Been with my partner for two years and see each other once in the week and I spent Fridays and sometimes Saturdays at his house. He isn’t great at discussing his feelings or showing affection. He said he still can’t tell me he loves me, I thought I’d give it time and didn’t make an issue of it. I’ve met his family and friends and when he mentioned his best friend I joked “am I not your best friend (purely in jest)” and he replied quite sharply “you have a long way to go for that”. It made me feel small and unimportant.
He will reply to any arrangements we make with a 👍🏻 which is annoying at times but the more I said it bugs me the more he does it.
On my birthday he didn’t get me a card and just sent me a quick text like you would a friend.
On FB I have posted pictures at events over the last couple of years with my family and he ignores everything I post (which is not much) but when others (including mutual friends ) post stuff he doesnt like their posts he ❤️ them. I know that sounds pathetic on my part but I feel like I’m not important enough to him.
He talks about his ex partner from years ago that is his grown up child’s mum. It seems to be any event or destination we go to he would say “oh I have been there with x”.
its started to drag me down and feel like I'm being kept as an option until he finds someone better.