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Roperry2377

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I had been seeing a single mom of two girls (14 & 5), and the girls at least used to be really becoming attached to me, because of how good I was with them, plus how happy I was making their mom. But in the last month or so, their mom & I have been having a lot of arguments, mostly because I struggle with my esteem, and being able to express/experience a lot of intimacy (especially physically), after I was molested by a neighbor (not "next door" exactly, but on the same block) at 10 y/o, and I was honest with her about my issues from the beginning, and she said she was understanding and willing to be understanding/patient with me if I was ever triggered by something, but as soon as I started to, she started to become more and more "frustrated" (she claims she was never/was not 'angry' with me), saying how much she hated when I started shutting down and being 'upset', because she says she hates seeing me so upset, when I deserve to be happy, especially with how much the girls 'love' me. The problem is because she gets so upset with me being so upset that she starts to yell/holler at me (again, "not anger, but frustration/irrigation/aggravation"), that she claims that the girls are being too hurt by our 'fighting' that she says she needs to break up with me, to protect them from being hurt anymore more than they already are. I just don't know what to do, because I definitely don't want the girls being hurt anymore than she does. I mean, I have an appointment to talk to a therapist starting tomorrow (first visit), but I am just so scared that any help I do manage to get will be "too little, too late."

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    • Roperry2377

      647d

      Sorry to hear about your break up, and I strongly believe that even if you were being disrespectful/rude yourself, it shouldn't matter, because 1) two wrongs don't make a right, and 2) every person on the planet should be treated with a basic level of dignity and respect as a human being. You shouldn't be broken up with, for standing up for your boundaries and your worth as a person. I don't know if there is any chance of mending things with your ex-boyfriend or not, or if either of you even want to at this point, but if not, I hope you can at least find some healing and comfort in the meantime.

    • Roperry2377

      647d

      Sorry to hear about your break up, and I strongly believe that even if you were being disrespectful/rude yourself, it shouldn't matter, because 1) two wrongs don't make a right, and 2) every person on the planet should be treated with a basic level of dignity and respect as a human being. You shouldn't be broken up with, for standing up for your boundaries and your worth as a person. I don't know if there is any chance of mending things with your ex-boyfriend or not, or if either of you even want to at this point, but if not, I hope you can at least find some healing and comfort in the meantime.

      • Roperry2377

        647d

        @Roperry2377 This 2nd post of mine was meant as reply to Jay789 of course, I just seemed to miss tagging them at the beginning of the reply

    • Roperry2377

      647d

      Thank you, I definitely want to do everything humanly possible to try and mend things with her, because I definitely understand that her and the girls are an inseparable set, and loving the girls without also loving her is folly and in vain, just as it would be (for me especially) if things were perfect between her and I, and the girls somehow dispised me for what ever reason. I mean, when we did first started dating, and I first started to "connect" with each of the girls, the older daughter even wanted me to ask me that if her mom and I ever did marry me, would I legally adopt her, so she could have "a real daddy in her life", and the younger daughter actually tries to argue that "only (she) is allowed to love me the mostest" (oh, how children can be so beautiful and precious as to rip your heart clean out of your chest, and only want to love them more for doing so.)

    • JAY789

      647d

      I still miss my ex boyfriend very much and lately I’m feeling depressed and like I’m not good enough anymore. I wish I could find the rite guy

      • Rodman72

        647d

        @JAY789 keep praying you'll find the right.

    • Rodman72

      647d

      If you love her do all you can to fix it. I lost the love of my life by not getting help. 💔

      • JAY789

        647d

        @Rodman72 do all you can to try and fix it. My ex broke up with me just because I refused to let his mom treat me like crap like she did him. I politely asked his mom not to be rude to him while I was in the house. She got so disrespectful to me I politely excused myself and went on the porch and called the cops. Because I said to her that I know it was her house but I still didn’t deserve to be disrespected because I was being respectful to her. Then she tried to grab me that’s where I drew the line because I kept my hands at my sides so she couldn’t say I tried to hit her. My mom didn’t raise a dummy.

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