kindster said:
Hello, i am 17 years old male and i am in a relationship with a 15 years old girl for a week now. We know each other for 3 weeks now and the problem is she told me i don't act normal with her and that she's sick of me giving her compliments and that she don't like that i prefer her over my friends.
I can tell you love this girl alot, but here's the problem. You're being too good to her. Strangely enough, yes, being too good to someone will push them away from you. Heres why:
It's because she hasn't had to work for anything to earn your love. You're so in love with her you see her as a goddess and practically worship her (which is why she is saying you're not being normal around her). When you see her, your ready to roll out the red carpet (figuratively) and shower her with flowers. You're performing, probably doing things purposefully, to curry her favor. She will quickly get bored, because there is no challenge for her.
Your happiness evolves around her (which is why she don't like u prefering her over ur friends). When your happiness evolves around someone, you want to see them day and night. But this is not true love. This is neediness.
She's testing your nerves because: 1) she wants some excitement, AND/OR 2) she wants reinforce the fact that she has complete control over you. Either way, you are no challenge and there is no fun in the relationship for her. In short, she's bored. Why? Cuz she knows you're gonna compliment her, and she can push you around (call you names, talk about ex-bf's) and you aren't gonna do anything about it anyways.
It may be difficult, but here's a few suggestions to mend things:
1) Stop giving compliments all the time. If she's really outstanding that day, ONLY then compliment.
2) Be natural. Don't focus 100% of your attention on her. Give her priority, but still hang out with your friends.
3) Don't make things so easy for her. It seems like your doing close to 90% of the work in this relationship. That's not the way healthy couples are. 50%-50% or 60-40% is more like it. Give her a chance to help you with something (ie. homework, run errands), to show that she cares about you.
4) Give her some excitement. Turn off your phone for a day. Let her know your busy for once. You love her very much, but you have a life besides her too.
We all do this, I do this myself too... especially when I'm in a depression. I rely on my gf alot and I find she isn't always receptive. Sometimes she even pulls back and is downright cold. When I'm functional though, I pull back. Relationships work because two people do equal or similar amounts of work, not because one person does.
I hope this helps.