by Guest » Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:44 am
[LEFT][COLOR=red]I'm not sure this is a legit question or not because you've never posted and I've never heard of you, BUT I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and answer...[/COLOR][/LEFT]
[LEFT]First things first, all women have daddy issues of some sort. They either marry their dads, want a man that treats them like they are their dad, or want to recreate the events that happened in the past with their dad with the new men in their life.[/LEFT]
[LEFT]The reason this girl gets into physically/emotionally abusive relationships is simple: that's what she expects from men. If all you know is shitty treatment by men, then that's EXACTLY what she'll seek out in the future. That's why abuse, in any form, is a cycle. A parent abuses their kid, the kid grows up expecting to be treated like this, the kid seeks out abusive relationships, and eventually the kid has their own kids and treats them the same way as they were treated when they were young because that's just how things were when they grew up (obviously, cycles are started and broken all of the time, but it's normal for them to last generations).[/LEFT]
[LEFT]You mentioned that she has a lot of guy friends. Well, guess what? YOU'RE ONE OF THEM. You've already been LJBFed (this is based on the limited background information I have). Generally, getting out of the LJBF zone is next to impossible. With this girl I would bet you massive amounts of money that it will never happen. Here's why:[/LEFT]
[LEFT]This girl doesn't stay single for long for one simple reason: she has no identity other than that which men provide for her. She is a chameleon. Since she has zero identity, she's going to seek out the man that provides her with the best identity. In other words, this girl is very, very likely to stray. She is very likely to meet a guy at the grocery store, talk to him for 20 minutes, envy his strength, humor, success, intelligence, etc., and, foolishly believe that if she is with him he will provide her with whatever trait(s) she wishes to possess. In her mind, her identity is created through osmosis. If my man has said trait, I will as well.[/LEFT]
[LEFT]Most likely, you do not possess the traits/characteristics that she wishes to possess. Most likely, every guy she has dated in the past has been virtually the same. If I had to guess, non-compromising, strong, confident, and selfish...your typical asshole. She probably wishes she could be all of these things so she dates this man, over and over. And, eventually it starts to devolve. It grows to be abusive, whether legit or not (I suspect that she has been abused in the past by men, I also suspect she has egged on or created much of this abuse and it never really occurred but in her mind as justification to leave for the next guy).[/LEFT]
[LEFT]Furthermore, she has already shared her experiences with you. She has already allowed herself to become vulnerable to you. My guess is that she does not do this with love interests, at least not right away. My guess is that she is very ashamed of what her father did because she thinks it reflects on some kind of shortcoming she possesses. So, she's going to hide that from the men that she does or could care about. She does this because she doesn't want him to see the things that her father saw and thus have him leave as well. She's the kind of girl that will tell EVERYONE about what happened to her except for those men that she's looking to replace her long lost father.[/LEFT]
[LEFT]Finally, let me ask you a very honest question. Why? Why even bother with this girl? Normal, well-adjusted women, if there's such a thing, are hard enough to deal with...let alone a woman that is clearly damaged. Pursuing a relationship like this will result in nothing but pain and suffering on your part. Most likely, she'll crush you in the end. Or she'll just get to the point where getting rid of her will take a long, long time. And, YOU'll be the one crushing her. Either way, it will end badly.[/LEFT]
[LEFT]She's going to look to you to fix her. But, you will be unable to deliever...just like every other man in the past. You will fail because the only person that can fix her is her. Setting yourself up as an answer to a question that can never be answered is not the place you want to be when you walk into a relationship.[/LEFT]
[LEFT]My advice? Next her. Be her friend, because she probably needs one, but lose the romantic interest and find a girl that doesn't have as much baggage.
Good luck.[/LEFT]