how do you tell your boyfriend to change or you're leaving him?

ok.. I’m 28 (not in high school lol).. been dating a guy for almost 3 years.. I’m not happy.. he’s an alcoholic in denial, he’s been laid off work since October and hasn’t bothered to even look for a job and from what I’m told by his room mate he does nothing all day except drink and play video games.. I only see him on the weekends because of the odd hours I work ..most of the time I have to pick him up because something is wrong with his vehicle.. he stays with me on saturday nights and I take him home on sundays.. I don’t allow alcohol in my house so I try to keep him away from bars on saturdays, but every time I say “lets do something” he comes out with “ok, lets go play darts”.. darts are at the bar.. theres a lot more to the story, but, long story short, he’s driving me crazy!!.. I’m even visualizing myself being with other guys whom I don’t even have feelings for.. and anyone I’ve talked to and even mentioned something about the things he does, I keep being told “you can find somebody better”.. I do love him, but, I want the old him back.. the one I assumed I was dating when we first got together.. the clean shaven short haired guy.. not the guy who looks like he just stepped out of the mountain cave he was living in for 4 years.. how do I go about telling him these types of things without truly hurting him?.. and if I can’t get him to change I’m thinking I may have to break it off.. I don’t know what to do.. I don’t even really know why I’m still with him.. I just need help :(

Answer #1

I don’t agree with the person above completely but I do in a way.

You yourself cannot change him. That’s what you need to know at the start.

You should just find a quiet time and say something like “I really have a problem and it’s been playing on my mind. Just hear me out, okay?” I believe a relationship should come forward about problem they’re having in it. Because when you know what’s a problem then you can know if you want to change for the other person.

I had anger issues. I would RAGE at my mother and my boyfriend for little things cause I was so high strung. My boyfriend loved me, but he HATED it. Same went for my mother, she just couldn’t deal with it anymore. I’m a nice person and I hated myself for what I did.

My boyfriend and I say that we have to tell every problem we have with each other so we can just know it and see if we want to change for them. Well he told me that he loved me so very much and he didn’t want to see it come to this but If the anger doesn’t stop then he was going to leave. He hated seeing what happened to my mother and him. I cried and I didn’t want that to happen. So over a couple of mouths I changed. It was really hard and I became depressed for a while but finally. I made it! Me and my boyfriend get on so much better now and same with my mum. I feel so better.

Just tell him. Because even though something hurts it sometimes is the right thing. A The Fray song says “Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same.”

If he wants to change for you, he will. But if he doesn’t care enough for the relationship enough to change then it’s not fair on you to be with someone that you have a major problem like this with, you have to leave. I completely understood when my boyfriend told me that.

In the end you don’t want to have regrets. So try your hardest to save what you have. It’s about you in the end and what you want.

Answer #2

an alcoholic is not one forever, 2bmommy. people do sober up to bad other peoples ignorance does not. the only thing you can do is have a serious talk with your guy about your future and just tell him that hes not what you expected or wanted. sometimes truth hurts but there is nothing else you can do. you need to be happy and with him your not. I wish you luck.

Answer #3

I know it’d be hard if you love him, but you cannot change someone if thats who they are.

if your really not happy let him go. Its not fun if you will spend your life with someone whos not the guy for you.

Just think though, if you stay with him, what will happen in the long run?

Answer #4

why are you wanting him to change.. let him be himself, he’s no longer the guy you met 3 years ago. if you’re not happy with a situation then end it. the things you’ve mentioned aren’t little annoying habits they’re big deals.. you shouldn’t have to tell someone to get a job, or to stop drinking, or to get off their lazyass and stop playing video games. those things should come to him automatically because he should know they’re wrong. theres no way in hell he’s going to change, and even if he does, it won’t last long.

c’mon now, you KNOW your relationship is at a dead end. stop fooling yourself and find someone else. do you really want to spend the rest of your life with someone like that?

Answer #5

an alcaholic will always be one… I know that for a fact!!!

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