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    doejane
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    My boyfriend and I have been dating for a few months. He’s 30 and I’m 23. We met online and in real life a few times. He used to live 3 hours away from me until he had to move back to his hometown in the Midwest. I live on the West Coast. He didn’t tell me about the move until our last date night, and he had all his things already packed in his car.

    My concern is the amount of communication we have with each other and whether his feelings for me are true. At the beginning, we would talk everyday which is normal. Since our second date, he was busy with the move…which I understood. After settling back in the Midwest, I find that I only hear from him every once in awhile. He is currently unemployed, and when I do hear from him, calls and texts are usually short or left hanging for a couple of days.

    He has told me (in a side convo) that he had a lot of friends who were girls, but he wants to “protect me”, which I don’t really get. He also says he loves me, misses me…I’m always in his heart…and that he’ll be back in 6 months to visit me. He says that he sees me as wife material, and that he’s willing to wait for me until I finish school (in a year and a half) to marry me, but I feel that he doesn’t really show it especially with the distance now.

    Should I be concerned with the amount of communication he’s giving me? And does he really love me?

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    It’s not that you should be concerned, but you should be [i]realistic[/i] about what’s going on. 😉 If he didn’t tell you he was moving until the very last date the two of you had — and he was already packed and ready to go… 😯… he wasn’t thinking about a future with you. 😥 If he was, he would have discussed the move with you before it was actually happening. He didn’t want your opinion on the move, and he didn’t want to share it with you. The fact that he’s not in communication very much, now that he has moved, underscores that. Now, you have a long distance relationship as a possibility — but he doesn’t really seem to want one.

    In addition, it’s not clear why, at age 30, he moved several states away, has no job, and is moving back in six months. This doesn’t sound like a man with a plan, if you know what I mean! 😉 I know you’re hanging on his words — some of his compliments probably make you feel special — like his saying he loves you and that you’re wife material — but the reality is that he’s far from wanting a wife. He’s just saying what he thinks will keep you in the game, while he plays the field in the state where he’s living now. And that’s okay, as long as you’re not fooling yourself that he’s not dating.

    My advice is that you accept his move as the end of the relationship and don’t wait around for him. Instead, move on. You’ve only invested a couple of months, so it’s not like this is a long term relationship that you’re leaving. 😉 I hope that helps you.

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