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This sounds arrogant, but it's not. I am desperately insecure about this!
Initially, landing myself an absolutely gorgeous man was something I couldn't even get my head around. He has been cheated on in the past and, although it sounds terrible, I think it is because of this that he doesn't realise how hot he is - and was happy to settle for me! I'm not ugly, just not exactly stunning. Put it in this horribly superficial way: if he's a 9.5/10, I'm a 6.
I would never call myself a jealous person until now. In my previous relationship I was with a guy who was absolutely devoted to me, but not necessarily 'classically handsome'. We started off as friends, and I grew to love him and feel attracted to him, but since this physical attraction was not there for me from the start, it fizzled out and I saw him too much as a friend again.
I will sound like an ********, but I have only been in this previous relationship before my current boyfriend, and am un-used to the feeling of being the 'less better looking' of the two. Of course, I do not go into relationships with this awful tactic in mind, but it's only now that I am the significantly less attractive person in my relationship that I have noticed it!
I feel jealous, insecure, and overly clingy just for hugging him around others. We are at drama school, and there are MANY gay guys who would just die to get their hands on him...one in particular that we are both good friends with, but it is so painfully obvious that our mutual friend fancies my boyfriend badly. They hang out a lot and my boyfriend is pretty oblivious to it...but not me. I want to punch the **** out of our friend when I catch him gazing at my boyfriend - which is horrible! There is no way my boyfriend is gay, or would even dream of cheating on me, but the jealousy is starting to drive me quietly insane. I feel embarrassed, as if people are looking at us and thinking "Jesus, he settled for less...".
I sound like a crazy, Glenn Close Bunny Boiling Nutjob...but in truth I have only opened up about this until...now!
Any advice for how to get round this? I NEED to sort out my self-esteem issues as they are really starting to effect my life and relationships (as you can probably tell..!)
Thank you so much for any response. Ag, hating life.