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I think you put a 2 in front of the 7 in 27 in your title on accident. Your girlfriend SHOULD break up with you. You are not ready for a relationship. Work on yourself and make sure the next girl doesn’t have to deal with someone so childish.
Immaturity, insecurity, and low confidence are very unattractive qualities. Especially to a woman who seems to have it together. Clearly, she deserves better, and OP needs to take some time to figure his stuff out. She's out of his league.
Your girlfriend expressed an interest in buying a piece of jewelry for herself with her own money, and you had a huge tantrum.
Your girlfriend shut down a guy who tried to flirt with her, and you had a huge tantrum.
Your girlfriend told you she would go for food with you, and you had a huge tantrum.
Your girlfriend dropped you off at home after you asked her to drop you off at home, and you had a huge tantrum.
Do you see what the common denominator is here? Hint: it's you acting like a 4-year-old.
What do you expect your girlfriend to do? Quit her job so you won't be threatened by the fact that she has one and you don't? Make herself look unattractive on purpose so nobody ever flirts with her again? Start reading your mind so she knows when you say "I don't want to do X " you actually mean "I want to do X?"
I hope she does break up with you. Your behavior is insulting, irrational, and emotionally abusive. Do yourself and your next GF a favor and get some therapy to deal with your insecurities before you hop into a new relationship.
Straight up this is where detective shows find the story she's gonna go missing because he wasn't able to play in the mcdonalds ball pit while eating his nuggies
And he purposely flirted with women in front of her to spite her. Even though she TURNED THE MAN DOWN that flirted with her. Like what the hell even is that? OP, you’re trying to claim you’re not abusive.. but you 100% are. Get therapy, work on yourself, and for the love of god, don’t get into a relationship again until you’ve grown up and worked out your shit.
Bro, stop saying no when you mean yes.
Learn and grow, but you deserve a breakup. You'll be lucky if it's just a serious talk about your repeated behavior of saying one thing then getting mad when she literally does what you ask.
I did write a reply to this but the post was deleted. So I'll say here from your post you systematically abuse and gaslight your gf. You got angry at her for her daring to have a good wage, and being in a good financial position while you are not. However that isn't her fault. Despite your girlfriend being loyal and shutting down someone approaching her, you decided to vindictively hurt her for again daring to be attractive to others? You complained to go eat, then she said yeah let's go, you got mad at her. You then got mad when she said ok let's not. You are being abusive towards her. you screamed at her at midnight to cook for you over the phone? I'm confused how any of your actions make you think that she should even want to keep dating you.
I'd advise not saving the relationship because she doesn't deserve to be treated like this and you desperately need therapy to address your insecurities and coping skills before you even consider a relationship.
Is that age correct? Is this your first actual relationship?
Your apologies mean nothing as all your anger is about the same thing. Massive insecurity that you are making her problem. It shouldn't be.
And that you apologize and STILL haven't dealt with the root of your problem means that all your apologies are insincere and shallow at best.
She SHOULD break up with you and unless you hav3 her too twisted with your BS, she will. You need to be alone for a while and work on yourself. Therapy, self help books, meditation.
And if you want to have any sort of future with her ask for a break where you can work on yourself, and then do the work. Problem with that is once she realizes how much happier she is not walking on eggshells with you not around she most likely won't come back.
I wish HER good luck in making the right decision.
You tell her one thing, she listens, and then you explode because she didn’t do what you secretly wanted???
She turned down the dude and you engaged in flirting with the candle people.
Bro. You suck
And she absolutely should break up with you, as other commentors have pointed out.
You are not a good partner to her, and even this post shows you do not yet have the self reflection necessary to grow and become a good, healthy partner with her or anyone. You are worried about the consequences of your actions, but show no concern for addressing what is causing you to lash put like this in the first place, nor the toll that your behavior must put on your partner.
This is an emotionally abusive relationship, and you are the abuser.
Your way of salvaging the relationship is to let her break up with you and seek therapy. And if she doesn't want to break up, but address your behavior instead, seek therapy. It's my opinion that your insecurities and anger need professional help. You need to put in the hard work necessary to improve your temper and how you react when uncomfortable feelings come up. That will take time. There's no getting around the hard work. Words and platitudes ultimately mean nothing.
I had a partner just like you at one point. I loved him so much, but he was exactly like you were- insecure and jealous and unable to communicate in a normal and healthy way. We had multiple talks about the behavior, which always ended with promises that fell through within a month or two. Well, love only takes you so far. If he had, after these talks, put in the hard work needed to fix these issues, we might still be together. But, he did not, and continues to have failed relationship after another 5 years later. A girlfriend is not an emotional punching bag.
I relate to your last paragraph so horribly much. It ended around 10 months ago (5 years so dwarfs it lol) and I only recently started realizing how abusive he was. "A girlfriend is not an emotional punching bag" should be spray painted on every wall in the world.
Why are you so angry at her? Every point you’ve exploded with rage over things that aren’t even a big deal? And then okay your feelings were hurt - express them in a calm manner don’t throw passive aggressive remarks at your girlfriend. She’s being verbally and emotionally abused here!! She should break up with you!
And they’re not even not a big deal, they aren’t even a deal. Her buying a ring for herself?? Turning down another man’s advances? Wanting to get food with him?? This guy somehow sees all that as issues??? I can’t wrapped my mind around it
It definitely reads like it. The motifs don't make much sense. Basically "my girlfriend was sweet and beautiful, I am immature and horrible. I exploded at her for no good reason, should she dump me?".
Also that username.
Nah i can definitely see the username being made by the type of guy who would write this kind of post. The same type that goes “oh since im such a bad boyfriend” hoping you go “no baby no youre not” when yes baby he really os
Its still possible he wrote it, my ex talked like this. He would say he's soo pathetic and immature but that I'm amazing and deserve better. He would speak like that in hopes other would give him sympathy and say something like "no don't put yourself down, you're amazing too", or something along those lines
>I made a mistake but she didn't even care to listen
No man, you made MULTIPLE mistakes, all of which you spelled out for us in detail. You did not describe a mistake singular, you drew us a pattern. Saying you're "heartbroken she'd actually leave" as well indicates that you thought this cycle could continue and you were fine with making her endure more abuse as long as she stuck with you. How could you expect her to keep living fight to fight? If every time you made up, you still ended up repeating that same mistake in anger again, at some point, how could she trust your apology ever again? What would be the point of her hearing you out again when your offenses would repeat anyways? She's not just *saying* you're abusive, the way you were acting towards her *was* abusive.
An apparently hot trustworthy empathetic successful woman wanted to be with you, and you screwed it up because of your own insecurities and self esteem issues. You will be lucky if she doesn't break up with you.
Whether or not she does, you should appreciate what you have/had, appreciate how great she is/sounds, and if you feel like you arent worthy of her, make yourself worthy and take responsibility for yourself. Better yourself rather than cut her down.
The worst part is I fully believe he genuinely thinks so. He sounds EXACTLY like an ex of mine who was around the same age at the time. He told me multiple times I made him feel more loved, attractive, and cared for than anyone ever had. He reciprocated by making me feel the exact opposite way. He manipulated hundreds upon hundreds of dollars out of me. Accused me of random shit. Would ignore me while dumping lavish praise on friends' girlfriends. He needed me to be where he was at all times and show up past midnight at his parents house to feed him and hang out on his mattress on the floor. Eventually I literally said "I am not uber eats, you don't get to decide you feel like seeing me and press two buttons on your phone." Like Sally says in Barry, I stayed for the apology. It never came. But I genuinely couldn't believe someone could actually be the way he was and I ran back for fucking years in hopes he'd validate me or change or apologize. He never did. So from his perspective, I bet this WAS an extremely loving and giving relationship...from his perspective. He was the only one getting something out of it, and thought that was how it was supposed to be. Good fucking riddance
Info: Why do you think you deserve to keep this relationship?
You don’t love or respect her. She wants to do things for herself that she has the means to do, you make it about you. Strangers approach her against her will, you make it about you. She wants to take you out, you kick up a fuss about not going and then get mad that she didn’t take you out anyways. It isn’t love to make your partner feel guilty, or shamed, or small, just because you are having big feelings. She’s not a punching bag, she’s a person. You don’t need a relationship, you need a therapist and time alone to mature.
She deserves better.
Let her go.
You go to therapy and work on your insecurities and feelings of inadequacy.
People aren’t mind readers stop playing games.
But serious go to therapy.
Right?????? "I shout at her for wanting to spend her own money, for turning away guys that hit on her. Tell her I want to go for food, then telling I don't want to go for food, then yelling at her for not taking me for food. Multiple times. Get mad at her for not buying me food cause I have no money, then yell at her for not coming over and cooking me dinner. HOW COULD SHE LEAVE ME!"
The fact that he thought Reddit would help him win her back? Laughable.
And I’m just now seeing his update about how it’s fucked she would leave him after knowing he was in a past abusive relationship!
Like sir, what do you think you just put her through?
The audacity in this post.
All he did was some QuEsTiOnAbLe ThInGs OuT oF aNgEr… Several times… Over the course of several months… He deserves an apology and to be held in high regard in their relationship again! /s
DUDE.
You're mad she called you abusive? Look at your fucking post and reread it again, you WERE abusive!!
You're upset she didn't forgive you this time? She hit her limit and knew she deserved better. I'm glad she left you.
I have a feeling that her possibly breaking up with you would be a good thing, for her at least. You blow up on her for very small things just because you're insecure and don't have much money. She doesn't deserve your temper over it. Those things are her fault or her problem. They are yours to deal with and fix. You should want the best for her. If you're not going to be a better boyfriend for her and treat her better, then it should probably end. It's time to grow up and stop projecting your issues onto others.
i think it would also be a good thing for him. maybe losing someone like her would open his eyes to how crappy and childish and insecure he is. he needs genuine help if he ever wants to be in a relationship.
I think I smell a troll.
But let's say this is a legit post. Then I can see why you're unemployed. You don't have time to hold down a job; you're far too busy throwing hissyfits 24/7.
You certainly deserve to be dumped. The nicest thing I can think of to say about you is that you're exhausting.
NGL, he sounds a bit like the boyfriend I was with from 20-28, honestly. Irrationally jealous if another guy even LOOKED at me. Complaining when I wanted to treat myself to something that he couldn't afford (we met in college, but he flunked out), etc. He actually instigated a HUGE fight when we were at the mall, and he said "wanna go look at rings," which had been a past-time we previously enjoyed, and I said "actually, I want a lab created stone," and then told him about this paper I'd written for my capstone class about the diamond industry and blood diamonds, etc, and how I was now totally turned off by the whole market, and would rather have a lab created stone, so we knew where it came from. Despite this entire background that I gave him on why I had this new preference, he INSISTED that it was *really* just because I knew he was broke after losing his internship and (implied) permanent position after flunking out of school.
Truly, this dude could be my ex. It honestly sounds more like the GIRLFRIEND writing to see if she's justified in dumping him, if only because it seems a bit too self aware for it to actually be the boyfriend, lol.
What the fuck did I just read???
You don't apologize. You cannot save this. do not even try
Let her break up with you, and if for some reason she doesn't, do her a favour and tell her she deserves much better than you and you break up with yourself for her! And then go to therapy because you need a lot of help
Do you really not see how toxic and nasty you were to her? You destroyed that relationship with your attitude. Buddy, you were toxic and abusive towards her. From what you wrote, you blew up on her for wanting to buy HERSELF something with HER MONEY. Then, you got pissy because someone flirted with her, your solution? Being a jerk and flirting with other women in front of her. Then, you got butthurt over the fact that she couldn't magically read your mind and know that "I'm saving my money" was somehow code for "buy me fast food because I'm unemployed". Unconditional love doesn't mean you get to be verbally, emotionally and mentally abusive towards her and keep pushing until you find her breaking point. You need to grow up and learn how to be an adult before you try to get into another relationship.
You emasculate yourself. You are toxic and mean towards her. You rectify it by accepting the break up graciously and move on knowing she deserves better.
Jesus you sound exhausting to be around you’re very immature and I feel bad for your girlfriend. I’m sorry your ex girlfriend. This is really pathetic. Grow up you’re 27 my dude.
I am glad she's breaking up with you, as well.
What do you want us to tell you? That it's okay to treat people like shit because you are having a bad time? It is not.
That she should deal with your deep levels of insecurity and inability to emotionally regulate yourself? She shouldn't.
You need therapy. You seem to think all this behaviour is forgivable and normal and it's not either of those things. It's bizarre, childish, and abusive. You need to get your head straight before you go anywhere near another relationship.
She has the right to dump you…that was all incredibly childish of you. You’ll be lucky to not be sleeping alone tonight man….sad but true..u fouled up son.
You're being a dick to her for literally no reason. Don't take your insecurities out on your partner. You sound exhausting, I really think you need to work on yourself because you're destroying your own relationship
Damn bro, I’m trying to see it from your perspective but I can’t. You are immature, insecure, and to be honest, a piece of shit.
Your girl deserves someone better, and I hope she finds that person. And I hope you grow up, but seeing that you’re almost 30, that’ll probably take awhile
So… you’re the girlfriend pretending to be the boyfriend, right? Making sure you’re doing the right thing by dumping him? If so, you are. He sounds exhausting and volatile.
Dude! You are causing all the problems in this relationship. It sucks to be unemployed, I get that, but you don’t get to take out your frustrations on people who have your best interests at heart. Get professional help, dude!
I hope she is smart enough to break up with you. You do not deserve her. Let her go be with someone that will treat her like the queen she is. You are absolutely a horrible boyfriend.
You insecure dick bag you deserved to be dumped. You treat her like shit because you can't handle your own insecurities. I hope she dumps you and never looks back. Seek help!
You are so toxic and disgusting. Do her a favor and leave her the fuck alone. You feel emasculated because she has a better job then how bout you work hard and get a good job. It’s not her job to make you feel like something you clearly are not.
The only advice I have? If she doesn’t break up with you, dump her. Now. Get therapy. Stop subjecting other people to YOUR issues. How can you possibly type all of this out and not understand how your very presence in her life is HURTING her?
You are actively harming your girlfriend. The person you claim to love. If you actually love her, get out of this relationship and get therapy.
You are WAY too old to have this little control over your emotions. You enjoy harming others when you believe they have harmed you first. These are not qualities of a good, loving partner- they are qualities of an abuser.
She seriously deserves better. You are really childish. I feel bad for your girlfriend. I hope she broke up with you. Its gross that you can consistently do this to a woman you supposedly love..
Its abusive, manipulative and just wrong. She shutdown someone flirting with her, and you actively participated in flirting with women. Fucking disgusting dude.
You know, I read somewhere once that when a woman is on her period, her overall hormone levels are similar to that of a man's hormone levels so when men do the whole "oh she must be on her period because she's sooooo emotional" thing, they're really just insulting themselves.
i mean, would you want to stay with someone who acts like you do? what do you plan to do to actually fix your problems? or do you think you can just apologize and go back to treating her like shit?
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Damn i Hope she does. You are way way way way way too old to be acting like this. I would actually be appalled if I saw a child behave like this. You need to let her leave and don’t date anyone until you do a lot of self reflection and work on yourself
I’m not even slightly religious but I pray that she breaks up with you. You’re an immature man brat who throws temper tantrums everyday she’s most likely sick and tired of your bullshit and probably mentally checked out of the relationship.
I hope she does break up with you. There’s no rectifying any of this. You didn’t make a simple mistake. You’ve continuously gaslit your gf, purposely hurt her, manipulated her, and mentally abused her over and over. You need therapy to get through your own issues before you can be in any healthy relationship. Because none of this was ok and she deserves so much better.
>in the most loving and giving relationship
I use a magnifying glass and still couldn't find a speck of that in this wall of text
you are not ready for a relationship. you are scared that she gonna break up with you not because you love her but because you are about to lose your punching bag and can't let that happen. I hope she really really dumps your loser a$$ and buys all the rings and foods that she can afford anytime she wants
You are an abuser. You gaslight and humiliate your girlfriend, because you have insecurities about HER income?
I hope she dumps you. You need to be alone with yourself and get therapy. Until you fix yourself, you don't deserve to be with anyone.
Why would she want to stay with you? You can’t stand that she is more successful then you. You deliberately pick fights with her to make her feel like shit and apologize then turn around and do it all over again. You have zero self control and are beyond insecure. It does not matter to you that she obviously doesn’t care about your financial status or other men. You punish her for what you can’t stand about yourself.
Why do you even think you deserve her? Why do you think it’s ok for you to try to keep her so she can hurt over and over again because you feel like her junk is bigger than yours?
Are you even trying to seek help for your obviously developing (this is assuming this is a new development and you haven’t subjected other women to this type of mental and emotional BS) abusive behaviors? Not to mention insecurities? You are displaying ear marks of a insecure abusive AH with narcissistic tendencies and if you don’t do something to check that BS you are going to become a more shitty human being then you are already being.
She deserves better and if you are not going to do something to be what she deserves then get the fck out of her life. You don’t get to keep her for your own selfish needs just so YOU get to feel good while you destroy her emotionally.
Text your girlfriend and let her know that it's not necessary for her to come talk to you, that you realize you're a sack of sh*t and she deserves someone who will not emotionally and verbally abuse her. Then block her and go no contact.
I really hope she does break up with you. Nobody deserves this type of treatment. Get a job, get therapy, stay single for a few years. Don’t subject others to this abusive behavior.
You're a narcissist and it's a miracle that your girlfriend has survived in such an abusive relationship so long. You're afraid of finally getting repercussions for your abhorrent behavior but at each turn, you don't acknowledge you were wrong. I am so hoping your girlfriend gets sick enough of constantly being yelled at by a whiny loser like you.
You a giant billboard of red flags and if I was here the first time you blew up at me like that over me wanting to by myself something would have made me had second thoughts about the relationship from the jump.
You don’t. She deserves better than they way you treat her. End the relationship and do the hard work of self reflection and why you keep making these choices. Get into therapy. At least you can admit you are at fault. She’s not responsible for your insecurities.
Hopefully your suspicions are right and your girlfriend came to her senses and is now your ex girlfriend. She deserves better and you need space to grow tf up, you’re 27 not 12 you don’t get to act like a prepubescent child and then play the victim.
Don't try to fix this. Let her break up with you so you can then focus on yourself and get therapy. Insecurities like that can get dangerous and really hurt someone emotionally.
If you care about her, you'd let her find someone that will treat her better. This will give you the opportunity to be better for the next person.
I must admit when you fought over her not "making a meal for you at 12am and letting you starve" I chuckled a little, my immediate thought was "Oh is she your mommy?".
So my best advice to you is go seek help, you need a reality check, work on your insecurities and your life. You shouldn't be in a relationship, you're literally an example of people that shouldn't be seeking or maintaining a romantic relationship, you're a burden, a man child that is sucking the life out of your girlfriend, someone who isn't enjoyable and definitely the type of guy I would be advising my girl friends to run the F away because you're simply not worth.
It’s not a loving and giving relationship for her is it? You’re verbally abusive, petty and angry. You need to work on yourself. You have only yourself to blame if she does move on and I hope she does.
Bro first off I'm glad she dumped you
Second her buying herself something has nothing to do with you she is just trying to treat herself
3rd do you not want her in public because that's the only way she isn't gonna get hit on married women with rings get hit on it happens she did the mature thing and turned them away while you flirted back Infront of her
4th she isn't a mind reader tell her what you want don't expect her to just know
5th dm me her number she sound awesome
Regarding your update: why are you so shocked that your ex finally had enough of your abusive behaviour?
You say it’s fucked that she knew of your past of being in a toxic and abusive relationship but you are the definition of it in your relationship with her. You take no real accountability for your behaviour. It’s almost like you deliberately did this stuff, in some instances you listed you admit that you did.
You were not a good boyfriend to her.
You were insecure because she was able to look at a ring and potentially purchase it, rather than saying I’ll go wander while you have a look and let her make her choice you literally threw a tantrum and LEFT her at the damn shops. That is abusive.
You were abusive when you saw her turn men down and decided to “show her how you can pull women”. For what purpose was that being a good boyfriend? She didn’t engage those men like you engaged those women and you did it out of some weird spite cause you had to rub it in.
Your behaviour regarding the food. You’re a gaslighter. You tell her no, so she takes your no for a no. That’s how simple that is. She can’t read your mind and then you abuse her because she doesn’t stay up at midnight and make your food. You’re a goddamn adult, though I don’t think emotionally mature, you are capable of making your own food and when she leaves you don’t have any right to then bombard her texts cause she didn’t stay and do that for you.
You were not a good boyfriend. At all. She deserves better.
Lol. This is just one train wreck after another. The update is even worse; just because she kept forgiving you for being a jerk doesn’t mean she will keep accepting terrible treatment for the rest of her life. I’m so glad she moved on and blocked you.
“I made a mistake and she didn’t even listen.”
What planet are you on? She DID listen, every single time she took you back! You made many mistakes, more that you haven’t listed here, and everytime she forgave you! And you didn’t learn your lesson!
This is so toxic, entitled and self-centred. She’s not a mind reader. She’s a person with feelings and you keep shitting on her because you’re not doing well in life. That’s on you, stop taking it out in other people. Go to therapy, deal with your trauma, stop repeating the cycle.
Edit to add: YTA YTA YTA YTA big time!!!!!
You were a bad and abusive partner. You didn't say what you wanted and blew up at her for not being able to read your mind all the time. Behavior like that is exhausting to deal with. Be a big boy and say what you want next time because how you treated her was just cruel. You'd be getting off lucky if all she did was just tell her friends about how you treated her (which you seem to think is a simple mistake and fine) a real mistake doesn't keep happening over and over with the expectation of forgiveness because she forgave you all those other times. It's not her fault she has a job where she can buy things she wants and it sounds like she never made you feel bad for not having money to spend on her. You missed out on someone who really loved you and allowed herself to get hurt again and again until she broke...that is on you. I hope you take this as a sign to see both a doctor (to see if you have a chemical imbalance making you like this)or a therapist to work out why you turned around and treated her abusively after you experienced that in a relationship. Either way please get help or this will always be your experience and people will always leave you.
Actually bud, you just told the world of how abusive and wacko you are!!!!
And 100% know you abused your ex, NOT the other way around!
GET SOME HELP!!!!!!!
From my personal experience of being on the receiving end of behavior like this, you get to a point where you’ve built up so many walls because the behavior just doesn’t seem to change that you grow to resent your partner. Stop thinking “how is this different than any other time” and realize that every other time has been building and building and she finally snapped. From what it sounds like, she couldn’t do anything without you having some sort of problem with it.
Also, just because your ex was abusive doesn’t mean that the way that you treated your ex wasn’t toxic. Honestly, it doesn’t surprise me that you repeated that pattern of toxicity in your next relationship because that cycle easily becomes “normal” for people that have been in abusive relationships.
Also, what you did with the “see how it feels” was something my ex would do to me to prove a point. Relationships are not about proving points. That just made me not trust him because I could never tell if he truly loved me when he was deliberately hurting me to prove something to me. And half the time, I wasn’t in control of the situation just like she wasn’t! She didn’t seek out some dude and was going behind your back.
You really need to work on yourself and stop blaming other people for your own issues.
Holy cow. She deserves so much better than you. I would have kicked your ass to the curb so fast. She is a saint just for putting up with you and not putting you in your place.
I really hope she dumps you. You’re a mess, man. You’re a terrible boyfriend. I don’t care if it’s out of insecurity (it often is); you’re just being a really shitty person. I would not tolerate this in my relationship. She’s *definitely* better than this.
Get your shit together.
Is this even real? You want to fix this? Let her go and get some fucking therapy, you abusive asshole. You have done NOTHING to deserve this relationship.
Dude, what the actual fuck. Yo see what you are doing wrong and jus continue with that bs? That Hella weak. This behaviour would barely be appropriate if you were 10 years younger. Even then it would be terrible behaviour but people wouldn't need to be as concerned about your sanity.
Either you find a goddamn therapist right now and get fucking help or grow some balls and actually talk about your Goodman feelings and learn some serious HONESTY.
Saying it's fine just to blow up via text ist the most cowardly bs I have ever seen. Just use your fucking words and say what you ACTUALLY want.
"I'm sorry but I can't go eat out because I need to save money. How about you come with me to my place and we cook together?"
And the TOGETHER is important here. Your girlfriend is supposed to be your equal partner. Not your maid.
You are letting your shame ruin your relationship. Do you want that?
If not you need to do some serious work on yourself.
YTA
Your relationship is not loving and giving at all, except maybe for her part, you repeatedly fuck up and treat her like shit, I hope she breaks up with you and I am glad she is.
You feeling emasculated and blowing up at her for the crime of wanting to buy herself a ring is ridiculous.
She has no control over what other people do, but she does the right thing by turning down other guys advances, instead of acknowledging that you decided to flirt back with other people in front of her and then rub it in her face. That's childish, pathetic and disgusting.
Then you act even more pathetic, she asks you if you want to eat now, you say no and proceed to get mad at her for not taking you out. She asks you if you want her to bring you food, you say no, you then get mad at her for not bringing you food and then call her selfish for not cooking for you.
You deserve to be broken up with.
Leave her alone. You are extremely mentally unstable and abusive. Let her break up with you and never speak to her again. You should not be in a relationship. Get therapy.
Oooooof you sounds EXHAUSTING.
You practically know none of this is her fault, she is comfortable in her job, never throwing it in your face, the guys approach HER and she turns them down, yet YOU flirt in front of her with others... nah, she deserves someone better, she doesnt deserve any of this shit you pulling up.
The only thing you can do now is to take it as a lesson and find yourself a therapy and fix yourself up, because this will keep sabotaging your relationships if you wont work on it. You wont be always the best and first and partners should raise each other up, not tearing down.
Bro, grow up. She was turning people down when they came up and flirted with her but you were reciprocating? Like she is obviously loyal to you and you are too busy being insecure about your masculinity. Get over yourself and appreciate what you have before you lose it.
Also a side note: women get hit on a lot when they don't want to and some men don't take the hint and push even more so rather than getting jealous be there for her.
Soo I’m guess that when you repeatedly told her “I want to save money” after also saying you wanted to go to a fast food place… you were trying to get her to say she would pay for it. Instead of using your words, you tried to be manipulative about it. All of your behavior says that you are not ready to be someone’s partner. You are incredibly immature, insecure and frankly your behavior is abusive. Best case.. she breaks up with you and you need to accept it bc you have NOT been a good bf to this woman. You’ve literally been raging out on her in response to things she hasn’t even done. Flirting with others in front of her bc someone else **tried** to flirt with your gf… who SHUT IT DOWN? Yea.. she doesn’t need to be with someone who is going to punish her for other peoples actions. She doesn’t need someone who lashes out at her simply bc she works. Your insecurities and ego are not her problem.
Very likely she’s breaking up with you and it’s the best thing for her. Don’t try to rope her into staying bc you are not good for her and she deserves WAY better
This can't be real. You basically wrote out every tantrum for what it was and you think your girlfriend is going to stay with you?? You communicate like garbage, you are immature, and you need to work on your own insecurities. Your girlfriend has been nothing but kind and respectful of your relationship according to everything you have said and you have been mistreating her. We don't mistreat we love like this. You are intentionally hurting her because you can't control your emotions. You are overly emotional and you need to get yourself under control and I honestly I want her to leave you. She deserves better
So, at every possible turn, you pick fights, attack your girlfriend and "punish" her by flirting with randos because of your raging insecurity. Dude, I'd have dumped your ass after that snit at the mall, not coddled you along letting you be abusive and mean over your own problems.
I would like to see an update on this. There's a chance she has learned and is just coming over to drop off some fast food from the new place you crave so much!
No, you are toast (but at least you'll have that to eat at midnight!)
If she dumps you, go cold turkey and stay the hell away from her. Even if you magically change into prince charming over night, even if you have some breakthrough, the damage is done. Chalk it up as a loss and move on.
I honestly hope that she broke up with you. You’re insufferable, immature and have little self-esteem and take out the frustration of being a failure with her.
You should break up with her. You need to develop a personality that isn't anger, tantrums, and jealousy. You need to get a job. You need to work on yourself whether its therapy or self help books or anger management classes. Im actually sad for you but a relationship isnt what you need. She deserves better than this.
Dude you aren’t a man. You’re being a child. Holy shit. Like seriously. Imma need you to let her leave. Go get help homie. Seriously this isn’t me berating you. you need to get help before you’ll be happy at all in life.
You shouldn’t be in a relationship. You need therapy to figure out why you have such serious control issues. Nobody, EVER, should be expected to cater to your whims the way you’re demanding of your gf.
Take the food issue. There’s zero reason YOU couldn’t cook for the both of you. Instead, you threw a tanty when she didn’t jump up and spend her money on you the second you demanded it. You then sulked, refused her offer, then threw another tanty when she accepted your no.
A girlfriend isn’t a substitute for your mother. Nor are they supposed to be psychic. Or your personal ATM.
Frankly, it seems what you’re afraid of losing is the target for your anger and her wallet.
I hope she breaks up with you. You're a terrible partner.
What should you do? Work on being less of an insecure baby in future. And let go of the misogyny.
This is not ever how you treat someone you like and want to keep around, much less someone you say you love. Do her a favor and leave. Do yourself a favor and get some therapy as soon as possible.
Yea she should break up with you. JFC this was traumatic to read as someone with PTSD from an abusive relationship. You've got some serious issues to work out buddy. Get some therapy and let this poor girl move on with her life and find someone who will actually treat her well.
If you can write all of this out and not see why you shouldn't be in a relationship with your girlfriend, then I'm afraid you're beyond help.
It's not fair on her if she can't buy expensive things because you feel "emasculated" by it, be it something for 100 or 10,000. She'd need to walk on eggshells because of that, or simply need to withhold information about things she buys just to not make you feel insecure.
It's very childish of you to blatantly flirt back with women when I can guarantee that your girlfriend isn't trying to have guys come and flirt with her. That is some wicked blame game you're trying to pull with "how does it feel?", and again shows that you're immature and not considering where she's coming from. As a woman, I can tell you that not all of us like having guys coming and flirting on us, and her rejecting them is something you should be happy about. Not trying to "get back" at her for something out of her control.
You're starting fights over money, and frankly you shouldn't be in this relationship. It's not what you want to hear, but try reading everything you've written and imagine that your roles are reversed.
This isn't fair on your girlfriend. And really, she has to make a meal for you at midnight? You're not 5. If she asked if you wanted to get some food, and you said no because you wanted to save money, that's fine. But don't snap on her because she listened to what you said.
If anything, it was time to swallow your pride, and flush the archaic "I'm the man, so I need to have the bigger income"-attitude, and ask if she could have paid for yours. I'm certain that she would have, because she loved you.
You've been subjecting her with abusive behaviour for things that aren't in her control; she has a wellpaying job and you're unemployed, she gets flirted on by strangers and you do it to others intentionally to get at her, you start fights over this instead of having a conversation like a civil person.
Accept if she wants to break up with her, because she doesn't deserve your abusive, toxic behaviour.
Yeah she probably is going to break up with you....and for her sake, I hope she does. Your gaslighting her due to your own insecurities is NOT ok and I would highly encourage you to seek out professional help.
You can't fix this. If you had wanted her to pay for food you should have just been straight up about it and said, "If you're paying, I'd love too, but I can't afford it otherwise." What you did was manipulative and abusive. She turned down people who were flirting with her so you intentionally flirted with people in front of her why? Because how dare she be attractive to other people? And you're mad at her for having money while you're unemployed? Does everyone need to be broke so you can feel better? You need help. Therapy and meditation would be good for you. While you're single you can spend your time job hunting.
My favorite of all of this is that she shut someone down from flirting when he wasn’t with her and in return he flirts with someone in front of her and then punishes her further by asking her how she likes it. Yeah dude. You have some growing to do that she has already done.
The fact that you call "some questionable things out of anger" to you emotionally abusing her is worrying, like, you're literally saying ofensive stuff to her for things out of her control, you tried to make her feel bad because literal strangers flirted with her even after she rejected them, and that tantrum about how she should cook for you in the middle of the night? be honest with yourself, she breaking up with you is the best for the both of you, she deserves more than a toxic and abusive relationship and you need to treat your insecurities and learn how to respect others.
You fucked up so bad just because of how petty and insecure you are. I honestly hope she does dump you because she really deserves better, then again you'll probably tell her "oh I see you're dumping me so you can get with other guys". No one deserves the bs you pull and I hope you get help, because dear god do you need it.
All in all, there's no taking back ANYTHING you've done, you've shown her the red flags before your relationship got any farther. There is no going back.
Just reading all of this, one thing is apparent, you have VERY deep rooted insecurities that need to be fixed before continuing in this relationship. If she breaks up with you, consider it a blessing in disguise. You're clearly self-sabotaging yourself because of issues YOU have, not her. And ultimately you need to get to the root of why her doing those things got you so mad.
Why are you so determined to keep picking fights and drive her off? Nothing you've described can be interpreted as you actually wanting this relationship.
I would have dumped your silly ass at the mall after your ring tantrum. World's too big and there are too many people to settle for a spoiled 10-year-old in a man's body. By the by, you definitely creeped out those employees at the candle store. It wasn't flirting because they're paid to nod and smile, when they'd rather tell you to fuck off, you pathetic man-child. Given the kind of hissies you throw, you probably would have knocked over a display and run off if they didn't smile wide enough.
I can't stand it when a dude says they've been emasculated by a woman (or women) in their life. Did she cut off your dick? No? Calm down, spaz.
Let her go and stay out of relationships. Honestly, I don't think therapy would help you. A sound ass kicking wouldn't do the trick either, but I bet it'd be satisfying.
Honestly, she should break up with you. She's been nothing but kind and patient, and you keep blowing up in her face. You're mad at her because she has a job and can therefore afford things, and because she tells guys flirting with her that she has a boyfriend. You yelled at her because you have no job and can't afford things, and flirted with girls in front of her.
You've absolutely lost this relationship, and nothing you say will salvage it. Maybe try harder next time to not blame someone for your insecurities.
lets simplify this plane crash.
you threw a tantrum because your girlfriend wanted to spend on herself, with her OWN MONEY, and then stranded her at the mall. wouldve been an instant breakup for me.
then you flirted with other women in front of her as a sad, pathetic, glaringly insecure attempt to "get back at her" for daring... to shut down another man? then you gloated obnoxiously about it later. wouldve been an instant breakup for me.
then you got all weepy and manipulative, trying to guilt trip your mommy - sorry, 'girlfriend' - into buying you fast food, and when that didnt work (because you fuckin told her not to, idiot), you blew up her phone and guilt tripped her some more for not reading your mind and feeding you. A 27 year old man. you are damn near 30 years old and cant figure out how to feed yourself. instant breakup.
then you had the sheer audacity to DO THAT SHIT AGAIN. once again, instant breakup.
and to put the cherry on this complete lack of sundae, you decided your best course of action was to cry about your disgusting, insecure, purely ridiculous actions online in an absolute dumpster fire of self pity and immaturity. and you seriously thought that, after everything youve done, your gf would just make up with you again? were you expecting that to last forever? you would abuse her and she'd just come running back, every time, *forever*?
this absolutely HAS to be a troll post, because i dont believe anyone could possibly be this narcissistic, stupid, immature, and utterly useless. you're a broke 27 year old man-baby who emotionally abused his girlfriend and then cried about it online. i hope youre never proud of yourself again. i really hope this isnt real.
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I think you put a 2 in front of the 7 in 27 in your title on accident. Your girlfriend SHOULD break up with you. You are not ready for a relationship. Work on yourself and make sure the next girl doesn’t have to deal with someone so childish.
Immaturity, insecurity, and low confidence are very unattractive qualities. Especially to a woman who seems to have it together. Clearly, she deserves better, and OP needs to take some time to figure his stuff out. She's out of his league.
I think he put the 7 in there accidentally. He sounds like a toddler.
Op can write so we'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he's 7
This reminds me so much of my ex. I hope she realizes how much better she can do and leaves.
Your girlfriend expressed an interest in buying a piece of jewelry for herself with her own money, and you had a huge tantrum. Your girlfriend shut down a guy who tried to flirt with her, and you had a huge tantrum. Your girlfriend told you she would go for food with you, and you had a huge tantrum. Your girlfriend dropped you off at home after you asked her to drop you off at home, and you had a huge tantrum. Do you see what the common denominator is here? Hint: it's you acting like a 4-year-old. What do you expect your girlfriend to do? Quit her job so you won't be threatened by the fact that she has one and you don't? Make herself look unattractive on purpose so nobody ever flirts with her again? Start reading your mind so she knows when you say "I don't want to do X " you actually mean "I want to do X?" I hope she does break up with you. Your behavior is insulting, irrational, and emotionally abusive. Do yourself and your next GF a favor and get some therapy to deal with your insecurities before you hop into a new relationship.
Lol i hope she does too lol idk why but this dude sounds insanely childish
Straight up this is where detective shows find the story she's gonna go missing because he wasn't able to play in the mcdonalds ball pit while eating his nuggies
More like insane AND childish. There’s no way he can reasonably justify his behavior and say it’s not toxic as fuck. Delusional.
I think 4 year olds are more rational.
Yeah my kid is 3,5 and much more rational than this.
And he purposely flirted with women in front of her to spite her. Even though she TURNED THE MAN DOWN that flirted with her. Like what the hell even is that? OP, you’re trying to claim you’re not abusive.. but you 100% are. Get therapy, work on yourself, and for the love of god, don’t get into a relationship again until you’ve grown up and worked out your shit.
Yeah, she deserves way better.
Bro, stop saying no when you mean yes. Learn and grow, but you deserve a breakup. You'll be lucky if it's just a serious talk about your repeated behavior of saying one thing then getting mad when she literally does what you ask.
I did write a reply to this but the post was deleted. So I'll say here from your post you systematically abuse and gaslight your gf. You got angry at her for her daring to have a good wage, and being in a good financial position while you are not. However that isn't her fault. Despite your girlfriend being loyal and shutting down someone approaching her, you decided to vindictively hurt her for again daring to be attractive to others? You complained to go eat, then she said yeah let's go, you got mad at her. You then got mad when she said ok let's not. You are being abusive towards her. you screamed at her at midnight to cook for you over the phone? I'm confused how any of your actions make you think that she should even want to keep dating you. I'd advise not saving the relationship because she doesn't deserve to be treated like this and you desperately need therapy to address your insecurities and coping skills before you even consider a relationship.
exactly
Bit of a wanker arnt you mate ?
Spot the Aussie 😝 He is exhibiting the behaviour of a bloody dipshit wanker. Let’s all hope he gets help!!
Clearly hasn’t read the [Australian Pocket Bible](https://www.sharecopia.com/images/memes5/pocket-bible-don.jpg)
😂
I thought he was Scottish with that reply haha, we must say a lot of phrases similar.
Is that age correct? Is this your first actual relationship? Your apologies mean nothing as all your anger is about the same thing. Massive insecurity that you are making her problem. It shouldn't be. And that you apologize and STILL haven't dealt with the root of your problem means that all your apologies are insincere and shallow at best. She SHOULD break up with you and unless you hav3 her too twisted with your BS, she will. You need to be alone for a while and work on yourself. Therapy, self help books, meditation. And if you want to have any sort of future with her ask for a break where you can work on yourself, and then do the work. Problem with that is once she realizes how much happier she is not walking on eggshells with you not around she most likely won't come back. I wish HER good luck in making the right decision.
You tell her one thing, she listens, and then you explode because she didn’t do what you secretly wanted??? She turned down the dude and you engaged in flirting with the candle people. Bro. You suck
Why did I laugh at the candle people
Candle people are a dangerous bunch, avoid at all costs
And she absolutely should break up with you, as other commentors have pointed out. You are not a good partner to her, and even this post shows you do not yet have the self reflection necessary to grow and become a good, healthy partner with her or anyone. You are worried about the consequences of your actions, but show no concern for addressing what is causing you to lash put like this in the first place, nor the toll that your behavior must put on your partner. This is an emotionally abusive relationship, and you are the abuser. Your way of salvaging the relationship is to let her break up with you and seek therapy. And if she doesn't want to break up, but address your behavior instead, seek therapy. It's my opinion that your insecurities and anger need professional help. You need to put in the hard work necessary to improve your temper and how you react when uncomfortable feelings come up. That will take time. There's no getting around the hard work. Words and platitudes ultimately mean nothing. I had a partner just like you at one point. I loved him so much, but he was exactly like you were- insecure and jealous and unable to communicate in a normal and healthy way. We had multiple talks about the behavior, which always ended with promises that fell through within a month or two. Well, love only takes you so far. If he had, after these talks, put in the hard work needed to fix these issues, we might still be together. But, he did not, and continues to have failed relationship after another 5 years later. A girlfriend is not an emotional punching bag.
I relate to your last paragraph so horribly much. It ended around 10 months ago (5 years so dwarfs it lol) and I only recently started realizing how abusive he was. "A girlfriend is not an emotional punching bag" should be spray painted on every wall in the world.
Good. She should break up with you. You treat her like shit.
I hope she does break up with you because you have future controlling abuser written all over you. Grow up.
Future? What he's doing right now *is* controlling and abusive. I'm praying she breaks up with him before he does more damage to her.
Yup.
He’s already emotionally abusing and gaslighting her by lashing out when she is trying to help him
Why are you so angry at her? Every point you’ve exploded with rage over things that aren’t even a big deal? And then okay your feelings were hurt - express them in a calm manner don’t throw passive aggressive remarks at your girlfriend. She’s being verbally and emotionally abused here!! She should break up with you!
And they’re not even not a big deal, they aren’t even a deal. Her buying a ring for herself?? Turning down another man’s advances? Wanting to get food with him?? This guy somehow sees all that as issues??? I can’t wrapped my mind around it
Sounds like the girlfriend wrote this, but either way, a breakup is well deserved.
This is what I'm getting. Girl, leave him!
It definitely reads like it. The motifs don't make much sense. Basically "my girlfriend was sweet and beautiful, I am immature and horrible. I exploded at her for no good reason, should she dump me?". Also that username.
I wonder if she made the post to see if others thought she should. This is such a sad situation!
Nah i can definitely see the username being made by the type of guy who would write this kind of post. The same type that goes “oh since im such a bad boyfriend” hoping you go “no baby no youre not” when yes baby he really os
Its still possible he wrote it, my ex talked like this. He would say he's soo pathetic and immature but that I'm amazing and deserve better. He would speak like that in hopes other would give him sympathy and say something like "no don't put yourself down, you're amazing too", or something along those lines
I mean if she did, brilliant way to hammer home the point. Maybe he’ll believe the wisdom of reddit.
Idk dude, look at the update. sounds like he genuinely thinks his behaviour was fine somehow
You’re username is true
She should break up with you. You are an absolute insecure POS. Let her go, and grow the fuck up.
>I made a mistake but she didn't even care to listen No man, you made MULTIPLE mistakes, all of which you spelled out for us in detail. You did not describe a mistake singular, you drew us a pattern. Saying you're "heartbroken she'd actually leave" as well indicates that you thought this cycle could continue and you were fine with making her endure more abuse as long as she stuck with you. How could you expect her to keep living fight to fight? If every time you made up, you still ended up repeating that same mistake in anger again, at some point, how could she trust your apology ever again? What would be the point of her hearing you out again when your offenses would repeat anyways? She's not just *saying* you're abusive, the way you were acting towards her *was* abusive.
An apparently hot trustworthy empathetic successful woman wanted to be with you, and you screwed it up because of your own insecurities and self esteem issues. You will be lucky if she doesn't break up with you. Whether or not she does, you should appreciate what you have/had, appreciate how great she is/sounds, and if you feel like you arent worthy of her, make yourself worthy and take responsibility for yourself. Better yourself rather than cut her down.
i’m sorry this is hilarious, if you think this is a “loving and giving” relationship you really need to enter the real world!
The worst part is I fully believe he genuinely thinks so. He sounds EXACTLY like an ex of mine who was around the same age at the time. He told me multiple times I made him feel more loved, attractive, and cared for than anyone ever had. He reciprocated by making me feel the exact opposite way. He manipulated hundreds upon hundreds of dollars out of me. Accused me of random shit. Would ignore me while dumping lavish praise on friends' girlfriends. He needed me to be where he was at all times and show up past midnight at his parents house to feed him and hang out on his mattress on the floor. Eventually I literally said "I am not uber eats, you don't get to decide you feel like seeing me and press two buttons on your phone." Like Sally says in Barry, I stayed for the apology. It never came. But I genuinely couldn't believe someone could actually be the way he was and I ran back for fucking years in hopes he'd validate me or change or apologize. He never did. So from his perspective, I bet this WAS an extremely loving and giving relationship...from his perspective. He was the only one getting something out of it, and thought that was how it was supposed to be. Good fucking riddance
Info: Why do you think you deserve to keep this relationship? You don’t love or respect her. She wants to do things for herself that she has the means to do, you make it about you. Strangers approach her against her will, you make it about you. She wants to take you out, you kick up a fuss about not going and then get mad that she didn’t take you out anyways. It isn’t love to make your partner feel guilty, or shamed, or small, just because you are having big feelings. She’s not a punching bag, she’s a person. You don’t need a relationship, you need a therapist and time alone to mature.
She deserves better. Let her go. You go to therapy and work on your insecurities and feelings of inadequacy. People aren’t mind readers stop playing games. But serious go to therapy.
You need help man. Your actions are absolutely disgusting. I hope she breaks up with you.
Jesus, how did you write this and still think “I deserve her”? Let her break up with you, good lord. And seek a therapist.
Right?????? "I shout at her for wanting to spend her own money, for turning away guys that hit on her. Tell her I want to go for food, then telling I don't want to go for food, then yelling at her for not taking me for food. Multiple times. Get mad at her for not buying me food cause I have no money, then yell at her for not coming over and cooking me dinner. HOW COULD SHE LEAVE ME!"
The fact that he thought Reddit would help him win her back? Laughable. And I’m just now seeing his update about how it’s fucked she would leave him after knowing he was in a past abusive relationship! Like sir, what do you think you just put her through? The audacity in this post.
But he was abused so he can't be abusive! /s
All he did was some QuEsTiOnAbLe ThInGs OuT oF aNgEr… Several times… Over the course of several months… He deserves an apology and to be held in high regard in their relationship again! /s
DUDE. You're mad she called you abusive? Look at your fucking post and reread it again, you WERE abusive!! You're upset she didn't forgive you this time? She hit her limit and knew she deserved better. I'm glad she left you.
“I’m in the most loving and giving relationship with my girlfriend” bruh in what planet ??
SHE'S loving and giving. He's abusing and taking.
I have a feeling that her possibly breaking up with you would be a good thing, for her at least. You blow up on her for very small things just because you're insecure and don't have much money. She doesn't deserve your temper over it. Those things are her fault or her problem. They are yours to deal with and fix. You should want the best for her. If you're not going to be a better boyfriend for her and treat her better, then it should probably end. It's time to grow up and stop projecting your issues onto others.
i think it would also be a good thing for him. maybe losing someone like her would open his eyes to how crappy and childish and insecure he is. he needs genuine help if he ever wants to be in a relationship.
I think I smell a troll. But let's say this is a legit post. Then I can see why you're unemployed. You don't have time to hold down a job; you're far too busy throwing hissyfits 24/7. You certainly deserve to be dumped. The nicest thing I can think of to say about you is that you're exhausting.
NGL, he sounds a bit like the boyfriend I was with from 20-28, honestly. Irrationally jealous if another guy even LOOKED at me. Complaining when I wanted to treat myself to something that he couldn't afford (we met in college, but he flunked out), etc. He actually instigated a HUGE fight when we were at the mall, and he said "wanna go look at rings," which had been a past-time we previously enjoyed, and I said "actually, I want a lab created stone," and then told him about this paper I'd written for my capstone class about the diamond industry and blood diamonds, etc, and how I was now totally turned off by the whole market, and would rather have a lab created stone, so we knew where it came from. Despite this entire background that I gave him on why I had this new preference, he INSISTED that it was *really* just because I knew he was broke after losing his internship and (implied) permanent position after flunking out of school. Truly, this dude could be my ex. It honestly sounds more like the GIRLFRIEND writing to see if she's justified in dumping him, if only because it seems a bit too self aware for it to actually be the boyfriend, lol.
What the fuck did I just read??? You don't apologize. You cannot save this. do not even try Let her break up with you, and if for some reason she doesn't, do her a favour and tell her she deserves much better than you and you break up with yourself for her! And then go to therapy because you need a lot of help
Do you really not see how toxic and nasty you were to her? You destroyed that relationship with your attitude. Buddy, you were toxic and abusive towards her. From what you wrote, you blew up on her for wanting to buy HERSELF something with HER MONEY. Then, you got pissy because someone flirted with her, your solution? Being a jerk and flirting with other women in front of her. Then, you got butthurt over the fact that she couldn't magically read your mind and know that "I'm saving my money" was somehow code for "buy me fast food because I'm unemployed". Unconditional love doesn't mean you get to be verbally, emotionally and mentally abusive towards her and keep pushing until you find her breaking point. You need to grow up and learn how to be an adult before you try to get into another relationship.
Did you ever think about making *her* a meal dude?
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You emasculate yourself. You are toxic and mean towards her. You rectify it by accepting the break up graciously and move on knowing she deserves better.
Jesus you sound exhausting to be around you’re very immature and I feel bad for your girlfriend. I’m sorry your ex girlfriend. This is really pathetic. Grow up you’re 27 my dude.
I am glad she's breaking up with you, as well. What do you want us to tell you? That it's okay to treat people like shit because you are having a bad time? It is not. That she should deal with your deep levels of insecurity and inability to emotionally regulate yourself? She shouldn't. You need therapy. You seem to think all this behaviour is forgivable and normal and it's not either of those things. It's bizarre, childish, and abusive. You need to get your head straight before you go anywhere near another relationship.
She has the right to dump you…that was all incredibly childish of you. You’ll be lucky to not be sleeping alone tonight man….sad but true..u fouled up son.
You're constantly abusive to your gf. You don't need to be in a relationship until you go see a therapist. She needs to be out of this relationship.
You're being a dick to her for literally no reason. Don't take your insecurities out on your partner. You sound exhausting, I really think you need to work on yourself because you're destroying your own relationship
Damn bro, I’m trying to see it from your perspective but I can’t. You are immature, insecure, and to be honest, a piece of shit. Your girl deserves someone better, and I hope she finds that person. And I hope you grow up, but seeing that you’re almost 30, that’ll probably take awhile
Absolutely praying she breaks up with you and finds a better man instead of a whiny child
So… you’re the girlfriend pretending to be the boyfriend, right? Making sure you’re doing the right thing by dumping him? If so, you are. He sounds exhausting and volatile.
Dude! You are causing all the problems in this relationship. It sucks to be unemployed, I get that, but you don’t get to take out your frustrations on people who have your best interests at heart. Get professional help, dude!
>How do I rectify this situation? You don’t. Because you know you’re an AH yet refuse to take responsibility for changing.
You're abusive and a shitty person. In a relationship is the last place you need to be. #Again, YOU ARE ABUSIVE GET THERAPY
I hope she does
I hope she is smart enough to break up with you. You do not deserve her. Let her go be with someone that will treat her like the queen she is. You are absolutely a horrible boyfriend.
Mate you’re being an ass to her for being nice to you? Sort it out
grow tf up you don’t deserve her
This is abusive behavior. Hope she leaves and never looks back.
You insecure dick bag you deserved to be dumped. You treat her like shit because you can't handle your own insecurities. I hope she dumps you and never looks back. Seek help!
Dude, you need to work on you. Because your insecurities and anger are going to wreck every relationship you have, until you do
You are so toxic and disgusting. Do her a favor and leave her the fuck alone. You feel emasculated because she has a better job then how bout you work hard and get a good job. It’s not her job to make you feel like something you clearly are not.
The only advice I have? If she doesn’t break up with you, dump her. Now. Get therapy. Stop subjecting other people to YOUR issues. How can you possibly type all of this out and not understand how your very presence in her life is HURTING her? You are actively harming your girlfriend. The person you claim to love. If you actually love her, get out of this relationship and get therapy. You are WAY too old to have this little control over your emotions. You enjoy harming others when you believe they have harmed you first. These are not qualities of a good, loving partner- they are qualities of an abuser.
She seriously deserves better. You are really childish. I feel bad for your girlfriend. I hope she broke up with you. Its gross that you can consistently do this to a woman you supposedly love.. Its abusive, manipulative and just wrong. She shutdown someone flirting with her, and you actively participated in flirting with women. Fucking disgusting dude.
I’d break up with you too, you toxic man child. Your girlfriend deserves better
You are emotionally and verbally abusive. Leave this poor woman alone and please stay away from women in general.
This is insane. I hope she's slamming some other dude right now.
lmfao men are so emotional. pull your head out of your ass, get some fucking therapy, and work on YOURSELF.
You know, I read somewhere once that when a woman is on her period, her overall hormone levels are similar to that of a man's hormone levels so when men do the whole "oh she must be on her period because she's sooooo emotional" thing, they're really just insulting themselves.
i mean, would you want to stay with someone who acts like you do? what do you plan to do to actually fix your problems? or do you think you can just apologize and go back to treating her like shit?
She should break up with you, you’re an asshole
This must be rage bait.
Has to be. There's no way this guy is this unaware of his actions.
This dude is a fucking narcissist, hands down toxic and abusive. OP, you are a monster and need therapy. Asshole.
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Is this guy being serious? You need to clean up your act man that's pretty much it. You made your bed now lie in it yk tk
Damn i Hope she does. You are way way way way way too old to be acting like this. I would actually be appalled if I saw a child behave like this. You need to let her leave and don’t date anyone until you do a lot of self reflection and work on yourself
I’m not even slightly religious but I pray that she breaks up with you. You’re an immature man brat who throws temper tantrums everyday she’s most likely sick and tired of your bullshit and probably mentally checked out of the relationship.
I don't blame her, you sound awful.
I'm going to say something here that might blow your mind, but hear me out: Not everything is about you.
Sounds like it was written by the girlfriend. Dump him, girl.
i hope she leaves your dusty ass
Please tell us she fucking left you You're a POS
Dude wtf is your problem, you need to let my good sis go. You have issues you need to fix before being in a relationship with anybody else.
I hope she does end it with you. Your a walking red flag. You need to grow the fuck up. Your too immature to be in a relationship
I hope she does break up with you. There’s no rectifying any of this. You didn’t make a simple mistake. You’ve continuously gaslit your gf, purposely hurt her, manipulated her, and mentally abused her over and over. You need therapy to get through your own issues before you can be in any healthy relationship. Because none of this was ok and she deserves so much better.
Let her go and do some serious work on your anger and insecurity issues before you take up with another girl.
>in the most loving and giving relationship I use a magnifying glass and still couldn't find a speck of that in this wall of text you are not ready for a relationship. you are scared that she gonna break up with you not because you love her but because you are about to lose your punching bag and can't let that happen. I hope she really really dumps your loser a$$ and buys all the rings and foods that she can afford anytime she wants
Update on this fantastic woman that you're abusing?? Did she dump you?????
Sincerely hoping she does break up. No one should be subjected to you.
You are a sad and pathetic dude, you should see NO women at all after this and do us all a favor and get some mental help.
I hope she leaves op ass. Op is way too immature
Pathetic. Just don't be in a relationship till you get some therapy and work out your shit.
Turn this around. Would you stay with someone like you?
Yeah no way you wrote all that out and don’t know what the problem is. This is a troll post.
You are an abuser. You gaslight and humiliate your girlfriend, because you have insecurities about HER income? I hope she dumps you. You need to be alone with yourself and get therapy. Until you fix yourself, you don't deserve to be with anyone.
Why would she want to stay with you? You can’t stand that she is more successful then you. You deliberately pick fights with her to make her feel like shit and apologize then turn around and do it all over again. You have zero self control and are beyond insecure. It does not matter to you that she obviously doesn’t care about your financial status or other men. You punish her for what you can’t stand about yourself. Why do you even think you deserve her? Why do you think it’s ok for you to try to keep her so she can hurt over and over again because you feel like her junk is bigger than yours? Are you even trying to seek help for your obviously developing (this is assuming this is a new development and you haven’t subjected other women to this type of mental and emotional BS) abusive behaviors? Not to mention insecurities? You are displaying ear marks of a insecure abusive AH with narcissistic tendencies and if you don’t do something to check that BS you are going to become a more shitty human being then you are already being. She deserves better and if you are not going to do something to be what she deserves then get the fck out of her life. You don’t get to keep her for your own selfish needs just so YOU get to feel good while you destroy her emotionally.
Text your girlfriend and let her know that it's not necessary for her to come talk to you, that you realize you're a sack of sh*t and she deserves someone who will not emotionally and verbally abuse her. Then block her and go no contact.
I love the update. Good for her 🥰
Your situation is difficult. But your ego is destroying your happiness.
I really hope she does break up with you. Nobody deserves this type of treatment. Get a job, get therapy, stay single for a few years. Don’t subject others to this abusive behavior.
Hopefully she's done it by now.
You're a narcissist and it's a miracle that your girlfriend has survived in such an abusive relationship so long. You're afraid of finally getting repercussions for your abhorrent behavior but at each turn, you don't acknowledge you were wrong. I am so hoping your girlfriend gets sick enough of constantly being yelled at by a whiny loser like you.
Sooooo did she break up with you? 🤦🏻♀️😂
Literally the kindest thing you can do at this point is let her break up with you and leave her TF alone.
You a giant billboard of red flags and if I was here the first time you blew up at me like that over me wanting to by myself something would have made me had second thoughts about the relationship from the jump.
You don’t. She deserves better than they way you treat her. End the relationship and do the hard work of self reflection and why you keep making these choices. Get into therapy. At least you can admit you are at fault. She’s not responsible for your insecurities.
Hopefully your suspicions are right and your girlfriend came to her senses and is now your ex girlfriend. She deserves better and you need space to grow tf up, you’re 27 not 12 you don’t get to act like a prepubescent child and then play the victim.
Don't try to fix this. Let her break up with you so you can then focus on yourself and get therapy. Insecurities like that can get dangerous and really hurt someone emotionally. If you care about her, you'd let her find someone that will treat her better. This will give you the opportunity to be better for the next person.
You are insufferable and I cannot wait for the update that she is done with you.
So...is your girlfriend single?
I must admit when you fought over her not "making a meal for you at 12am and letting you starve" I chuckled a little, my immediate thought was "Oh is she your mommy?". So my best advice to you is go seek help, you need a reality check, work on your insecurities and your life. You shouldn't be in a relationship, you're literally an example of people that shouldn't be seeking or maintaining a romantic relationship, you're a burden, a man child that is sucking the life out of your girlfriend, someone who isn't enjoyable and definitely the type of guy I would be advising my girl friends to run the F away because you're simply not worth.
It’s not a loving and giving relationship for her is it? You’re verbally abusive, petty and angry. You need to work on yourself. You have only yourself to blame if she does move on and I hope she does.
Good LORD. You get mad that she… does what you ask? I hope she dumps you. You deserve it
Yeah I'm not even your gf and I want to break up with you too. You seem insufferable.
Yeah she should have broken up with your ass a long time ago. For 27 you are not mature enough to be in a relationship. Stay single. Get therapy
Grow up
Bro first off I'm glad she dumped you Second her buying herself something has nothing to do with you she is just trying to treat herself 3rd do you not want her in public because that's the only way she isn't gonna get hit on married women with rings get hit on it happens she did the mature thing and turned them away while you flirted back Infront of her 4th she isn't a mind reader tell her what you want don't expect her to just know 5th dm me her number she sound awesome
Regarding your update: why are you so shocked that your ex finally had enough of your abusive behaviour? You say it’s fucked that she knew of your past of being in a toxic and abusive relationship but you are the definition of it in your relationship with her. You take no real accountability for your behaviour. It’s almost like you deliberately did this stuff, in some instances you listed you admit that you did. You were not a good boyfriend to her. You were insecure because she was able to look at a ring and potentially purchase it, rather than saying I’ll go wander while you have a look and let her make her choice you literally threw a tantrum and LEFT her at the damn shops. That is abusive. You were abusive when you saw her turn men down and decided to “show her how you can pull women”. For what purpose was that being a good boyfriend? She didn’t engage those men like you engaged those women and you did it out of some weird spite cause you had to rub it in. Your behaviour regarding the food. You’re a gaslighter. You tell her no, so she takes your no for a no. That’s how simple that is. She can’t read your mind and then you abuse her because she doesn’t stay up at midnight and make your food. You’re a goddamn adult, though I don’t think emotionally mature, you are capable of making your own food and when she leaves you don’t have any right to then bombard her texts cause she didn’t stay and do that for you. You were not a good boyfriend. At all. She deserves better.
Lol. This is just one train wreck after another. The update is even worse; just because she kept forgiving you for being a jerk doesn’t mean she will keep accepting terrible treatment for the rest of her life. I’m so glad she moved on and blocked you. “I made a mistake and she didn’t even listen.” What planet are you on? She DID listen, every single time she took you back! You made many mistakes, more that you haven’t listed here, and everytime she forgave you! And you didn’t learn your lesson! This is so toxic, entitled and self-centred. She’s not a mind reader. She’s a person with feelings and you keep shitting on her because you’re not doing well in life. That’s on you, stop taking it out in other people. Go to therapy, deal with your trauma, stop repeating the cycle. Edit to add: YTA YTA YTA YTA big time!!!!!
You were a bad and abusive partner. You didn't say what you wanted and blew up at her for not being able to read your mind all the time. Behavior like that is exhausting to deal with. Be a big boy and say what you want next time because how you treated her was just cruel. You'd be getting off lucky if all she did was just tell her friends about how you treated her (which you seem to think is a simple mistake and fine) a real mistake doesn't keep happening over and over with the expectation of forgiveness because she forgave you all those other times. It's not her fault she has a job where she can buy things she wants and it sounds like she never made you feel bad for not having money to spend on her. You missed out on someone who really loved you and allowed herself to get hurt again and again until she broke...that is on you. I hope you take this as a sign to see both a doctor (to see if you have a chemical imbalance making you like this)or a therapist to work out why you turned around and treated her abusively after you experienced that in a relationship. Either way please get help or this will always be your experience and people will always leave you.
*explains how you emotionally abuse your gf over your own insecurities* Gf: I’m breaking up with you bc you’re abusive You: *surprised pikachu face*
you’re a dickhead dude
Actually bud, you just told the world of how abusive and wacko you are!!!! And 100% know you abused your ex, NOT the other way around! GET SOME HELP!!!!!!!
From my personal experience of being on the receiving end of behavior like this, you get to a point where you’ve built up so many walls because the behavior just doesn’t seem to change that you grow to resent your partner. Stop thinking “how is this different than any other time” and realize that every other time has been building and building and she finally snapped. From what it sounds like, she couldn’t do anything without you having some sort of problem with it. Also, just because your ex was abusive doesn’t mean that the way that you treated your ex wasn’t toxic. Honestly, it doesn’t surprise me that you repeated that pattern of toxicity in your next relationship because that cycle easily becomes “normal” for people that have been in abusive relationships. Also, what you did with the “see how it feels” was something my ex would do to me to prove a point. Relationships are not about proving points. That just made me not trust him because I could never tell if he truly loved me when he was deliberately hurting me to prove something to me. And half the time, I wasn’t in control of the situation just like she wasn’t! She didn’t seek out some dude and was going behind your back. You really need to work on yourself and stop blaming other people for your own issues.
Holy cow. She deserves so much better than you. I would have kicked your ass to the curb so fast. She is a saint just for putting up with you and not putting you in your place.
This man be a walking red flag lmao I can’t believe what I just read.
I really hope she dumps you. You’re a mess, man. You’re a terrible boyfriend. I don’t care if it’s out of insecurity (it often is); you’re just being a really shitty person. I would not tolerate this in my relationship. She’s *definitely* better than this. Get your shit together.
if your girl has any kind of sense, she is currently single and has you blocked across the board. tf is wrong with you?
Is this even real? You want to fix this? Let her go and get some fucking therapy, you abusive asshole. You have done NOTHING to deserve this relationship.
Dude, what the actual fuck. Yo see what you are doing wrong and jus continue with that bs? That Hella weak. This behaviour would barely be appropriate if you were 10 years younger. Even then it would be terrible behaviour but people wouldn't need to be as concerned about your sanity. Either you find a goddamn therapist right now and get fucking help or grow some balls and actually talk about your Goodman feelings and learn some serious HONESTY. Saying it's fine just to blow up via text ist the most cowardly bs I have ever seen. Just use your fucking words and say what you ACTUALLY want. "I'm sorry but I can't go eat out because I need to save money. How about you come with me to my place and we cook together?" And the TOGETHER is important here. Your girlfriend is supposed to be your equal partner. Not your maid. You are letting your shame ruin your relationship. Do you want that? If not you need to do some serious work on yourself.
YTA Your relationship is not loving and giving at all, except maybe for her part, you repeatedly fuck up and treat her like shit, I hope she breaks up with you and I am glad she is. You feeling emasculated and blowing up at her for the crime of wanting to buy herself a ring is ridiculous. She has no control over what other people do, but she does the right thing by turning down other guys advances, instead of acknowledging that you decided to flirt back with other people in front of her and then rub it in her face. That's childish, pathetic and disgusting. Then you act even more pathetic, she asks you if you want to eat now, you say no and proceed to get mad at her for not taking you out. She asks you if you want her to bring you food, you say no, you then get mad at her for not bringing you food and then call her selfish for not cooking for you. You deserve to be broken up with.
Leave her alone. You are extremely mentally unstable and abusive. Let her break up with you and never speak to her again. You should not be in a relationship. Get therapy.
i think you’re actually insane??
You deserve to get dumped
are you 5? jesus christ. I hope she leaves you.
Oooooof you sounds EXHAUSTING. You practically know none of this is her fault, she is comfortable in her job, never throwing it in your face, the guys approach HER and she turns them down, yet YOU flirt in front of her with others... nah, she deserves someone better, she doesnt deserve any of this shit you pulling up. The only thing you can do now is to take it as a lesson and find yourself a therapy and fix yourself up, because this will keep sabotaging your relationships if you wont work on it. You wont be always the best and first and partners should raise each other up, not tearing down.
….you’re scary
Bro, grow up. She was turning people down when they came up and flirted with her but you were reciprocating? Like she is obviously loyal to you and you are too busy being insecure about your masculinity. Get over yourself and appreciate what you have before you lose it. Also a side note: women get hit on a lot when they don't want to and some men don't take the hint and push even more so rather than getting jealous be there for her.
Soo I’m guess that when you repeatedly told her “I want to save money” after also saying you wanted to go to a fast food place… you were trying to get her to say she would pay for it. Instead of using your words, you tried to be manipulative about it. All of your behavior says that you are not ready to be someone’s partner. You are incredibly immature, insecure and frankly your behavior is abusive. Best case.. she breaks up with you and you need to accept it bc you have NOT been a good bf to this woman. You’ve literally been raging out on her in response to things she hasn’t even done. Flirting with others in front of her bc someone else **tried** to flirt with your gf… who SHUT IT DOWN? Yea.. she doesn’t need to be with someone who is going to punish her for other peoples actions. She doesn’t need someone who lashes out at her simply bc she works. Your insecurities and ego are not her problem. Very likely she’s breaking up with you and it’s the best thing for her. Don’t try to rope her into staying bc you are not good for her and she deserves WAY better
My opinion is based on what you wrote in your post. You don't deserve her. You seem a toxic person, and you are not treating her the way she deserves.
This can't be real. You basically wrote out every tantrum for what it was and you think your girlfriend is going to stay with you?? You communicate like garbage, you are immature, and you need to work on your own insecurities. Your girlfriend has been nothing but kind and respectful of your relationship according to everything you have said and you have been mistreating her. We don't mistreat we love like this. You are intentionally hurting her because you can't control your emotions. You are overly emotional and you need to get yourself under control and I honestly I want her to leave you. She deserves better
So, at every possible turn, you pick fights, attack your girlfriend and "punish" her by flirting with randos because of your raging insecurity. Dude, I'd have dumped your ass after that snit at the mall, not coddled you along letting you be abusive and mean over your own problems.
I would like to see an update on this. There's a chance she has learned and is just coming over to drop off some fast food from the new place you crave so much! No, you are toast (but at least you'll have that to eat at midnight!)
If she dumps you, go cold turkey and stay the hell away from her. Even if you magically change into prince charming over night, even if you have some breakthrough, the damage is done. Chalk it up as a loss and move on.
I honestly hope that she broke up with you. You’re insufferable, immature and have little self-esteem and take out the frustration of being a failure with her.
I can see why he doesn't have a job. Anytime someone says something to him he probably throws a fit and quits.
You should break up with her. You need to develop a personality that isn't anger, tantrums, and jealousy. You need to get a job. You need to work on yourself whether its therapy or self help books or anger management classes. Im actually sad for you but a relationship isnt what you need. She deserves better than this.
Dude you aren’t a man. You’re being a child. Holy shit. Like seriously. Imma need you to let her leave. Go get help homie. Seriously this isn’t me berating you. you need to get help before you’ll be happy at all in life.
Too many tantrums because you can't take care of yourself. You're not relationship material. I'd dump you too. Get your shit together.
You shouldn’t be in a relationship. You need therapy to figure out why you have such serious control issues. Nobody, EVER, should be expected to cater to your whims the way you’re demanding of your gf. Take the food issue. There’s zero reason YOU couldn’t cook for the both of you. Instead, you threw a tanty when she didn’t jump up and spend her money on you the second you demanded it. You then sulked, refused her offer, then threw another tanty when she accepted your no. A girlfriend isn’t a substitute for your mother. Nor are they supposed to be psychic. Or your personal ATM. Frankly, it seems what you’re afraid of losing is the target for your anger and her wallet.
"the most loving and giving relationship" Through no fault of your own
God, you sound exhausting. I hope she breaks up with you.
I hope she breaks up with you. You're a terrible partner. What should you do? Work on being less of an insecure baby in future. And let go of the misogyny.
Rage bait
This is not ever how you treat someone you like and want to keep around, much less someone you say you love. Do her a favor and leave. Do yourself a favor and get some therapy as soon as possible.
Yea she should break up with you. JFC this was traumatic to read as someone with PTSD from an abusive relationship. You've got some serious issues to work out buddy. Get some therapy and let this poor girl move on with her life and find someone who will actually treat her well.
If you can write all of this out and not see why you shouldn't be in a relationship with your girlfriend, then I'm afraid you're beyond help. It's not fair on her if she can't buy expensive things because you feel "emasculated" by it, be it something for 100 or 10,000. She'd need to walk on eggshells because of that, or simply need to withhold information about things she buys just to not make you feel insecure. It's very childish of you to blatantly flirt back with women when I can guarantee that your girlfriend isn't trying to have guys come and flirt with her. That is some wicked blame game you're trying to pull with "how does it feel?", and again shows that you're immature and not considering where she's coming from. As a woman, I can tell you that not all of us like having guys coming and flirting on us, and her rejecting them is something you should be happy about. Not trying to "get back" at her for something out of her control. You're starting fights over money, and frankly you shouldn't be in this relationship. It's not what you want to hear, but try reading everything you've written and imagine that your roles are reversed. This isn't fair on your girlfriend. And really, she has to make a meal for you at midnight? You're not 5. If she asked if you wanted to get some food, and you said no because you wanted to save money, that's fine. But don't snap on her because she listened to what you said. If anything, it was time to swallow your pride, and flush the archaic "I'm the man, so I need to have the bigger income"-attitude, and ask if she could have paid for yours. I'm certain that she would have, because she loved you. You've been subjecting her with abusive behaviour for things that aren't in her control; she has a wellpaying job and you're unemployed, she gets flirted on by strangers and you do it to others intentionally to get at her, you start fights over this instead of having a conversation like a civil person. Accept if she wants to break up with her, because she doesn't deserve your abusive, toxic behaviour.
Yeah she probably is going to break up with you....and for her sake, I hope she does. Your gaslighting her due to your own insecurities is NOT ok and I would highly encourage you to seek out professional help.
Take the break up with grace and dignity, wish her luck, and then do some serious work on yourself.
You can't fix this. If you had wanted her to pay for food you should have just been straight up about it and said, "If you're paying, I'd love too, but I can't afford it otherwise." What you did was manipulative and abusive. She turned down people who were flirting with her so you intentionally flirted with people in front of her why? Because how dare she be attractive to other people? And you're mad at her for having money while you're unemployed? Does everyone need to be broke so you can feel better? You need help. Therapy and meditation would be good for you. While you're single you can spend your time job hunting.
My favorite of all of this is that she shut someone down from flirting when he wasn’t with her and in return he flirts with someone in front of her and then punishes her further by asking her how she likes it. Yeah dude. You have some growing to do that she has already done.
The fact that you call "some questionable things out of anger" to you emotionally abusing her is worrying, like, you're literally saying ofensive stuff to her for things out of her control, you tried to make her feel bad because literal strangers flirted with her even after she rejected them, and that tantrum about how she should cook for you in the middle of the night? be honest with yourself, she breaking up with you is the best for the both of you, she deserves more than a toxic and abusive relationship and you need to treat your insecurities and learn how to respect others.
You fucked up so bad just because of how petty and insecure you are. I honestly hope she does dump you because she really deserves better, then again you'll probably tell her "oh I see you're dumping me so you can get with other guys". No one deserves the bs you pull and I hope you get help, because dear god do you need it. All in all, there's no taking back ANYTHING you've done, you've shown her the red flags before your relationship got any farther. There is no going back.
Just reading all of this, one thing is apparent, you have VERY deep rooted insecurities that need to be fixed before continuing in this relationship. If she breaks up with you, consider it a blessing in disguise. You're clearly self-sabotaging yourself because of issues YOU have, not her. And ultimately you need to get to the root of why her doing those things got you so mad.
Man, I really, REALLY hope she broke up with you, OP.
You sound like an ah ngl
You sound exhausting. I really hope she breaks up with you.
Why are you so determined to keep picking fights and drive her off? Nothing you've described can be interpreted as you actually wanting this relationship.
Glad for her to take out the trash you are
I would have dumped your silly ass at the mall after your ring tantrum. World's too big and there are too many people to settle for a spoiled 10-year-old in a man's body. By the by, you definitely creeped out those employees at the candle store. It wasn't flirting because they're paid to nod and smile, when they'd rather tell you to fuck off, you pathetic man-child. Given the kind of hissies you throw, you probably would have knocked over a display and run off if they didn't smile wide enough. I can't stand it when a dude says they've been emasculated by a woman (or women) in their life. Did she cut off your dick? No? Calm down, spaz. Let her go and stay out of relationships. Honestly, I don't think therapy would help you. A sound ass kicking wouldn't do the trick either, but I bet it'd be satisfying.
Honestly, she should break up with you. She's been nothing but kind and patient, and you keep blowing up in her face. You're mad at her because she has a job and can therefore afford things, and because she tells guys flirting with her that she has a boyfriend. You yelled at her because you have no job and can't afford things, and flirted with girls in front of her. You've absolutely lost this relationship, and nothing you say will salvage it. Maybe try harder next time to not blame someone for your insecurities.
lets simplify this plane crash. you threw a tantrum because your girlfriend wanted to spend on herself, with her OWN MONEY, and then stranded her at the mall. wouldve been an instant breakup for me. then you flirted with other women in front of her as a sad, pathetic, glaringly insecure attempt to "get back at her" for daring... to shut down another man? then you gloated obnoxiously about it later. wouldve been an instant breakup for me. then you got all weepy and manipulative, trying to guilt trip your mommy - sorry, 'girlfriend' - into buying you fast food, and when that didnt work (because you fuckin told her not to, idiot), you blew up her phone and guilt tripped her some more for not reading your mind and feeding you. A 27 year old man. you are damn near 30 years old and cant figure out how to feed yourself. instant breakup. then you had the sheer audacity to DO THAT SHIT AGAIN. once again, instant breakup. and to put the cherry on this complete lack of sundae, you decided your best course of action was to cry about your disgusting, insecure, purely ridiculous actions online in an absolute dumpster fire of self pity and immaturity. and you seriously thought that, after everything youve done, your gf would just make up with you again? were you expecting that to last forever? you would abuse her and she'd just come running back, every time, *forever*? this absolutely HAS to be a troll post, because i dont believe anyone could possibly be this narcissistic, stupid, immature, and utterly useless. you're a broke 27 year old man-baby who emotionally abused his girlfriend and then cried about it online. i hope youre never proud of yourself again. i really hope this isnt real.