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       What do I do with them?
       By: lolafoundation Date: May 12, 2016, 5:34 pm
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       What do I do with them?
       I have been following your blog of recent and I admire how
       truthful and realistic your advise have been when addressing
       relationships dilemma. I have a sensitive issues and I want your
       advice.
       I am in a relationship of four years and I love my boyfriend
       very much and we plan to get married as soon as possible.
       Recently, I attended the birthday party of my friend who is a
       guy, and I have been friend with him even before I met my
       present boyfriend.
       He has been a wonderful and very supportive friend over the
       years; I was surprised when my boyfriend suddenly accused me of
       dating and cheating on him. Presently I am stuck and clueless. I
       don’t know what to do; I don’t want to lose my relationship and
       my friend either.
       Boluwatife.
       Reply:
       I can actually understand how you feel about your boyfriend
       accusations. It suck when your partner feel like they can’t
       trust you. I know it can be really annoying, but the truth is
       that, he is feeling very insecure about your relationship and I
       can tell you that taking things for granted is one of the
       biggest mistakes committed in any relationship.
       Your partner is suspecting and feeling something that appears
       like a threat to him, and if not well handled these could be a
       signs of breakup, so you have to quickly control this period of
       dissatisfaction, frustration ,irritation, anger, hurt and
       disappointment by talking to him on how you feel and how you
       have and never will cheat on him.
       Communication is essential at this juncture and sharing your
       thoughts and feelings will creates a bond between the two of
       you, tell him he his creating his own unhappiness and he needs
       to free rein it  before it ruins your relationships.
       Trust is one of the important elements of a relationship. If
       your partner is accusing you of cheating because of his own
       insecurities about the relationship, your partner has a paranoid
       mind, so there is need for explanation; explain to him that you
       are not cheating on him. You need to sit him down and have a
       heart to heart talk; otherwise this might put such a big strain
       on your relationship.
       But if he is complaining about the same thing over and over
       again, then you have to adjust, both of you should learn how to
       come to an understanding and agreement over the issue, my best
       advice is not to do anything stupid don’t raise any sort of
       argument, because the more you try to prove a point, the worst
       it gets. Instead of insisting, yelling and creating unnecessary
       drama or argument just call him and have a peaceful talk; he
       will respect you for that.
       Also, you have to place a limit between your friendship zone and
       your relationship. Don’t mingle the two together. The question
       is ‘do you put your best friend before your relationship’? To
       him it might be, you are giving more attention to your friend
       than your relationship, and I can tell you that your partner
       holds some control over you at least to some length so perhaps,
       you will need to take some adjustment to make your boyfriend
       feel more secure. friend too are important part of our lives,
       but the sad truth is that, it is risky to trade your
       relationship for something else all because of your
       carelessness; you will then realize how expensive it is to lose
       your relationship, so you have to make a decision about who
       matters to you, It’s definitely a tough one, but you have to
       decide.
       Finally, you have to talk to him to allow you have the freedom
       to have your friend without the fear of losing your
       relationship. But after you have tried to convince him about the
       truth and he still finds it difficult to believe you, then I
       advise that the two of you require a session with a counsellor,
       change is inevitable and your positive influence on him will be
       felt.
       
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