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Me And My Girlfriend Broke Up Because Of Sleep Talking - Help Please!?

by David
(USA)

Hey guys, Ok so I'm really really looking for your help.... today me and my partner broke up and it was all due to my sleep talking.

She says that on quite a few occasions i have been asleep and she has heard me talking to/about a girl.

Apparently I was saying that i want to be with her and not my partner and that my partner is just to take up time and so I don't have to live at home....

I can honestly say I have only got eyes for my partner, I'm not interested in anyone else and couldn't be. I'm that much in love....

What's more is I was about to propose. Is there anything I can do to help her through this?

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Feb 17, 2015
 Win Her Confidence Back
by: Kevin

Hi David, I'm really sorry to hear that. Proposing anyway could be just the action that would convince her that you really do only have eyes for her. That could win her back. Failing that, you could show her other stories on this site about men and women whose sleep talking has gotten them in hot water with their significant others, when the sleep talking is completely fabricated and untrue.

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