(LONG POST) think my parents messed me up
When I moved into college, I was very confident and independent. I never really had crushes and it was easier to ignore any feelings while my friends had their hearts broken. Midway through my first year, I met a boy through yik yak. We hit it off and we're friends first. A little later we ended up hanging out more and our friendship grew into the relationship I have today. My parents met him and loved him at first, but things started going down hill after that. Being that I am still in school and he graduated, we don't text everyday anymore. This bothered my parents. In addition he had a female roommate last year. She's in a study abroad program, but my parents didn't like that my SO helped her move in and stays in contact with her. It doesn't bother me since I've been assured they are strictly platonic and this girl has let me sleep on her floor and gave me food. But my parents have been putting bugs in my ear, saying that my SO is using me for sex and is probably cheating on me. It's gotten to the point where I called my SO while on vacation and wanted to end the relationship. My confidence has plummeted to absolutely nothing. The relationship is still going, but I have a constant fear that he'll find me boring and leave. I'm constantly comparing myself to his friends and today I compared myself to a character he created. He loves the character design, but she's everything I'm not. While she's my height, she's sexy and confident, but I wear baggy clothes to hide my body shape and fidget. He's assured me he loves my "boyish nature" and distract me when I'm feeling gross. I asked if this character was a way of saying we're over, he got really confused and then concerned. I kept telling him to forget about it and it was stupid but he kept pushing. His exact words were "I worry about you when you get like that." WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME??
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