To be honest, I think you gave something like 2-3 the evidence we need to see that your relationship is not working for you. You must see it tool, right?
An important factor here is that you are in an LDR, so your virtual interaction is your primary form of interaction most of the time. So when she interacts virtually with other people in a more vibrant / engaged way, it's not just a possible sign that she values you less than she should compared to these other people — it is actually her valuing you less compared to these other people. You're just not getting the primacy in her life that is what it means to be a significant other, to the extent to which I would argue — sorry to say — that you are not really in a relationship but mostly just putting that label on something else. It is especially strange that she wants to make this permanent: what does it mean to make a 4 year LDR permanent without any talk of closing the distance?
I will content myself to comment on one particular thing you said — you're not even allowed to follow her Instagram account. What the what?!? That example of the lack of primacy she's according you is almost comical because it's so clear and extreme.
I strongly suggest that you have a conversation in which you insist that the parameters of your relationship be redefined. I'm my opinion it would be best if you broke up — I think you're almost entirely missing out on the pleasures and privileges of a real relationship — but of course that's up to you.
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Also OP your could probably talk to that professor who's house you went to when you were helping with a research project and let them know what's been going on they could probably advise you better than any if us could.
It’s a little tricky I will admit. My best friend is a female and we haven’t been friends for that long, I’ve known her for about 2 years, we met at work, but ever only been close for say a year. They’ve met a handful of times but not often. My friend can tell that my gf doesn’t like her and it makes her quite uncomfortable when we hang out. My girlfriend has it in her head that I’m going to cheat on her or that my friend is after me which just isn’t true. Never come close or even thought about cheating in the near decade we’ve been together and my friend is married for two years, been with her husband for 10 years. All of her friends were originally my friends too so she doesn’t really have her own set of friends. Hobby wise she can’t really do her hobbies for more than an hour without getting bored
I grew up Mormon to. I loved the church it at 1819 years old. And never look back and I would make some new friends. I love the morality of people like that that are disloyal and mean to each other and yet are so judgmental around other people. If you’re living in Utah or something, just move away and start your life over again. In any big city in the United States
3 years. We normally do the things that you’ve mentioned, but we lack an activity that makes us move. Living together has made us both comfortable with each other that we stopped getting active.
To be honest, I think you gave something like 2-3 the evidence we need to see that your relationship is not working for you. You must see it tool, right?
An important factor here is that you are in an LDR, so your virtual interaction is your primary form of interaction most of the time. So when she interacts virtually with other people in a more vibrant / engaged way, it's not just a possible sign that she values you less than she should compared to these other people — it is actually her valuing you less compared to these other people. You're just not getting the primacy in her life that is what it means to be a significant other, to the extent to which I would argue — sorry to say — that you are not really in a relationship but mostly just putting that label on something else. It is especially strange that she wants to make this permanent: what does it mean to make a 4 year LDR permanent without any talk of closing the distance?
I will content myself to comment on one particular thing you said — you're not even allowed to follow her Instagram account. What the what?!? That example of the lack of primacy she's according you is almost comical because it's so clear and extreme.
I strongly suggest that you have a conversation in which you insist that the parameters of your relationship be redefined. I'm my opinion it would be best if you broke up — I think you're almost entirely missing out on the pleasures and privileges of a real relationship — but of course that's up to you.
Dude, it’s been 10 years. Geez. Slow down. What is wrong with you?
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Also OP your could probably talk to that professor who's house you went to when you were helping with a research project and let them know what's been going on they could probably advise you better than any if us could.
It’s a little tricky I will admit. My best friend is a female and we haven’t been friends for that long, I’ve known her for about 2 years, we met at work, but ever only been close for say a year. They’ve met a handful of times but not often. My friend can tell that my gf doesn’t like her and it makes her quite uncomfortable when we hang out. My girlfriend has it in her head that I’m going to cheat on her or that my friend is after me which just isn’t true. Never come close or even thought about cheating in the near decade we’ve been together and my friend is married for two years, been with her husband for 10 years. All of her friends were originally my friends too so she doesn’t really have her own set of friends. Hobby wise she can’t really do her hobbies for more than an hour without getting bored
She's not asexual…she just doesn't want to have sex with you or have a family with you. Is this an arranged marriage?
I grew up Mormon to. I loved the church it at 1819 years old. And never look back and I would make some new friends. I love the morality of people like that that are disloyal and mean to each other and yet are so judgmental around other people. If you’re living in Utah or something, just move away and start your life over again. In any big city in the United States
3 years. We normally do the things that you’ve mentioned, but we lack an activity that makes us move. Living together has made us both comfortable with each other that we stopped getting active.