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Please, I need advice!

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patrisiya · 27/03/2020 12:30

Hello,
I am 23 years old girl and I have boyfriend who is 28 years old. We are together from about 7 years. In the begining of our relationship we were a young and fell in love. I am serious person and he also is.At the beginning of our relationship everything was completely innocent and we never thought we would stay together for 7 years.I was in high school and he was graduating.We are from a small town where there is not much to do and what to do during the day. There are one or two cafes to diversify and that's it.For the first two years, everything was normal. We went out for coffee in the evening, we saw each other whenever we could, we were constantly surprised.But the moment came when I became a 12th grader and started thinking about my university studies, which meant I had to move to our capital to start a job.I told him I wanted to come with me, live together, build a common home, a family and be somewhere where I could study and find a well-paying job.He kept postponing the topic, telling me I still had time to go and, suggesting he had a job, a house (he lives with theirs). He has everything and does not want to move.The time has come for me to go, and he decides that he cannot live in a big city, does not want to leave his home. And since then, some of my difficult years have begun.
I moved to the capital, studied, worked, it was difficult, but my parents could not help me financially. I was doing it alone.I changed a lot of accommodation, lived with different people. But he never wants to come to me and be supportive of one another.One year we ran a long distance relationship. It was difficult, at first he traveled to see me, then stopped. I used to go home whenever I could, but it was difficult.I couldn't stand it and told him I wanted to separate. It's not difficult in the big city, everyone is fighting for a better life, everyone wants to develop, and there is no way that can happen where there are almost no people.We realized that we clearly wanted different things from life and we parted. And then began the circle, from which for the fourth year I can not get out.
It was very difficult without him, but I was determined to continue my life. He didn't make plans for the future with me, and I wanted the opposite. I had started to get out of the depression I was in, but one day he started looking for me and told me he couldn't live without me.I love him very much and we get together despite the circumstances. He promised me that he would move at the earliest opportunity, and I believed him. Then another year passed, and he told me again that he could not leave his native place.In short, we parted again, I became depressed because I was experiencing the same thing every time.A few months went by and he looked for me again, telling me that he had already found a job, could not live without me and move. I couldn't believe it. There was no way I could live with him because I was responsible for the girl I was with.He told me it didn't matter and he would move into a room that had other people. Move, work started, everything was fine, I helped him when it was difficult. I started looking for a dormitory, making plans, and after maybe another year, it started to get cold.He avoided me, kept coming home, didn't ring so often, he was cold. And we were together for a long time and we didn't get anywhere.I asked him for an explanation of his behavior, and he said he didn't endure in the capital. And looking for a job in his native place.I was shocked that the same thing was happening again. It happened last year, it was very difficult for me. But I was determined to split up for the last time and not look for him again.We were separated for 2 months, it was difficult, I was depressed again and it was very difficult for me to continue, then I decided to make changes in my life. I changed my apartment, changed my hair and other things, but I didn't go anywhere.Did he look for me again, telling me that he acted like a fool, that he wanted to marry me, that he wanted to live with me, and so onI didn't believe him, because it was another time and everything we had got to was already ruined. He said he was serious this time and I should give him a chance. I did it because I love him.
And now I'm in the same position. At the beginning of the year I told him that we would raise money, we would like an apartment, we would find a good job, I will graduate this year. And everything will be fine and we will get our lives in order.Two months ago, he told me he couldn't stand it here. He can't get better, he has a hard time paying rents, paying bills, wondering what to eat every time and can't stay. He started looking for a job. They still haven't called him from anywhere. But right now, we're just back in the same position.I was considering going with him, but after telling him that I wanted to find a house on our own, to live without his parents, he was still considering it. It is very difficult because of quarantine, nothing is happening now.He is not with me at the moment, he has been home for two weeks because they have been given leave of absence from their work. We hear, everything is fine, I do not raise the subject so as not to be confused. But we're not going anywhere.It is very difficult for me, I manage on my own and it is not easy for me, but that's why we are people.I don't know what to do. I wish I didn't think and go down the stream, but I'm not like that. He's fine because he's not fighting. I never made him do something he didn't want. He promised me himself. And I have some sense of guilt. It's like I'm guilty of getting here.Please give me some advice. I love him and I can't do without him. But I also want a nice job, to go out and have fun.
Thank you.

OP posts:
Pentium85 · 27/03/2020 12:34

If you aren't happy, you leave him.

EthelMayFergus · 27/03/2020 12:38

I think you both want completely different things in life. You are ambitious and want a better life, he is happier where he is. You've outgrown him.

Maybe it's time to put this relationship behind you and look for someone with the same dreams as you.

TheSandgroper · 27/03/2020 12:49

I think you have indeed outgrown this relationship. It’s time move on and learn to live by yourself.

Learn about you, learn about what you and you alone want and then go and do it. Open yourself to what all the wide world has to offer. There is more to life than a man.

Alonelonelyloner · 27/03/2020 12:57

OP you think you need him to be happy, but you don't. The world is yours! Go out and get it!
You are educated, healthy, you have your life ahead of you, please don't waste it hungering for the attention and love of a man who can't give you it. You deserve more and better.

I know it'll be hard at first, but it would be hard also in ten years and I can guarantee you'll go through the same again if you stay with him and change to meet his needs and then you'll also have lost another 10 years.

You are strong! Go forward and don't hold yourself back. Somewhere out there is a man who you can really share your life with. Good luck Thanks

FlowerArranger · 27/03/2020 12:59

My dear girl, your story is so sad to read. You are wasting your precious youth on a relationship that is not going anywhere.

The two of you are not compatible. You want different things in life. This is NEVER going to work.

It's really sad how you are clinging to an illusion of a life together. Can you accept that this will never happen - and move on?

You need to stop dreaming and work on yourself. BEING YOU is the most important project of your life! This means working out what YOU want out of life, without being influenced by other people - particularly by someone who evidently doesnt care about you. What he told you about wanting to marry you were just words - words to placate you, to get you off his back.

Can you now focus on building your life, the best life you can? This book will help you - you will find it enlightening:

― Robin Norwood, Women Who Love Too Much

“The key is in learning how to live a healthy, satisfying, and serene life without being dependent on another person for happiness.”

patrisiya · 27/03/2020 14:47

I know I'm still young and I have what I saw in the world. I'm single and I've never gotten there to rely on anyone. It's difficult, but not impossible.It's hard because I think he loves me and I can miss the chance to be with someone who loves me if I don't come home and respect him.He tried and moved because of me, but it didn't work. And he tells me I don't even try to try.It makes me look for guilt in myself, I always do.

OP posts:
Dawninglory · 27/03/2020 20:07

I agree, you've out grown him and want a different life than he wants. I think he's a bit controlling and you want more In life than he wants for you, which is causing the up and down in your relationship. Don't waste your youth on a man who doesn't let you be you. X

BumbleBeee69 · 27/03/2020 23:31

Your life is on hold waiting on this selfish prick to come save you... He does not want you.. Move ON... please.. do not waste another moment Flowers

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