Do I owe him an apology? |
Do I owe him an apology? |
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First of all, hi Dustin, if for some reason you come across this.
![]() So I've been seeing this guy for about three months, and we're both really happy with how the relationship is going so far. We haven't really had any problems. I will admit that I have some jealous tendencies - I have been cheated on at one point in nearly every relationship I've been in, so it's not exactly easy for me to trust someone 100%. However, for first time in a relationship, I actually feel like I don't have to worry about that with him. I'm perfectly confident that he would never do anything to hurt me and that he's satisfied where he is. Still, the thought of him being with anyone else - past, present, or future - drives me insane. I know I'm already sounding pretty pathetic, but hear me out. I never post in this forum, so I think I get a freebie. :P The deal is, this morning I came out of my first class and I was looking for him. When I came downstairs, he was standing near the elevator and he and one of his (guy) friends had this girl sandwiched in a hug which lasted for an unusually long time. I looked at them for a minute, then turned around and walked off without saying anything. I think the reason I got so upset is because I've seen this girl come up to him a LOT and hug him. It's like every time she sees him she has to give him a huge hug that lasts for like 30 seconds. At first I didn't really get that upset about it, I mean it bothered me, but not enough to say anything. I guess when I saw it this morning it just finally broke me. >.< So later on he asked me what was wrong and I got pretty pissed at him because he couldn't think of a single reason that I'd be even just a little bit upset. I calmed down and explained myself, and we eventually came to sort of an understanding - he said he'd stop letting her hang on him like that, basically. My question is, did I overreact? I think I made him feel kind of bad, and I've been thinking a lot about it so I guess I'm kind of worried that I took it too far. |
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![]() This bag is not a toy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,090 Joined: Oct 2007 Member No: 583,108 ![]() |
Okay, just to clarify, I do know this girl. She's in the music department, so are we, and everyone knows everyone in the music department. So I am aware of their relationship - it's only a casual friendship at best, and they only see each other at school. They only have a couple of classes together (or maybe it's just one class), so they really only see each other in the halls for the most part.
If I knew they were close friends, I'd be much less wary of the situation. So yeah, I didn't make any unfair assumptions. I don't think some girl who barely knows him should be coming up and hanging on him like that. But yeah, we talked about it calmly (before I made this topic) and I didn't just start accusing him or anything. I just basically told him that seeing stuff like that is really hard for me to deal with, I know it's not his fault because he's not the one initiating, but I wish he'd do something to keep her from getting so close. He said he understood where I was coming from even though it didn't mean anything to him and he didn't even know he'd done anything wrong. I did apologize to him (after the topic) for expecting him to know why I'd gotten upset, I just thought he'd make the connection with what was happening at the time I saw him and walked away without saying anything. He'd said he didn't even think of that because it was so insignificant to him. When I told him I was sorry for being unfair and turning the discussion into an argument over something else entirely, he seemed really relieved and that was that. |
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