Why is it fine for him to tell you that he's upset with you, but if you object, it's your fault for “causing drama”?
He's not going to “understand” that he's being a jerk. In his mind, he's entitled to demand your time and attention as he pleases and your job is to comply and when you don't meet his expectations, you're wrong and should feel bad. This is what makes sense to him because he's self-centered and believes that what he wants is what's important.
Instead of trying to argue with him that you do actually deserve to be respected as a human being, your time would be better spent breaking up and waiting to meet someone who doesn't think you exist for his pleasure.
He just wants a bangmaid and cheap rent. Since he's so strapped for time she probably does most or all of the duties involved in maintaining a household.
He would never accept it in his own marriage. Theoretically this means that if his marriage fell apart they way his friend’s has then he would leave rather than cheat. But he understands that leaving is complicated and hot and accepts the fact that his friend is not that strong. Because he is her fucking friend and friends support each other in hard times, even when they behave differently than we would.
The circumstances he’s “accepting” (again, for his friend not his own behavior) are a sexless marriage with an emotionally withholding spouse. If OP and his wife are emotionally available to each other and have a healthy, satisfying sex life, why should she worry?
Well I have had sh..y luck in relationships, so if I had a gf who would like to be intimate regularly, I'd be over the moon. I tell you this story because I don't think you are being irrational and he is being a complete fool. If I had to chose one or the other? Intimate partner.
If he ain't willing to change, then you need to decide what you can and cannot live with. If you can live! with the status quo, I don't think you'd be posting here. As the saying goes “don't settle!” (I honestly don't like that saying honestly because settle isn't necessarily a bad thing, but in this case, it seems like it is.)
Please, please work yourself away from this logic. It’s really common with people who have been in abusive or toxic relationships. It’s the “at least he doesn’t hit me” mentality and it will make you tolerate so many HORRIBLE situations. He ISNT your only shot. You are DESERVING of a fully loving and supportive relationship and CAN achieve it I promise you.
Please please please don’t stay with a man that’s disrespecting you (I assume not only on this issue) because you don’t think you’ll find someone who actually cares about you. I promise you you will find someone good. Not just decent, not just ok, but good and who makes you happy.
I also STRONGLY suggest not moving across the country away from your support network with a man who has this kind of “my way or the highway” type thinking. You’re at strong risk of isolation and possible abuse from that.
I wish you all the best and strongly suggest that you attend therapy if you haven’t already to work through your past trauma
Why is it fine for him to tell you that he's upset with you, but if you object, it's your fault for “causing drama”?
He's not going to “understand” that he's being a jerk. In his mind, he's entitled to demand your time and attention as he pleases and your job is to comply and when you don't meet his expectations, you're wrong and should feel bad. This is what makes sense to him because he's self-centered and believes that what he wants is what's important.
Instead of trying to argue with him that you do actually deserve to be respected as a human being, your time would be better spent breaking up and waiting to meet someone who doesn't think you exist for his pleasure.
Ok I'm 100% convinced you're a troll.
He just wants a bangmaid and cheap rent. Since he's so strapped for time she probably does most or all of the duties involved in maintaining a household.
He would never accept it in his own marriage. Theoretically this means that if his marriage fell apart they way his friend’s has then he would leave rather than cheat. But he understands that leaving is complicated and hot and accepts the fact that his friend is not that strong. Because he is her fucking friend and friends support each other in hard times, even when they behave differently than we would.
The circumstances he’s “accepting” (again, for his friend not his own behavior) are a sexless marriage with an emotionally withholding spouse. If OP and his wife are emotionally available to each other and have a healthy, satisfying sex life, why should she worry?
100% correct…yet it took you 4 years to learn their ways? Regardless, it should be 4 seconds of a decision on what needs to be done.
Similar age gap between me and the young girl I manage.
It's a very obvious age gap. I'm not at all interested in someone that young.
I didn't tell her about my GF for a while either, not because I was interested, but because that was and is none of her business.
You're lonely, the crush will pass. Take your time to recover from the relationship you've just left.
Well I have had sh..y luck in relationships, so if I had a gf who would like to be intimate regularly, I'd be over the moon. I tell you this story because I don't think you are being irrational and he is being a complete fool. If I had to chose one or the other? Intimate partner.
If he ain't willing to change, then you need to decide what you can and cannot live with. If you can live! with the status quo, I don't think you'd be posting here. As the saying goes “don't settle!” (I honestly don't like that saying honestly because settle isn't necessarily a bad thing, but in this case, it seems like it is.)
That's her problem.
Please, please work yourself away from this logic. It’s really common with people who have been in abusive or toxic relationships. It’s the “at least he doesn’t hit me” mentality and it will make you tolerate so many HORRIBLE situations. He ISNT your only shot. You are DESERVING of a fully loving and supportive relationship and CAN achieve it I promise you.
Please please please don’t stay with a man that’s disrespecting you (I assume not only on this issue) because you don’t think you’ll find someone who actually cares about you. I promise you you will find someone good. Not just decent, not just ok, but good and who makes you happy.
I also STRONGLY suggest not moving across the country away from your support network with a man who has this kind of “my way or the highway” type thinking. You’re at strong risk of isolation and possible abuse from that.
I wish you all the best and strongly suggest that you attend therapy if you haven’t already to work through your past trauma
That's true, it's also my first relationship tbh so maybe that's why. Thanks.