Dear Elise:

You started your thread with: “I’m not sure where to begin with this long story so I’ll start from the beginning. Few months ago I met a guy online..”

Well, that was not the beginning. Your relationships as a child with your parents is the beginning. You mentioned “daddy issues”- did you attend to these issues in therapy so far? Elsewhere?

It is impressive to me that at 27 you’ve been living independently for as long as you have, financially taking care of yourself. The relationships with men is the problematic area in your life.

Would you like to start from the beginning: your experience with your father/ mother when you were a child?

anita