What does it mean when a guy says you're good but you're not good for me?

[Anonymous]

My boyfriend broke up with me he told me that I am a good person and that he loves me as in he has love for me like he cares about my well being but he is not in love with me. He also said that I'm good but I am not good for him.

[Guy13]

It means you should not be dating this guy. He has told you straight-up that you are not a match. If you choose to pursue, get used, and hurt then do not blame him for the outcome. He told you, "you're good but you're not good for me." Some women need a challenge though. I think he knows how to handle you.

[dynamicyandere]

If he means what he says, I suppose he thinks that you’re a good person, and a good catch.


But, he’s just not as compatible with you as he would like to be.


Sometimes you can have 2 great high-quality people, that just aren’t the best match, but they may be the perfect match for someone else.


Say you have peanut butter, strawberry jelly, mustard, and ketchup.


Peanut butter and ketchup wouldn’t be a good combo.


It’s not that peanut butter is bad or ketchup is bad.


Peanut butter would just pair best with strawberry jelly and ketchup would pair best with mustard.


There are good quality people that just pair better with other people.


So, that’s what I’d say he means by calling you good, yet saying you’re not good for him.


I’d add not a good fit* for him.


That’s what I believe he means, if he’s telling the truth.


If he’s not telling the truth, than it’s just a smokescreen for some other reason.

[Jdjfjcjj]

It's a lazy answer. Not one thing he said gives you any real feedback. But I mean think back on relationship, had he been complaining about same thing more and more?
Unless it was completely random, I'm sure if you think about his complaints, you'll have an idea