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I'm a 27-year-old female, and I've been with my 31-year-old boyfriend for over five years now. About a year ago we started talking seriously about getting engaged within the next six months, but by the time fall rolled around, my boyfriend told me that though he loves me and wants nothing more than a future with me, he was just not ready for an engagement yet.
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Has your boyfriend recently told you he needs to take space from your relationship to think about things? Though these words “I need space” are dreaded by lovers and partners everywhere and can leave one feeling confused, panicked and rejected… This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it can actually be an opportunity to bring you both closer together.
If you're in a relationship with a man who runs hot and cold, you'll be at his mercy unless you get a grip on yourself. Nothing will make you more crazy and desperate than a man who is playing hide n' seek with your emotions. The situation is classic. He starts to pull away, you become like a dog with a bone, unwilling to relinquish what you want. You search frantically for the man who was "hot" on you. He must still feel that way -- he just doesn't know it. So your problem becomes how to get him to pursue you like he did before.
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Marilee, a client of mine, was commitment phobic. "I'd love to be in a loving relationship," she told me in one of our counseling sessions, "but I'm not willing to give up my freedom. I have a great life. I love my work and my friends. I love to travel and take workshops and classes. I don't want anyone telling me what I can or can't do. I don't want to deal with someone feeling hurt because I want to work rather than be with him. It's just not worth all the hassle."
My mother says it's unbecoming to talk about wanting to get married. It's the man's job, leave it to him. He will decide when he is ready. My father says children are overrated. "That was harsh," he backtracks, but too late - my already unsteady and wavering mind is flickering with signs of my future child feeling the same way he just made me feel. The fear and the anxiety is too much - how could I ever want to do that to someone? After all, I am his daughter.
