After nearly 2 years, I (F21) realized that I settled for my boyfriend (M24)

I want to preface this by saying, I really need help. So, honest and true advice would be greatly appreciated. My bf (24M) and I (21F) met in March of 2020 (right when the pandemic hit) via Tinder. He was 22 at the time and I was 20. From the very beginning, I noticed a few red flags. He would always be with this one guy friend, always complaining to me for money, but he was good company and I'd never had someone be interested in me so I stuck with it. Time moves on and more red flags arise. I did a loyalty test on him and he failed, I caught him messaging other girls, saving inappropriate pictures of women on his phone and stupidly I forgave it all. As you can imagine, it built some resentment in me towards him. But this was my first relationship, and he always made changes to be better and so I kept with it.

Well, this weekend has me rethinking everything. I went to his house Monday night, (He lives with his mom and doesn't plan on leaving anytime soon) but I asked him was he getting me an Uber to which he said: "I didn't plan on it." I shook that off. Then I asked what we were doing for dinner and he said "Oh, isn't it your turn?" We had to start taking turns buying food although at one point I was the only one doing that. Ladies, listen to me when I say this: If a man asks for money and gets it out of you one time, HE WILL ALWAYS ASK. Set that standard ASAP. So I bought nearly 40 dollars worth of wingstop and my Uber there. I get there and everything is fine. We're chilling and night comes and we do the deed. He doesn't prioritize my pleasure at all and even got frustrated that we had to stop at one point because I was in pain. I was there since Thursday afternoon, and not once did he shower. NOT once!! And he's the type of person where as soon as you address something, he gets so offended. He digs and scratches in his ass all the time and whenever I ask about it, he never owns up. He doesn't wash his face EVER and I've tried so many times to get him a routine and he just doesn't. One day during my visit, I don't think he even brushed his teeth but kept trying to kiss and lick my face. Every time I'd tell him to stop he'd get sad and offended. "Oh, you don't love me anymore?" "You don't like me?" "You're being mean" LIKE A FUCKING CHILD IN THIS BABY VOICE. I also have to teach him how to be a man. I don't even want to go into detail about that. After thinking about all of this, I realized that I'm not attracted to him at all. But I don't know what to do. I've sent the message before of breaking up and he always guilt trips me back in. I've left his house before and sent a text breaking up and I don't want to do it again because I know it hurt him. But I'm tired of being with someone that I don't LIKE let alone love. We have our good moments but it's mostly me disliking him. Then he wonders why I act mean, or distance myself. A part of me doesn't want to break up because I don't want to be alone. Especially since my birthday is this month. I've never had friends and he was the only guy that was ever seriously interested in me. But it's not like I'm "ugly" or anything. I have a good head on my shoulders, I'm pretty, I'm nice and I deserve someone who's on my level.

Reddit, how do I go about this? What do I do?

Posted Jan 13, 2022, 6:34 PM UTC

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