Long story short, I can fill in details as we go along to be more specific but this is the summary:
So, I went out of town for work in November, for two months. While out of town we really started going thru it, which was a continuation of some long standing issues, chiefly, money. I wasn't sending her enough money, I'd twice sent her home money in November and early December. In late-December, right after Christmas, she asked for more money, and I told her no...
And it went downhill from there...
So money has always been one of, if not the, biggest issues in our relationship...
When I told her no, I told her I was done with her reaching in my pockets, I laid out the initial breakup. This is literally December 29. It just happened, we're talking two months...
She didn't like that initially...
We didn't speak for two or three days (January 2), and when we started talking again, it was tenuous but initially respectful. I made the comment that she was still my woman on some lighthearted joking sh!t, and she told me she wasn't. I came back home in January and went over her place and we had a huge, huge argument about our daughter. This is January 21, she told me to leave and I was never welcome at her place again...
From January 21, we had several conversations where we discussed making it work bit nothing official. So technically we've been broken up since December 29. In the time we've talked from that point, she never mentioned this guy...
Fast forward to February 19, and boom. Man answers the door. And he's still there, I just went over on Thursday and he was there...
She's told me in spurts what she's hurt about shyt I've done, chiefly being, I moved an hour away and didn't tell her, she found out thru mutual acquaintances and it was confirmed by my oldest daughter when we went over on January 21; and the fact that in her perception, I've always been stingy about supporting her with money...
There are a few other mentions of grievances and I've aired my sh!t with her too, but those are the two big things she hasn't forgiven me for yet...
In some ways our relationship feels salvageable. But the big elephant to me, is she's refusing to answer my questions about this man. I got a little info on him from a homeboy of mine who knows her, I, and incidentally him. But I've asked her direct questions:
•how long has he been there?
•when did this thing with him start, and how?
•when is he leaving?
Only thing she's offered in retirn is:
he's a "friend", he's giving her money to stay there, she doesn't know when he's leaving, he aint her man and they arent intimate...
She won't answer the first two questions at all and it's hurt me. Like I'm torn in between believing her and allowing her space and time to talk to me, and then, not allowing myself to not get the hint---->ain't no man living with no woman and ain't nothing going on. This part of me is like, take the fukking hint, Rodney...
And it's crushing me emotionally...
I wasn't going to say anything, because I thought ok maybe it's just a difference of opinion and he will get back with her later, but after reading this she was a waste of time.
You're gonna look back in 2 years or less and be mad at yourself for dealing with her so long. I've been where you are before. She never loved you. This guy will be where you are if he has feelings for her. If not he's doing right by himself.
Not to sound cliche, but this is a blessing. She sounds stressful. It takes time but the only feelings you will have left is regret for time wasted, and thankful for lesson learned. Right now it's your ego, and you feel like you failed someting. You only failed at making a decision to get involved, but you can fix that.
8 months, or 3 years from now when she tries to come back, or 10 years from now, do NOT take her back.