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Should I break up with my boyfriend

When me and my boyfriend met it was a bit awkward because he’s my ex boyfriend’s brother. At first I was like no way I am not gonna catch feelings for my exes brother but my friends reasoned with me saying it didn’t matter because my ex was dating my ex best friend anyways. My friends had a crazy idea to loyalty test my boyfriend because he’s been leaving me on opened lately for 9 hours at a time. He responded to her by saying I don’t like blonds and blocking her but he never told me. My friends said she was only blocked for being blond considering he didn’t bring me up at all. I also told him I was crying and he left me on opened for 3 hours and when he replied he said “I’m bored” I told my friends and they said he was a massive red flag and we should break up. I really don’t know what to do any advice? He was super loving at first responding almost immediately and even staying up till 5am just to say good morning to me. Now he shows little to no effort.I started to SH due to family issues only 3 of my friends know and I don’t wanna tell my boyfriend because what if he breaks up with me . My other friend who dosent know about my SH said no one likes a girl with ugly scars so now I really don’t know I love him still.

Reply 1

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by Anonymous
When me and my boyfriend met it was a bit awkward because he’s my ex boyfriend’s brother. At first I was like no way I am not gonna catch feelings for my exes brother but my friends reasoned with me saying it didn’t matter because my ex was dating my ex best friend anyways. My friends had a crazy idea to loyalty test my boyfriend because he’s been leaving me on opened lately for 9 hours at a time. He responded to her by saying I don’t like blonds and blocking her but he never told me. My friends said she was only blocked for being blond considering he didn’t bring me up at all. I also told him I was crying and he left me on opened for 3 hours and when he replied he said “I’m bored” I told my friends and they said he was a massive red flag and we should break up. I really don’t know what to do any advice? He was super loving at first responding almost immediately and even staying up till 5am just to say good morning to me. Now he shows little to no effort.I started to SH due to family issues only 3 of my friends know and I don’t wanna tell my boyfriend because what if he breaks up with me . My other friend who dosent know about my SH said no one likes a girl with ugly scars so now I really don’t know I love him still.
Girl. Break up. Where is ur self respect? you deserve better, even though this may sound cliche but you seem like a very caring person and there is defo men out there that are better than whatever ur boyfriend is. Also I want to say that I used to talk to someone EXACTLY like that I mean exactly, he was the nicest at first and then kinda put in 0 effort. It is more to do about him than you. First of all, he should not be leaving you on open that long, like ever, just shows how little respect he has for you. Also the fact that you went to him and said you were crying and instead of saying anything comforting he replies that hes 'bored'??? he reminds me of my ex he is just a selfish loser. The effort he put at the beginning is not real it's an act they all do that, their real colours show a couple of months in. I know it might be hard pill to swallow but maybe ur attached to him rather than you "love" him.

Attachment can seem like love when someone hasn't experienced what love acc is. The fact that he switches up whenever he wants to and doesn't consider ur feelings at any given moment says a lot.

Please please break up, focus on urself and you will find soo much better. Do not settle!!!

Reply 2

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by Anonymous
When me and my boyfriend met it was a bit awkward because he’s my ex boyfriend’s brother. At first I was like no way I am not gonna catch feelings for my exes brother but my friends reasoned with me saying it didn’t matter because my ex was dating my ex best friend anyways. My friends had a crazy idea to loyalty test my boyfriend because he’s been leaving me on opened lately for 9 hours at a time. He responded to her by saying I don’t like blonds and blocking her but he never told me. My friends said she was only blocked for being blond considering he didn’t bring me up at all. I also told him I was crying and he left me on opened for 3 hours and when he replied he said “I’m bored” I told my friends and they said he was a massive red flag and we should break up. I really don’t know what to do any advice? He was super loving at first responding almost immediately and even staying up till 5am just to say good morning to me. Now he shows little to no effort.I started to SH due to family issues only 3 of my friends know and I don’t wanna tell my boyfriend because what if he breaks up with me . My other friend who dosent know about my SH said no one likes a girl with ugly scars so now I really don’t know I love him still.

Please have a conversation in person addressing all of these issues with him first. Some people are really busy and have other stuff going on in their lives. Your friend is wrong in saying that no one likes ugly scars. Everyone has scars and if your boyfriend doesn't like that then he is a red flag. Not sure how long you've been together or how much you love him but if you want your relationship to last you should communicate these issues. It is best to be transparent and if he's not who you expected consider it a good experience. Lastly I wish you the best with your family and relationship issues and hope you find better ways to cope than SH.

Reply 3

Why would you be scared if he breaks up with you? He's already neglecting you - better to break up than to find out he's cheating or smt. Talk to him or break up.

Reply 4

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by ydm
Girl. Break up. Where is ur self respect? you deserve better, even though this may sound cliche but you seem like a very caring person and there is defo men out there that are better than whatever ur boyfriend is. Also I want to say that I used to talk to someone EXACTLY like that I mean exactly, he was the nicest at first and then kinda put in 0 effort. It is more to do about him than you. First of all, he should not be leaving you on open that long, like ever, just shows how little respect he has for you. Also the fact that you went to him and said you were crying and instead of saying anything comforting he replies that hes 'bored'??? he reminds me of my ex he is just a selfish loser. The effort he put at the beginning is not real it's an act they all do that, their real colours show a couple of months in. I know it might be hard pill to swallow but maybe ur attached to him rather than you "love" him.
Attachment can seem like love when someone hasn't experienced what love acc is. The fact that he switches up whenever he wants to and doesn't consider ur feelings at any given moment says a lot.
Please please break up, focus on urself and you will find soo much better. Do not settle!!!

I’m kinda grounded and since we are long distance I can’t officially breakup with him but he probably assumes I’m ghosting him but until I get my phone back we aren’t officially broken up.

Reply 5

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by Anonymous
When me and my boyfriend met it was a bit awkward because he’s my ex boyfriend’s brother. At first I was like no way I am not gonna catch feelings for my exes brother but my friends reasoned with me saying it didn’t matter because my ex was dating my ex best friend anyways. My friends had a crazy idea to loyalty test my boyfriend because he’s been leaving me on opened lately for 9 hours at a time. He responded to her by saying I don’t like blonds and blocking her but he never told me. My friends said she was only blocked for being blond considering he didn’t bring me up at all. I also told him I was crying and he left me on opened for 3 hours and when he replied he said “I’m bored” I told my friends and they said he was a massive red flag and we should break up. I really don’t know what to do any advice? He was super loving at first responding almost immediately and even staying up till 5am just to say good morning to me. Now he shows little to no effort.I started to SH due to family issues only 3 of my friends know and I don’t wanna tell my boyfriend because what if he breaks up with me . My other friend who dosent know about my SH said no one likes a girl with ugly scars so now I really don’t know I love him still.

There may be valid reasons to break up but you’ve not listed any.

Your taking advise from friends who advised you to try trap and gameplay rather than be direct. That’s daft. Your also unwilling to talk about important things with him.

Not responding for a few hours is not a valid reason to break up. He has a life outside your relationship.

Reply 6

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by Rakas21
There may be valid reasons to break up but you’ve not listed any.
Your taking advise from friends who advised you to try trap and gameplay rather than be direct. That’s daft. Your also unwilling to talk about important things with him.
Not responding for a few hours is not a valid reason to break up. He has a life outside your relationship.

It’s not just hours sometimes it’s days or weeks and I’m left on opened the second 8 send the text it’s like he reads them but dosent wanna reply.

Reply 7

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by Anonymous
It’s not just hours sometimes it’s days or weeks and I’m left on opened the second 8 send the text it’s like he reads them but dosent wanna reply.

Yes, that means little. I often read with opening via the notification and I often don’t respond both because I’m busy but also because I find texting/messaging to be extremely tedious.

If he’s going days then that does indicate a problem and long distance rarely works but I’d recommend calling rather than messaging.

The wider point though for women in general is that your boyfriend is not your entertainer and that whichever of your friends advised you to gameplay is going to end up single.

Call him and be direct.

Reply 8

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by Rakas21
Yes, that means little. I often read with opening via the notification and I often don’t respond both because I’m busy but also because I find texting/messaging to be extremely tedious.
If he’s going days then that does indicate a problem and long distance rarely works but I’d recommend calling rather than messaging.
The wider point though for women in general is that your boyfriend is not your entertainer and that whichever of your friends advised you to gameplay is going to end up single.
Call him and be direct.
he hates calling and dosent answer when I try

Reply 9

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by Anonymous
he hates calling and dosent answer when I try

Then that’s a bigger issue, be direct and tell him to answer or end things.

Reply 10

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by Anonymous
It’s not just hours sometimes it’s days or weeks and I’m left on opened the second 8 send the text it’s like he reads them but dosent wanna reply.

don't listen to the guy ur replying to he clearly does know what he's talking about. I have a lot of friends in a healthy relationship and this is not how they get treated. Everything you have said shows he's the type of guy to lose interest really quickly which has nothing to do with you and everything to do with him and him being inconsiderate of your feelings, which he didn't even try to hide. You are going to wish you had broken up with him earlier. Theres plenty of fish in the sea once you get out of the relationship you'll realise how mediocre his is.

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by ydm
don't listen to the guy ur replying to he clearly does know what he's talking about. I have a lot of friends in a healthy relationship and this is not how they get treated. Everything you have said shows he's the type of guy to lose interest really quickly which has nothing to do with you and everything to do with him and him being inconsiderate of your feelings, which he didn't even try to hide. You are going to wish you had broken up with him earlier. Theres plenty of fish in the sea once you get out of the relationship you'll realise how mediocre his is.

doesn't** he clearly does not know

Reply 12

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by ydm
don't listen to the guy ur replying to he clearly does know what he's talking about. I have a lot of friends in a healthy relationship and this is not how they get treated. Everything you have said shows he's the type of guy to lose interest really quickly which has nothing to do with you and everything to do with him and him being inconsiderate of your feelings, which he didn't even try to hide. You are going to wish you had broken up with him earlier. Theres plenty of fish in the sea once you get out of the relationship you'll realise how mediocre his is.

Yea I broke up with him 10 minutes ago he has not even read it yet the last straw was me telling my friend group I am 3 days clean and he said in the chat “lol you should cut yourself again I think emos are hotter anyway”

Reply 13

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by Anonymous
Yea I broke up with him 10 minutes ago he has not even read it yet the last straw was me telling my friend group I am 3 days clean and he said in the chat “lol you should cut yourself again I think emos are hotter anyway”

He is acc so gross, it's good that you escaped this now you will thank your self later. Don't be too hard on yourself, please focus on healing and tell your friends or anyone if ur going through anything. I used to be in a very similar situation to you, I know how it feels but there are defo better ways to cope and what ever you're going through is going to pass x

Reply 14

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by Anonymous
When me and my boyfriend met it was a bit awkward because he’s my ex boyfriend’s brother. At first I was like no way I am not gonna catch feelings for my exes brother but my friends reasoned with me saying it didn’t matter because my ex was dating my ex best friend anyways. My friends had a crazy idea to loyalty test my boyfriend because he’s been leaving me on opened lately for 9 hours at a time. He responded to her by saying I don’t like blonds and blocking her but he never told me. My friends said she was only blocked for being blond considering he didn’t bring me up at all. I also told him I was crying and he left me on opened for 3 hours and when he replied he said “I’m bored” I told my friends and they said he was a massive red flag and we should break up. I really don’t know what to do any advice? He was super loving at first responding almost immediately and even staying up till 5am just to say good morning to me. Now he shows little to no effort.I started to SH due to family issues only 3 of my friends know and I don’t wanna tell my boyfriend because what if he breaks up with me . My other friend who dosent know about my SH said no one likes a girl with ugly scars so now I really don’t know I love him still.

hey! what it sounds like your describing is a relationship plateau. At the beginning your relationship he was super attentive and caring, and now it has tailed off right? Well at the start you would have been in a honeymoon phase, both intoxicated with your own feelings for each other, however as you become accustomed to each other the initial feelings of being 'drunk on love' can die out. This doesn't necessarily mean he doesn't still care, it might just means your relationship has gone slightly stagnant until you or your boyfriend do something to stir it back up! this can be anything from confronting him about his behaviour to simply putting in more effort, aiming to fix the communication style of your relationship can be really helpful! However if he isn't receptive to your efforts to mend what you have, he is not worth your time and it will not be a health situation for you to be in.
From personal experience, these tricky periods usually appear at the 3 month and 6 month mark of a relationship, therefore I wouldn't say breakup with him immediately, at least try to work it out with him first (as you still love him), to prevent any regrets on your end.
Also in terms of your struggles with mental health, I really hope you find yourself in a better place mentally soon. Relationships can really add an extra toll on your mental health if they turn sour, especially as you are already finding yourself with family trouble. If you believe having a boyfriend during this period of your life is too much for you, I'd urge you to put yourself first. In terms of scaring, try silicone sheets or gel; they're miracle makers. If it makes you feel any better, I have some pretty harsh scars and they don't hinder my chances at romance, If your boyfriend cares for you he will try to support you with your struggles.

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break up with your boyfriend and ditch the friend who was talking about the scars. i had a similar experience with a friend where she was one of the many reasons i sh and then saw the scars and called them weird. but me and my other friends cut contact with her after a few months and life is so much better. i have relapsed since but it is better now that she is not in my life. i guarantee you will feel so much better dumping them both.

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End it

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