my childhood crush and boyfriend of almost 3 years is starting to drive me away without realizing it. don’t get me wrong he’s very sweet (plus objectively really attractive) and genuinely does want the best for me but it’s so obvious how his own emotional dependence stands in the way of what actually IS best for me sometimes, he’s SO clingy which was endearing at first but now that it’s turned into him pressing me for not telling him where i’m going/what i plan to do every single day it’s getting really f****** suffocating and annoying 😭 i do my best to compromise (i’m more than happy to text him every single day and to plan dates with him) because he does that for me at other times, and the way he frames his reasoning does make me feel bad (saying he just wants time with me because he misses me so much) but the level of overcommunication he asks of makes almost no sense to me.. like why do u expect to receive my work schedule every week if we don’t live together and we only see each other about once throughout those 7 days?? why are you upset with me because i accidentally fell asleep and took a nap without telling you? and what i find really excessive is the way he gives me curfews when i go out for fun, i can only stay in one place, i can’t drink if its a party (im of legal age), and i have to text him at least every 20 minutes while im there… mind you he has my location on messages lol. every time i ask him to just come with me so we don’t have to do all that he always says no because he doesn’t like parties like ok bro…i need space and time and liberty for myself at times and it shouldn’t make u feel personally offended if ur not constantly my top priority😭i have zero history of cheating or flirting with other people or anything like that so i don’t understand why he’s gripping the f*** out my neck every time i leave the house… i feel like im being held back from experiencing life when i just entered my f****** 20s
***also he’s expressed how he’s lowkey against the idea of couples therapy down the line (i proposed that regardless of the health of our relationship, i just think it’s a healthy thing to implement but he truly only believes it’s something meant only for troubled relationships…the irony LOL) and that reallyyyy doesn’t sit right with me because how else is he going to realize that what he’s doing isn’t normal nor healthy !! i truly do love him to bits but man he is killing my attraction rn
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