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My boyfriend doesn't spend a lot of time with me. We live in the same house, we sleep in the same bed, but he works all day and then when he gets home he games all night. I spend the day keeping the house clean and cooking up different dinners for us to eat together and he wants to eat it at his desk instead of with me.

We haven't had sex as often ever since I started feeling neglected. Now he complains about it, and that made me feel kind of bitter. I would never cheat on him for real, but I felt like maybe if I made him jealous he'd wise up and start treating me a little more special.

I started talking about different guys I thought were cute. I mentioned running into someone at the grocery store, all that kind of thing. Just trying to get under his skin a little. He ignored it. I got more upset, I started flirting kind of openly with guys and he got visibly angry which felt kind of good since it was the first time he acted like he cared at all about our relationship in ages.

My lesbian friend pulled me aside recently and she went "you're just going to hurt both of you with this jealousy game" and told me I had to stop.

I'm sitting on the couch now just thinking of what to do now. He barely even speaks to me anymore. Should I just pick up my stuff and go?
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>>34219191
>Should I just pick up my stuff and go
Sure why not. It's easier than the alternative that you've been rather conspicuously avoiding.
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>>34219191
>Should I just pick up my stuff and go?
Yes.
It was over the moment you were resentful enough to try and hurt him instead of use your words. If he wasn't listening the thing to do was leave, not be a cunt.
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>>34219191
>Should I just pick up my stuff and go?
Yes.
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>>34219191
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Did it ever once occur to you to talk to him about it?
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>>34219194
>>34219196
>>34219217
I thought it was implied we'd tried talking and it didn't work. We had spoken several times and he was only ever telling me what I wanted to hear without actually trying to spend more time with me.
>>34219216
I figured we were at that point. I'll get my friend to bring her truck around and get out of here while he's at work tomorrow.
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>>34219403
>I figured we were at that point. I'll get my friend to bring her truck around and get out of here while he's at work tomorrow.
The trying-to-make-him-jealous thing was stupid. But it sounds like you've exhausted all the non-stupid options already. If you've talked to him several times and he's ignored you, he's clearly not going to change; and if he doesn't, what's the point in staying? It would have been better to leave sooner, but better late than never.
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>>34219191
>woman whores self out to dude who doesn't care about her, doubles down on being a whore to feel special by making him mad
Actual retard
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>>34219191
>I have a problem
>I'm going to act like a sly little shit about it until the problem goes away on its own
Why are women like this?

To be honest, it sounds as though the boyfriend is acting in the exact same sly and pathetic manner until you get the hint and leave. Further proof that acting sly and pathetic will get you nowhere, since you're both doing it, yet neither person is getting what they want.

Just pack your stuff and leave. I don't know how you can tolerate him ostentatiously eating at his desk without a good explanation.
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>>34219791
I really like him, at the core of everything. I really wanted us to work out, before he started acting so distant I thought he was the one.

I kept hoping he would go back to how he had been, but then he seemed to just never spend time with me anymore outside of wanting sex.

I got bitter. I know the jealousy thing was dumb, but it hurt a lot to care so much about him when it seemed like he couldn't give a shit about me. So I wanted to hurt him back a little, but mostly I hoped that jealousy might get him to care a little about me again.
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>>34219191
>I spend the day keeping the house clean and cooking up different dinners for us to eat together and he wants to eat it at his desk instead of with me.
Get a fucking job.
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>>34222083
I have one. I work from home and I have enough free time to take care of the house.
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>My lesbian friend pulled me aside recently and she went "you're just going to hurt both of you with this jealousy game" and told me I had to stop.

Well, she was right. It often does. Sure, you might get a temporary relief to know the person cares, but in the long run this is really bad.

>He barely even speaks to me anymore.
Anon... I'm sorry... Do you have anywhere to go?
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>>34222055
Would him talking about other girls or flirting with them in front of you make you like him more?

Apologize for what you did, explain why you did it, and try talking about things again. If that fails, at least you'll know you tried, and that he won't have a completely wrong impression of you and your actions. Just leaving on this note, especially if you still like him or care about the relationship, is just retarded.
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>>34222211
>Anon... I'm sorry... Do you have anywhere to go?
Not really. I could move back in with my parents, but they'd make it hard for me to move back out later. They really don't want me to leave home.
>>34222561
I'll probably pack up to leave and tell him when I'm on the way out. I'd rather not still be stuck doing stuff there if he takes the talk poorly.
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>>34222639
Why would he take it poorly? If he tolerated what you did, getting an explanation for it can only make things better. If you're packed up and on your way to leave, then he'll feel like your mind is already made up and there's nothing to talk about. Then you'll assume that him shutting down means he doesn't care, and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

All of this could have been avoided if you both had any semblance of common sense and emotional intelligence. Good luck, you'll need it.
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>>34222055
Is he a low functioning autist with whom you put up because he's some sort of doctor House level genius? Because if not, then ostentatiously eating at a different table is the kind of thing someone would do as a form punishment. Or better yet, as a form of manipulation.

If this is how he treats you now then imagine what it'll be like after several years of marriage. You'll live in separate apartments kek
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>>34222659
People don't take it too well when you are leaving them. It's messy and at best it will be a shouting match. At worst... Well. You've heard the stories.

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