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6 Signs That You Do Not Have a Boyfriend, Even if You Are in a Relationship With Someone

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By Dante WhitePublished 2 years ago 4 min read
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6 Signs That You Do Not Have a Boyfriend, Even if You Are in a Relationship With Someone
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You wanted to start a relationship with a certain man and your dream come true. At least in appearance. Men may have unsuspected reasons to start a relationship without necessarily being in love.

Maybe it's because you were too helpful or you insisted almost desperately for a long time.

Or because the man you were looking for was on a break from a love affair that made him suffer and wanted an adventure with which to spend his time. Or, simply, out of inertia, to be in a relationship and to shut the mouth of those who tell him to enter the world.

But just because you've "conquered" it doesn't mean it's yours. And you will realize this very quickly, when you realize that you are trying to support the whole relationship, to make plans for the future in which he does not participate in any way, to find bridges of communication when he is silent. In a word, when you realize that you do not have a boyfriend, even though you are in a relationship.

Signs that he's not your boyfriend, even though you're in a relationship

When you start to suspect that you are, in fact, alone in a relationship, you can choose to ignore this or confirm your suspicions.

If you ignore the fact that he does not love you, your relationship will end sooner or later, making you suffer a lot. The more time you spend with someone, the harder it is to break up with that person.

Therefore, it is better to know from the beginning how things are between you. Here are the 6 signs that confirm that you do not have a boyfriend, even though you are in a romantic relationship.

1. He doesn't communicate with you at all

Love means, first and foremost, communication. If the man next to you is not willing to share anything with you in his life and does not ask you anything about you, it is already a big question mark.

If he doesn't ask you what you think, what your emotions are, if he makes decisions on his own, without consulting you, if he ignores your messages and phone calls when he's gone because he didn't have time to answer you, all these are enough clues to turn your suspicion into certainty.

2. Don't make any special gestures for yourself

Since when did you meet, did he bring you a bouquet or a small gift? Did he surprise you, take you to a romantic place, introduce you to his family? Did he make a statement that moved you to tears?

If you answered "No" to all these questions, it means that you do not have a real boyfriend with you. Some men are not so refined, but any lover makes at least one small gesture for the woman he loves. If the person next to you has never made you feel special, it means that your relationship is just a façade.

3. He does not listen to you and is not interested in your problems

We have already talked about the lack of communication in relationships where a man is not interested in a woman. But just because he talks to you doesn't mean he loves you. Some people are more fickle and talkative, but the subjects they approach are superficial and do not listen to those in front of them.

If the man you started a relationship with only talks about himself, doesn't ask you anything about your problems, and seems bored when you try to tell him something about your soul, it means that he is not a lover, but some acquaintance.

4. He never has an initiative in the relationship

He may be more passive by nature, but the fact that he never proposes anything is a sign that he is not interested in the course of your relationship. It simply stays with you out of inertia, but it can end your relationship at any time if something more exciting is on the horizon. Every man in love tries to initiate things, at least to impress his girlfriend. A man sitting next to you, but with his mind elsewhere and doing nothing in the couple, is not your boyfriend.

5. Don't show respect

Love and respect go hand in hand, and a man who dominates you, despises you, or uses you doesn't love you. You will notice his disrespect for how he talks to you, how he behaves in the presence of others, or how he ignores your opinions and desires.

When you have a permanent feeling of frustration in the relationship, when you often feel humiliated and ignored, when you realize that you have lost your self-esteem because of him, it means that you do not have a boyfriend, but a master.

6. There is no intimacy between you

Many people confuse intimacy with sexual attraction, but this is far from the case. A man can be physically attracted to you and can use you to satisfy his erotic desires, but it does not mean that there is an intimacy between you. Intimacy is established on all levels, physically, mentally, and emotionally.

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