Boyfriend and I have been fighting a lot for a while. He broke up with me, but then we decided to try to make it work after we talked. I don’t want to end my relationship. Any ideas how to save and salvage a relationship on the bricks of ending

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First thing first, you have to identify the root causes of those fights - whether it is something you can change or have the control over.

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I am the problem. A major one is I have trust issues which cause a lot of fights :/

I was the guy in this same situation. It got to a point where my girlfriend wouldn’t trust me to have any female friends. She would say things like “it’s normal for you to talk to your girl friends less now that you’re in a relationship. They should see you have a boyfriend and stop talking to you now”. I had 2 girl friends I kept in touch with, on the most trivial things, and she would have an over the top reaction. “Why are you hiding your phone? Why don’t you show me the messages?” Okay babe, look we can even talk to them together, I’ll give you 100% transparency, but I want to maintain the relationship with my friends and I don’t want to completely cut them out of my life. “You should tell your friend that she should stop talking to you”.

FWIW, I broke up with my girlfriend.

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I can’t speak for you and your specific situation. Has he done anything to damage your trust in him? Has he ever been unfaithful? Innocent until proven guilty 😊. Most people are good people and mean well.

My (ex)girlfriend did end up seeking therapy on her own, and I do think she is much happier now. Single, but working on bettering herself as a person.

At least you have the self awareness whereas she did not. You’re well positioned to make the necessary changes in your life to have a successful relationship. Just have to work on it.

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I saw what you said. Except for giving advice on therapy, I also want to show some empathy. I was there, and I know the feeling. There was a guy I really loved. I know something was wrong with our relationship, but I couldn't imagine he marrying another girl not me, so I just refuse to let him go. After 6 months, both of us were so unhappy in life. In the end, he found a girl more suitable for him, and I found a guy more suitable for me. Sometimes it's good to let somebody go.

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Wow you are strong! That’s great you were able to heal pretty fast

Why are you fighting? If you’re fighting all the time, maybe it’s best to separate.

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I have trust issues and I cause problems honestly. Initially he was more understanding now he’s just lost his patience

I saw you have trust issues. I was the “problem maker” in my last relationship bc I didn’t trust him due to previous actions. It was hard bc I saw a future with him that I hadn’t seen in prior relationships. I ultimately was the one who ended things finally, and it was the hardest thing, but overall I’m glad I did it. You deserve to be with someone you trust and couples counseling can only do so much. Trust takes time. I had waited a year for trust to come back and it wasn’t coming. I feel more confident in myself now post break up and know I’ll find a better partner sooner or later. Probs not what you wanted to hear but I hope it helps

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It’s trust issues. I am the problem honestly. I have a hard time trusting after being cheated on before. So I question everything he does, which has led to many fights

Thank you I really appreciate you sharing this ❤️

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Therapy

I know I am wrong and need therapy. I also have the constant need to go over his phone and see what he’s doing, who he’s talking to, and I’m always nervous that there could be girls. He knows I check the phone a lot, so I’m sure if there was something he would delete it anyways. I just need to fix myself but having those thoughts is so hard

Why did you stop trusting him in the first place?

Did he lie because he did something wrong or because he didn't want to stoke your trust issues further?

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