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Am I too sensitive?
Relationship Stress / by limegreenSail9265
Last post
 April 27th, 2022
...See more Currently 3 years into my mostly happy relationship! My partner sometimes is fine to talk but other times he acts as if he doesn't want to know me, I've said before if he needs space just to let me know so I can give him the space he needs, but instead he just gets mad at me and anything I say gets treated as if I'm attacking him, this ends up with him saying some hurtful things I end up apologising for annoying him and making him mad, when I explain how he's making me feel and that it's important for me that he recognises my feelings and my needs he will get more defensive and deflect saying he can't be bothered with some long reply, after I try to explain all I need is for him to recognise how his actions and words have effect he just says he's a different person that shows things differently to me, I understand this but I still can't see how it's so easy to say hurtful things but then such a big issue to say I misread the situation and I'm sorry for how I responded. Its as if he can completely discard hurting me as if its an OK. He then asks why I'm distant he wants me to just forget about it and move on every time but it's at a point now where I can't do that anymore. I am happy to give my partner what he needs as long as I understand what those needs are, I'm being completely open about my needs and I don't get the same in return I don't feel like what I'm asking for is much but maybe I'm too sensitive! An example; I had just woke up, just opened my eyes and I see him getting ready for work look at me look away, so I just ask why the side eyes no aggression just woken up confusion, he then starts getting mad hurtful, huffing and puffind storms out the room I still to this day do not know how that could have been taken as an attack but I apologised for making him feel bad he complained it wasn't a real apology so again I said sorry( still confused here I got no response when asking what I'd said wrong). I try to get him to see it from my side and how I don't feel I deserved him being hurtful to the point I cry based on him thinking I was attacking him with a genuine question. Anyway this ends the same way as I explained before this example sorry for the long read..
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