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August 10, 2009 at 11:11 pm #1121
MGloveshim
ParticipantI am stupidly completely in love with a man who loves me too, but evidently he has commitment problems. He refuses adamantly to become involved romantically with my, despite my “willingness” to have an open relationship to give him less commitment. I can’t walk away from him- he only man i ever really loved, and the only i ever will love. I might be young, but i know this much. To be brutally honest, i hate having to sit by and wait for him to grow out of his enourmous libido. New sexual partner every week, he can’t become committed for fear that one woman wouldn’t be enough. I know him better than anyone else, and i know that it would be hard for him at first, but i also know that he could do it with ease if he really wanted it to work.
I have all but given up on getting anything but an open relationship (he was the one who thought of this, not me) because of this. An open relationship scares me, though, for even if he says he loves me, he changes his mind incessantly all the time.
In one, i’m not willing to share, but i don’t want to lose him. “Just friends” isn’t going to cut it, either. So what do i do?
August 11, 2009 at 2:30 am #9705MGloveshim
Participantplease, somebody. i need help. 😥 August 11, 2009 at 3:54 am #9708Anonymous
Participantplease, someone help me 🙁 August 11, 2009 at 11:47 am #9770April Masini
KeymasterThe hardest part of any relationship can be allowing a second person their own personality, their own feelings, and their own behavior! But you are going to be tortured until you face reality. And then it’s not going to be so pleasant either, but it’s the only way to have peace and happiness in the long run. Your boyfriend is making things so clear for you: he isn’t interested in you. I’m sorry, but you can’t make him want you when he doesn’t. When you write that he’s adamantly refusing to become romantically involved with you — you have your own answer.
I wonder what it is about a man who doesn’t want to be with you, that you want so much.
So, here’s what you do. You stop calling, texting, e-mailing and running into him. The reason is because you are too valuable to waste your time with someone who isn’t interested in you. You start spending time in places where available men are doing productive things — like working, working out, lunching, or hanging out with your good friends.
If you’re calm enough to sit down and read, you’d do well to get my book, Think & Date Like A Man, by clicking on the Relationship Advice Books tab at the top of the page, then scrolling down and buying the book for $15. It will help you step by step to start dating eligible and fantastic men who want to be with you and will bring you romance and happiness.
In the meantime, I feel your panic and your pain, but unless you change your own behavior, there’s no chance of anything good happening in the near future. Change your course, however, and love and romance are yours for the having.
August 11, 2009 at 11:04 pm #9787Evie
ParticipantI have to agree with April. From what you said, you’re wasting your time waiting for him to come around. It’s hard to see it at first, but the signs are clear. I’ve been through a similar avenue (waiting or hoping the guy would come around), but the signs have been there for a while and I just wasn’t seeing it! Even if he comes around and get romantically involved with you, how can you be sure that he won’t go around with another woman every week? I just feel that you might end up getting hurt.
And the book she recommended, buy it! It’s an easy read and I learnt some stuff from it, coming from no experience in dating.
January 18, 2016 at 4:40 pm #31837April Masini
KeymasterHappy New Year! Let me know how things are going for you. 😉 -
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