Breaking Up & Settling Down ( Archived) (12)

Aug 9, 2006 11:21 AM CST Breaking Up & Settling Down
SusieRR
SusieRRSusieRRnortheast, Ohio USA78 Threads 3 Polls 2,122 Posts
HI all,

I've been having fun dating around with local guys I've met in various places.

However, I am NOT ready to settle down with one, and commit to being exclusive. Obviously this is because I've not met who I think is the right one for me.

Is this so bad? After four or five dates, I feel like I'm being smothered and want to end it all together.

If that is the feeling I am getting, it's probaby time to tell the guy that I'm sorry but it isn't going to work out.

I really don't like pissing anyone off, or hurting them. After four or five dates, I don't see how it is possible to hurt anyone all that much.

Any opinions or suggestions?
dunno
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Aug 9, 2006 11:27 AM CST Breaking Up & Settling Down
BigCat
BigCatBigCatHull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England UK3 Threads 177 Posts
it's easy susie, just sleep around and have no dates grin
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Aug 9, 2006 11:41 AM CST Breaking Up & Settling Down
schmorbraten
schmorbratenschmorbratenCologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany33 Threads 1,462 Posts
Hi Suzi, no places left there to date ? Sorry, kidding
As i´m living in a city with a 1 Mio. population there are lots palces left.
But if I´m honest haven´t had a since, wait a minute...


























april or so.
Cause, perhaps i´m to picky don´t know, but my suggestion would be, if u don´t try who should try for you?

Lutz
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Aug 9, 2006 11:44 AM CST Breaking Up & Settling Down
xfahctor
xfahctorxfahctorlancaster, New Hampshire USA44 Threads 1,643 Posts
youd be suprised how quicky one can become attatched enough to be hurt
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Aug 9, 2006 11:47 AM CST Breaking Up & Settling Down
izzyva
izzyvaizzyvaHighland Springs, Virginia USA7 Threads 2,070 Posts
Hello, Ladie, date, have fun enjoy it, Life is short and don't settle. Only for the best. I know it's bad to hurt, but better somebody else than you.



El Diablo
devil
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Aug 9, 2006 2:02 PM CST Breaking Up & Settling Down
Windygirl
WindygirlWindygirlDayton, Ohio USA21 Threads 1,846 Posts
4-5 dates? You ROCK! I'm usually quick to judge after one.

And if somebody's THAT brokenhearted that you ended it after only 4 or 5 dates, be tickled that you got rid of Mr. Obsessive when you did.
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Aug 9, 2006 2:10 PM CST Breaking Up & Settling Down
northernmama
northernmamanorthernmamasudbury, Ontario Canada2 Threads 21 Posts
From experience, Id say go with that 'gut feeling'. If after 4 - 5 dates you have this nagging suspicion that this is just not the match for you, then explain that.

It depends I suppose on what you are looking for - Ive done the 'close-to-good-but-just-didnt-feel-right' relationships and in the end I should have went with my gut feeling that we were just not compatible.
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Aug 9, 2006 9:28 PM CST Breaking Up & Settling Down
SusieRR
SusieRRSusieRRnortheast, Ohio USA78 Threads 3 Polls 2,122 Posts
Sounds right, I'd just explain that the match isn't going to work out. I think it's easier to be the one getting dumped, and yeah it can hurt ego somewhat. Thanks.
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Aug 9, 2006 9:29 PM CST Breaking Up & Settling Down
SusieRR
SusieRRSusieRRnortheast, Ohio USA78 Threads 3 Polls 2,122 Posts
That's no fun !!!
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Aug 9, 2006 9:43 PM CST Breaking Up & Settling Down
Tumpa
TumpaTumpaottawa, Ontario Canada88 Threads 7,091 Posts
Why "settle" for anything less than having fun right?
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Aug 9, 2006 10:30 PM CST Breaking Up & Settling Down
korangen
korangenkorangenSanta Monica, California USA9 Threads 1,714 Posts
Haha, it's actually easier to get dumped I think...but that might be just me.

And yeah, definitely, after 4 or 5 dates you know enough about a person, and yet, shouldn't be attached enough to have it really hurt.
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Aug 10, 2006 5:07 PM CST Breaking Up & Settling Down
northernmama
northernmamanorthernmamasudbury, Ontario Canada2 Threads 21 Posts
Actually Ive been on both sides of the coin from long term relationships - being the dumpee definately hurt more and longer than being the dumper. Being the dumper was more emotionally draining before hand as you second guessed yourself, talked yourself in and out of it, and then sat there in the emotional wrath of it - bit I sure recovered quicker when I was the dumper :)
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