Is it bad that I don't wish to stay with my boyfriend forever. Im in my senior year of highschool and have already started looking at apartments to move into after graduation. I have mentioned plenty of times that me and best friend already planned on moving in together afterwards, but he keeps trying to say or suggest living with him. Whenever I talk about wanting to do something in the future he always says we'll do it together. I know he probably wants to be with me forever, but personally I cannot. He is very clingy, touchy and always wants to hang out, I've told him multiple times that sometimes I just need space and not want to talk to anyone including him, and I know he cares but I can't stand when I tries to talk to me and ask what's wrong especially when I don't want to talk about it (and he knows I don't want to either because I tell him if ask how I'm doing). At school he always needs to be with me during lunch, recess or a free period and even in classes we have together, it gets a bit annoying at times. I'm someone who needs their own space from time to time. I really do love and care about him but genuinely cannot see myself having a future with him especially this early in life. Is it wrong to not want to limit myself to just one person for the rest of my life? idk. I want to be able to go out on my own, meet other people and try on different relationships (me being pan) throughout the upcoming years. My family has met him and they all like him and almost everyone that knows him who I have told has either called me a slut or ungrateful (including family), it really hurt me because now i feel as if I am in the wrong and that I'm hurting him and it'll make him unhappy. But what about how I feel, if I can't see myself being happy with him in the future then why should I stay with him. help

2 years ago

have you told him how you feel about him and how you see your relationship with him (ie clingy, touchy, exploration, being pan, can't see yourself happy with him in the future etc - not just that you need space)? it's a little complicated because he's clearly not listening to you and not respecting your space, and relationships are a two-way street so your wants/needs are just as important as his wants/needs so it's perfectly fine for you to need space and want to explore, especially as you're o...show more

2 years ago