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_neontangles t1_j2f2q3x wrote

Definitely talk about it for sure, and work through it if you can! Having that conversation is important for you both to be on the same page, whatever that looks like. If you can work through it, that's awesome. But also remember, that you can be two wonderful people individually, that love and respect each other, and ultimately aren't the best match. Hoping it works out for you!

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_neontangles t1_j2eph5d wrote

> As much as I love her I don't think I see myself in a relationship like this for the rest of my life. I want to bring it up but I'm not sure how to go about it without it sounding like I'm trying to force her into having sex with me, or appear like I'm threatening to leave if she doesn't.

Break up. I know that's cliché for Reddit, but break up.

You are fully within your right to be frustrated if you're not getting as much physical intimacy as you'd like in a relationship. But she's also absolute within her right to take things at her own pace because she's dealing with trauma.

You literally said you don't want to do this for the rest of your life, and you don't want it to sound like you're forcing her or threatening to leave.. but you kind of are telling her that you're going to leave if she doesn't fulfill your physical needs.

If you can't accept her for where she is right now, and you aren't having your needs met, then this isn't the right relationship for you.

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_neontangles t1_j2d7lwa wrote

>Here is where I need advice, i told her that I don’t want her being friends with him anymore because I don’t trust him.

So, what you're saying is actually you don't trust your GF. Because if you did, it wouldn't matter if he liked her or not.

It doesn't even seem like she's done anything to warrant you being this concerned, unless you just left it out. You said yourself she hasn't replied to his social media dms/texts (which you knew about), she then set a boundary with him when you asked her to, she asked you if she could go to a party with him (which you agreed to), and then they talked about her boundaries with him... so, aside from hanging out with someone you clearly don't like, what exactly did she do wrong?

>We compromised and she won’t be hanging out with him outside of family things.

...lol this reminds me of the quote "I didn't want a dog, but my wife did. So we compromised and got a dog". You didn't compromise here, you told her how it was going to be, because you're insecure and jealous.

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