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I Am Lonely

I opened up my world to a man whom I thought cared about me. I shared everything about myself. I told him about how most of my weekends are spent at home and about my strained relationship with my mom (who has kind of cut me out of her life). This is a tiny sample of information.

Months later - he calls me “pathetic” and picks on me on and off about my mom. Pathetic - because I do not go out much on weekends. He also likes to guilt-trip me about my mom. He says I do not care about my parents - what does he know :(. My dad means the world to me.

How many of you’ll have experienced this? Being humiliated after sharing everything from A to Z about yourself.

I have gone into a shell off late and I’m afraid of falling in love again.
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HappytoTalk · 61-69, F
He sounds narcissistic.. better off with out him..
But don’t let that stop you from opening your heart to a genuine guy out there.. be cautious..don’t give too much of yourself at first.. that’s the trouble with this world today people have mobile phones , internet , social media and get fall to fast ..not like in my day when we did things slower , because we could only meet up on weekends..and so we got to know each other slower,
ms20182878 · 61-69, M
@HappytoTalk Years ago we wrote letters... back and forth. I still have a stack of letters that my late wife wrote to me as we were getting to know each other... before we ever met in person.
HappytoTalk · 61-69, F
@ms20182878 I am sorry for your loss.. and it’s so sweet that you kept all those letters, such a loverly reminder.
I think relationships last longer when the time is taken to get to know each other don’t tell everything at once ..today it’s all done by texting, internet..ect..in our day we met face to face and it took a long time to know each other’s likes , dislikes. Now days there’s no filters and you get to know people very quickly before attachments are formed .. I’ve told my youngest daughter not to use her phone if ever she meets a guy..and to take it slow.. she agrees because she sees how quickly her friends are in and out of relationships ( she’s 19..)
ms20182878 · 61-69, M
@HappytoTalk We wrote letters back and forth daily for many weeks... Every day when I arrived home after work there would be letter in my mailbox from her. And every day on the way to work, I would mail her another letter... 😊
solitaire · 41-45, F
So romantic. Technology has ruined things :(
ms20182878 · 61-69, M
@solitaire Yes, it has ruined things in so many ways. I often dream of sitting out on the porch for many hours during a pleasant summer evening safely sharing the deepest thoughts and dreams of my heart with someone else.
solitaire · 41-45, F
Awww. If we were from the same place I’d be all ears :)
HappytoTalk · 61-69, F
When I met my husband he lived across the road more or less and he pop in every night..talking was done face to face and friendship grew that way into love.. took me 6 months or more to realise I loved him.. not like today it’s all over in 6 months because of cell phones ect.@ms20182878
solitaire · 41-45, F
People do not understand the meaning of love nowadays. Unfortunately, most do not want anything permanent :(
ms20182878 · 61-69, M
@solitaire Love is a verb... we all need to remember that every day.