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Yup. Compatibility can shift at any point.
Yea I’ve noticed the shift in my relationship over 1.5 years and at a certain point boils down to compatibility. She’s not a bad person or anything which makes it tougher. We were once really compatible but it’s disappeared in many areas. Its such a rock and a hard place type of feeling
I’m no expert at these relationship things (been single for 2.5 years). But here’s what I regret, sitting in my own personal despair while telling myself the relationship will fix itself over time & there’s enough time to rewrite the path. Here’s the truth - it’s been over a year…feelings, compatibility & stage of life changed & has continued to change - are you happy, have you attempt to fix things & it didn’t work out, you might even feel a sense of resentment towards her, trust me 1 year of rockiness is telling, could you do another 20 at this rate? It’s fact that relationships dull down overtime (less exciting) but if the relationship also isn’t taking any combined steps to spice things up or make them exciting again, you might be at the wits end of what’s going on & tbh she may feel the same way but hiding it through hanging with her friends & staying busy.
Here’s what I learned in my failed engagement… 1) if you’re feeling some type of way, they probably are too, 2) Women use the course of several months to a couple of years to emotionally detach themselves from a relationship so when they end it or get you to - they are ready, 3) No relationship is worth 1.5 years+ of emotional pain, 4) there is time (you can potentially have forever) but if the attempts to engage fail - it’s not worth feeling negative feelings indefinitely (that manifests as forever feeling like it’s not enough).
So save yourself & her the trouble & rip the bandaid off, have that serious conversation - itll do one of two things - mend y’all or end y’all - both result in the same thing - growth, your peace, & allow you to move forward either with her or without
Just laid out what I needed to hear a long time ago & never received. I don’t regret anything, but I learned that thinking time is on our side & being complacent to something that doesn’t feel great & not realizing she felt the same way only led to further separation. Our experiences could be different, but it took 1.5 years of rockiness, & the thing that finally put the nail in the coffin was a fight that almost put a nail in my coffin & she was still the one to “end it.” Trust me, ending it in a final serious conversation is significantly better than letting it boil into something irreversible - I’ll leave it at that, do what’s best for you - only you can determine that, good luck mate!