I'm a female 16 years old, and he is 18 years old.
We had been together for 18 monthes, and we were eachothers first long lasting relationship. There was no infidelity as such, and we are both very much intelligent. We have so much in common, we are interested in all the same things...
We were almost together every single day, we talked together every single day, simply couldn't live without eachother.. He was my other half.
The thing is, I haven't been the best girlfriend I could be, and he was the best boyfriend. Ever. (I don't hope this will be too long) He always stood up for me, when I was crying he was always there, when he did something wrong
he was indeed sorry, and he had a very extreme conscience, and sometimes I really did not respect that.
Whenever we had a fight, and he opened up to me, trying to communicate, I couldn't tell him what I was thinking. I just couldnt. Either I didn't know what i was thinking, or I couldn't explain it. And I always reacted by saying nasty things, I one even thread him with infidelity! I was so depressed, and even though he knew I didn't mean it, yet he was mad anyway for me even saying that (and I fully understand that.. I also told him that, but he was very angry so i guess my apology weren't fully heard)
In the last month to half a year, (I really don't know how long..) our relationship was just stuck. We were going nowhere. He did everything he could, and I progressed too slowly, so he asked for a break. I agreed because I needed it too, I was hurt deeply, and today I'm not sure why. He said right before our break, before the easterholidays "I want it to be before the easter holiday, because I can't stand not seeing you the full holiday.." he started crying and continued "I'm just so afraid, I will find out I do not want to be with you anymore"
After (almost) a week had passed(I stopped it earlier, because I couldn't stand it anymore) I showed up in his home. And there, he broke up...
he said I weren't realistic and mature enough, because I didn't communicate with him (I always told him I want him to read my mind...) and that is of course the only way to maintain a stable relationship. A lot of things were said there by me that shouldn't have said. I Actually came too to break up, but when he broke up with me, I regretted it all... Because I finally took time to understand his views. He even said "Maybe I'll come back to you begging in a week" And guess what I said? "Then I possibly can't take you back..." because I was so demostated... We both left, being sad...before I left he told me "One day I will get over you..." that hurt...
Forexample, of how I wanted him to "read me" was that I didn't have sex with him, I didn't feel comfortable with it.. Then I started lying and I only made it harder for him to guess, because I was so hurt. I said "Sex doesn't mean that much to me" and god hell it means a lot to me, I would only do it with him. Ever. When I say that today, he don't believe me.
The thing was that I think he was too unromantic when we had it, he did things I said would turn me on, and it did, when I didn't actually believe he "became" that. He was that "sweet" guy, and I wanted him to "pretend" to be dominating and such. But then he just.. Dominated, without even thinking of how I felt. I talked with him about it later, and he started crying, felt guilty and said he thought that's what I wanted, and I asked him "Wasn't it clear that it was uncomfortable to me?!" And he just said yes... but he couldn't see it...
I talked a lot about "celebrity guys" and "hot guys in the bus" to him, and I didn't tread him very well.. All of this goes because I felt so hurt of him not reading me clearly.
I also wanted him to "prove his love" and so he did by visiting me in the middle of the night with his bike, cycling 15 kilometres to apologize for something that sometimes always wasn't his fault. He really was a man at heart.
And I was grateful everytime he did it.
So I tried to do the same the night he broke up, It had been 7 hours or so, so there I stood outside his house in the middle of the night, and guess what? He weren't home. He was at a friend, and said he would come home to get me, I told him not to, and that I would go home, and he said that I needed to contact him when i got home safely.
The next day I sent him a text message to.. Yeah, "beg and plead him to take me back", but it was just to ask him "Shall I wait for you?" stupid I know. But I had not realised the break-up yet, not at all...
And he called me about the text message, and told me that he just couldn't take our relationship anymore, in the end he said, he said "If and only IF this is over for good..." so he wants me to doubt I guess then he said "But for now, I want you to get over me. Please don't contact me..." and I asked him to please contact do it when he made his mind, and he said he wouldn't know if he did it. He doesn't want to be my friend because he loved me so much. He said that the only reason he spoke to me, was because it would make me more comfortable, he really wouldn't wanna talk to me, and such... After he said I shouldn't contact him anymore, I told him to hang up if I even tried to call him, and then he answered "I couldn't do that to you, I will answer no matter what" and I'm really shocked how anyone can be so sweet even after a break-up! But well, now I haven't contacted him since that, and I'm planning not to till there has at least gone a month..
He even said "I have to be honest now, the last couple of weekends we should have been together, and your mother for some reason didn't allow you too.. I was relieved.. I can't stand it anymore" and so on :'( it really really hurt a lot.
So the main reason he broke up, was due to the lack of communication, because I'm not mature enough, he even told me that "In two years we would have been a perfect fit" due to my maturity level. About his feelings, he said he still loves me, just not our relationship. He always cry when he hears me cry, but on the phone he did not cry, and he said he couldn't because... he didn't feel it. He also pointed out how disappointed he was in me for not opening up, and he is right. He also felt like I was "the best friend he could never have"
So basically, he said he felt like: He loves me, he don't care about me, he is disappointed in me. I'm pretty much confused!
I'm now aware of what I did wrong, and I know I have a lot to work with myself, but I know I can do it, and I really wanna do it for him! As you read he is the most mature, caring, sweet, loving guy, to ever be planted on this earth, and I am so sure I want to give this another go. We didn't have sex for 6 month, and he was so sad because of that, but he didn't break up at all because of that. Not many other guys could have lasted that, and not many other guys think of sex as "only with one person you really love" and being really intelligent.. Not in my country, and what i have seen. He did so much for me, and I didn't give enough... I wanna be the girl who can do that, I wanna make him happy!
He said he didn't need to be with friends, and that he thinks it will be harder for me, because I need some friends to talk to, (and he does have a lot more than I do.) almost everyday since we broke up he has been together with some.. I'm afraid he is forgetting me, because he is spending so much time with friends. I only have two and they barely have time and live far from me, his friends live 5 minutes away, so everything is so easy for him. What if he rather be with his friends than me?
More like... Doesn't he want to have a girlfriend, because he will rather hang out with friends? :'(
Today, I have NC'ed with him for 7 days. We would have had 1,5 year anniversery yesterday, and it hurts so much not being able to contact him.
The ONLY thing not making me loose my mind completely, is the hope that is 2-3 weeks he will contact me, and trying to make it work. But sometimes the hope leaves me, and I'm almost suicidal. Please help me. I tried improving myself and such, but I can only think clearly when I think he will get back together with me. I will not contact him in this month, and I'm really going to be stubborn about this: I want him to love me, I don't want a relationship in dependance, I really won't... and I will hope no-contact will show him...
So my questions are:
Now that I know what to improve, should I follow my plan to leave him alone for a month, then meet up with him and talk in a not-depressing-angry-anxious way about how I improved myself and such? I'm afraid he will think I'll only change because he wants me to. I'm not, I really do see my mistakes clearly, and I understand him, can I make myself more reliable to him?
Should I wait more than just a month?
Do you think he will contact me before a month? I asked one of his friends how he seems to be, and he says he seems to be fine right now. Will he even miss me? I know he is thinking of me. But I'm afraid it's only the bad things, we were programming games together, made out own food recipes we did so much together. Will he forget that because of all the bad?
Or should I really just "pretend" I'm good, and pretend as if the problems shouldn't be talked about right now, and try to "make up" with him again, like.. Following the guide from "The Magic of Making Up" and "Get Him Back Forever"? (I downloaded them free on a torrent site - just search)
Is it really a bad idea to talk about the bad stuff?
If anyone else had read the book "The Magic of Making Up" does anyone know if the "Instant Reconnect Technique" works good? (It's where you "wipe off" an insect or food particle in his face, wipe a hair off his shirt aso.)
What I am most afraid of is that if he says "No, I won't be yours again" I would instantly start begging him, like a reflex or something. How should I react? Would it be too late? :'( The only thing that makes me not doing something extremely stupid, like killing myself, is the thought of him maybe going back to me. It would mean so much to me that my first love will be the last. It really will...