splat Posted December 9, 2013 Posted December 9, 2013 This might be a long post, but please bear with me and try to read it through . My boyfriend and I had been dating for ~7 or 8 months and everything was great. He was my first love, and I truly for once had let down all my emotional barriers around him. He has always treated me well, and overall we had a very positive, loving relationship. Unfortunately, as we are in high school, a lot of what we do outside of school hinges on our parents. His family loves me and I get along with all of them, his mom and sister thought that I was the best girlfriend, but my parents, who do like him, are really overprotective. Because of how conservative/strict my parents are, my boyfriend and I would really only see each other every other weekend outside of school (though we did see each other everyday at school...). We took a mutual break for a week because he thought I was colder in our relationship and I felt he sort of sometimes took me for granted, but our break grew into a breakup when my boyfriend over the phone finally told me his real issue with the relationship was that he couldn't see me as much as he wanted. He was scared that since he didn't agree with my parent's views on a lot of things that there would be tension further down our relationship and that he would create a rift between me and my parents. The next day in person he immediately regretted what he said and wanted us to still give our relationship another shot, but he also seemed unwilling to compromise and so I called it off. I was really hurt that we had to breakup for something beyond our control, especially when I was still so much in love with him. My boyfriend asked that we still remain friends as he says he can't even picture his life without me in it, but I told him firmly that we couldn't be. Its been about a week of no contact since the breakup, and we haven't talked to each other at all since. I am so devastated. I just want him back, but I don't know what to do at all :(
PreciousOne Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 I have to say I wouldn't know how to handle it because it seems like here is a lot of turmoil with parents being around an I know that may be difficult. The only way it could work is to sit down and try and compromise. I also feel like if he wanted to try and make it work that he would make the effort of attempting to set middle ground with your family maybe spend time with you and your family that may ease their views a little. Good luck to you both.
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