Ship...I understand this dilemma perfectly. Yes, there can be freedom in love. I have a strong need for freedom and space. I found it in my last marriage while living together. I believe it can be done if your partner also has a matching need and you can give it to each other.
However, if you date people who do not understand this need, they will want to move in together for more "closeness". They don't understand that they have your heart, so if you're away from them you're not cheating, and that you're not rejecting them.
There is one man I would really love to have with me in this situation...and it's about the worst choice I could possibly make...there is a man who makes my heart sing, and whom I love so strongly that I shake when I see him...unfortunately, being alone on an otherwise deserted island is about the only way that he might have no choice but to let the walls down. Maybe then we'd be able to talk it all out. However, if he keeps those walls up, it would make it worse.
Yes, I know he loves me equally. The entire VFW club locally knows how we feel...and doesn't understand his problem. I do, because I understand him. There are other issues as well...it's a very long story. But a case of star-crossed lovers.
Thank you. And yes, I'm giving him a very good chance. Getting ready to leave now to meet for lunch and shopping at Ikea. (Such a romantic pair we are... )
Right now, gray cotton sweat-style pants and a burgundy and gray weave thermal shirt. Tonight I plan on going to a bonfire with friends and I'll be dressed warmer as the weather has really cooled off here.
I'm in the process of falling in love with a man I met on CS, but not in the forums. We have our second date today...but we've had weeks of emailing and phone calling almost daily in the meantime and before the first date. So far, he's a great guy and I really like him a lot.
If it was someone who was active in the forums we would probably talk about it and decide whether or not to keep it a secret...or for how long we would. I'm still not revealing his identity publicly, but have to some of my closest friends on here.
My best friend at the time and I took a trip to Detroit to visit her aunt and uncle. Got lost because the normal exit she took was under construction. Ended up in a neighborhood that started to become "unsavory" as the sun went down (some foreign guy picked up a pay phone that hadn't rung and just started talking into in a foreign language right beside us, for example)...and her uncle had warned us to stay put so that he could find us and get us out quickly! Bad place to be...we're standing on a street corner, and I've got my hand on my knife in my purse with it out of the sheath (too young to own a gun then...under 21).
OK...got out of that situation...went to SeaWorld and Conneaught Lake on the way home, locked my trunk key in the trunk of my car. All of them, actually...just happened to include that one, when I usually remembered to remove it.
We had a whole list we wrote of the funny and stupid stuff that happened on that trip...I think I still have it packed in a box some where around here. Those were just the most memorable parts of it.
Don't get discouraged...you'll also find that as you're typing, so are several others at times. Always hit the "yes" about quoting if you want to respond to someone specific in the threads. It's not always that we all type so fast...it's also that we all seem to do it simultaneously!
If he were that insecure and felt he was that ugly, he wouldn't have contacted you in the first place 'cuz he would've considered you out of his league, so to speak. I agree with Ken, something's off.
If he lives near you, google his phone number for his address and drive by. And yes, if he lives near you and you haven't met, and everything is at set times, I'd certainly be suspicious. Though he could just be one of those who has to have a set schedule. (That would be enough for me to end it, lol!)
You're welcome...and yes, there are a lot of great people out here on the forums. Give it a shot...you might lose some of your shyness and timidity. At the worst, you'll get a lot of laughs and meet a lot of great people.
Checked out your profile. If the darker pics are the first ones you had, the problem was that nobody could really see you. These are better, now we can see your face. I'm not hung up on looks, it's the least important part of a man to me, but if you have a pic it's nice to be able to actually see you, so these are better.
I don't believe in Zombies (one of the few things, along with Vampires, that I don't, btw )...however, yes, I'd be fully prepared should there ever be an invasion!
My particular favorite is the one about a conclusion...the place where you got tired of thinking.
Reminds me of the saying (and it's true) that people get promoted to the level of their incompetence. (After which they can't be demoted, nor can they be further promoted.)
RE: What part of NO don't they understand??
Ship...that wasn't a good thing to post. Now I'll never be able to forget that you said that. Florida isn't that far away.