I 25F have been dating a guy 27M and things have honestly been kind of up and down for a while. There were good moments, but communication was really inconsistent and sometimes things would escalate quickly. The day before yesterday, I fell asleep after work and missed his message. It just said he finished working out, then “ok goodnight.” I woke up around 11pm and called him right away on FaceTime. He answered but was cold and said I had woken him up and that he was tired, which I understood. I asked if he was mad, and he just kept saying “we’ll talk later.” I asked a few more times because the vibe felt really off, but he wouldn’t give a straight answer. Eventually I said “fine” and hung up.
The next day, I didn’t hear from him at all. After work around 5pm, I called to ask what was going on. He said he’d been having irrational thoughts and was wondering if I was cheating, since I had called late and was in the same clothes. He said he didn’t want to project those thoughts onto me, so he kept it in. I told him I wished he had said something earlier so I wasn’t left anxious all day, and he said I was making it about myself. Then he said “not to guilt trip you, but what if I was suicidal or something,” and started spiraling. He said “fuck it, you’re going to be mad at me anyway,” and asked if I was talking to someone else. I said no. He asked again, I said no again, and he responded with “it’s not like you’d tell me anyway.” He also said he didn’t bring it up sooner because he didn’t want it to turn into a fight. He mentioned how I shouldn’t have hung up on him like that, he said he understood why I felt frustrated with him but it doesn’t make it okay.
I apologized for falling asleep and told him I’d give him space until he was ready to talk. Later that evening, he messaged me about food, and I told him I was going to take a nap. He said “sleep well, I love you” and I told him I loved him back. I had taken melatonin and NyQuil and ended up sleeping through the night. While I was asleep, he tried to call and message me multiple times. When I woke up, the last texts were “Seriously?” and “Goodbye.” I also saw that I was blocked on Instagram. He’s blocked me on there before and once told me it’s a bad habit from past relationships.
I’ve reached out, explained everything, but this time I didn’t apologize and told him it’s his choice to end things by doing this but I at least deserve a conversation rather than abandonment. Now I just feel emotionally drained. It feels like I’m being blamed and shut out over things I didn’t even know were issues. I will be honest and say I blocked him for a few hours but was weak and unblocked and tried to call him multiple times.
Just wondering if anyone else has experienced something like this and how you handled it. Does this feel emotionally unhealthy or am I missing something? I’m kind of mentally spent
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This isn’t healthy, it’s toxic. He’s using guilt, blame, and drama to control you, and you’re better off walking away for good.
He’s abusive. You shouldn’t feel like you have to apologize for falling asleep, also it’s not normal that he’s so quick to jump to cheating accusations. It’s only going to get worse, believe me.
High levels of toxicity from him, and a massive guilt tripper which is a massive red flag, he’s trying to be controlling, and if continued it’ll only get worse. Someone like that just isn’t a good person, and if things kept going how he wanted things would just get more worse and unhealthy. It’ll also be insanely draining for you as well. Especially if he’s assuming cheating too or saying what if he was suicidal, then that’s also another major flag to walk away from him
He seems extremely immature. You did not miss out on anything, it was for the best.
Girl, this man broke up with you because you slept?? That’s not a relationship, that’s a hostage situation. You’re not missing anything, he’s projecting, emotionally draining you, and expecting you to read his mind. Block him for real this time and get some actual rest.
I was really second guessing my final message about it being his choice but reading these comments I realize now that this is unhealthy and toxic on his end. I wish he could see that for himself but I guess with people like this it’s unreasonable to except that from him.
Don’t block him. Wipe him. Delete his phone number and clear all the chats, socials. Wipe everything.
This is how you move on.
I have been on the receiving end of the kind of treatment that you’re getting, it’s not fun as other people have pointed out, It is abusive as much as it sucks, now at least you can try and put the pieces of you back together
You, my Queen, are being gaslighted into thinking this is your fault. It is not. It’s his.
Forget this twitfuck. Get out there and find someone who deserves you, because he never did.
Broke up because you fell asleep?? This guy’s unhinged. Sleep schedules should be fully self-controlled. And anyone accuses you of cheating for wearing the same clothes has serious issues you can’t fix. It’s not your problem.
Umm, he did you a favour. I can’t believe he is making you being tired about him. FFS, this is NOT the energy anyone should bring to a relationship.
He sounds incredibly egocentric and childish. Dodged a bullet there.
Red flags everywhere. Remember, it’s not your duty to fix someone else’s insecurities. Time to prioritize your happiness and peace of mind.
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Toxic. Run.