Relationship Advice Needed š long post
Hi everyone, i thought Iād have a go at posting on here as I donāt have any friends personally to talk to about these things :/ sorry this post is long!
My boyfriend and I have been together for almost 4 years (since we were 15, now 19) and he is lovely (letās call him John). We havenāt been able to see eachother due to the pandemic, and although we can now meet up outside as weāre in the UK, I feel like I donāt really want to. Iām not sure whether itās because I havenāt been seeing him that I feel uncomfortable or whether my feelings have changed.
He is really lovely and helps me a lot with my crippling anxiety, but I just feel bored. We talk all day over text and he always says the same things, and never asks me anything? Like I have to shoehorn a conversation out of him and heāll just say āooo!ā Or āomg!ā Or stuff like that. There are also some remarks he makes sometimes that really put me off. The latest one was that Iām āaddicted to Ben and Jerryās ice creamā which Iām not haha, I love it as itās my favourite but Iād say I have it maybe once a month? He said it in a kind of rude way, and when I picked him up on it he said āI wasnāt being rude I was just joking itās true you areā. Heās also made remarks about me being spoiled - my dad left when I was 6 and tries to ābuy meā aka āIāll buy you this if you donāt give me any troubleā etc. His parents are very much together and heās got no idea what itās like, so when he says things like this it really upsets me as I have a lot of trauma from that side of my life.
I guess what Iām trying to say is I donāt know if itās a rough rough patch or whether Iām just not really interested anymore. It sounds stupid to friendzone someone who youāve been with for 4 years, but Iām feeling like Iād need a friend more than a boyfriend. Iāve never been alone since I was 15 and Iām scared to not be in a relationship, i donāt really know any different.
Does anyone have any experiences or advice? Iām really sorry this is waffly, I never talk about this like I said I donāt have anyone to talk to, so everythingās just whirling round my brain.
Thanks :)
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