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Q: Really Want to Make the Relationship Work.
asked by: boarderX2005 on July 24th, 2004
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I met this one guy a little over a month ago and we both hit it off really well. I really like him a lot and he has told me at one point that he liked me, although we are not going out yet.. I recently became aware that he is bipolar and it has a great effect on out relationship. Even though we are still keeping it at a friends level he has told me that he likes me and has even told me that he wanted to kiss me a couple time. At other times we are just friends and nothing more, even though that is understandable because like I mentioned we are still not quite going out. The real problem is that there are times when he doesn't even want to talk to me; where he just sees me as annoying and clingy. I tried talking to him about it earlier but he had to go and we couldn't talk long. I asked him if he had feelings for me and he just gave me a flat 'no'. I know if I wait a while eventually he will come back to liking me again because it always goes through this cycle. He does not see anyone about his problem nor does he take any medication. I was just wondering what I can do to help him out. I know I have to sit down and talk to him, but at the moment he doesn't even want to do that. I just really want to make this relationship work because I care for him a lot. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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purple333
replied on July 26th, 2004
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Regardless of any mental health issue you haven't known each other long enough to know him well enough or to have developed a cycle:
"i know if I wait a while eventually he will come back to liking me again because it always goes through this cycle" you can not develop a cycle in a month.

Perhaps you are being too clingy - we should all look first at our own behaviour in a relationship before assuming that the problem lies purely with the other person regardless of whether they have a mental health issue or not.
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