| I think the main question is, what actions considered beta did i take/do. I reflected my actions today and I gotta say that I haven't gone completely beta, at some points i did, at some i didn't.
To start from the beginning, when i went into PUA, my intentions were to find a wonderful girl to spend my life with, when i met this girl, i had the feeling that she fit into that category. The first month that we got official i already acted semi-beta. I had a great frame personality-wise, but i was always available for her, meaning i spent all my time and energy with her, every week instead of going out with friends etc. This was mainly because i never had the time to see her during the week and only during the weekends.
Eventually, things went downhill, because she got so emotionally attached to me, she had a hard time adjusting, she didn't really know how to handle things. (She never had the greatest father-figure). Her mom got divorced twice, and she couldn't get along with her stepdad. Because of the combination of my investment, and her withdrawel, i felt that something was wrong. On top of that, she had a hard time expressing her feelings aswell, so communication was pretty miserable, making me think she was hiding things. Eventually i took the initiative to confront her about it, and she confessed about her feelings, etc... It was a very good talk, helped us both grow, but on the other side, made me accept more of her actions. If she'd get mad, communicate aggressively, i'd accept it because of her history and her ''issues it led to.
During these moments, i felt like making her happy, because at times that our relationship was great, the investment from both sides were amazing. If she'd ask a favour, i'd do it for her instantly with the intention of making her feel more comfortable around me. Eventually that led to me being the dog and taking lots of shit, haha.
I'm a man of patience, i can take a lot of ''mental beatings'' because i work in a social sector where children have been assigned to by a judge since their parents are either in jail, alcoholic(s), rapists, ... meaning i have been in a very harsh environment, extending my boundaries immensely.
Ofcourse because of me taking a lot of shit untill a certain point, and eventually getting enough of it, i did went into an emotional state. I never really put a boundary on her behaviour so that's something that hasn't exactly been working in my favour. If i do tell her that she crossed the line, she gets upset etc...
The big issue at the moment is that, I have a feeling that the girl is a great catch. We share very similar interest regarding lifegoals and such, and those are very important for me. But her bad-sides. Are also extremely bad. So there's no real grey zone. When days are good, they are great, when days are bad, they are horrible. The thing i find most annoying is that because she's so young, and i have a lot of life experience, we are often at a different level. She never admits things, or accepts mine if it comes down to a disucssion about a topic. She's also very unpredictable and can be very impulsive. She also doesn't have the strength to carry me during bad days, because she has days where she cant carry herself. When i have a very bad day at work, I cannot talk to her about it, but in the meanwhile she's energetic and annoyed that i'm tired, when i tell her that my days are hard, she compares it to hers (normal highschool), and says that hers aren't easy either, but she survives. Those are moments that do get me annoyed as hell.
The combination of my work, the bad days that i can have with my girlfriend, and the pressure from school can really put me at my limits and drain my energy like a vacumecleaner clearing a sack of dust. I feel like my investment becomes minimal and that things get ''boring'' for a while. The relationship can either help me survive my week, or help me fall deeper into a hole. I think it's because of me being quite inactive at those moments that it affects her affection towards me.
That's why I'm here, to help me change my style/lifestyle and get me back in shape.
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