What do i do?

  • BraidhairCutie
    15 years ago

    I have a boyfriend and we have been together since 7th grade and we are now 10th graders and i love him alot and vice versa. but last year i tried to break up with him but he told me that he was going to kill himself. i know him so i went back with him. last month i tried to break it off but he did the same thing. i want to be friends but now i feel like he forcing me to be with him by saying he's going to kill himself. I love him alot alot but now i don't know what to do...

  • Birgit
    15 years ago

    Well..there's one thing I don't really understand:
    if you love him a lot, then why leave him?

  • Walk Away Soul
    15 years ago

    My friend, you need to leave this guy alone. I mean he's bascially using that against you, so you will stay with him. It's emotional abuse. If he loved you, why would he doing something like that, so you won't leave him. I heard if you love someone, you'll set them free, but neither of you is letting each other go. He's bluffing, that's all. He'll find someone else. How could you love someone, while planning suicide to control them? He's not good for you my friend.

  • BraidhairCutie
    15 years ago

    Whoa I never thought of it that way...thanks...

  • forevertobeart
    15 years ago

    If you are really concerned that he's not bluffing, you know what I would do? Tell his parents, or threaten that you'll tell his parents. Watch him take it all back. ;)

  • SolemnWish
    15 years ago

    Britts got it rite. you cant go thru life blaming yourself for other peoples actions or ull never be happy

  • Elizabeth
    15 years ago

    If he's been threatening to kill himself, what's there to stop him from threatening you? As far as I'm concerned... Threatening to kill himself IS a threat to you!

    My psychology teacher has said that if people are desperate enough to actually go as far as to threaten their own life, then what's there to stop them from actually going through with it. Although, there have been numerous accounts where people do threaten their own lives as a means of attention or control. I'm not saying this to scare you or anything, I'm sorry if I have, but it's important to look at the different possibilities. However, like everyone has already said, the likely chance that he won't go through with it or that he's bluffing is there. Either way, you shouldn't let him scare you or manipulate you into staying with him. His choices & actions when and if made are not your cross to bear.

    Over 7yrs ago I had dated a boy for a couple weeks. He and his friends came to my house to ask if I'd like to come for a walk and hang out, but I had chores to do and homework so I said not today. After they left, for half an hour, every 5 minutes, he would get one of his friends to come over to my house and try to convince me to come out. They even went so far as to call my house to tell me that he was threatening to kill himself, that he'd drank a whole bottle of drain cleaner from under the sink or something along those lines. I told them that if he had done all that they better stop wasting time calling me and get busy calling 911. You know how I knew they were lying? I could see them talking on a cell outside my house through the window. He looked fine to me... Within those few short weeks, because of that incident and the fact he was seeing another girl (my "friend") behind my back, he had shown me that he wasn't mature or committed enough to be in a "relationship" let alone be with me. Without a second thought, I dumped him. He moved on, to my friend, then from her to another, on so on. I moved on as well, I told myself to forget about boys. It was the best decision I could have made for myself. Who the hell knows what would have happened to me or where I'd be if I were naive and stayed with him.

    Remaining in a "relationship" with someone like that is unhealthy; bound to have a negative impact on you & your life. You should sit him down and talk to him about his behavior & how you feel. More importantly & perhaps firstly, as someone has mentioned, you should tell his parents! If he's bluffing, then he will back down, and if not then at least then he may be able to get the help he needs.

  • Miss MakeUp
    15 years ago

    This sounds quite brisk and forthcoming but
    if he swears he'll kill himself if you do
    then tell him to jump in front of a car right then and there
    chances are he won't
    find another girl for him that could help as well

  • Elizabeth
    15 years ago

    "then tell him to jump in front of a car right then and there"

    ^ That's a bit harsh. I think what forevertobeart stated before about telling him that she's going to his parents about it or even just going to talk to his parents without telling him she is, is more of a productive & secure approach.

    "find another girl for him that could help as well"

    ^ The old "switcheroo" huh? That's thoughtless & irrational. Are you actually suggesting that she should put another girl in her place; in the same situation she is in; threatened & trapped in a relationship, and, perhaps put that girls very own life at risk as well? That is not right at all. Whether he is serious or not about taking his own life, what he needs is help from someone who knows how to deal with those sort of thoughts, emotions and behavior. He doesn't need another girl to threaten, scare, manipulate or control.