JustDucky wrote:So I am perfectly happy in my relationship, but I have never had one like him before. He is super clingy, and don't get me wrong, I love it. But yesterday I went to go spend time with my family and he got mad at me cuz I didn't reply to his message when I don't get signal where my grandma lives. I replied as soon as I seen it and before I got home yesterday his mom told me how he was at her house and he was pretty upset. And I don't want him to be unhappy, but really I don't think I did anything wrong it's just he has separation anxiety
Firstly - does he know that you don't have signal there? Did he mention before you left that anything important was going on for him? Generally, my interpretation of the situation is that he over reacted, but that leads me to ask - is this a recurring issue? I think it'd be okay to let his mom know that you didn't have signal there, but at the same time if you guys are both adults then you don't technically owe her an explanation. Not replying for a few hours when you are with family is perfectly normal and it's important to discuss that with him if you haven't already. Does he feel you don't spend much time with him? Does he not have anyone else to talk to or spend time with such as friends? If he feels you've been overly busy lately then I could understand somewhat, or if he has no friends and is overly dependent on your relationship for all social needs then that would explain it (but not necessarily be healthy), but generally it does sound like a bad pattern forming.
My boyfriend and I have nearly constant communication but because of that, I know when he will be out with friends and such and may NOT reply for a while. I know he can't respond while at work usually. He knows I get wrapped up in spending time with family sometimes. But that patience and understanding is key.
Night32 wrote:I have a boyfriend, which i am pretty much fine with. We used to be going "click, click, click" But now i feel like are relationship is going down and is no longer going click, etc. it started going down when he moved. I still email and send letters to him sometimes. But i feel like i need a new one i haven't see him in 3 years, and thats not a lie. I haven't got a reply from him for at least 1 month i don't wanna break his heart? What to do what to do?
I feel that 1 month is a fairly significant amount of time to not hear from someone - especially someone you are in a relationship with! He may also be losing interest or have other things going on, and I would totally find it reasonable if at this point you tell him that with the lack of communication, you are struggling to find reasons to stick around, or that you aren't sure how to interpret the silence for this long other than his disinterest in continuing things.