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- Subject: Re: Polyamory again (was Re: last night...)
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 18:20:00 GMT
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- In article <C1G4Lp.593@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, rlshuck@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Robert L. Shuck) writes...
- >I have a real problem. I get depressed really easily and my girlfriend
- >lives in a state 1000 miles away. She says she is not sure that she
- >can be "faithful" to me, and I am worried about her meeting another guy and
- >him treating her badly. The only way that I know for sure she is respected
- >is if I am the only one. I have been in love (deep!!!) for five years now.
- >To lose her now because she doubts my pyschological strength would destroy
- >me emotional, physically, and mentally. I do not know if I would be able
- >to survive without her. She means everything to me. I....need advice.
- >Thank you.
-
- If yer so worried about it, and if yer positive that this is "the one",
- why not ask her to be your wife? Get engaged, get married, have kids, spend the
- rest of your lives together, the whole shabang. If marriage ain't your thing,
- just tell her you love her and want to spend the rest of your life with her.
- Does she know you feel this way? If she does and if she feels the same, great.
- If not and if she has a totally different view of what your relationship is
- about, well, there could be... um... problems.
- And what does she mean by "faithful"? Is she saying she wants to have
- sexual relaitons with other guys or just wants to go on a date every so often?
- Dinner and a movie with another guy now and then is not a big deal.
- I hate to make it sound so simple. But all you have to do is be honest
- to her and be honest to yourself, and let the rest take care of itself. Don't
- panic. It's not the end of the world.
-
- "I think it's time now
- for you to know
- holding on is easier
- than letting go."
-
- -Mike Poe
-