To Refreshing

Submitted by Michigan (United States), Jan 28, 2010 at 21:41

I'm in the same situation as you. I've been involved with my egyptian man for over a year and he was sweet in the beginning too until we moved in together. He gets angry over the smallest things and won't talk to me for days afterwards. Our breakup came because I said... "mom is upset". He went into a rage like I had never seen before and didn't talk to me for a week. It's amazing how those 3 words can turn a relationship upside down, but they did.

His lies are what made me find an apartment and move out and then he accused me of leaving him. He always blamed me for everything and said if I became muslim he would treat me better. I said... "Why don't you treat me better now?" He said, "Don't I? "

He now has moved to lower Michigan but keeps in contact with me. He's on singles sites again but still says he loves me, still says he misses me and still wants to marry me. My family and friends tell me to just stop all contact but, like you, this is easier said than done. I melt everytime he has sweet words for me.

I wish I had advice for you. I wish I could get over my egyptian man. I wish he could come out and tell me he's done with me. I think it would be easier for me to stop all contact if he did that. But those sweet words from him kill me and make me want to come back for more. They give me hope in a hopeless situation.

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