Recent content by Orion87

I don't really know what I was expecting posting that, but reading some replies I'm getting an idea. I guess right now I'm just interested in hearing other people's perspectives on some of these . . . uhhh, talking points I guess. Advice? Similar thoughts or experiences?

I don't even know how to start writing this because I hate the idea of online whining. Even on this forum, even with getting it from multiple sources that my 'problems' are 'real', I still can't help but imagine that all of this will come across as selfish poor me-ing. But I had a third panic...

Both you and Sweetpea76 mentioned 'kissing my social life goodbye', and/or accepting that my boyfriend can't go out and socialize - and I hope you have found a different rhythm for happiness as well with the sacrifices you've made. Very luckily, my bf is not all that bad. He's actually just...

Thank you for this comment. It hits a lot of issues on the head, simple things that I have not looked at from the perspective you present. I've been thinking about your words a lot since you posted, and it's been very insightful. Thank you.

Wow, thank you. Such a simple (obvious) description. Very illuminating.

I've seen a few posts on here about boyfriends yelling at girlfriends for something that is totally not their fault. My (Marine, vet, with PTSD) boyfriend does this too, not often, but I'm starting to think that maybe a lot of male PTSD sufferers do this. That they lash out at the ones closest...

I go through this more often than I would like with my vet. He seems to snap, kind of how you are describing, and even if we spent the whole evening talking about our future and maybe getting married and having a real heart to heart conversation, if he gets triggered things fall apart very...

I have to agree. I posted this to get advice and different perspectives, and that is certainly a different perspective but not very applicable or relevant. Like any relationship, there are a lot of complexities and details that are not on this thread.

No worries at all. This is why I joined this forum, for different perspectives. if I'm way off I'd rather know so that I can change whatever aspects are within my power to change.

Yeah, there are a lot of details that I didn't include in the original post. The two guys were just two of a group of maybe 10-15 people, guys and girls, that I hung out with at the festival. It's an all night thing for 4 nights, so a lot of people do stay up until 7am and later, so, not a...

Hi all - thank you for the insight so far. To clarify a little: I am not denying that it *looks* weird. When he brought it up he was already angry, had already decided I had lied to him. He didn't come to me first asking if it was true or not. The main thing here is that he simply *will...

Hello, I just joined this group because I really need a resource to help me process some of the things I am going through with my boyfriend. Let me try to keep it short. 95% of the time, we are purely, ecstatically in love. We have been together almost 15 months. Before getting in to our...