I [29F] am feeling like a mistress with my BF [30M] because of the Internet.

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I came from another continent to be with him. No, He didn't pay for my ticket but yes, we did meet on the Internet but knew each other a long time before trying this out. No, he didn't offer to pay. I had a great life back home. Great family (parents, siblings, nieces and nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles etc) good sets of friends, work life balance, I had a life and when people saw me they'd actually make me feel that they appreciated my presence and back home spending time would actually involve talking.

I met him accidentally on the Internet. I never looked for love on the Internet. I was dating back home but it just happened. We were just going to be friends up until we weren't anymore but more.

I flew to him to visit and everything was great up until I noticed his internet habits.

He's on his damn phone all the time. Just on Twitter like it was his job to watch it. (No, it's not his job.) The sports watching Thursday-Monday I can let slide but puts a damper on things too especially since Sunday is football all damn day which means he's glued to the TV and Twitter and sometimes on his laptop too so that leaves me to my phone reading every god damn article I can read until I fall asleep from being bored or tired. But the phone addiction is I don't know if I'm overreacting but for me it's too much. Yes we talk still but sometimes I need to call his attention more than once because he's on his phone. We have sex and then he's back on his phone, we eat and he'll be watching sports and be on his phone. I sometimes just go out shopping to be alone like for real alone but he says he wants to be with me so I let him come but as usual, he'll mostly be on his phone. I know he's not cheating on me with someone else but I think I may be the mistress to Twitter.

He works nights so I'm alone most days. His off days are on weekdays but even then we can't do anything because his daughter (from a previous marriage) stays with us and he takes her to school and picks her up too. So I value the time we have alone together which isn't much because he's usually asleep during the day. I do a lot around the house-- cook, clean, laundry, dishes. It's usually me 85% of the time, he won't offer unless I ask him to. He does work so he's usually paying for 80% of everything. He yells when we fight but I don't but I guess I let that slide because I feel that I owe him for letting me stay with him. I don't even know anymore.

I just feel alone even when he's here. Is it just me?! Am I being a needy girlfriend?

Have any of you experienced this with an SO? How did you deal?

I don't see him changing anytime soon but it hurts me to know that I think he needs Twitter more than me when I gave up so much for him that I don't think he appreciate.

I was recently looking for a job in this area so I can stay with him but now I'm not so sure if I should.

TL;DR My BF spends way too much time on his phone

Should I stay or should I go?

Posted Nov 17, 2015, 1:24 AM UTC

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