Have you considered that you are too pushy and neurotic with your obsessive planning? Perhaps he just feels a bit smothered and wants his life to be a bit more relaxed. It's overwhelming for him to have the next 2 weeks of his life planned with no room for spontaneity, change, or to back out if he isn't feeling it that day. Maybe you guys just need a bit more balance.
I completely understand what you are saying, but your guy is an introvert and he draws his energy from downtime and peace. It's exhausting for him to feel like he has a million commitments because you have planned every single thing. He is just as content if the plan doesn't happen as if it does, so he doesn't care to commit to it days in advance. His downtime is just as fulfilling (if not more so), than going out.
If you start approaching this with calling him immature, or blaming him, you aren't going to get very far. Name calling is immature. This is a fundamental difference in the way you process and it will likely always be there. If you can't communicate and find balance, your relationship is not going to work. Yes, adults have commitments and need to be organized, but unless it is impacting his daily life and job/school performance, then his mannerisms are not wrong. They just aren't compatible with yours.
No that’s not normal and based purely on my 0.000001% knowledge of the human body and how it works that sounds like a heart problem that a doctor should be checking out
I have already told them a long time ago that I wouldn’t be coming to events and accepting that my partner is constantly excluded, I also have minimal contact with them. The issue is, they keep continuing to reach out and send the same invites over and over despite me making my stance clear
Open the conversation with him, and record it. There's plenty of free recording apps and they'll be able to pick up the conversation easily just keep it in a jacket pocket.
Get him to say everything and then show it to her.
Then break up with her.
She needs to know that this “friend” has likely gone out of his way to sabotage all of her relationships and is probably pining after her himself.
And the fact that she is always going to downplay his behavior or side with him needs to have consequences.
he told me he wouldn't ever want to go anywhere and be seen with a “loser like me”.
If my own brother said this about my partner I'd smack the flavour out of his god damn mouth.
This isn't about what an asshole your SOs gay friend is, it's entirely about how little respect for you and your relationship your SO has. You need to find a way to let her know that her best friend is putting a wedge between you two, and even if she doesn't believe you that she will never have a fullfilling and supportive relationship as long as she keeps him in her life. Then I'd dump her and find someone else to take to Japan.
I guess “made” was the wrong phrase to use, I asked him to make one so he could stay connected to his family easier as they all have FB and share photos, as does my family. One of them looks like spam but the others seem to be legitimate accounts. I'll agree real life is more interesting and I appreciate the comment but I'm not looking for advice on my social media usage, but thank you for the help.
Thank you for this. An update: she ended up interrogating me about when I would start drinking again and uninviting me to the brewery tour unless I would drink beer there. I went complete no contact. The ball of anxiety in my stomach is there but so is a bit of relief.
Oh, my God. He shit everywhere. There's shit everywhere! Damnit! There's shit on the windows! Oh, my God! My house is full of shit! He shit everywhere! Look what he did! He shit all over the walls! There's shit everywhere!
Probably you are right
Have you considered that you are too pushy and neurotic with your obsessive planning? Perhaps he just feels a bit smothered and wants his life to be a bit more relaxed. It's overwhelming for him to have the next 2 weeks of his life planned with no room for spontaneity, change, or to back out if he isn't feeling it that day. Maybe you guys just need a bit more balance.
I completely understand what you are saying, but your guy is an introvert and he draws his energy from downtime and peace. It's exhausting for him to feel like he has a million commitments because you have planned every single thing. He is just as content if the plan doesn't happen as if it does, so he doesn't care to commit to it days in advance. His downtime is just as fulfilling (if not more so), than going out.
If you start approaching this with calling him immature, or blaming him, you aren't going to get very far. Name calling is immature. This is a fundamental difference in the way you process and it will likely always be there. If you can't communicate and find balance, your relationship is not going to work. Yes, adults have commitments and need to be organized, but unless it is impacting his daily life and job/school performance, then his mannerisms are not wrong. They just aren't compatible with yours.
Date someone who is interested in spending time with you, not just arranging a 'let's hook up after I do everything else that matters to me.'
This relationship may be serious to you, but I don't think it is to him. People who want to be with you, make the time to be with you.
Thank you for answering and being honest.
You know better now.
I think you are a pretty good person.
Keep being a good person.
No that’s not normal and based purely on my 0.000001% knowledge of the human body and how it works that sounds like a heart problem that a doctor should be checking out
I have already told them a long time ago that I wouldn’t be coming to events and accepting that my partner is constantly excluded, I also have minimal contact with them. The issue is, they keep continuing to reach out and send the same invites over and over despite me making my stance clear
I'm going to second what someone else here said.
Open the conversation with him, and record it. There's plenty of free recording apps and they'll be able to pick up the conversation easily just keep it in a jacket pocket.
Get him to say everything and then show it to her.
Then break up with her.
She needs to know that this “friend” has likely gone out of his way to sabotage all of her relationships and is probably pining after her himself.
And the fact that she is always going to downplay his behavior or side with him needs to have consequences.
he told me he wouldn't ever want to go anywhere and be seen with a “loser like me”.
If my own brother said this about my partner I'd smack the flavour out of his god damn mouth.
This isn't about what an asshole your SOs gay friend is, it's entirely about how little respect for you and your relationship your SO has. You need to find a way to let her know that her best friend is putting a wedge between you two, and even if she doesn't believe you that she will never have a fullfilling and supportive relationship as long as she keeps him in her life. Then I'd dump her and find someone else to take to Japan.
I guess “made” was the wrong phrase to use, I asked him to make one so he could stay connected to his family easier as they all have FB and share photos, as does my family. One of them looks like spam but the others seem to be legitimate accounts. I'll agree real life is more interesting and I appreciate the comment but I'm not looking for advice on my social media usage, but thank you for the help.
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If you have a good relationship with your parents, I think telling them first is a sound decision. Having their support and advice could be valuable.
Thank you for this. An update: she ended up interrogating me about when I would start drinking again and uninviting me to the brewery tour unless I would drink beer there. I went complete no contact. The ball of anxiety in my stomach is there but so is a bit of relief.
“Our relationship is amazing,”
because you does not know you have any moral value yet.
when he finds out what a piece of work you are, I hope he just walks away
He is really going to regret telling you. You aren’t really being supportive cause you aren’t respecting his desire to keep it quiet
We talked about it once and it didn't go well so I dropped the subject.
Oh, my God. He shit everywhere. There's shit everywhere! Damnit! There's shit on the windows! Oh, my God! My house is full of shit! He shit everywhere! Look what he did! He shit all over the walls! There's shit everywhere!