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  • Hello, I am Gina.

  • Do you think it's possible for a person to love you too much?

  • This is exactly what happened to me.

  • I first saw Brad in school, and he was such a handsome boy, with the prettiest smile I'd ever seen.

  • Every day I was hoping he would notice me.

  • And it finally happened.

  • He came to me and asked if I was free that evening.

  • And it was the happiest day of my life.

  • That evening, we went to the movies and then for a walk in the park.

  • And it was super romantic.

  • Not long after it, we started to date.

  • And first few weeks were perfect.

  • We were seeing each other every day, and he always told me how beautiful I was.

  • And when we weren't together, he was texting to me how much he loved and missed me.

  • It was sweet.

  • But sometimes I was busy with school or seeing my friends, and during that time, he was texting me non-stop.

  • One day, I was doing homework, and when I finished, I looked at my phone, and there were hundreds of texts and missed calls!

  • First ones were like, "I love you," "I miss you."

  • But then it was something like, "Are you alright?" "Where are you?" "Why don't you answer me?"

  • I called Brad and said, "I'm sorry for not answering; I was busy with my homework."

  • He said, "OK, but call me next time, because I'm worried."

  • It was quite sweet the first time. But then it happened again and again.

  • Each time when I wasn't able to answer him right away, even if it was during a lesson, he started to panic.

  • One time, he even knocked on a classroom door and asked the teacher for me to come out.

  • It was so embarrassing.

  • Brad always wanted to be with me, like, all the time.

  • He was visibly upset if I decided to spend some time with my friends instead of him.

  • Honestly, it was kind of a turn-off at this point.

  • It was hard to like a boy who didn't give you any space.

  • I told my friends about it, and they thought I was selfish because he just loved me very much.

  • So I kept going, thinking it would get better eventually.

  • Of course, it didn't.

  • It only got worse.

  • He was waiting for me to come out of class after each lesson and insisted on us always being together.

  • At this point, even my friends realized that something was wrong.

  • When I told him that I wanted to spend some time separately, he got mad, saying, "You don't love me anymore!"

  • I had to prove him wrong.

  • So, the only time without him was at home. And even then, he was texting me constantly.

  • The last straw for me, was when I was talking to Johnny, my classmate, about the project we were doing together for school.

  • And Brad came to us, faced Johnny, and said to him, "Stop talking to her; she's mine!"

  • I tried to explain to Brad that he should calm down, Johnny's just a classmate.

  • But he wouldn't listen, trying to act like a man and protect me.

  • Johnny got up and left, muttering, "Weirdo."

  • I was so embarrassed.

  • So I told Brad, "It's not okay! You act like a stalker! Can you stop?"

  • And he answered, "I do it because I love you."

  • I didn't know why Brad was acting like that.

  • But I didn't see him as this cool, confident boy I had seen before.

  • So, of course, my feelings sort of changed.

  • So later that day, I said that I didn't want to date him anymore.

  • He begged me to reconsider. He said he was sorry, like a hundred times.

  • And when I said no, he got angry and implied that I liked Johnny, and that's why I was dumping him.

  • He was texting me every day for two weeks.

  • Saying how much he missed me.

  • And I explained over and over to him that I didn't want to date anymore.

  • For a few days, he was silent. And I thought he must have moved on.

  • But then, he called me and said, "Can you please look out your window?"

  • I did, and there was a bunch of lit candles spelling "I love you."

  • It was so awkward.

  • I went outside and tried to explain to him that he was a great guy, but I didn't like this insane level of control.

  • He was so upset, like he was holding up tears, and I felt so sorry for him.

  • He said that I was his first girlfriend and he felt scared of losing me, and that's why he acted like this.

  • And he didn't see it until his older brother pointed it out to him.

  • He asked if we could try again and promised that it would be better this time.

  • I wanted to say yes, but I couldn't.

  • So I politely declined.

  • And I felt so bad about it, like I was a bad person for doing this.

  • But something in me said that all of it would just happen again.

  • After all, I think that a person shouldn't be in a relationship if he or she is not comfortable in it.

  • Even if you feel sorry for someone.

  • Brad is not a bad person.

  • But he should have dealt with his insecurities before starting a relationship.

  • Share if you've had a similar experience and don't forget to share it in the comments.

Hello, I am Gina.

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