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- From: pezzillo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Amy J. Pezzillo)
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- Subject: Re: ++ Am I paranoid? ++
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 00:20:00 GMT
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- In article <C176LE.B6D@brunel.ac.uk> mr-woried writes:
- >
- >I am concerned about loosing my SO. We have been seeing eachother for over a year,
- >but I am now at University, and she is still at school (300 miles away). I see her
- >about once a month (and at Christmas).
- >
- >The trouble is, when I speak to her on the phone (most evenings), she talks about
- >this chap at her school who lost his father in a car accident - and she has been
- >helping him out (as she too lost her father when she was a child). She said that
- >she is going to the inquest into his father's death with him.
- >
- >This concerns me a bit considering most of her friends are female - and she hasn't,
- >in the past, spent much time with that many other boys at her school.
- >
- >We have discussed our relationship to great depths, and she says that she could
- >never be unfaithful - but I am a natural worrier - and this doesn't totally quell
- >my worst fears. She starts University next year, and will be within commuting
- >distance, and so I will be able to see her more often hopefully.
- >
- >Any views would be appreciated. Worried.
-
-
- The number one thing that you've got to do here is trust her.
- Jealously won't help anything. It might be difficult to do, but
- you'll rest easier once you've got trust in her. You might want to
- share your feelings with her -- making *very* sure to explain that you
- do trust her. Ask her to share more about this friend of hers with
- you. You might even feel better if you met him.
-
- I'm currently in an LDR, and my two closest friends here at college
- are men. I would never consider cheating on my boyfriend, with them
- or anyone else, but I get a lot out of having close male friends. I
- would have a much harder time of it if my boyfriend were unjustly
- jealous. It's very important to each of us that we can each have
- friends of the opposite sex without the other getting jealous.
-
- I hope you can do the same!
-
- ajp
-