My girlfriend is stressed and overwhelmed and takes it out on me.

[Anonymous]

Let me start by saying I've been with my girlfriend for about a year. I love my girlfriend, I care so much for her and want to be there for her always. She works full time, goes to school full time and is a single mother. Her stress sometimes kills our relationship and makes me feel like crap and sad. There are many times that I am afraid to ask her a question because she just comes back with attitude like I'm annoying her. I know she is better than this, I've seen her happiness and its so wonderful, but she is just so overwhelmed right now, her happiness is hidden. I really want to help but she just pushes me away and it turns to a fight and to me feeling sad. Sometimes I just want to say I'm done being your emotional tampon and move on, but its so hard when you care so much for someone. But at the same time I wonder why I put up with it. I think my answer is I don't want to be alone because when things are good they are great and wonderful. I just don't know what to do.

[Wigz85]

I think you need to tell it to her straight what she is doing to you and see if that helps. If she loves you she will take it seriously and try to fix her behaviour. If she lets her pride get in the way and she still treats you like crap then you need to cut her loose. I say this from experience because I was her at one point in my relationship. I always took it out on my wonderful boyfriend and he hated it. When he finally got the guts up to tell me what I was doing I was absolutely stunned and so ashamed of myself that I straight away made a concious effort to stop. Now if I see myself doing that again, at least I can recongnise it and apologise and tell him that it isn't his fault so he understands a bit more and is more tollerant of my short falls.

[ILoveElectroHouse]

tell her that you need a BREAK :)