Welcome to the Travel Forums


Why join TravelBlog?

  • Membership is Free and Easy
  • Your travel questions answered in minutes!
  • Become part of the friendliest online travel community.
Join Now! Join TravelBlog* today and meet thousands of friendly travelers. Don't wait! Join today and make your adventures even more enjoyable.

* Blogging is not required to participate in the forums
Advertisement


Relationship advice!!!!!

Advertisement
What to do if your girlfriend goes travelling, and you're stuck at home worried!!
14 years ago, May 12th 2009 No: 1 Msg: #72587  
My girlfriend left to go travelling around the world in January, we both agreed that we would stay together because im going out to see her in a couple of weeks. Im worried that she may have changed her mind about being with me and she may no longer see me in the same light. I’ve been travelling before but I know what it’s like to go and come back a different person.

She says that she is still completely in love with me and whenever I bring up the fact that she might not still wanna be with me she gets angry so I quickly change the conversation. I know that im being paranoid but I cant help the way I feel. What would you guys do if you were in my situation?

I trust her when she says she hasn’t been with anyone, and I haven’t so much as looked at another girl since she has gone away. Im worried that ill get out there and it’ll all go tits up.

Any thoughts??
Reply to this

14 years ago, May 12th 2009 No: 2 Msg: #72591  
Hello Michael and welcome to the Forum,

This is a fairly common situation - the most recent discussion on this was the female at home, whilst the male travelled.

My boyfriend left me before he leaves for 2 months to europe! - Help

I think one of the key things here is how you will handle the change (if any) - people always change over time, travelling or not, it is the couples that adapt that tend to stay together.

PS: I've moved this from Europe to the General Travel Forum Reply to this

14 years ago, May 12th 2009 No: 3 Msg: #72594  
B Posts: 83
Skype.

Or pray. Reply to this

14 years ago, May 12th 2009 No: 4 Msg: #72600  
Ok...I agree on the skype....but the best way is simply to wait and see how you are together...once you are back together.

Some will think by travelling they will meet a lot of people...but it's the same as any society. It's not because you meet a lot of people, that you do have true relationships.

She will be changed, and hopefully you will enjoy this. She may bring you to discover new things, new ideas...but it doesn't mean you won't match each other...

Never forget...when you travel, you may meet many people...but this is often only superficial...what is important is the ones you love...and trust me, she may have missed you more than you think...even if she was the one having fun.

So do skype....but beside that, wait to be re-united, and you'll take it from there.... Reply to this

14 years ago, May 12th 2009 No: 5 Msg: #72637  

If you don't have trust you don't have anything. If you have these feelings now then it's probably going to eat away at you more the longer she's away. I think you already know this, hence this post.

So what do you do? Seriously dude you need to have a honest talk with yourself (not her). Be realistic. If you don't trust her, or question whether she still wants to be with you, then you're just going to create bigger problems for your relationship. I think you just need to chill the f*** out a bit. Stop asking her if everything's ok. Stop looking for problems. Stop being high maintenance. Just chill. If she comes back and doesn't want to be with you then there's absolutely nothing you can do about it. Life sucks like that.

Don't worry about something you can't control. Only worry about what you can control - your actions. Putting pressure on her may only create a rift that might not have existed before. Give her a reason to miss you - i.e. be cool, be happy for her adventure, be someone she looks forward to talking to, etc.

Sorry if this sounds negative, but I've been exactly where you are now and I did pretty much what you're doing (from what I've read above). It ended badly and it was all my fault. I pushed her away. I don't want you to make the same mistake I did (saying that, it was ages ago and I really don't give a shit anymore, hehe). Just chill bro. Reply to this

14 years ago, May 13th 2009 No: 6 Msg: #72727  
B Posts: 602
Have you considered that this is what you need to bring you together? If this is a real relationship, then when she is gone, she will want you more. If not - it is good to find out before you are tied together. Reply to this

14 years ago, May 15th 2009 No: 7 Msg: #72869  
Ah!
I would say "You want to go for a trip, so do I. Bye!"

My wife loves parties and since last year she likes to go to girls-only parties. When I discovered that it was a restaurant and dancing, I was hurt in the beginning. Then I became the 'genius of the day' and yelled cheerily saying "Me too!"

Last December she asked me what I thought about she traveling to Russia with only some girl friends. I replied: "I want the same, but I go south" (Mexico. And I was already fantasizing about tiny bikinis). She did not go.

You know, before I was married, I did what I liked. When we were dating, I knew that those times were over. If my girlfriend would go for a trip with others, then I guess where the relationship stand, not?

Do you really think that she would not take a peek to other guys when she would be gone? If you think so, then you are ignorant.

Wim Reply to this

14 years ago, May 19th 2009 No: 8 Msg: #73283  
S Posts: 10
I think the main issue is you worrying about it and alienating her. Try to stay the same with her, don't always check up on her, and look forward to going out to meet her. There's not much else you can do if you want to kep her, so I guess you just need to trust her. If she comes back with someone else then it would have happened eventually anyway so best to get it over with now!

Good luck with this. Reply to this

Tot: 0.039s; Tpl: 0.005s; cc: 10; qc: 22; dbt: 0.0192s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1013.2kb