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Feb 26, 2008Comments: 0 · Posts: 8735 · Topics: 522
Oh bull!
I can't believe some of you are making her feel bad for wanting a man to respect HER pace & what she's comfortable with! Her morals, her opinion & what she wants matters too! He's not suddenly some God all b/c he's an Aries
Had the tables been turned & had she been rushing him, people would attack her like crazy, telling her not to rush something that shouldn't be rushed!
If you're not comfortable moving in with him or engaging in marriage with him after less than a year, so what! If we were having this convo 10 years into it, that'd be different. But 1 year?! Oh come on! Clearly his love for her was NOT that strong b/c the minute she wants the relationship to be about her & her feelings for once, he's ready to run!
I get that he's an Aries & that Aries don't like to hold back & wait, BUT patience goes a long way & how silly of him to give her an ultimatum, as if her feelings are supposed to be exactly aligned with his at the exact same time. Again, had she been the 1 throwing a tantrum all b/c some guy isn't ready to move in with her in less than a year, guys AND girls would be over her azz, telling her that she's rushing & being selfish to threaten/actually call off a relationship for that.
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Feb 26, 2008Comments: 0 · Posts: 8735 · Topics: 522
Gosh some adults act like children. They want instant gratification. And if they don't get what they want, when they want it, exactly how they want it, they throw tantrums & threaten to run!
How can you knock someone for not being ready to make a huuuuuuuge leap in a relationship when the 2 people have only been together for less than a year?!
What if she threatened to leave him all b/c he wasn't' ready to have kids just yet? Again, people would be all over her azz like white on rice, telling her that she's rushing! It wouldn't matter that she wants kids right now at this second. What people would pay the most attention to is the extreme reaction & aggression in her response all b/c he's choosing not to do something that would make him uncomfortable! So if he'd deserve that same respect if she was begging him to knock her up, for example, why can't she get the same respect in this particular situation?!
Normally when someone goes to that extreme to rush, they are most likely more in love with the concept of love/marriage than they are with the actual person!
This is why relationships/marriages fail! 2 people are so quick to give each other ultimatums & focus so much on the title, that they forget to actually take out enough time to get to know each other. Then when their marriage goes to hell in a hand basket, they want people to feel sorry for them. Bull.
Do things when YOU are ready. Yes, it will suck to the other person if your pace is slower than theirs, BUT if the foundation you've built with each other is truly set in stone, it will not completely shatter things to the point of no return. Hell, if anything, the fact that he was willing to cut her off all b/c she wasn't comfortable just YET (keyword) is even more reason to pump the brakes & take it slow!
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Feb 26, 2008Comments: 0 · Posts: 8735 · Topics: 522
She was keeping you around as Plan B
The fact that the guy she really wanted was away & had distance b/w them meant that in her mind, there's always a possibility that things may not work out.
So yes she reaches out to you & flirts with you, BUT what does any of that matter if 99% of her other actions point to her not being truly interested?! All the sweetest words/flirting in the world don't mean a thing if the BIG PICTURE is that they don't want to commit to you or give you their undivided attention.
She's literally treating you like an option, while you're giving her "priority" status.
Pay attention to what she's NOT saying. She's not saying that she wants to be with you. She's not saying that she wants to be exclusive with you. She's not saying that who she truly wants is this other guy. What she's NOT saying speaks more volumes than what she is actually is saying
A good rule of thumb for situations like this is to always assume that if someone really values you & wants you in an intimate way, they'll tell you. Not only will they tell you, their actions will back up everything they have to say. If they don't tell you, it's b/c they either don't feel that way about you like you do them OR it's b/c they have intimacy/communication problems. And in either case, those are both recipes for disaster if you choose to emotionally invest in someone at that time
If you are the kind of person who sees no need in friendship with a person you strongly like as long as you can't have them in a deeper way, then own that & be honest about that! There is nothing wrong with that! And if that's how you feel, then don't respond at all b/c 9 times out of 10, you guys keeping in contact will eventually cause you & your feelings more harm than it will her!
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Feb 26, 2008Comments: 0 · Posts: 8735 · Topics: 522
It's not him that you're actually grieving the loss of. As you said, you barely know him. And even if you honestly believed yourself when you told yourself that you'd fallen for him, you really didn't b/c you barely knew him
What you're grieving is the loss of the way he made you feel. What you're really grieving is yourself & the fact that once again you used bad judgment. This isn't about him. This is about YOU. That's the reason this situation has brought out all your inner demons, fears, insecurities & feelings of rejection.
If this was really about him, you wouldn't be mentioning all the other guys you've been through this with b/c they wouldn't matter.
You hate that someone who was a part of your daily routine is now no longer a part of it. So it's really the change of routine that you're emotionally responding to & unhappy with.
You're having a hard time letting go emotionally b/c it's too hard for you to believe that once AGAIN, you picked the wrong guy. You're holding on b/c him saying that you ruined his life is somehow weighing on your conscious, even though you know that you did the right thing deep down. You're still holding on b/c the hopeless romantic in you likes to hold out hope "just in case."
But honey, as you get older, get wiser & more mature, you'll realize that ALMOST DOESN'T COUNT
Leave him alone. If you truly feel that you have issues regarding men, then technically he did you a favor by seeing his way out of your life b/c had he actually been a good guy, you would've probably ran him off anyways simply b/c you have so many unresolved issues & unfinished business with your past. So do yourself a favor & learn how to be alone for once!
It's not that you're falling for these guys so fast b/c they are that freakin' great. It's b/c you've trained your mind/heart to believe that all of your worth is measured by who wants you. Change the way you measure your worth & you'll instantly start seeing better results & a better quality of men that you attract.
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Feb 26, 2008Comments: 0 · Posts: 8735 · Topics: 522
You didn't ruin his life. HE ruined his life! If his girlfriend meant so much to him, there would've never been a YOU in the situation. He should've thought about that before he decided that disrespecting his pregnant girlfriend was a good idea/move
I'm sure your intentions for not telling her weren't 100% entirely pure, but nonetheless, as long as what you told her was 100% the truth, that's all that matters!
It pains me to see women clawing at each other & being offended that someone reaches out to them & makes them aware that they are being played, when they know good & damn well that they'd want someone to reach out & tell them too if the shoe was on the other foot!
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Jan 06, 2010Comments: 4 · Posts: 1697 · Topics: 71
Im guessing things are very different where you guys live? I have never dated in my race and no one cares lol. I am black my husband is white, we have a little mixed race boy and there are no issues.
He will come to my mum a dads and have rice and peas for dinner, I go to his mum and dads and have a roast dinner or sometimes neither family cooks a traditional dish.
Think everyone who knows me would be more shocked if I wads dating a black guy lol