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I Bee-Lieve

Older man, younger woman

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    I have been in a relationship with a wonderful man for a year now. He is 52 and i soon to be 25 in a few weeks. I have know him for 2 years.

    We talked for a couple of months before we got serious. And the more we talk the more i realize how much we have in common. We would go and do stuff with family and friends. And then it got to the point where we were hang out by our self which i did not mind he is a wonderful man. And before we start he came out and said that he did have a girlfriend. I was afraid to even get close to him because of the girlfriend of 4 years(off and on) but i was willing to with it because he ask me out.So we talked on the phone before we really did anything.To me i fell in love with him every time we talk. As soon as we started dating i knew i love him. And i was afraid to tell him but to come to find out he was the same way scared and afraid. It has been wonderful been with him. But i though it is was myself i could win him over and he would leave his girlfriend. And i have come to realize that he is not going to leave her and i am fine with that. But it is getting to the point where i can not go one day with getting to see him.

    And i don’t know if it is because I have not really had a real serious relationship as in love someone until him or what. I don’t know what to do?

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    I think your desire to see your boyfriend every single day stems from your insecurity that you’re sharing him with his other girlfriend, and that you may lose him to her. You knew what you were getting into when you started dating him a year ago, but I don’t think you realized the problems you would have if he didn’t break up with the other girlfriend and decided to date the two of you at the same time. I know you thought you’d win him over enough for him to dump the other girlfriend, but after a year of dating him, you haven’t been able to.

    As long as he has another girlfriend besides you, and she’s been with him for five years now, if my math is correct, you’re going to continue to feel anxious. Your choice is to accept that you will never have him all to yourself because you’ve let him know it’s okay for him to have another girlfriend in addition to yourself, or to decide you’re a one woman man, and then move on to find someone who can meet those needs (which may be very important). Of course, I suppose you could continue doing what you’re doing for another year, but I suspect your anxiety is going to increase, and you’re going to start acting out on that anxiety, and it won’t be pretty.

    You’re in a tough spot, and I’m sorry, but it’s time for you to accept or move on.

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