He makes me feel bad but I feel like I NEED him.. Why??
Question Posted Saturday May 12 2012, 10:26 am
16/female -- him: 18/male
So me and this guy have been best friends for years and years and years. He's my rock. However, we've always felt extremely physically attracted to each other and recently weve started hooking up (not sex, everything but). I am NOT looking for a relationship and neither is he and we both made it clear that we did not like eachother or even wanted it be a "talking" (like pre-dating situation or dating without the title) none of that. (also, he didn't want anyone to know about us hooking up because he didnt want anyone else treating our relationship differently)z But I still wanted us to be friends and when we started hooking up he started getting a lot meaner. He's always teased me and his personality is not the kind to ever be serious or mushy but it felt different. Before when we hung out and he'd constantly make fun of me I liked it and it seemed harmless and funny. But now I can't even be around him without feeling awful about myself. He calls me stuff like worthless, helpless, stupid, and that's just not okay with me.
So that's when it started to go downhill. One of my friends found out we were hooking up and told all the rest of my friends (she saw my texts to him) so I was like well shit what am I gonna do so I just told them not to tell anyone. But he still found out they knew and he got so angry at me. I found out he had been showing his friends our conversations saying shit like "look how annoying she is, she acts like we're dating" WITHOUT telling them we hook up, making me look like some crazy desperate idiot. It was then that I told him how sick I was of how he treated me yadayadayada. I tried to tell him I didn't wanna hook up anymore but he convinced me it would work. And we worked it out. But then the next day he's like: "I changed my mind I don't wanna hook up anymore cause you told people about it" even though I explained to him what happened and he understood an we were fine about it? I was like wtf okay... And Idk why that pissed me off so much but it did. Cause then two days later he asks me to come over to "hang out" obvi we hooked up. But of course, when I asked him two nights ago he replied with a straight up "no." and then Didn't text me back te rest of te night.
I hate this. I just wanna be friends with him, hook up, and not feel any of this shit but I honestly feel like I've been dumped? I HATE looking stupid and I feel sooo stupid. It seems like he doesn't even wanna be around me... like he's embarrassed by me.. Even though when his friends found out what we do they were like damn that's impressive we never thought you'd get her. And he's gotten better about being nice but he still makes me feel pretty shitty sometimes. He found out I was considering hooking up with my ex and he called me a stupid slut. Like why am I still wasting my time with someone who makes me feel awful more than he makes me feel better? He says he cares about me but I know if I tell him I don't wanna talk to him anymore or anymore I feel like he won't even give two shits. And that would hurt most of all. So PLEASE someone help me??:(
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Relationships category? Maybe give some free advice about: Love Life? RainForever answered Wednesday May 16 2012, 5:10 pm: Guys like this want nothing but a hook up. Him calling you names is probably his way of making himself feel all bad-ass, when really it just makes him look like a terrible person. You need to stop hooking up with him, and if you want to still be friend with him, you need to talk to him about what he's doing and how it's making you feel. No friend should ever make you feel worthless, otherwise they really aren't your friends. Another issue that hadn't been addressed is the fact that I think you also should talk to your friends. I'm sure they didn't mean anything by it, but I think it would benefit you if you told them not to go around talking about your personal life behind your back. It's not fair to you. Anyways, back to the guy, if you talk to him and he ends up saying he doesn't want to be friends anymore or something, keep your chin up. Just hold onto the thought that he wasn't really a friend if he treated you that way and then just left when you finally stood up for yourself. I hope this helped you in some way, and I really wish you luck! <3
coconutcatastrophe answered Sunday May 13 2012, 3:12 pm: No offense but this guy seriously sounds like he could give two shits about you. Stop hooking up with him. You're only giving him what he wants, basically a hook-up without any care. This sounds like a case that either way you go the friendship still isn't going to ever be the same. This is a good example of why if you really respect a friendship you shouldn't do this, because 99% of the time it ends badly. [ coconutcatastrophe's advice column | Ask coconutcatastrophe A Question ]
Ginguhh answered Saturday May 12 2012, 9:05 pm: You need to stop hooking up with him. And DON'T hook up with your ex either. Trust me, it won't work. I tried it with my ex SEVERAL times before I told him that I was done. This was after him treating me like shit and treated me like I was lower than the dirt on the ground.
Seriously, I'm surprised you lasted this long. He's not a friend if he's calling you names like that or treating you like that. So tell him that you're done, stop hooking up with him, and stop talking to him.
And don't hook up with your ex either.
NowYouKnow answered Saturday May 12 2012, 3:39 pm: I honestly don't know why you keep going back and hooking up with this guy if he keeps treating you so badly. My advice? Stay away. Keep your distance so that he can't make you feel that way. You seem like a great girl and no guy should make you feel like shit. Sever your ties to him and keep strong. One day you'll find a guy who treats you the way you deserve to feel: special. But, obviously it's not this guy. [ NowYouKnow's advice column | Ask NowYouKnow A Question ]
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