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  • #274923
    Anonymous
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    Dear Lost soul:

    I think you think of him as very powerful simply because he is a man, and you think of yourself as having no power because you are a woman.

    All along in regard to the marriage, which is what you want, he doesn’t have the power and you don’t have the power, his parents have the power.

    Maybe you’ve been thinking that he will fight his parents over marriage with you even though he told you that he will not?

    anita

    #274927
    Valora
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    Thanks Mark for your reply. I just feel bad that I wasn’t ever good enough for him. I have seen the way he is around his friends and when he is with me, he is all serious and has nothing to talk about. He did try to take out time for me but at the cost of what? I am scared that I will invest my time in this and he will end it six months down the line.

    This doesn’t mean you’re not good enough, it just likely means you aren’t a match. Not being a match with someone has no bearing on your value as a person, though. It just is what it is… which is completely neutral. Maybe thinking of it that way will help you to feel better?

    I agree with everyone else that it’d be a good idea to move on. When you are with the right person, you will click better. When you are together, you’ll have things to talk about and he’ll be just as engaged in the conversation as you are. There are a ton of signs here saying that he just isn’t your guy and there is someone out there who will be a much better fit for you.

    But be careful not to pressure someone into voicing intentions of a marriage commitment to you specifically too soon (making sure they aren’t against marriage in general is a good idea though). They can assure you of a future with you until their face turns blue, but that doesn’t mean they won’t dump you 6 months later. So try not to get too attached to needing that because it really doesn’t mean much until they actually propose, even if they give you assurance and mean it when they say it at the time. Things change sometimes.

    #275279
    Lost soul
    Participant

    Hi Anita,

    Yes, somewhere deep down I really thought he would take a stand for us and give our relationship a try. But the minute he said let’s just move on, I felt really bad. Maybe he isn’t the guy for me and I was fighting real hard to make it work between us.

    #275281
    Lost soul
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    Hi Valora,

    I did raise this point when we were together, to which he simply said we are just getting to know each other. But then I started to notice that no matter how much I tried to talk to him about other things, he wasn’t interested. Moreover, he was insecure about my past and would often question me about it. In all honesty this is all we talked about.

    #275351
    Anonymous
    Guest

    Dear Lost soul:

    You wrote on page 1: “I have seen the way he is around his friends and when he is with me, he is all serious and has nothing to talk about”. In your recent post you wrote: “no matter how much I tried to talk to him about other things, he wasn’t interested.. he was insecure about my past and would often question me about it.. this is all we talked about”-

    So he was focused about your past, what is it about your past that troubled him so much?

    anita

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