u/bellejustin

dated cofounder, it turned sour, haven’t been talking for a month, am i overreacting? “i will not promote”

cofounder (35M) and i met (24F) in 2023, always had good relationship and camaraderie, we had complementary skill sets as well, we both quit our 9-5 to work on the startup full-time right after we launch our MVP.

conversations with him was always great cause we connected and shared the same alignment on things and life. we also shared personal and fun stuff together to build trust in between. however, he pulled back and became distant and professional after we raised our seed round, i shrugged it off cause i thought he just wanted to lock-in on the startup, this went on for a year.

fast forward 2 years later, he was making moves on me and we briefly dated, but it turned sour real quick, so i ended things.

post-fallout, we are in a weird in between space where 0 communication exists between me and him personally. the only visibility we have on each other is a 30 minute team huddle (consisting of other team members) every Monday.

i also had a few cofounder check-ins with him, but had to cancel last minute due to conflicting schedules, but he never bothered initiating or checking in on it. basically, if i don’t initiate, there will be radio silence from him.

am i overreacting? what do i do?

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u/bellejustin — 6 days ago

dated cofounder, it turned sour, haven’t been talking for a month, am i overreacting? “i will not promote”

cofounder (35M) and i met (24F) in 2023, always had good relationship and camaraderie, we had complementary skill sets as well, we both quit our 9-5 to work on the startup full-time right after we launch our MVP.

conversations with him was always great cause we connected and shared the same alignment on things and life. we also shared personal and fun stuff together to build trust in between. however, he pulled back and became distant and professional after we raised our seed round, i shrugged it off cause i thought he just wanted to lock-in on the startup, this went on for a year.

fast forward 2 years later, he was making moves on me and we briefly dated, but it turned sour real quick, so i ended things.

post-fallout, we are in a weird in between space where 0 communication exists between me and him personally. the only visibility we have on each other is a 30 minute team huddle (consisting of other team members) every Monday.

i also had a few cofounder check-ins with him, but had to cancel last minute due to conflicting schedules, but he never bothered initiating or checking in on it. basically, if i don’t initiate, there will be radio silence from him.

am i overreacting? what do i do?

reddit.com
u/bellejustin — 6 days ago

dated cofounder, it turned sour, haven’t been talking for a month, am i overreacting? “i will not promote”

cofounder (35M) and i met (24F) in 2023, always had good relationship and camaraderie, we had complementary skill sets as well, we both quit our 9-5 to work on the startup full-time right after we launch our MVP.

conversations with him was always great cause we connected and shared the same alignment on things and life. we also shared personal and fun stuff together to build trust in between. however, he pulled back and became distant and professional after we raised our seed round, i shrugged it off cause i thought he just wanted to lock-in on the startup, this went on for a year.

fast forward 2 years later, he was making moves on me and we briefly dated, but it turned sour real quick, so i ended things.

post-fallout, we are in a weird in between space where 0 communication exists between me and him personally. the only visibility we have on each other is a 30 minute team huddle (consisting of other team members) every Monday.

i also had a few cofounder check-ins with him, but had to cancel last minute due to conflicting schedules, but he never bothered initiating or checking in on it. basically, if i don’t initiate, there will be radio silence from him.

am i overreacting? what do i do?

reddit.com
u/bellejustin — 6 days ago