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Drama and neediness

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UghJustSoPredictable · 12/05/2021 16:34

I'm not particularly bothered by this but really could see it coming. I'm just a bit Confused

I started dating someone. He asked after a week or so if we could be boyfriend/girlfriend. I said i was happy to be exclusive because I already was and would be anyway but labels so soon make me feel a bit anxious. We agreed that we were exclusive, and would see how it went but with a view to being together if it worked out for us.

I don't do drama. Genuinely. I don't get jealous, I don't message incessantly, I like time to myself. I have friends, hobbies, children, work - a full life.

He told me that he was quite enjoying being with someone where there was no 'drama'.

Anyway, FF 2 weeks and he ended it!

And why?

Because he couldn't cope with the lack of drama Confused. He felt unsettled because I wasn't anxiously messaging to ask who he was with and what he was doing - which has been his experience of women.

Because I'm not 'needy'.

He just said it completely threw him and he didn't know where he stood with me. it made him feel that I wasn't interested.

Meant to add, it's not the first time.my 'independence and self assuredness has been a problem for men. I can't believe that jealousy, drama and, effectively, co-dependancy are actually desirable relationship models for some.

Honestly, It feels like I just can't win!

OP posts:
Miller2021 · 12/05/2021 17:05

Something very similar happened to me about 10 years ago. I'm quite independent, can't bear people who need to be texted all the time for reassurance, and need my own space - more so at the time of this previous relationship. And my ex-partner started off saying how much he respected my independence, liked how "laid back" I am, etc etc. (Fwiw I'm not particularly laid back - he just chose to characterise my independence that way).

After a while he started trying to create drama, then complaining about the lack of it, then left me for his ex, who he'd previously complained was too dramatic. Lol.

I think some people think dramatic is how it's supposed to be if it's working. Like you don't love someone unless it's hard work. On the other hand, we weren't really that keen on each other, we were just wasting each other's time so it's not surprising that he didn't feel wanted - but it's interesting how it always seems to be the woman's fault, right?

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