Emotionally abusive boyfriend and breaking up

Yeah, I know what I need to do. I need to cut off my relationship with my boyfriend of a year. I am fifteen years old, and I am in an emotionally abusive relationship. I do not know HOW to break up with my boyfriend. He is my age and lives on my street, which makes it even harder to get away as I’m sure you realize. I have tried numerous times to break up with him, all in person (I would never break up via text or IM), but he always begs me. First he is angry and pissed at me until he realizes I’m not going to give in, and then he cries, and I can’t stand it. I know I am not in the wrong, and it is perfectly natural to want to move on, especially because this is both of his and my first relationship. He is controlling over the music that I listen to (It is because I like depressing music and such, and he thinks it has a bad effect on my mood), as well as the pictures I put on my wall and the websites I view on the computer. He is in the process of trying to get me to close my a social site account because he “doesn’t know who I am talking to or talking about and it bothers him” which I know is completely wrong, because that is typical controlling behavior. The bad completely outweighs the good in our relationship, and I’m just tired of trying to please him. He doesn’t like the way I dress, and I’m not trying to be shallow, but he does not complement me often. I would never expect him to say that I looked good every time I saw him, but at least once. He does not support anything that I am doing currently or like, and he is trying to make me buy medication to remove some scars on my wrists from a year ago when I cut myself (I was very depressed and have moved out of it, but he still sees me as “disabled” in his eyes, which pisses me the hell off.) I also have a problem with walking on my tip-toes (weird, right?) because that is the way that I learned to walk, and he is absolutely convinced it is his duty to change the way I walk and to make me “better”. I do not know for a fact that it is harmless to do this and he says it can cause spinal issues (which I am going to research after this), but he uses it as an excuse I feel, to tell me what to do and how to do things. I know it’s supposed to be in my best interest, but come on. When we’re having an argument he does it to piss me off. “walk flat-footed” is basically something he would say while I’m trying to talk and without realizing it standing on my toes. I know I need to break up with him, I just don’t know how. I don’t know how to stop giving in when he cries and gets upset, because I feel guilty. I feel like he needs me and that he cares about me, but he sort of takes me for granted. He’s not always directly nasty, but he calls me stupid names. even things such as “n00b” as I’m sure many of you are familiar with. he also calls me a bitch sometimes but tells me he’s kidding, and he touches my breasts even though he knows I hate it. I just want out… but I’m not sure what to do, if I break up with him and he starts to bug me and call me all the time. :( I’m just sad and want out.

Answer #1

Stand your ground girl and just always be strong. You didnt name one thing good about him so I think you just really need to be like, theres no hope for us and all you do is hurt me. Because in reality if you dont do something about it, YOUR going to pay for the consiquenses. Such as depression and long term emotional problems. It’s not healthy. And the best way to get over it, is to find another man who’s willing to treat you right. Well in my case thats how it is for me.

Good luck!

Answer #2

I have a slightly less severe case - I was at that time trying to make my close girl friend like me. I’ll tell you right now - I honestly, right now, find the appealing using crying and becoming depressed in hopes of getting you back disgusting. But one month ago, I was different. You could say we were a couple for a short time. I’m was also 15 at the time (16 now), and I was almost like your guy friend there. However, my friend noticed I was doing all these things for her, offering help when it wasn’t needed, and pretty much stalking her everywhere - and lastly, I would go emo and depressed every time she hinted she wasn’t interested in me anymore. She realized she couldn’t kick me out of her life without causing herself pain, and that gave her unbelievable stress. And the amazing thing was that I didn’t know any of that until she finally exploded and told all her friends about how much of a * I was. So, its pretty obvious this guy doesn’t know how you are feeling. I’m tending to sympathize with you - as the pain I caused her, and the pain this guy is causing you, are born from the same problems. She told all her friends, and all of them had no hesitation in bad-mouthing me about how much I hurt her, and etc. I believe this would work in your case. The key thing to note is that he has to admit his faults. I had to do that. And even though I still love my friend, I don’t dare to pursue her anymore. Ok, I pretty much went off topic, but the thing is, you can’t do this alone. Get friends to help. And, knowing how you females support each other so well, I’m sure you will be able to move on, and hopefully help this guy to mature as well, and see what he has done to you. This was a bit of a ramble, sorry, but hope I helped.

Answer #3

Hi, I’m perhaps in the same situation. My boyfriend has a good side. He can be very charming and a sweet talker. Everyone loves him. But when we fight he lose control and becomes an evil. He called me names and a few times he has touched me. I have forgiven him because he comes and cries like a puppy. Thats when he knows that I will take him back because he know that when he does that there is no way I will reject him because I’m a nice person with a nice heart, thats why he knows and takes advantadge of that. We been together for 5 years, I will turn 30 next year, now you tell me have I waste my time? … do I need this kind of man? He is 43yrs old. I knew he previously had issues with her other girlfriends but I still went out with him because as I said he can be very charming too.I got to start thinking about me and you SHOULD do the same. Think about you more than anything at the end you will be the one whos going to damage yourself. Be strong! All the girls who are in a abusive relationship, I know its hard but please think deeply how much you can handle and do not destroy your life for that kind of man. God bless you all. LIFE IS TOO SHORT!!!

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