Search Results: space in a relationship

For context, I struggle a lot with yelling (usually at myself, or about household chores when I've asked my boyfriend politely multiple times in the past). I am however in therapy learning how to deal with this better. My ex recently ended things, asking for space and time to figure out if this is fixable. How often do people fix their relationships?

I feel my relationship/communication is not going well with my boyfriend. Like it’s not evolving as I hoped it would be. It feels like he is becoming more and more distant and I’m just the back burner in his life.

I have confronted with my mom looking for relationship advice. That she told me: “Honey, all men are like this. He is out there living his life and you need to give him his space. Men say they want ‘love and attention’. But once a girl gives it to him. He doesn’t want it anymore. You need to focus on you and glow and don’t worry about him. He’ll come around whenever he feels like it, and I know it hurts. Believe me, I know.”