You see, You’ll need some background before we get to the main Conflict im having, I will try to keep it short.
I had this boyfriend, lets call him Kyle. i started dating Kyle november 2014, we had a really good relationship, I honestly thought that i could spend the rest of my life with him. Coming from a Mormon family he always planned on getting married right after high school or his mission. I had a problem with that, I’ve always had big dreams because i was raised in a super small town so i never wanted to settle down that quickly. and he wasn’t willing to see the world with me. This was the start of the distance that grew between us. we started talking about the hard things, things that come when you’re deciding if you want to share your life with some one. and there was lot of things we agreed on but due to his religion and how he was raised. When we talked about the most important topics, to me, we were on opposite sides of the spectrum. It wasn’t long after this that I happened to be near an Army recruiting center, I went in just to talk and came out enlisted. It was just so easy and felt so right to me. I always wanted to join the military. When i told Kyle that i enlisted this is when our fighting started in earnest. and in September 2015, I broke up with him. it ending mutually and peacefully, and I’ve had a really good friendship with him since. but last week something happened.
(i am a senior in high school) and things had been kinda tense between us, due to Kyle not understanding the difference between Boyfriend and Boy Friend. and i was trying to put more space between us while staying friendly and not upsetting him. On this particular day, he was in a really good mood and i just didn’t want to talk to anyone, Kyle has always had a hard time understanding that No means No. and he continued to bug me throughout the day, at lunch he asked if I could stay for this free period we have due to how our schedules line up, I told him i couldn’t because of reasons, (I was trying to put more space between us) He then said he just wanted to talk to me, so i told him that why can’t we talk right here? ( I was getting really annoyed by this point and when i get that way i start to act blunt and bitchy) and when Kyle still refused to talk to me, I told him I was leaving. He then said he would walk me to my car and I told him No. Even still he followed me and once we got outside he asked me to our school Valentines Dance, I told him No, and that i had no plans of going at all ( I hate dances) this is the third dance he has asked me to since our break-up. and the third time i said no. he then started asking Why I wouldn’t go, multiple times he asked me why, And every time i gave him blunt bitchy responses, at this time we had reached my car, I had been spouting off lots of crap just to get him to go away. He then grabbed me by the shoulders and shook me violently. telling me to just shut up and listen. I’ve seen Kyle mad before and i’ve felt only once before that he wanted to hit me, but never has he put his hands on me. and never have i been so afraid of him. because of my fear i starting screaming at him to “Leave me alone, don’t put your hands on me like that and to go away” when i wouldn’t listen to what he had to say he than hit the car repeatedly. (did I mention that i had my arms filled with text books and therefore could not easily defend myself?) and continued to scream at him and it was loud enough that some boys coming late from lunch heard and took Kyle away. I went home after that and since then Kyle has fully apologized and i can tell he is very remorseful. We have had many classes together since then and I am still hospitable towards him but i do not talk to him unless i have to. I’ve told my friends the truth and they have decided to ostracize him. I don’t want to have to do this, but he doesn't seem to understand my silent treatment as not wanting to talk to him. Because he still tries to talk to me and have a relationship like nothing happened. so yea, basically i’m in a shit hole and i’m uncomfortable around him but i dont want to hurt him, so i don’t know what to do.