he stopped giving me attention

he says that he cares and loves me but doesnt do anything to show me that. I miss him and who he use to be,at the same time am preparing myself for the worst! Ive been with him since july 2020 and its been rocky but its resolved and yeah there is zero effort to hang out and i have to initiate everything. Yet never once hes let me in. Then they show us who they really are and we dont want to see. When I first met him I didnt think I needed a relationship but now especially in this lockdown I feel a little empty and alone. He is perfect to me but like anyone else comes with problems. When I asked him about it the other day, he just said hes not the type of person, but he clearly us because he has done these things before. And thats is the absolute best you can do. What do I do? with me very quickly after meeting me. Also, and Im not materialistic by any means, hes offered to buy me lots of things or even just give me money to help with bills. The worst thing you can do is become a desperate, emotionally suffocating girlfriend who is scared to lose her boyfriend. You are independent. Im still not brave enough to leave him though he was my first long term and Ive had the best time of my life with him. Last week,for like 2/3 days hes been quiet and inactive. I made it to the driveway before I felt so uncomfortable I ran inside to put on jeans and a tee shirt. Is that just how things are going to go? Yes I agree me with Kristina. We just celebrated our 9 months of being together last Sept. it sounds like you two need to have a serious conversation about where you both stand. My guy is the same way. He is playing you and gas lightning you! Its not just a lack of attention. Were both still full time students living at home. My boyfriend got busy with his work, which is busier due to quarantine, and stopped putting in his usual thoughtful effort, so I stopped putting out, and now Im about to break up with him. he likes to live in the moment as he says. I am experiencing the same situation too and it really hurts. He is a nice guy as a whole but its the fact he went out of his way for me a handful of times that gave me a little hope in this sudden realization of my feelings but recently he has completely shut me out. WebiStock. Now that we have a son and Im not as fit as I used to be what does he think of me now? He snaps at me more now that we live together and anytime I try to bring up my sensitive feelings they are dismissed as drama he cant handle. Such as examples of what he did made you feel a certain way and what was the real reason he did that? I really get frustrated with him often because he does not want to let me go, but yet he can not do what I ask of him. she tells him SHE is sorry. I wish I had answers for you girl, but Im very much in the same boat, hope we can figure something out, hang in there! I am this woman. I bought him a beautiful set of cufflinks from his university for Christmas. The first two years of the relationship he was wonderful. At first, he was working, seeing his daughter, making me coffee in the morning, starting my car for me, doing dishes, and laundry and now ten months in, he lost his job, and I have no idea if hes looking for a job. Honestly,I am fully aware I do not want a relationship with someone who acts like this and makes me feel this way, but I am in love with him and our relationship is great, when he gives 100% which I can not let go of, when right now its about 10%. I used to blame myself but I took DBT and have actually tried employing the skills I learned. He never posts about me. He stopped initiating sex and one day i found saved Google image searches under very specific terms saved on his phone and realized why i wasnt getting laid anymore. As well BALANCE is a VERY hard thing for men I have learned. Or do I allow that this person has already shown me who they are, and leave? The bonus to this approach? I guess subconsciously I acted that way because hes quite lazy and I didnt want to cut him any slack in fear that he would put in less effort to maintain the long distance. The main problem in our relationship is one: I go out of my way for him all the time and apparently that is ok. And when I would send him flirty or intimate texts in the beginning of this whole thing, he would either not respond at all or sound uncomfortable in his response. I have been dating my boyfriend for almost 2 years. Thats the way to get a I dont care, because Im awesome kind of attitude. However his texts are friendly, never intimate or flirty. Thank you Sumiah, for your response and your concern. Ive been with my mate for 8 years prior to dating we were band mates .I knew him to be extremely introverted and not the happy go lucky type but I honestly had no idea it would be like pulling a tooth without novocaine to get any emotional response, support or growth,out of him!I feel stunted and see my life ever changing and evolving yet his ,the same .He has taken on many of my attributes oddly ,yet I feel, Ive gained nothing in return. Then rock bottom hits, I ended up having to go to urgent care bc of an allergic reaction to a flu shot I had gotten. Also, the hard thing is, were in the same college course. He has never had a serious relationship so he doesnt know that we could have gone through it together. But he tells me that he wants to get married even im being a total b*tch. Now, I dont know all the details of this, but I would say that hes pushing you away unintentionally while trying to cope with the loss of his father. I just want to have a nice time, an interesting conversation. I dont want to settle or compromise my own feelings anymore..And you shouldnt either. He constantly tells me he loves me but its starting to feel less true. Should I leave? He doesnt do the things he used to do. You arent asking for too much. I hope things get better. When I text, he ignores them for hours even when he is online in the meantime. It took him 2 days to notice something. So I stopped doing that and now treat him like just a friend. I did not even have to think about going this is what people do for each other. The first 5 he was boyfriend of the year. We have so much in common, yet not at the same time. I trusted his words for way too long. Then once the virus hit, he completely changed. hed text at 11-1am for me, but by then i would have fallen asleep. Heres what to do: write down the three strongest emotions you feel about your boyfriends lack of effort in your relationship. This article actually helped a lot but I dont rlly know how to let go. I so desperately want a date once in a while wether its once a month so we can enjoy each other and so i can feel like hes doing something special with me AND so i wont go crazy spending every moment in the HOUSE. my ex best friend told him everything and ever since then its been a nightmare. He is failing to realize that I am being affected too. Should I just never expect to be treated the way he used to treat me? I feel stuck, tired and so vary heavy like every step I take is being pulled back by large bricks as everyone else passes by at a much faster rate. He said he was my family and I took that wholeheartedly. I make sure I put into the relationship as much as I get. But the good things about that is, by then you honestly love and care about yourself much more than you do love him. Is like he is taking his frustration with having no control at work out on me. I tried to be understanding and not ask for a lot but it just got worse. He wont make an effort to see me. second: (and here is the big thing!) I dont want to much. Idk what to do anymore. My ex-best friend snitched to my mom and told her everything about my bf and got some info from close friends about me meeting him secretly so my mom gradually started finding stuff out. Ladies lay back and observe. But he has never considered making me happy for once. It is just hurtful to know that he could not even think of doing this one thing for me. I used to brag up the fact that he was one of those guys who would actually reply to all of a lengthy message so to speak but lately he ignores a lot of whats said as if he just doesnt care. Because i often say this to him when i get angry. ANGRY ALL THE TIME. Thats when we actually started to spend more than a few hours together and he really started to behave like he was in love. weve lived together over 2 years now. He said he did. Ask yourself what could be causing your boyfriend to pull away from you. Now if I even suggest or hint at sex it is another argument. I dont know why he continues on with me if he has no interest. But we continued texting and he just ghosted me. First I asked him if we could level up our relationship through meeting his and my family. My boyfriend of 7 years had lost interest over the past year, not wanting to see or spend time with me, 3 months now I havent seen him once. I appreciate when he does make effort and try to acknowledge it but it quickly goes away like he doesnt mean it. After crying and getting rid of the emotional baggage, I realize now how fortunate I am to be out of that relationship. I am not sure what to think or how to react, I really like him and he is a good respectable person. And because Ive been depressed lately makes it that Im not much to look at, so why would he want to take me out now. I have brough up some of the issues and he acts clueless and doesnt know what to do. It sucks not feeling secure but really if its meant to be it will be. He is highly smart so I am not going to spell it out for him. And I decided Ive had enough, and it wasnt even a full month yet! Ask your boyfriend open-ended questions about how he thinks your relationship is going, and if theres anything you both can do to bring you closer together. He always gives excuses such as I just ate and no matter what I still put my pride aside and do it for him. But anyway recently it just feels like hes not trying to be romantic or even putting much in, Ik our situation is very complicated and he is probably dealing with his dad still but I have to help my nana everyday and I still make time for him, send him cute messages like I made some welsh cakes I was thinking I could drop some off and give you a little peck as kind of a joke and he just replied with no dont do that. Hes now making $175k a year plus an extra $5000/mo retainer as a consultant with his old job. The man I end up with will not leave me hanging feeling sad and confused. My boyfriend and I have been together for nearly 5 years. I had the same thing. It doesnt have to be a big, heavy relationship talk! But theres other strange things he does, when we go on dates that require conversation like coffee or dinner, or drives, he doesnt start any conversations. Not texting me as often, not asking when we are going to hangout again. My boyfriend and I have been going out for 8 months. Dee, well said and youre 100 percent correct! The last 3 sentences are what I just told myself & did! He didnt want to and i ended up cheating. I know how hard it is to let go, but I think you have to. He always tells me that he loves me and always talks about the future seriously, but honestly it just feels like I just have to take his word for it. I feel lonely and he NEVER wants to go out or do anything. Of course you want him to make an effort to wine and dine you; his time, effort, and energy shows he cares about you. Its not too much to ask- its very basic. Start by letting go slowly. We could barely recover from the last blowout and a month or two later boom! But hes not very ambitious and is a homebody which Im sure comes from pot smoking, makes u lazy. Several, if not most of my friends live together with their partner and it is something I wish to do too. Its almost like when he couldnt have me he would try hard and now he has me and he doesnt have to put in anymore effort. He says he loves but i dont really see it in actions you know. Everything is done ON PURPOSE to stick a fork in his eye like youre not that important, sorry. He foes sweet thoughtfulthings when I come over yo see him. Ive held up my end and have been a loving girlfriend but Im not getting much back, but am also afraid of being alone. 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