We've been together for eight months in a long(ish) distance relationship and his behavior often has me . The main thing being that I feel he is very full on and then very distant and so the bond between us seems to remain at a constant instead of growing. I feel in a permanent state of holiday romance.
When he is on he is great and we get on great and then he makes the train to see me and calls every day and is Mr Attentive and then when he is off he goes very quiet and I mean to the point where 4 - 5 times I have actually thought I was being ghosted and our relationship was over.
I have raised it multiple times with him, and we'd just gotten to the point where we'd discussed it a lot and he said he'd learned from it and would not do it to me anymore and then he did it again. Literally within days of talking about it and saying he wouldn't.
So when I sent him a message to say "you're doing it again" he replied saying he was so sorry, had been really busy, and then what really pissed me off was he sent me a message that said:
"I am so sorry babe. Don't read into it, I am just really stressed out and busy. Don't overthink".
then an hour later....(after I ignored first message)
"you sure do overthink".
I feel like he agreed not to do something anymore, continued to do it, and then tried to make me feel like there was something wrong with me for being bothered?
No, he is not that busy. I know for a fact he is just not making time and acting not interested and then next week he will act mad about me again.
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Is he gaslighting me?
808states · 15/01/2016 15:12
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