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Is it to late?

User Profile: Taylor15274
Taylor15274 August 11th, 2021

Sorry in advance for the novel. It got alot longer than I thought it would.

My fiance, after 9 years of being together, left me yesterday night. I was completely in the wrong, and I'm trying to save the relationship. I fell into a bad routine after being with her so long. I took her for granted. I'm an electrician, so I perform hard manual labor all week, overtime most weeks. and on the weekends, put my skills to work fixing up the house. My problem arises when I was too tired to formulate a thought at the end of the day, let alone plan a date, or anything at all. I just collapse into a vegetative state on the couch every day. It wasn't fair to her, but at the same time I was working so hard to try and build a future for the 2 of us. Work + Flip the house we were in on the weekend, then sell it to upgrade into a better place. I began to have problems managing my time, aka every time she asked me to go hang out with her parents, for example, I'd throw a fit because it stopped me from either working, or spending what little time I had to relax, being active. It got to the point I neglected to hug or cuddle her, I just didn't think about it. Not that I didn't want to, I just never thought about it. Our new puppy didn't help either being that it lays in-between us on the couch. Being a habitual person, that extrapolated itself to incorporate all sorts of other small things, until she finally gave up. I don't know what to do. I also grew negative due to the excess of work. When I was "relaxing", I always felt guilty because I could be using that time to do something to improve the house and our quality of life. Catch 22. She also said I managed to make her feel guilty for everything she did. I truly did not mean to do that, and did not realize I was doing it, until she spelled out it for me yesterday. Adhd/add has caused me to have social issues my entire life, and I'm not very capable of picking up on subliminal messages or hints. I have alot of problems with the things I say, because there isn't any thought to it, the words just come out, whether they're complaining about her favorite TV shows (which goes back to my miniscule amount of relaxation time; I didn't want to watch Gilmore girls for the hour of down time I got a day) or for some stupid reason, the food she eats. She stopped watching certain shows and eating certain foods because of my complaining. I have a feeling it's to late, but I'm trying my best to make amends. I'm sorry again for the novel.

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User Profile: dukeofdearham
dukeofdearham August 14th, 2021

@ Taylor15274

did you share with her what you shared witn us?
If not, do, in person might be best, depending on your and her state
If either one of youy is emotional, then don't do in person, but write it in a letter (you know, how people used to communicate before Internet and social scr*wed up our ways to communicate from within, from persom to person.