
Death and Guilt
Posted Dec 10, 2013 by anonymous | 248 views | 4 comments
My boyfriend's sister died of cancer a couple of months ago. He used to be a good boyfriend at the very beginning of our relationship but even then he was condescending, rude and emotionally manipulative. I brushed it off because I am more intelligent than him and I could handle it. But he's gotten worse. He doesn't talk to me anymore and acts childish all of the time. He won't exercise with me or lose weight and he's gained about 70 pounds since the start of our relationship a year and a half ago. He eats constantly but he doesn't see it and because of this I am starting to find him unattractive. I don't like the way he treats me or speaks to me as I have been in abusive relationships before and this is always how it starts. But whenever he is mean to me and I say anything he blames it on the death of his sister. It AFFECTED ME, TOO. I was friends with her and I loved her like my own sister and when she died I was torn apart but I had to be strong for him. I'm not completely in the clear, either, because for months, while he has been ignoring me and taking out anger on me, I have been talking with guys that absolutely fawn over me like he used to and I hang out with them secretly behind my boyfriend's back. There is one I am really interested in and I love talking to him. We started out being mere acquaintances but when I mentioned him to my boyfriend, he freaked out and forbade me from seeing him, which made me become even more infatuated. I message him all of the time and last week we met up and went to a bookstore and had coffee and went shopping and made plans to meet again. He is a musician and he writes me songs. He has a girlfriend, too. I don't feel it's wrong because I'm tired of the way that he gets angry at me or speaks down to me or pays for one dinner and then lords it over me for months like it took so much out of him for us not to go dutch. Still, if it wasn't wrong, I wouldn't be writing this confession. I guess more than anything I want to break up with him but I have reasons that I can't. We need to pretend to be happy for at least another 6 months. I also feel bad because I miss his sister so much and he is the only connection I have left to her. I don't think I will stop talking to this other guy because it makes me feel valued and adored, but it also makes me think that maybe I deserve better than a boyfriend who would make fun of me or speak down to me or treat me poorly. I guess I don't know how to deal with his emotions because I don't have many left for him.
Commented Dec 16, 2013 by anonymous
You may have been extremely close to her, but it's still different. The pain he feels is completely different from yours. But, I apologize for being rude. Just leave him then. Just be around for the legal reasons or whatever.
Commented Dec 15, 2013 by anonymous
I've tried to help him and talk to him. I have given him everything I can give and he treats me like shit. He used to care about me but he doesn't anymore. He's aggressive and hostile and childish and terrible to me. I have been there for him every time she went into remission and he was happy, and I was there every time the cancer got worse and he was sad. I used to sleep over at her apartment and she and I would go out for coffee and talk about our favorite books and sing karaoke and go bowling and for ice cream. When she was in her final days and couldn't move anymore, I held her hand and sung her some of her favorite songs. As for my boyfriend, I got him the job he has in a corporate office due to my connections in the business and I constantly take care of him, cook for him, clean for him. I treat him well and all he does is belittle me and degrade me for having the dreams I have and for wanting to make a better life for myself. He tells me I can't do it so I may as well give up. He tells me I never do anything for him and holds every dinner he ever bought me or every time he gave me a ride with him somewhere over my head. This was all going on even before she passed. He doesn't tell me I'm beautiful anymore even though he used to and his habits (like leaving food to rot in his room and vehicle) disgust me. I understand that everyone has different ways of grieving but verbal abuse is not an acceptable one. And since I am not returning any of the other guys affections, I don't think it's very wrong. I just have to keep it a secret from him because I am not allowed to have male friends in his book. He is threatened by them. When I did have a couple of male friends before, he made friends with two girls and tried to rub it in my face. When he found out I didn't care and wasn't upset, he got angry and started fights about me having male friends to the point where I can't even mention them without provoking his rage. It's not that I'm scared, either. I just don't want to start a fight. I don't think I'm being that selfish either because he has no concern at all for my feelings but expects me to have a world of concern for his, and it seems that you expect the same.
Commented Dec 11, 2013 by anonymous
You're selfish. He's obviously depressed. Yeah, he shouldn't treat you like that. But, you are saying how you also lost his sister too and you " loved her like your own " Get the fuck out of here. That's his sister ! His own blood. You don't feel everything he does. He got worse when his sister died, right ? How the fuck would you feel if you were in his shoes ? I mean, I don't know of you lost someone in your family, like your OWN sister but, it's just pathetic how you sit there and say " IT AFFECTED ME, TOO " Like it was your own sister. Talking to other guys instead of at least trying to help him ? You obviously don't deserve him. He just lost his sister and your talking about how he's now " unattractive " Stop being so goddamn selfish. Fucking pathetic.
Commented Dec 11, 2013 by anonymous
Gift you have got is pretty awesome. Might not get a freaky one.