You have some good concepts, but some very fucked up ones too.
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read something today that reminded me being like that will get me nowhere.
Not only that, but it will make things worse.
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I got a little pissed about that, but I don't want to come off as spying or watching or being overbarring so I didn't say anything when she came in. I let on that I didn't see them at all, which was a mistake. I should have said "who walked you home, babe?" Now, I'm kind of kicking my own ass in my head.
No, you shouldn't have. You shouldn't even have been awake. You also should not be offering to pick her up unless she explicitly asks for that favor. It's a form of negative pressure. On both of you.
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But, I feel like I have lost that. I'm unhappy with work, I actually work in the next city over which leaves her lots of time and freedom potentially spend time with others, even innocently at first. I'm always complaining and after 4 or 5 years in this city, I don't have a core group to socialize and be busy with.
It's really great that you're self aware enough to realize this. Here, let me quote myself.
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Be congruent
Understand that women won’t make you happy. A relationship won’t make you happy and having 6 different fuck buddies won’t make you happy. You can’t drink you problems away and you sure as hell can’t fuck them away either.
Every man has 3 main aspects to his life. Career, social life, dating life. Work on all of them, not just one. Self-improve. We live in a society where people are socially conditioned to be ordinary, to not take chances and to play it safe. Fuck that. Quit your job if it’s shit and start doing what you love. Meet people and form great friendships. Talk to that attractive woman regardless of the fact that you’re wearing your gym equipment. I know it’s easier said than done, but a life of mediocrity is a big price to pay. No one on their death bed will ever say: "I wish I did less of what I loved."
If you want to be an attractive man you have to live an attractive life. And fortunately, that’s entirely up to you. The more confident you become in who you are, the more rewarding your relationships with the people around you will be. Men and women. Happiness is something you build on your own and then chose who you want to share it with. It’s not something you leech off of whoever gives you the time of day.
If you're interested in more of that ^, there's a link in my sig.
Anyway, the point is that there's a strong synergy between these life aspects.
If you're unhappy with one or two, they all suffer.
If you're happy with all of them, they all benefit.
Think about it. If this girl left you tomorrow, what do you have? A job you dislike and an in-existent social life. You'd be crushed. Your happiness depends on her, and that's a very bad situation to be in.
It's a fucked up mentality to fall into OP - trying to "do something about this dude". You can't do shit about the dude. As Jack mentioned, if your girl is of any quality you better believe I'll be all up for pursuit. Aside from locking her in your basement, I see little you can do to limit her interactions with men.
The only thing you can control however, is you. And the value of which you, as a male, are building for yourself.
You think this woman can be proud of her man - who not only is unpleased with his job, has to drive arbitrary amounts of time - daily - to get there, and has little to no social life on top of it, which is probably due to the same time consuming shit job?
Never even mind if she's proud of that. Are you?