Saturday, February 9, 2013

Oh Shit, Valentine's Day

This is coming from my phone, so it's going to be one massive vlock of text. Sorry, this is my only source of internet and I'm desparate.  Also, sorry for the likely gratuitous spelling errors in advance, editing is hard on a tiny touch screen.  Anyway. Dearest bloggers, help, I need advice, stat. Male readers, your input especially, because I feel as though I may have too much of a one-sided perspective on this. I am having boyfriend issues, and with the dreaded V Day looming on the horizon, I'd rather not single-ify myself impulsively. So, help! Here is my side: I do a lot of stuff for Technicolor Boy. I drive a long way to stay with him every night, I buy him a lot of food and nice things and concert tickets, and he always says he'll pay me back, but instead he spends his paychecks buying more things for himself. I know he collects expensive statue yhingies, but literally every oaycheck goes to his collection and other things for hinself. He never buys anything for me unless I ask. Then, today, we were supposed to have a date night after ny Stanford interview, with a sushi dinner and then a movie. Before we went to dinner, he insisted on going to a store to scope out things he wanted to save up for, but ended up vuying a lot of stuff for himself. When I pointed out somethibg I wanted, he was all "that's cite" so I had to buy it myself even though he easily could have just bought the tiny thing for me. He oayed for dinner, but he was practically silent the whole time and, frankly, acted like a little bitch when one of ourdishes came out and refused to eat it. He kept up the interchanging silence/douchebag roytibe for the duration of dinner. By the end of it, I decided to nix the movie and just call it a night. I looked at our cute sushi chef helplessly, and it got me thinking, why do I even bother? I do so much for this boy and I smile and hang out with hin and do things he wants to do, but when it comes to doing things that I want to do, he acts like he hates it and can't wait for it to end. He never buys me nice things unless he feels like he owes me, and I know material objects are not the be-all-end-all, but I feel as though his lack of material gratification for me is a manifestation of his appreciation for ne. I feel very taken for granted when I am so in love and do so much for him. It's not enough to just hug me when I'm sad and bring me free food from his work. I want him to at least fake a smile for me when I bring him with me to do something that jist I want to do. I feel like I should jist know better than to expect any kind of consideration from him that he doesn't feel obligayed to provide because he is, by nature, selfish. I can usually handle it, but nights like tonoght are just too much for me to ignore. Our day that was supposed to be nice and romantic has ended in a fight and hostile silence. I love him so much, but is this worth all of my time, money, and effort? Am I just expecting too much? Should I shut up and take what I can get? I have almost a year invested in this boy; do I keep going and try fix things and balance the scales, or just cut my losses before college? Help. Please. I don't know what to do. Thanks. Julia.

4 comments:

  1. It all comes down to if you're really happy. Never settle for anything less. Cause if this kid doesn't appreciate the great girl he has, then he doesn't deserve her when there is some guy out there that will.

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  2. dunno, i've been known as the strong and silent type myself, except i'm weak...i haven't spoken outside, haven't used my actual speaking voice in years, i blog all my thoughts now. vlock, single-ify, i really love coming here, your wordplay is awesome, i learn something new each time...

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  3. Relationships, in my opinion are give and take. A partnership. I've never had the issue of dating a selfish guy (most of the time I feel like I'm the selfish one) so I can't say I know what it feels like to be in that situation.

    Don't settle for him. Girl, you have a bright future ahead of you (HELLO, IVIES!) and you should invest your efforts in that. At least your education will not only satisfy you, but also pay you back in the long run.

    Maybe talk to him about his selfishness? I don't want you guys to fight, but maybe you should see if he notices how much you're doing for him.

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  4. In my experience, (and I know this is a little late) just talk to him and tell him how you feel. Maybe he doesn't even know he's doing it.

    And all relationships have ups and downs, maybe you're just at that down time. I know Aaron and I have gone through similar stuff, just talk it out and see what happens. It isn't worth wasting a year of your time and effort if you break up without ever even telling him how you really feel about these things.

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