i'm stupid, right?

by embarrassed 21 Replies latest jw experiences

  • embarrassed
    embarrassed

    I am on here as another member, but even with a username and not revealing my identity, I am still too embarrassed to use it. Had to make up a new one.

    That being said...

    My boyfriend is watching pornography, and it seriously hurts my feelings. I feel betrayed by it. Last year, we were going through lots of problems. He decided that he would no longer be intimate with me to prove the point that he is not just with me for sex. Don't ask me how that makes sense. I would cry to him to please make love to me, and he would not. He wasn't even affectionate with me. It was devastating.

    Well, I stuck it out with him despite him using sex as a form of punishment. Eventually things got even worse between him and I-- lots of verbal and emotional abuse, and what looked like the signs that physical abuse was going to begin... He was yelling in my face, stomping his feet on the ground next to my barefeet (and he had boots on), and slamming his hand against the dresser. I was in the hospital for a short period and he even cursed at me there. There was lots of alcohol abuse on his part, and when I talked to him about it, he said that he didn't care. That he was going to keep on drinking. I spoke to his mom about it.She literally said to me, "Well, at least he doesn't hit you or cheat on you." It was a very difficult time, and I couldn't handle the stress anymore. I kicked him out under the condition that he would go to counseling, go get a physical done, stop drinking, stop smoking, and get serious about finding work. Yes, that too-- he is unemployed!!!

    Okay, after about 2 months, it looked like he was keeping his end of the bargain so I said that he could come back. Now it's 2 months later, and he's picked up a lot of his bad habits again. Meanwhile-- we are still not having sex. TBH, I didn't really want to because I was afraid of being emotionally vulnerable due to all of our problems. Well, now he is all offended that I won't be with him! He was the one that took the sex away in the first place, and now he's throwing hissy fits because I won't give it up! And on top of that, he's watching porn!

    He's still not affectionate, still doesn't give me compliments, or do anything that a girl would like to receive from her boyfriend. I've talked over and over and over about building up the intimacy by touching and kissing and hugging. Nope. He wants straight on action. It's very frustrating.

    Be real with me, people-- I'm stupid, right?

  • bsmart
    bsmart

    There must be a plus to why you still want him around. We dont know what it might be, could be you don't like admitting that you made a very bad choice.

    He is a boy; not much of a friend. Being alone isn't awful. you don't need to be part of a couple. Change the locks if it is your place.... Or move. He will be fine, you don't need to take care of him. His kind always survives.

  • Witness My Fury
    Witness My Fury

    Quit this loser and find someone on your wavelength who is worthy of your love. This jerk off is not. He wont change, he will get worse, so stop pretending it will improve and move on.

    You are only stupid if you stay with him or allow him to manipulate you.

    Edit to add: You can learn from this and try and avoid similar traits next time. Also you may want to analyse your view of porn and why you feel the way you do about it so you can understand yourself better.

  • Jonathan Drake
    Jonathan Drake

    You are not stupid. do not think of yourself that way. All of us long to be loved, this is really what you're talking about here isn't it? This doesn't make you stupid, it makes you like all of us everywhere on the planet.

    Having said that, everyone deserves to be happy. At the risk of encroaching on territory not my business, it seems this relationship doesn't make you happy. It even seems possible that it causes pain.

    only you know your true feelings, but if you're not happy you deserve to be - IMO you should seek out someone to be happy with.

  • cofty
    cofty
    • lots of verbal and emotional abuse,
    • signs that physical abuse was going to begin
    • He was yelling in my face, stomping his feet on the ground next to my barefeet
    • There was lots of alcohol abuse on his part, and when I talked to him about it, he said that he didn't care. That he was going to keep on drinking

    Please read that again and again until your next move becomes simple.

    You are not stupid but if you don't wake up you are in danger of earning that epithet. Make a clean break and a new start. Find somebody who loves and respects you. The difference will be obvious. Wishing you well

  • FayeDunaway
    FayeDunaway
    Totally dump him and dump him for good. There are like 20 things here that you mentioned that are wrong, terribly wrong with this guy. I can't imagine anything redeeming about him, maybe he's got nice hair? Seriously, move on. You deserve a caring, affectionate boyfriend. And if you are single for a good while until you find one, that is certainly better than being with this guy.
  • _Morpheus
    _Morpheus

    Are you "stupid"... Well that all depends dosent it... Are you mentally deficient, as in scoring low on a standardized IQ test? I doubt it. You type well and are coherent.

    are you stupid in the way love and feelings of affection and attachment make people? Yep. But then it happens to all of us....

    if you were being told your story by someone else, what would you say? See the forest and not just the trees in front of you...

    you already know the answers and you know whats best for you, its just hard to accept and hard to follow through on.

    Nobody here can do anything for you of make choices for you. You and you alone are responsible for your life course. Make it the best it can be.

  • rebel8
    rebel8

    You know what you need to do. The hard part is doing it.

  • breakfast of champions
    breakfast of champions
    All of the above.
  • clarity
    clarity

    All of the above too...........the longer you stay, the stronger your habit will be. Leave now while you can still see that would be the sane thing to do.

    Also leave now before his violence escalates and you end up dead! Plse!

    clarity

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