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Rotukai

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Hey everyone,
Just to warn you this is also kinda of a venting to just calm down with it all etc, So if you get bored of reading half way through then no worries!

To start at the beginning, I met her at a convention in London three years ago. We got chatty for the next year and just before the same convention a year later I asked her out and our first date was the following years convention. We lived miles away from each other me near London and her near Wales but the joys of the internet we got to know each other.

Anyway we shared a hotel for the weekend and things seemed fantastic, I had broken up with my fiancee a few years before and was feeling pretty crappy but now I am with someone who shared alot more of my interests Wow, Brilliant, etc! We were pretty close and cuddling alot at this con... She smiled and I noticed some orange stuff along the top of her teeth and gums. I was thinking 'What the hell? Does she have some sort of gum disease or something? I cant say anything to her in case it upsets her' and she went in for the first kiss I manned up and went for it whilst my mind is going 'EWW EWW EWW!'

Except that Day 1 of the con was great. Got to morning of Day two and I made a big point of going to brush my teeth and she didnt get the hint. She went to shave a shower and asked to grab her shower gel etc for her... I mentioned getting her toothbrush for her but nah didnt want it.

Anyway the con came and went and all in all was fantastic. I went back home and she went to hers. The next day she calls and asks to come and see me for a few days. I think brilliant and let her come down.

Time passes and she keeps coming down and it turned out she orange in her teeth was cheesy crisps she had a day prior to the con so didnt do her teeth for a few days. (eww) She was unemployed and was living with her Parents. So I got her a weekend job at where I work so when she visits me at the weekends she can earn some good money.

Bit more time passes and she is pretty much staying for weeks at a time at my place (which I shared with my Gran, I lived upstairs of the house and she lived downstairs so kinda like a flat for me) but she started to get a little smelly, enough to have my family and my colleagues tell me that she stinks. Turns out her uniform she didnt wash for weeks at a time and this job was in a play center with kids so she would get hot and sweaty. I informed her of what people have said and she didnt get embarrassed or anything, she said 'Well why wont they tell me this?' Not realizing its pretty embarrassing to tell anyone that they stink badly. She started to wash a little bit more than normal but it was pretty much lucky to wash once in two weeks. Me not being her Parents I couldnt force her or anything like that. Hell I didnt want to have to force her, her being 20 I would have thought it would have come naturally.

Eventually her childish side came out. the 'Dont give a fuck what anyone thinks' attitude and the 'Fuck work I dont wanna go today' At one point I was offered to come live with her family. I met them a few times and they are good people and I was offered a job for a Christmas Temp position with a 50/50 chance of staying full time. I originally said yes to the move, Informed work and the family. I saw sense and decided to not move. She went apeshit, she was crying at work with kids and customers there. I was infomed by colleagues (because I was working doing a kids activity group so not present in the area where we usually worked) that she started yelling a swearing whilst customers and their children were there so she was sent home from work.

Due to my giving notice I lost my full time hours and couldnt afford to live in the area. I was in alot of debt and my personal issues with family made it very hard to live where I was. I was also paying rent and supporting myself etc. She took up the attitude of 'Fuck you boss' at work and eventually got fired. She got another job but couldnt keep it down. She also made it clear that she wasnt happy in the area. She had moved in and couldnt make friends. She has two physical friends where she lived and the rest were on the internet in America.

So in March 2012 we moved to her parents place with the promise of more work and no rent etc. I left all my friends and family to come up here. I have cleared the debt and sorted myself out. I help her family with chores and bills when I can I was on Benefits for a few months but I got a job in Tele Sales for a few hours a week so at least im earning my pay.

She on the other hand Is no longer washing or doing her teeth unless I remind her. She treats her family like shit. Treats me like crap alot of the time and basically acts like a child. She gets asked to empty the dishwasher or clean the kitchen and she says 'Yeah in a minuite' and it never gets done. There are two sides to her lets call them A and B, A is who I got to know and who was lovely and improving (with hygene) where I lived. 90% of the time was normal etc. B on the other hand is the side I didnt get to know. Is VERY into Anime and Yaoi and turns out to be Bi (no issue but would prefer to know) She had told me however when we wernt going out she would Roleplay with her friends online.

One week her phone went off alot saying she got e-mails. She would drop everything to check the e-mail. Out of interest I asked what was she talking about with her friend (she liked anime and I like some so wanted to join in) I was told her friend was talking about work to her etc. This went on for a week and still the same story. Before I went to my first day at work. I heard her phone go off, naughty me went to see what was said because she was acting VERY strange when its a conversation about work and she was out the room. I looked and she was Roleplaying having sex her with but the pair were being two male characters. I was annoyed but didnt say anything. She walked me to work and I ask what the friend had said and she said about how a child stole something from the shop where her friend works. When she finished telling me the crap I said 'Would you care to tell me the truth now?' and explained what I had read. She apologized and said its not that bad, when her and her friends are writing stories they like to play off of eachother to get ideas from one another (they write fan fictions) I gave her a chance and said to tell me if she is going to do it but said that trust is now an issue because of the lies told to me.

I got her a job at where I worked to help earn some money and 3 weeks in she quits because she didnt like the boss or the job. In these few weeks I find her Roleplaying sex scenes AGAIN with three different people at once. I pretty much tell her she needs to grow up or its over and she promises to change (whilst telling me that roleplaying isnt a form of cheating and they she has done nothing wrong despite me telling her I done like her doing it)

Over the weekend she had asked for a Dog, her parents say no due to how she is with chores she goes nuts and does the whole 'noone gives a fuck about what I think blah blah blah' but they tell her she can have a cat (guess who has to pay for it if we get one.) She also has a phone bill and a payday loan to pay off and guess who she wants to pay it and yet still act like a child.

This is her day after Ive said she needs to help out more and look for work-
Get up at 12pm
Have food
Moan when I ask her to tidy up (her rents work all day so cant say anything)
Sits on laptop and says chores will get done later
I go to work
LAPTOP!
I come home from work and jobs still not done
Her rents come home and her mum cleans up
She eats and goes to bed.

Thats how its been for the past week, no jobsearch no nothing! Im just at my wits end, this morning a friend text me asking if we wanted to see a film and go to Nandos on friday night. I turn to the other half and say would you like to go? (ofcourse knowing im paying) and she just shruggs it off 'Meh I guess' No Thanks or gratitude of any kind and im just lossing it. I feel trapped here because where I lived my cousin now lives and my mum and dads had no room. I cant afford to rent a flat and Part of me wants to end it but part doesnt.

Just to let you know Im 24 and not some old dude obsessed with hygene lol

Congratulations if you made it this far! Thank you for your time and energy! I have a couple of questions for you all.

1.Should I leave her?
2. Was It cheating?
 

Spy_Guy

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1. It's difficult to say. If I were in your situation I'd tell her to get her act together if she wanted us to stay together. Though, you've already done that.
So, depending on how clear you were with the whole "get your shit in order or I dump you" business, I think you'll be able to find out whether or not she can change.

After all, if she can't be bothered to change her ways despite you telling her this, she either doesn't care enough about you, or will simply never improve.

Can you deal with this in the long run?

If you can't there's two kinds of pain you're in for.

There's the long pain of being locked in a bad relationship and then the pain of breaking up (which might be lessened as you come to resent her).

The other kind is the swift pain of breaking up right away, but you'll pull through that eventually, no doubt.

A third factor is housing, cynical as it may sound. In this case you may need to look for options before getting away (something that's made tricky by your financial situation).

I'd personally be making sure I could get out of such a relationship, though. Based on the fact that you barely mention anything good about her at the moment, I'd say the relationship is already dead.

Question one was pretty tricky. "Luckily" question two is easier:
Yes. Yes it most certainly is.

I don't think I need to elaborate too much on why a bi girl cybering (with girls or not) against your wishes isn't legit. Especially considering she lies about it.

My recommendation:
Get away from that as soon as you can.
 

EeveeElectro

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This 'relationship' is at a dead end. I'm sorry to say and I shouldn't intrude on it, but I think it'd be better if you take what's left of your self esteem and move back home. (I assume you can move in with parents until you can get the funds to get a flat or house share?)

I know there's 2 sides to every story, but from what you've said she sounds like a completely lazy slob.
Being too lazy to even wash? That just makes me cringe, that's beyond being bone idle.

You could have a word with her parents. I'm assuming they are partly to blame for her being like this if they just gave her what she wanted and did everything for her while growing up.
You both need to tell her to grow up and start doing her chores and acting like an adult.

You've given her the ultimatum to change and she hasn't listened. She probably thinks you weren't being serious and can keep taking the piss out of people. I know parents who would would give their kids 6-12 months to find a job, or they're out on the street; even quicker if they clearly weren't even looking.

Leaving your job because you don't like or the boss is stupid too. I'm not ecstatic about my job and my managers can do my tree in a lot but being an adult is about thinking 'Yes, this job isn't the best but I need it because I need the money to live' unless it's making you absolutely miserable, in which case you should try to find a better job.

Also if she keeps leaving jobs early, it's gonna be so hard for her to find a job in the future (if she decides to sort herself out and get a job, that is).

As for your second question, I personally wouldn't say it was strictly cheating but you certainly shouldn't be doing it if you had any respect for your partner. Especially after you warned her about it before.

Sorry for making assumptions about her, but she sounds absolutely dreadful. It sounds like you deserve someone much better and who cares for you as much as you seem care for her.

If you really want to give her another chance, get your stuff packed and tell her something along the lines of, "I'll unpack when I see some consistent improvement with you, or else I'm going for good."
If nothing changes then go back home, put all this behind you and find someone you deserve.
 

Galletea

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It seems like she is taking you for granted. It also looks like she might not really want the relationship but doesn't want to have to do without it. I'm not sure how you are going to get her out of this self destructive mode she's in. She is obviously not happy, or she'd be more active, or at least more interested in life. If you get on well with her parents you could talk to them about it. See if this issue is something you could tackle together.

I think you need to make it clear that she is pushing you away, how can you keep caring about her if she doesn't care about herself, and doesn't even stay clean? She can't live off you and her parents forever. You know it isn't fair, and I'm sure her parents realise it isn't right.

I'd seriously consider moving on if she doesn't make an effort to change.
 

KezKitsch

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Rotukai said:
it turned out she orange in her teeth was cheesy crisps she had a day prior to the con so didnt do her teeth for a few days.
Ugh :|

She sounds incredibly selfish and is acting like a wee kid. It also seems she doesn't treat you with respect

It's hard cos of the living situation. Could you find a flatmate? Or if you're earning enough to rent somewhere you could look into working tax credits/housing benefit. Just get out there fast as you can, you deserve someone who treats you with respect!
 

Rawberry101

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Sounds like it's time for an ultimatum. "Shape up or I'm gone." If it really bothers you and you're at the end of your rope then it might be time to make the decision, and fast. Personally, she sounds beneath you, and I don't even know what kind of a person you are, so that says something.
 

Uncleblaze

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I don't want to sounds like an asshole. But people don't change my man. It's going to be hard but you need to end this thing before it goes too far. personal hygiene isn't an option its a requirement.