I really did love him though, and I still do.

We were (very) long distance for the first five years, but when we saw each other we had a great time. We skyped pretty often and I was trying to find a way to move to his country. I finally did. But over those years, we never really argued or talked seriously about our relationship or how it was going. Still, our families became close and we had amazing experiences together. He encouraged me with my plans and said we would make it. I appreciated his interests and what he was doing. Then one month after he and I finally moved in together, he told me his frustrations with our relationship and stopped being physical with me at all. Even hugs were reluctant and cold. We kept trying to spend time together, talking about our issues and feelings and also about our daily lives and fun things, but he never even kissed me again and froze if I tried to touch him at all. He said that I was too closed and boring, and that my dry sense of humor and certain things I said hurt or annoyed him (because I made him feel stupid, etc). I never said anything abusive to him but I admit I'm not always sensitive enough. I think there are just a lot of things that he took the wrong way or I didn't understand because of cultural or just personal differences. On the other hand, he has very rarely complemented me or apologized to me. I realized after moving here that he acts very cute to a lot of his friends, not just me, and while it looks like flirting to me it's just how he acts. He had said that he loved me but maybe he was just horny. We were both virgins. But I know a lot of guys don't like to admit when they feel hurt or embarrassed so maybe I should have been more caring before even though I thought he felt fine.

Well, I'm rambling now... Nothing specific happened I think; it just got drawn out too long before we talked about it, and by then he was too tired and hurt.

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