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March 19, 2008, 10:46 am PDT
mistake?
Quote From: live2eat I met my husband on line back in May. I lived in New York, he in Los Angeles. I am 40 and never been married, he is 45 and was previously married and has a 19 yr. old who lives with the mother. From the very beginning he was so attentive and loving. Our conversations were warm and amazing. He was and is everything I ever imagined. I fell for him hard and am still extremely in love with him. We fell in love the day we met. He pdroposed 2 months later and we got engaged. I left my job, my home, my parents and moved in with him in September, and we got married in December. I want to have children and he doesn't. He has convinced me that at our age it's not a good idea and I kind of agreed because I don't want to lose him. I knew he didn't want children before we got married so I'll have to live with that. He tells me he loves me every day 10 times and that we will always be together for ever. That we are soul mates. Recently, when he wanted to visit his family whom we visit almost daily, I didn't feel like going. He was upset and wrote me an e-mail the next day saying he was mad because he can't stand being away from me for more than 3 hours. I thought that was so swee but a bit weird. He says he doesn't believe in couples who travel alone. Do you think I have made a mistake? We are both from the same cultural background but I was raised more free. Having read the whole story, do you think I made a mistake? I do need to say that he is so kind and sweet to me. I don't know how his past relationships were. But I'm starting to feel he might be a bit controlling. I know no body in California and he's all I got. I'm not working yet and sometimes I'm so bored that I demand he come home and be with me and he does immediately. He also has told me very sweetly that he doesn't want me to have contact with my ex boyfriend who is a dear friend yet he has female friens and I'm fine with it. Did I make a mistake? The mistake was getting married so quickly. What was the rush? It is understandable that you had intense love, however, you don’t truly ever know someone for at least one year- sometimes even more then one year. It is great that he is sweet and he loves you, but you are right, it does sound like he is controlling. However, when you ’demand’ that he come home right away because you are bored - that sounds controlling, also. My advice to you is to get a job, any job, so that you aren’t so bored all the time. You need to have contact with the outside world. It isn’t healthy to have contact with only one person, its time to make meet some people and a great way to do that is through employment. If, for some reason, employment isn’t possible right now, consider volunteering. That is another great way to get to know people in your community. If you are an animal lover, volunteer at a local animal shelter; if you enjoy books, the local library is always looking for volunteers. Something for you to think about.
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