How can you be with someone that wont...

@cryw0lf (1302)
United Kingdom
January 11, 2009 6:00am CST
How can you be with someone that wont open up to you? They wont talk to you and tell you things... How can you be with someone when they're keeping things from you when they know 1. you'd rather be told and 2. it'd hurt you... I need advice on how i can make a relationship work if my partner wont talk to me, i know nothing about him, I've tried getting him to be more open with me, and a week after that i find out he'd been keeping more things from me. He told me it was 'eating him up inside' and he 'wanted to tell me' but how can i trust that? How can i trust him when he keeps *not telling* me things?
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@Aurone (4755)
• United States
12 Jan 09
Get out of that relationship. I was in one that was just like that, he wouldn't open up and talk to me about things and now after three years of marriage he has walked out on me without really telling me why. Relationships like that don't work no matter how hard you try or how much you want them too. You will just end up getting hurt. Take it from someone who has been there, done that and got the T-shirt and let me tell you it wasn't a pleasant journey. No one deserves to go through what I have just been through. So get out while you still can.
@cryw0lf (1302)
• United Kingdom
12 Jan 09
We had a proper long talk yesterday, and he's told me he's going to be more open... i suppose one last chance wouldn't really hurt so much. I trust him (to an extent) even though i shouldn't haha. I'm sure not all relationships end up like yours, though im sorry yours did. He also told me he felt more open now that we'd sorted alot out.
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@Aurone (4755)
• United States
12 Jan 09
While I truly hope yours turns out differently than mine, my ex and I "talked" many a time like that and even went to counseling where he supposedly agreed to open up but he never did. Good luck.
• India
12 Jan 09
hi, I think you have to putin some extra effort to make him feel comfortable around you. U need to understand there are different people and as far as i can make out, either this person is really introvert or may be an incident in past have made him like this. Don't give up, if he doe'nt speak to you, you do the intiative, spend more time with him, make him laugh, so that he can feel comfortable around you and slowely and steadily he will start sharing things with you. Goodluck!!
@cryw0lf (1302)
• United Kingdom
12 Jan 09
Haha well he's my first 'ever' boyfriend haha. So... he had-had a past relationship where his girlfriend was completely closed up, maybe that caused him to close up in this relationship. Maybe he saw it as a sort-of protection from being hurt by anyone. Though if you read the comment of the persons below, that'll explain what me and him have worked out heh. Thanks for your comment.
@DeepGlow (242)
• Indonesia
11 Jan 09
First of all, we have to realize that there are many kinds of people. There are people who can easily open themselves to others and there are people who cannot do that even though they want to. There are people who like to share thoughts and feelings with others and there are people who like to do certain things on their own and don't like to share feelings. I know you are hurt because it feels like he is lying to you, but knowing that people are different and if you really love him, you have to be patient and don't let him feels your anger or disappointment. Try to talk to him, but in a nice way, make him comfortable, make him trusts you. And to do that, of course you cannot let him feels that you don't trust him. It will make him more and more separated from you emotionally. I know it's easier said than done, but you can try it. And never give up. Good luck ^_*
@cryw0lf (1302)
• United Kingdom
12 Jan 09
Haha, as i've said in other comments, he was open at first and easy to understand. It's just over some time he began to close up, more recent then not to be honest (meaning withing the past 1-2 months). He is the type of person that is usually extremely open with people. (Exactly like me). So it's not an opposite attracts in my case haha. I always did speak to him softly and make him feel comfortable. Atleast i thought i did, which means i have to try even harder lol. I understand what your saying... Thanks for the comment ^^
@cathya (704)
• Philippines
12 Jan 09
To be honest, I can't be with someone who is not talking to me, why?? first, am a type of person who is very vocal and my life is like an open book to my friends and i love chatting with people. second, how can i be with whom i did not know? i mean his experiences, where abouts, his life as a whole?? well i guess in your case try to communicate with him and try to join him with his interests. make him feel that you are there for him and you can be trusted.
@cryw0lf (1302)
• United Kingdom
12 Jan 09
I agree completely with you. I absolutely love hearing about his life, and i absolutely love talking about mine. Just something that we've always been about, apart from obviously the past 1-2months he just closed up and... well, i found out about stuff from about 4 months ago, which i wish he'd told me at the time so... (Not sure how long exactly he'd been closing up)... i thought i knew everything.. when really i knew nothing.
@Frederick42 (2024)
• Canada
11 Jan 09
It is not possible to be open to such a person. I will have to ignore him completely. We can only be open to those who are open to us. We can trust only those who trust us. We can love only thos ewho love us. The so-called 'unconditional love' is nonsense. It has been mainly preached by religions for the sake of vested interests.
@cryw0lf (1302)
• United Kingdom
12 Jan 09
Haha agreed. I guess i forgot to mention he was open at the beginning of the relationship. It's why i dont understand what had changed. But now he understands how much what he has done has hurt me and he's promising to be more open and share things with me. A relationship is hard to work when only one person is putting in the input.
@angiesg (33)
• Philippines
11 Jan 09
Frankly, I can't imagine myself with someone who would not open up and talk with me about himself. I would like to assume that your relationship is not grounded on friendship because if it did, you won't have such a problem. Maybe you have not earned your partner's trust and confidence which for me is ironic because I believe that for a relationship to start, trust and confidence is a must. Maybe you may try explaining your thoughts to him by assuring him that you are there for him whatever he is going through and that you will understand whatever problem he has. You have to make him understand that baring one's self is necessary for a long lasting relationship. Good luck and I hope he'll open up soon.
@cryw0lf (1302)
• United Kingdom
12 Jan 09
We were friends for a little while, maybe only a few mere weeks. It's been pretty hard on me since he did close up, but obviously at the beginning of the relationship everything was fine, we were like one person rather then two. Just over time, i was still trying to be that one person when he wasn't putting in anything to BE that one person. Our relationship seemed alot simpler and less complicated then, thats what im trying to get back, nothing should have changed really...
@liisafiat (659)
• Latvia
11 Jan 09
A trust takes time. For how long do You know him? Nobody should push others to become opened and talkative. Some people just don`t like to, or don`t want to talk about what is going on inside them. He looks like from that type, where You have to look very carefully at him and how his feelings and emotions changes, and then ask: what is going on? or-what happened?- to make sure that there is something that he might want to tell you, but hesitates to do. Good luck.
@thanxiang (126)
• Philippines
12 Jan 09
Being open to your partner is important in a relationship.In this way,both of you can create closeness to each other.If he is not that open to you,try to encourage him.There are really those type of person who just keep things by themselves.Be willing to listen also and try not to be irrational.In every relationship,adjustment is necessary,the fact that the two of you are two different individual,different attitude and different views.Show to him that you love him and you care for him.
@lellyp (245)
• Indonesia
11 Jan 09
I have principle in relationship we need to open each other, tell the true, care each other nothing to hide anything to my partner. Why? cos am type person not like get to know bad news from another person about him (my partner) i don't like surprise like that. Is much better i know bad news from him, no matter what my reaction at less am a first person know from him. Same like what i ask to him, i will be same person always tell the true, honest, loyal to him. I will tell any think what he want to know from me. I want be lover, friend, partner for him not just someone to enjoy a best time together, having fun i want to share each other in good and bad situation. In your case, ask him to tell his story but first you must prepare your self to get something maybe you not expecting. And please be wise, i know this is not easy maybe after that you will need time to be alone for while to can understand he story. But u must really understand what he need is someone or place to he can share what he thinking, he feel, any think and all is not always is a good for you hear or maybe that story can hurt your feeling. But i think that is worthy for him and for you. So before you ask to him to share his story, you must make sure no mater what you hear can't make you left him, lose your love to him. What he need is someone can understand him and place to sharing. So can you place your self to be his friend for a meanwhile? not just to be his lover? if is your answer is YES so... what you waiting now? Good luck sis
• United States
11 Jan 09
well maybe it you make that person feel completely comfortable around you. enough where they will feel safe telling you all there problems and whats on their mind. and maybe they wont open up because the been hurt so bad where they cant open up anymore with outthe fear of being rejected by the peers. but most just nake them feel 100% safe in tellingu their secrets or opening up to you but dont give up on them just keep trying
• United States
12 Jan 09
Every person is different. Some people have never learned how to open up to people and others have been seriously hurt by opening up so they have cut themselves off from the outside world. If you really like this guy then you have to understand that maybe the process will be slow for him and that you might have to learn to be patient. Also it may help to show them that they can trust you; that you really care and sometimes that could be opening up to them even when they don't open up to you. Perhaps you can't trust him, but a relationship will never work without trust. He may not understand how him not telling you hurts more than anything he could tell you so you might have to sit down and talk with him about it. I hope I was able to help