My (28F) BF (29M) says our relationship has ruined his life and I have never met his needs. Is is truly my fault?
My (28F) bf (29M) blames me for all his/our issues and told me I've never met his needs or been a partner
My boyfriend when upset tells me I’m the source of his misery, financial stress, debt, emotional damage, and unmet needs. He says he’d be better off financially and emotionally if we’d never gotten together, and he would be ahead if it weren't for me. I’ve been jobless for a few months while trying to finish my degree and deal with the fact that my mom is dying, but he says I don’t have “real responsibilities” like he does because he works 40 hours a week. I've contributed what I can in the relationship and helped with moving costs, household items, handle errands, shopping, cooking, cleaning, and we live in a rural area so this is why its been difficult for me. I've never struggled with work before. He does pay all bills alone though and I know this effects him, and I'm desperately trying for work.
A huge issue is sex/intimacy. He says I haven’t met his sexual needs, and he blames a lot of his unhappiness and insecurities on me. He also says my insecurities as a woman are “fixable” with effort or surgery, so my struggles aren’t comparable to his as a man. He has had insecurities as a man and with himself, he has severe blame towards me with this specific topic and says I've committed unforgiveable and inexcusable actions regarding this. Hes compared me sexually to past partners and his ex, to materials he watched, blames my PCOS which I've also been trying to diet/gym/desperately go to doctors who don't care.
What confuses me is that no matter how much I apologize, take accountability, ask what I can do better, clean, emotionally support him, or try to talk things through, it’s apparently never enough. He says I should already know how to be a partner and that it’s not his job to tell me. He says a relationship shouldnt be this hard and says I've hurt him the worst in his life and destroyed him as a man. This is so damaging to hear, I just had a panic attack outside after hearing this again.
He's also kind of cheated multiple times, by downloading dating apps, sending ntimate pictures to other people because of the resenment he has for me attached to his insecurity. He has lied to me, called me names, exploded during fights, and then justified this by saying the relationship or my behavior “caused” him to do those things, my mistakes pushed him to do these things or say these things to me. Basically that I deserve it because of this or because I'm not sexually attractive anymore after being sick and gaining weight.
He also claims I never supported him emotionally, which honestly hurts because I absolutely have even with my own health issues, stressful periods, and through his emotional breakdowns. I was emotionally supporting him before and after surgery, have always asked if hes okay, how he feels, if he needs anything, offer massages, express remorse, care, or love, he rejects my compliments, reassurance, and efforts a lot. He always paints and sees me in a negative picture and accuses me of the same.
I have tried in this relationship and I have taken accountability, apologized, cried, begged, tried to change, adapt, make effort, listen, it hurts he truly believes I haven't. He says I've projected, I am a liar, a hypocrite, stunted, not a real adult, he was better off alone and never needed help from anyone like I have and he managed to get his s\*\* together. Is what hes said.
The worst part is the constant flip-flopping. Sometimes he says everything is my fault and I ruined his life. Other times he admits he contributed too. Sometimes finances “don’t matter,” then suddenly they’re proof I destroyed everything. Sometimes he says we should’ve never been together, but if I talk about leaving, he gets angry too.
I know I’m not perfect. I can be anxious, emotional, clingy, and intense when I feel abandoned. I have made mistakes and been a terrible gf at times. But I genuinely can’t tell anymore if I’m actually abusive/selfish or if this relationship has just become consumed by resentment, blame, cheating, and emotional damage..I am desperate to fix things as stupid as I may sound for this.
TL;DR: My boyfriend says I ruined his life financially, emotionally, and sexually, while blaming me for his cheating and mistreatment. I’m dealing with being jobless, finishing my degree, and my mom dying, but he says I don’t have “real” responsibilities. I’m trying to understand if I’m truly the problem or if our relationship has become toxic and full of resentment.