Tomorrow is my one year anniversary with my girlfriend and I couldn’t feel more empty than I have during this relationship. We have many differences, including age (only a 3 year gap) which shouldn’t make much of a difference maturity wise but I feel like it is. She doesn’t want to go to school, or get a better job or in fact do anything that can be beneficial to us as a relationship and especially to her. I applied for my master’s program today because I realized that the weight of this relationship falls solely on my shoulders and now I know with my new promotion I’ll be working many more hours, yet I don’t see any of that as a form of motivation for her. We aren’t affectionate, and I feel no emotions from her. I don’t feel used, but I do feel that shes incapable of emotions and of being in a relationship. I do love her, and I do want a family but I feel like she needs to grow up already. We aren’t young and we are in a point in our lives where being kids isn’t an option. I want to give up; I’ve had many heart to heart conversations with her, we have gone to therapy; nothing is giving her a reality check. I want to give up, but don’t. I need options
