I'm soooooo confused. Boy wise, my life is a mess. I'm in a relationship with the most annoying guy and I hate but still love my ex boyfriend and I want him back... My ex boyfreind and I dated for seven months. He was my first everything minus sex. He pressured me into stuff, dumped me in a text, kept me guessing if I wanted to get back together while he was hooking up with other girls, told me I was annoying and pathetic and that he didn't like me at all halfway through the summer, told everyone how far we went, told me he only liked me when we were hooking up and then tried to apologize at the end of summer. I didn't want his apology. I told him I couldn't forgive him for EVERYTHING he did to me just cause he texted me a few meanigful texts. I also didn't think he meant it... The thing is I've grown up a lot since the begining of summer. Summer was horrible. I cried almost every night and there were times that I actually could not physically stop myself from crying.... I NEVER want to go through that again, but I still like him!!! And I would give anything to make it go away. I thought at first it would go away and I thought it did for awhile but it's back... I've been dating a new guy for not even two weeks adn I'm so unhappy. He annoys me to no end and all I want is to be with my ex... My friends tell me not to dump him yet because they think I'm not giving it enough time or trying hard enough but I don't know what to do... I miss my ex SOOO much. And I just keep remembering how much I loved our relationship and how much I loved him. He hurt me but he made me laugh and he made me feel amazing until liek the last month we were together... I don't even know why things changed. I feel like he doesn't give a shit about me anymore. Granted he thinks I like this new guy... but I don't. I texted my ex a few nights ago and we just had a friendly chat but he didn't text me the next day and hasn't yet so I feel like he's over it... He's also told people that he wants to wait a looong time before he dates anyone again. He's kind of a manwhore now though... Despite all of this I still miss him liek crazy and I want to try again but I don't want to dump this guy just to get rejected or hurt again... I also feel like shit for even dating this guy when all he does is drive me crazy. I don't know what to do and I can't take this anymore. I break down almost every night and my friends aren't helpful because they don't understand how I'm feeling. A lot of you probably won't either but if you do understand this PLEASE help me. (sixteen/F)
julie75 answered Monday November 22 2010, 11:55 pm: You really need to be alone for a while. There is nothing that says you have to be dating anyone at all. Put your time into your friends and family or find a new hobby to occupy some of your new found free time. The new guy is totally wrong for you and so is the ex. I understand having feelings for an ex because of the history you have with him but trust me when I tell you that he will not get any better and more likely be more controlling and manipulative. I hate to tell you this but there are more than two men in the world and there are a lot of men that will treat you the way you deserve to be treated. Hope this helps and good luck. [ julie75's advice column | Ask julie75 A Question ]
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