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Am I overthinking?..

Hello (⁠⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠⁠)
I need help, I overthink things too much sometimes. I have trust issues because of things that happened in the past involving relationships.
So, my partner and I are almost a year together.
We always text each other, everyday. Since we don't see each other often because of some issues not being able to visit each other at the moment.
Today, we texted, at like 10pm he told me he's going to sleep because he's really tired. I answered around 10: 38pm. Told him goodnight and other things. He usually doesn't open my message till morning. I sleep really late, so I miss him and read old convos we had. His work hours tired him out, so we don't talk much during the weekday. Which sucks, but I understand.
I was texting my cousin on Snapchat, so when I opened the app and was about to click my cousin's message, I saw
that he opened my chat. It was around 11pm.
He didn't reply back, he left it as just opened.
I feel like he didn't wanted to talk to me anymore. Like if he needed an excuse. I'm probably overthinking it, but I can't deny that it hurt me. If you don't want to talk to me, then tell me.
I have already had conversations with him about our relationship, because I want this to work for us. But I'm just so tired, I need to be the one to bring things up. Things that needs work on. I don't know if we should take a break. My feelings are confused.
Am I overthinking this, should I talk to him about taking a break? (⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠)
Kodel · 26-30, M
It could be a bit of an overread, but if you've tried talking to him about how you want to talk to him (as is fairly normal in relationships) but he hasn't really taken it on board, that could be an argument in favour of taking a break as he's evidently not listening to you. If he's bad at communicating and you keep mentioning it, but he does nothing to improve, that's his fault. Good communication helps in everything. It's fair to feel downcast in such a circumstance. If you're confused and feeling like this is too much to handle, it might be worthwhile taking a break and letting him know that he needs to work on his communication. Yes, work can be tiring but that's one of the advantages of having a partner. You have someone who can help you relax. It's not fair to you if you're the only one putting in effort to actually make a good partner.
So no, you're not quite overthinking this. Poor communication isn't exactly a small issue. I suppose the question is how far you want to go with it. Do you want to give him a little space? Or do you want to move on?
TheLordOfHell · 41-45
Ah don't overthink it. Maybe he was just too tired to respond. I do that sometimes, when I am on the edge of sleep and get a message. I'll read it and respond in the morning
suzette · 46-50, F
@TheLordOfHell I was going to say something along those lines.

Sometimes I'll read a message, think of a response and fall asleep before actually typing it.
TheLordOfHell · 41-45
@suzette It happens, hey?

 
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