I dated this guy for about two months. He was honest about his past, but not so much about his present. I have been hurt before in my previous long term relationship so I will admit I have trust issues. I eventually got wind that he was keeping his options open and talking to other girls he previously meet and/or dated. As such I broke up with him over it.
We still spend time together though as friends. He reminds me that we are broken up, but then he gets jealous when I bring up the possibility of dating other men. I just don’t get it. He dated me, did not take our relationship seriously, points out that were broken up when we do spend time together, but then gets jealous when I talk about dating other guys.
So I asked him “whats your problem”. He told me that because he is a an unemployed man he feels he has nothing to offer me, that he needs to get his life in order before he can feel better about himself and can commit to a relationship. I told him that I am a grown woman who can take care of herself. I am not that kind of woman who needs a man to take care of her, and that if he wants to be with me he needs to take dating more seriously and treat me special, or I will just cut off all contact completely. After I said that he started telling me how much he loves me and does not want to lose me. I haven’t heard that sort of talk from him in months since we broke up officially.
So my question, is he just manipulating me by saying that he can not focus with me until he has a job? Or is he just going to waste my time again by convincing me to get back together with him (he says he loves me) again only to have him play around on the side and tell me “I told you already, I’m not ready for relationship”.
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