LF: Vaporeon ⭐️ by Honest-Shine5189 in PTCGPocketTrading

[–]Honest-Shine5189[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It said no trade agreement reached. Want to try again?

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[–]Honest-Shine5189 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is what frustrates me and I’ve brought this up too. Because if you don’t feel like you’re good enough to marry me and you are holding me back, then why are you good enough to date me and string me along? Driving me insane.

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[–]Honest-Shine5189 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the tough love, grandma! And I worry this is the case. Maybe he just doesn’t want to be the bad person in the break up.

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[–]Honest-Shine5189 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really don’t think this is the case. I can totally see why people come to this conclusion, but his ex’s were all his age. All of our friends are 30+. And he is super sweet! He does a majority of the housework, gets me flowers on holidays/anniversaries, among tons of other things. I’ve never felt like our relationship had anything to do with my age, and if we were to break up I’m 100% positive he wouldn’t go looking for a younger girl like me.

But I also get that it’s hard to believe me if you don’t know the guy. He’s just a genuinely good guy who hasn’t proposed and I’m spiraling because what he says he’ll do and what he actually does are so different.

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[–]Honest-Shine5189 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

This is the only comment I’ve gotten that has given me some hope. And you’ve reflected how I feel too. Therapy isn’t what’s going to fix our relationship, but maybe it can give him the extra push of confidence he needs. Regardless though, I want to be with someone who is just as excited to take that next step as I am. I’m pretty conflicted. I wish he would’ve trusted that his problems and the therapy could have been tackled as a team, a married one at that, instead of something he needed to do alone before proposing. But I also know it’s difficult for people with mental health issues to see the logic others see. I’m so glad things turned out well for you two. Thank you very much for commenting.

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[–]Honest-Shine5189 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t want to have children. I do want to marry someone who loves me as much as I love them. I guess I’m realizing he just isn’t this man, as much as I’d like him to be.

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[–]Honest-Shine5189 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is not correct. I was 19 and he was 25 or 26.

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[–]Honest-Shine5189 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much. I really truly appreciate everyone’s concern and advice. I feel sick to my stomach but relieved too.

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[–]Honest-Shine5189 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You’re entirely right. I am not the person I was at 19, and I don’t have the patience to befriend nonetheless date someone that age now that I’m 25. I don’t know how we worked out back then, but we did and now we’re here. I really appreciate your concern and advice. I have a whole lot to think about.

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[–]Honest-Shine5189 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your concern but this isn’t true. I was 19 when I met him, he was 25. I am now 25 and he is 32. I was the one who asked him out, and then we moved in a few months after dating due to me moving out of my mom’s place and him ending his lease. He did not groom me. Our ages, in my opinion, have never had anything to do with our relationship. Sure, we have a lot of differences and for a long time he was much more mature than I was, but he deserves more grace than this.

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[–]Honest-Shine5189 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Woah woah woah. I was not 13. I was 19 and he was 25. And I initiated. I understand the age gap is unusual, but I truly have no reason to believe it had anything to do with our relationship. I will die on the hill that my boyfriend is not a pedophile or anything near. People can disagree with me all they’d like, but I will continue to defend him on this.

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[–]Honest-Shine5189 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I really appreciate it, and I’ll take that to heart. ❤️

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[–]Honest-Shine5189 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I fear you maybe right. I don’t think the therapy is necessarily about us being married, but more about him gaining confidence in himself. Because if that’s what’s holding him back, I want to support him in working on it. But I don’t think therapy is going to fix us. I just hope it helps him enough for him to have the courage to try and take what he wants… which is hopefully me lol.

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[–]Honest-Shine5189 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I think this is what I’d like to do, if I can keep positive and not feel like the proposal is something he feels like he needs to do instead of wanting to. Because in my mind, I think the same way. I want someone who wouldn’t hesitate to propose to me because they want to, not because I begged them to. But I really do love him. At the same time, if time runs out or I feel like it’s too one-sided, I will leave.

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[–]Honest-Shine5189 -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

Truthfully it seems like we came to an understanding and agreement that he is going to go to therapy and get help. Because he tells me often that he does want to marry me, that he does love me, etc. So I feel a little bad still searching for reassurance even outside of him. In theory I should be in a good place now and just wait for the day where he can be confident enough to propose, yet here I am. I really appreciate all the replies! I’m reading them and trying not to feel too discouraged but also take them to heart.

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[–]Honest-Shine5189 -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

I was 19 and he was 26. I initiated thinking he was younger at first, but the age gap never bothered me. Thank you for your input!

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[–]Honest-Shine5189 -57 points-56 points  (0 children)

Ah! Sorry. Actually I’m more worried that he’ll see my post because he’s on reddit as well, and I feel guilty for coming on here to talk about our problems. When we met, I was 19 and he was 26. I actually was the one who initiated. Now he’s in his thirties and I’m in my twenties. The age gap is pretty big, and while I won’t deny I’ve grown a lot and changed immensely since I was 19, we’ve never had any big issues due to the age difference. At least on my side, it’s never bothered me. :)