My ex and I met through a mutual friend almost 2 yrs ago. I had had a brief fling with friend. My ex had just left her husband because he was a pushover and loved her too much and I had recently been dumped for not committing to my last girl. My new gf was wonderful, she knew of my pain and the reasons I was dumped and she helped me through. She had issues, she was kicked out of home when she was 15 because her mums new partner didn't want her around. Her sis is schizophrenic and beat her up recently. Her friend is nasty to her, even trying to get her jealous over me. She is on anti depressants. She works in the adult industry but not in a sexual way and comes and goes when she pleases. She is lazy and stays in bed until the afternoon. When she drinks she doesn't know when to stop. The few times we did go out she got so drunk she either did not know who I was or we ended up fighting. She has had nowhere to live for the last two years and has been staying with friends until she gets a settlement from her divorce. Despite all of this I love her .She loved me so much and wanted commitment and although I wanted it too I was scared of being hurt again. She is 30 in 2 weeks and I planned give her a ring. She has been slowly getting more frustrated with me for not moving our relationship forward and since xmas I have not been seeing her in the week. I work a long way form where I live and she lives a long way in the opposite direction. It is tiring for me to drive to and from work and then over to her, get home late get up early. But she sees that as me being selfish. We were together all wknd. Recently we have been falling out quite a lot, because she hasn't felt loved. I am not a very tactile person and find it hard to convey my feelings. I thought she understood, perhaps that is taking her for granted? She wants to be smothered like she smothered me. She has always said I am the one but now she says she has no fight left in her and I have worn her down. She loves me but isn't in love with me and that the fire has gone from her belly. She never really believed I loved her. She says I have destroyed her self-esteem but she has always been down on herself. I always tried to encourage her to better herself but I guess I should have just told her how wonderful she was? I know I could have been more tactful with things I said. Most advice says No Contact is the best option. I don't want to make the same mistake as with my last ex and push her away further but I think maybe I should send a letter letting her know just how much she means to me. If she thought I was never there for her isn't NC confirming that? I sent her a text and she replied, calling me honey, said she is fine, just getting over things. So I don't know how to play it now if she is getting over things. She says she has no faith in me. I want to fight for her. She says I am her best friend and she wants us to stay friends but she is making no effort to see how her best friend is doing. This is the third week and our last talk was 8 days ago and last contact was a text 3 days ago.
Thank you for listening