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Q: Emotionally Unavaiable?
asked by: ztoh on March 2nd, 2007
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heres a thought. my girlfriend just broke up with me claiming I was Emotionally unavailable. My initial thought on this, was WHAT THE F***. where does she think she is coming from, calling me that. My next thought, while trying to explain my emotions was interupted by more nonsense from the other end of the phone line. My questions, hopefully answered by some of you on this message board, are what makes someone emotionally unavaiable, if there is such a thing as emotionally unavailable, is there such a thing as ecessive available emotions? And, my last thought (granted all of this is open and aimed toward argument) is that if men can be emotionally unavailable, at that same time women can want excessive emotions. My question, that I pray for answers for, and that my current relationship may only strive on these answers, Is if a guy can be emotionally unavailable, is it possible that a girl can expect too many emotions, or expressed feelings, at the same time, causing a break off in the relationship? What if the guy feels he is doing a lot towards the relationship, and feels the girl is expecting way too much out of him. What if the guy feels burdened with all the responsibiltities being held over his head? What if the guy wants to talk about these sort of things, but any time the subject comes into conversation, the girl always submisses his view and does not let him comment on his point of view, all the while claiming he doesnt have emotion. Where does that put the girl and the guy>
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IrishEyesSmiling
replied on March 2nd, 2007
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Hi Zoth
being in a marriage with an unemotionally available husband, i can understand ur g/f side of this.

i suppose u could call this the female side of this situation


at the moment i am on the edge of giving up on 12 years of marriage because of this same thing.

when i am sad or upset...my husband just stands there, no arms out for a hug, nothing, except to tell me not to be upsetting myself.

if i tell him something bad that happened to someone, he doesnt seem to have any apthy for the person/s in this situation.

if i tell him something funny, he just looks at me blankly"like hes saying in his head" whats so funny about that

sometimes he is so closed off from his feelings that he wont hug our sons, let alone me.

i think he is afriad of emotions, afraid of being hurt or seen as weak if he shows emotions.

he was like this when i married him, an god love me i thought all that would change once we were married,
but 12 years on, hes still the same, and i feel that i am wasting my life loving someone who gives nothing in return.

personally i dont know what can be done for ur situation...if i knew that i could fix the problems here in my own relationship.

though i hope some of what i posted will give u some insight to what ur g/f might be feeling....the only way to find this out is to talk,talk,talk
thats if ur open to talk, my husband isnt
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aszalajka
replied on June 14th, 2007
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my bf is some what unemotional! but you have to acept things for what they are. some people are just like that and there are women in the world who are like you. my bf is a huge smart ass, and also gets easily distracted forgets to call. things like that. it bothered me at first, but also too my bf just came from a relationship what had no emotions or whatnot even in it and he delt with that for six years. i do think women can expect to much sometimes, as can men. i have learned as a women, if my bf didnt want me around (even though he doesnt say how much he loves having me around) he would hang otu with me, he wouldnt let me spend the night. i give him his space and he gives me mine. there are things you have to let go when it comes to people because thats just who they are. my boyfriend isnt lovey dovey and caca like that. but when he is he makes up for all the times he isnt. exmp: i went away for vacation-gone six days, never said he missed me or anything like that, and i was sorta hurt by it, but as soon as i walked in teh door he gave me the biggest tightest hug and best kiss, we played enjoyed eachother twice right there thatshowed me how much he missed me! but some women just cant accept it on occision they have to have it all the time, when it coems to women like that you just have to reassure them. if she still cant handle it then shes not the one for you!
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Spirit
replied on June 15th, 2007
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"Emotionally unavailable"..............in "girl talk" translates..............for me at least...............your not giving her what she needs.............more one on one, a sympathetic ear etc............once a dude starts pulling away............less time, forced affection, not there when I need him, phone calls dates become fewer and farther apart etc.................I get the message real fast..............guess what? you ain't into me?!................Ditto babe!Smile
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Willa Weintraub
replied on June 15th, 2007
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Maybe you are giving it your all,all that you think you can give and it's just not enough.Some people require more,some less and it sounds like you two are on two different levels of neds here.I am in the same boat.I have been with someone for almost 2 years.He was horrible at first with emotions and we broke up.then we got back together and it got *way* better because he learned tha he *could* put himself out there more.He was scared of getting hurt.he is still like this in some ways though,like irish eyes said,not sympathy for anyone, when I tell him a jok e sometimes he doesn't smile and gives me a look like "why are you even laughing,etc.Maybe it's just not there?
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DPantelones
replied on June 15th, 2007
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Sometimes I feel that maybe women label men as this or that, and close the door too soon. Had she mentioned anything before about you being emotionally unavailable? What was the result if so? If no, did you ask her why she hadn't brought it to your attention before the breakup?

Women want all the little things. We men concentrate on the big things, I think anyway. We're all about the big diamond, they're focusing on why there was no card with the big diamond. You dig?

They love the phone call out of nowhere. We are irritated when interupped @ work by a seemingly senseless phone call. They love flowers for no reason, we can't see wasting $100 on roses when we can "Show them" how much we love them in bed tonight!

Like someone said above, emotionally unavailable means she wanted more from you and you were'nt aware of what that was, or you just chose not to give it to her. Whatever it was, more talk, more/less sex, more touching without sex, whatever, it's gone now and she's in a place where she's made up her mind to leave. Screw her and move on. I don't mean physically screw her, I mean...well you know what I mean!!
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aszalajka
replied on June 27th, 2007
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i agree with the mans point of view. like i had said in my above my bf is the same way. there are certian times i can take it and be ok with it, but other times i cant (like pms time) LOL
we just got into a lil spiff last night about it. i sometimes think to my bf is the way he is because i think even though he hasnt said it, he was really hurt by his ex.
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