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He has said goodbye,am I justified feeling hurt?

191 replies

wheresthesnow · 28/12/2020 09:17

I've been "friends " with a guy for nearly 2 years now.
We spoke about everything daily.
We had some dates about a year ago and have slept together and nearly actually got together but he backed off.
We haven't slept together in a year but I thought we developed quite a good friendship.
He would confide in me about things and me him.
We would chat on the phone but mostly text.
He told me he still fancied me but he was a bit of a Jack the lad.
I messaged him last week (as normal never thought anything of it) he took ages to reply.
Then he replied "I'm starting to date (name of woman) I don't want you to message me again thanks "
I replied "eh we are friends why not"
He replied "do you not understand I want no more contact with you,stop messaging me,goodbye,there's no need for further communication"
Then I replied and no response
I'm unbelievably hurt.
I feel like I've lost a limb.
I had accepted we would never be a couple but I value him as a friend.
He's literally throwing me away for someone his known a fortnight.
I've never stopped crying for a week now.
Would you message again?
It's not like we are still sleeping together or sending naked pics
Even tho a few months ago he told me he resisted looking at my pics as he liked it too much and confused him.

OP posts:
diddl · 28/12/2020 11:03

@wheresthesnow

Then another time we were out together and he was telling me about all the sexy women in the pub. Then answered the phone to a woman he slept with whilst in bed with me. I know you think I'm obsessive but it almost became a competition to win him. It was sad and pathetic I know.
Why would you want to wim him??!!
Beamur · 28/12/2020 11:03

OP you have been treated very poorly by this person, and others too by the sound of it.
Don't blame yourself, but take some time out to look after yourself and be kind to yourself. Don't rush into another relationship. It's a cliche but true, time is a healer and this will get easier.
Come out the other side wiser.

wheresthesnow · 28/12/2020 11:04

@Nomoresleeps he did ask me to stop contacting him then he blocked me on WhatsApp.
Then he messaged me on messenger telling me he had left that door open for me to contact him.
So obviously I thought that meant he still wanted to speak to me.
Then he started messaging me on there but wouldn't unblock me on WhatsApp
Then 2 weeks later he tells me to leave him alone again .

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AcornAutumn · 28/12/2020 11:04

[quote wheresthesnow]@AcornAutumn I'm early 30s [/quote]
I must admit, I thought you would say younger

You really need to think about your boundaries and how you want to be treated

It sounds like infatuation, possibly to distract you from other tough stuff in your life? Flowers

wheresthesnow · 28/12/2020 11:05

@AcornAutumn he took me out of myself when I was looking after my mum and when she died a few months ago that's when he turned nasty with the accusations(from ex friend )

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thinkful · 28/12/2020 11:05

Aww OP, you sound bereft and i have been in a similar situation myself and i sympathise. I also don't think I'm obsessive or intense, but in my situation i did become those things as well.

He was narcissistic, exactly the same type of guy you're describing, the same trying to make me jealous, love bombing me then discarding. He discarded me in the end for a relationship with a girl he had only just met and said was ugly and whose personality he hated and it finally drove home that i must be even lower in value than that to him.

We were actually friends for 20 years but he was always too intense, i used to break contact for months and years at a time, then we slept together a couple of times spread out over many years and one day i suddenly found myself in love with him and wanting more. It was like a spell.

Anyway we haven't spoken now for years, it hurt for a while, i got therapy and now i realise it was the idea of what we could have been (in my head) i wanted and grieved, it wasn't him, because he was never that. So my advice is to reject the rejector. There's no relationship to grieve, you're grieving your idea of what you wanted the two of you to be, not him and you two as you ever were. Sure, he may have set you up to believe in it but he has rejected you. You can't handle that any other way than to reject him back, it just doesn't make sense to do anything else.

He will likely be back though. Don't play games, just ignore him and one day you'll meet someone that values you and treats you better.

AcornAutumn · 28/12/2020 11:06

[quote wheresthesnow]@AcornAutumn he took me out of myself when I was looking after my mum and when she died a few months ago that's when he turned nasty with the accusations(from ex friend ) [/quote]
This sounds like he sought you out because you were vulnerable. I'm sorry OP.

Aprilx · 28/12/2020 11:08

@wheresthesnow

I know I sound like a idiot but it was different with us. He called me his girlfriend at one point and he stopped the sleeping with other girls for a bit. Then he started again. I'm struggling to deal with him being happy to just remove me from his life .
I think you should never have accepted being demoted from girlfriend and him restarting seeing other women. He showed then that he doesn’t think much of you, you were convenient and available.

Unfortunately I think you could hear from him again. If you are correct and he is back with an on - off ex, he could be in touch when it next goes off. Don’t be there waiting.

RantyAnty · 28/12/2020 11:08

I'm so sorry he treated you like this.

He's an arse for pretending to be your friend like that for so long.

Take a little time to grieve the loss and do some nice loving things for yourself. I hope you've blocked him and deleted his details. When he gets bored, he'll come around again for an ego stroke. He can get to fuck.

Men really aren't that interested in being just friends, as you just found out. They either want an ego stroke or get in your knickers.
Pity his new victim.

daisychain01 · 28/12/2020 11:08

@wheresthesnow

I know I sound like a idiot but it was different with us. He called me his girlfriend at one point and he stopped the sleeping with other girls for a bit. Then he started again. I'm struggling to deal with him being happy to just remove me from his life .
You don't sound an idiot at all.

Unfortunately this situation is 'parr for the course' with a FWB type arrangement, where it's a bit fluid, no strings attached etc, it lacks the solidity and stability of a steady bf/gf relationship. The fact is at any stage either of you can pull the plug and the other person is expected to just suck it up.

It's cruel and feels really harsh, but the reality is he found a better option and you were just his stop-gap. It says a lot about him as a person that he basically told you to fuck off, by text. Callous and lacking in any basic decency. You have dodged a big bullet there!

wheresthesnow · 28/12/2020 11:09

I saw him as the escape from my shitty life.
I never really met people whilst looking after my mum and then I was introduced to him by now ex friend.
He told me his friends said we were heading for a romance and he said I was his half gf ..
Then 3 weeks later said he would never see me in the flesh again.
I asked what changed ? He said I don't need to tell you that,then said we could be friends but I couldn't mention anything about a relationship again

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EleanorRigbyWasReal · 28/12/2020 11:10

He’s trouble. Let it go.

Tistheseason17 · 28/12/2020 11:10

You are obsessed with him.
He treats you like dirt and you're there wagging your tail for more.
STOP IT.
BLOCK, DELETE IGNORE
And, yes,he will contact you again and yes,you'll answer and think you've won him and yes, he'll drop you again.

Only you can stop the cycle. Seriously, OP, he answered the phone to another sexual conquest whilst in bed with you - why are you looking for more evidence of his lack of feelings for you??? It's all there - it was only ever sex to him.

bangheadhere40 · 28/12/2020 11:11

Look at breadcrumbing...there was a thread on here a while back.

wheresthesnow · 28/12/2020 11:11

I think it will be his ex.
He is the only gf he's ever been with.
He spoke about her a lot and told me he never wanted a relationship with anybody.
Yet last time she came back around (3 years ago) he got back with her.

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JulesM73 · 28/12/2020 11:12

OP you do need to stop this. It’s unreciprocated from him, he’s moved on and if his new girlfriend knew about you I would imagine she would be saying to him that you’re in love with him and to break contact.
The fact he’s done it means that he’s not that bothered about you and used you. Sounds harsh but you have to forget him and move on.

Candyfloss99 · 28/12/2020 11:12

You really need to work on your self esteem. He was using you. You are not his friend. Friends don't sleep with you then start sleeping with other people like it's nothing. Friends don't tell you creepy stuff about your photos. He's just a user.

youvegottenminuteslynn · 28/12/2020 11:13

I will move on and I will be ok and I will stop posting about him.

It's not that people want you to stop posting OP, they are frustrated you aren't taking on some really great advice.

And I don't mean advice that just says leave him alone and move on (though that is also true) I mean advice suggesting you take some real, serious, active steps to help you do so as you are unable to do so yourself.

Why are you not seeking counselling?

You seem unwilling to do so but it could change your life. Imagine never feeling like this again. Isn't it worth a go just to see if that could happen?

Giraffey1 · 28/12/2020 11:13

He is one of those people who picks you up and puts you down again as suits, I’m afraid. I understand you are upset but you will see in time that he isn’t the friend you thought he was. It’s hard right now, but block him, remove his details on social media etc and concentrate and some real friends.

wheresthesnow · 28/12/2020 11:14

@youvegottenminuteslynn I'm on the waiting list through the NHS for CBT it's been 4 months but I was told up to 8 months.
I'm assuming covid has delayed it further.

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wheresthesnow · 28/12/2020 11:16

@JulesM73 it is harsh but it's also true I know.
I know if he cared he wouldn't of wanted to sleep around.
He was faithful to me for 6 weeks then that was it.

OP posts:
Giraffey1 · 28/12/2020 11:16

Concentrate ON some real friends.

And OP, it doesn’t matter if it’s his ex, his neighbour, a colleague or the waitress from the cafe he is seeing, that’s immaterial. The fact is he was only ever using you. You deserve better.

daisychain01 · 28/12/2020 11:16

Unfortunately I think you could hear from him again. If you are correct and he is back with an on - off ex, he could be in touch when it next goes off. Don’t be there waiting.

Absolutely - about 95% likely he will! They always want to come back again to get their inflated ego restroked. The best answer is always to say that you've moved on and now in a steady relationship. Even if it isn't the case. It stops the deluded arsehole in their tracks because they never expect any other scenario than the person eagerly welcoming them back with open arms.

Respectabitch · 28/12/2020 11:17

@wheresthesnow

Do you think il never hear from him again now?
Oh, you'll hear from him again. When he breaks up with this one, or she has "demands" that he finds "stressful", or real life gets too fucking real and he wants an ego boost and to have someone he knows he can fuck and treat like shit because they'll take it.

He was always a user and a loser. He's done you the favour now of proving it to you unambiguously. I think you really need to up your boundaries, because you've been fooling yourself and you let this one away with far too much.

Candyfloss99 · 28/12/2020 11:18

@wheresthesnow

I think it will be his ex. He is the only gf he's ever been with. He spoke about her a lot and told me he never wanted a relationship with anybody. Yet last time she came back around (3 years ago) he got back with her.
I'm sorry but no-one has asked who you think it is. No-one has asked because it's completely irrelevant. It could be anyone, what does it matter. Ask that matters is you put in some boundaries for yourself and don't speak to this horrible man again. He'll just keep dragging you down every time he needs a confidence boost. Please don't be his little mouse to play with.
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