Leaving 5 yr relationship

Am I reasonable for wanting to leave? For a very long time now I’ve been unhappy, I’ve fallen out of love, my partner always gives me the cold shoulder when I try to bond with him, I feel completely ignored, trying to connect with him and him ignoring me constantly causes me physical pain and stress my heart actually aches and my arm aches. I always try to get him to do things as a family when we’re both off work but he’s always “too tired”, even simple things like going outside for a 15 minute walk, I don’t ask for a lot. I told him I’m done and all of a sudden he says he was depressed and unable to give me what I wanted. The issue is, I was also very depressed and he made it worse as all I ever get from him is constant criticism and I RARELY if ever hear anything positive about myself from him. I’ve been recommending we go to therapy for a long time, he always said I was the one who needed therapy. Now of course when I’m ready to call it quits he’s willing to go to therapy. Also, a few years ago he broke my heart when I found he was flirting and texting other women and I found out recently he was texting this woman again who he SWORE, crying on his knees he’d never text again. So I definitely don’t trust him. He’s a good father to our 1yr old but I feel done with our relationship.
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It’s always reasonable to leave a situation that is toxic for you. Would you rather your 1 year old grow up in one household that is unhappy or two happy households?

It sounds like you feel done. That’s ok.

Its okay to be done. It's also okay to want therapy to try to fix it or know you tried everything. I started therapy on my own. As I changed, he was suddenly willing to do couples therapy. I ended it 10 months later. I needed that to know I was making the right decision.

@Jessi yes I’m in therapy for the same reason, to work through this big decision.

Understandable. I hope you find the clarity to do what is best for you and your child.

I don't get why men do this, you ask them to go to therapy to save the relationship but once it's crumbled they want to put a band aid on and pursue therapy.

I decided in my own therapy I provided him too much reassurance. I needed clear boundaries. My lack of clear boundaries led him to believe I'd never leave. I forgave too many things. He didn't take me seriously until I was serious but it was too late.

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