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Spoilt or selfish or what?

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Hazardsonagain · 09/08/2019 17:04

Been with boyfriend a little over a year. Quite casual to begin with if I’m honest . He was wary of my baggage and wasn’t sure if he wanted a relationship . My baggage was emotional .was just out of a shitty long term relationship with a manipulative older man.so here we are a year later and at times I think is he selfish or spoilt or is he determined to do his own thing.
He calls all the shots . He says when we can meet and what we’ll do. He’s not a bully but likes to take charge and can be set in his ways. Everything in his life has a place and there is a place for everything including me. He’s only taken me away once yet has consistently gone away with family and his mates on holidays etc.??he has no intention of us moving in together.he is too hung up on his friends and his family.They treat him
Like a helpless child and he laps
Up the attention .he has too many close female frien imo. Doesn’t see a problem
With constant contact with them.not sure how f he wants marriage or kids. I definitely do and I told Him.He encourages me to spend time with my friend and family but is hesitant in moving from his rigid routine to suit me.he says he’s crazy for me and I’m helpless for him . Help me untangle this please

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RedWoollyHat · 10/08/2019 09:29

@PolkaDotted is right in my opinion. I've read a lot of these kinds of threads on here. Asome point, in amongst the many other excuses an OP is listing for a DP's shitty behaviour, the OP will say, "I think maybe he's got OCD" or "I think it's his anxiety" (making him call me 20 times a night to check on me). The person has never been diagnosed and it's purely guess work.

The endless trying to understand and analyse why these men do the things they do just doesn't ever do any good. You see OPs tying themselves up in knots trying to work out an acceptable narrative for unacceptable behaviour. The OP here wants to "untangle" this. It's just unhealthy to be in a relationship where you feel the need to unpick, diagnose, etc...

Hazardsonagain · 10/08/2019 12:41

It was not my aim to insult anyone but the idea that he may have some difficulty did cross my mind as he is so rigid and inflexible and to me, extremely focused on certain things in his life , not me though for sure

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