I've been very sad the past days.
I met my boyfriend, and everything was just absolutely perfect. We understood each other in such an insane way and he was just so incredibly kind, in a way I never expected to ever find in a man. He could immediately tell what I was feeling, and I could immediately know when he was sad, etc.
We were able to communicate perfectly, without ego, without any insults.
We were both very attracted to each other and it was honestly just perfect. We've both had a difficult upbringing and we were both slowly healing each other's wounds.
I trusted him with everything, no matter what happened, he was always the first person I went to, the first person I thought of. I truly and deeply loved him. And we have repeatedly talked about getting married very soon.
But things have changed. And now I'm slowly wondering if I ever even knew him.
His patience is almost fully gone. He yells at me. Snaps at me more often.
I recieve snappy comments left and right. Sometimes he notices and apologizes, and sometimes (most times) he doesn't.
He has started yelling at me. And I have a long history of parental abuse so that triggers me really badly. He used to br patient with me, but now he almost mocks me whenever I cry.
I've lost the feeling of safety I once used to have. Now, I have stopped telling him anything, both about my day, or about what's bothering me.
He's just oftentimes a huge asshole. He has become very controlling.
I'm not allowed to wear any tight or revealing stuff, and even wearing non-cleavage tanktops is not good. I'm not allowed to stay out past 11 pm, and when I meet friends he wants to know 'the five w's', as he puts it, and I'm not allowed to stay out past the time I told him. I'm not allowed to go to any bars, etc. and he is very controlling of my drinking, to the point where he's pouring his friends shots and I'm just sitting aside because he told me: Not for you.
I have NEVER in my life been drunk. Not once. Tipsy, at most. I have absolutely no drinking problem, nor a dressing problem. The latest I've ever stayed out before meeting him was 3 A.M. and it was one single time. I don't understand where all this comes from :(
He doesn't kiss me, touch me, give me flowers, etc.
But he is thoughtful, forces me to drink water, brings me water etc.
And buys me expensive gifts however they aren't really what I want. He's into warhammer and keeps buying me warhammer orks which I really appreciate but I have like 5 unopened boxes and not a single other gift.
I'm not allowed to travel away for more than 5 days.
I'm just terribly unhappy now because I don't understand what happened to the man I met in the beginning.
He just says that he's not the romantic type.
I know he loves me and he would be absolutely devastated if I left. He repeatedly says how he will never find anyone else if I leave etc.
And I truly believe him because with the way he acts he probably won't.
I want to break up. But I love him so much and I just can't believe how much he changed.
Our communication has suffered so much to the point I'm afraid of bringing up stuff that concerns or bothers me, because I'm afraid of his reaction.
I know things are coming to an end, and although he doesn't show it, I know there's a possibility he might hurt himself if I leave. He never threatened me with it, I just know him well enough.
My feelings are slowly turning from love and trust into fear, sadness, and resentment.
I see his friends with their gfs and they're hugging them, laughing, etc. Drinking together, and I'm just sitting there trying to hold back tears because he hasn't even touched my arm nor talked to me in hours.
Yesterday, a gf was talking to her boyfriend about how her friend invited her to a birthday party later that night and how she wasn't sure if she should go. The boyfriend was encouraging her to go with her friends. And it hurt me so much.
Because I know if I ever suggested going to a birthday party alone at night he'd yell at me.