if we stay together then I will relocate to wherever he is because I want to be with him.

There was also a chance of him staying in the uni area which I liked the idea of. I said that he might not want to stay in the area forever but it would allow me change to finish my degree and then we could go wherever. I even said I would commute to Uni if it meant staying near him during my final year since the three month uni holiday nearly killed me so not seeing him for a year would be terrible. But he refuses to discuss any possiblity of me after his final year.
I believe him when he says he loves me, I know he does but I am soo confused and need some advice.

(PS Sorry about the essay!)


Due to being incredibly ill and the fact that I should be revising for my exam tomorrow, this reply won't be as long as I'd like :frown: What I will say though, is that the highlighted line above pretty much sums it up for me. Personally I think it's a really big problem for the relationship that he's not interested in a future with you :frown: It sounds fairly certain that he's not, seeing as he knows you are and yet he refuses to talk about it. Admittedly that makes it fairly confusing as to why he's trying to fix these problems in your relationship. However, you should not hold out for him when he's not holding out for you in his future plans which, quite frankly, are not even that far away.
Reply 4
Well, I confronted him today.

I told him that I didn't see why I should have to give up my choice of uni because he graduated first. I said that unless he included me as part of his decision making and that I knew where I stood then I was not interested in carring on my relationship with him.

I don't know whether it is a positive thing though but he took the three universities I would attend post-grad and then expanded out a 60 min drive from each of them and he knows in which order I like them.

However, he still is saying that he doesn't care where he gets a job as long as he gets one and that if it is a one of the areas marked then it will be lucky but he isn't actively going to look for work in those areas - still a nationwide search which I don't get - he wants to be an accountant and my current favourite uni is in London.
Reply 5
To be honest i think you have to choose to do what you want.

Go to the uni you want to to do your post grad. If you dont and split up with your boyfriend you'll regret it and if you dont split up then you have the time after you finish together.

I dont believe anyone should do anything less than their dreams purely because of a partner they love (because their partner should support them) and especially not for a partner that they're not 100% sure that they want to spend the future with...

Good luck but to me your decision should be an easy one, you've taken a fancy to someone else, you're not happy with things with your boyfriend and hes planning his future without you. You should follow your dreams and go where you want to for your post grad.