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I have gone from younggrandma to just yg. Now,
I am using my real name.
I don't think anyone who knows me will have trouble figuring out who that is!


I have been gone a while dealing with things in my own life. I am back now to help once again. Do not expect answers from me that just tell you what you want to hear. Life is to short for nonsense. :)
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I'm a 22 year old female, my boyfriend is 24. We've been dating for about 10 months now. We are exclusive. I recently moved back home with my mother in Los Angeles. I was in San Francisco. My boyfriends still in San Francisco, but his family lives in Irvine. I'm not really sure if he thinks we're going to be together for long. He told me his mom said I can't go to Utah with his family for Thanksgiving. That really hurt me a lot. He also isn't coming down for my birthday because he says he has to study for school. The thing is my birthday is on a Saturday and he has the Friday and Monday off. He didn't come to my graduation and my mother's birthday. He didn't invite me to his White Coat ceremony. The day after, I went with him and his family wine tasting. His cousin asked me why I didn't go to the White Coat ceremony and he answered that I was working. I was working, but only because he didn't invite me to the White Coat ceremony. Valentines day was terrible because he said he was going to do something special, but we ended up spending it sitting around and going to sizzler with his roommates. I doubt I will be invited to his parents home for Christmas. There was always an excuse of his mother said he can't go or he has to study. He says he loves me and cares about me, but I'm starting to see that he doesn't include me in his life. Am I overreacting? Is this normally how people treat their girlfriends? I was in a serious relationship in the past and it was different. (link)
You're not overreacting at all. If this is how you are treated after 10 months, I'd say its pretty much over between the two of you. I'm sorry. I mean he is not even asking you to events, he just says your working. He is making no attempts to see you.

I'm willing to bet that if you suggested breaking up, he wouldn't even argue with you. The man is 24 years old and his mother is running his life telling him when he can go somewhere and when he can't? If true, that's just creepy.

I know its not what you want to hear, but I have to advise that you find someone who gives you the attention you deserve. This guy is not him. :)


Rating: 5
Yeah he doesn't really make any attempt to see me. Sometimes I feel like he thinks it's a chore. Thanks for the advice.




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