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Should I Wait
- LOVE
- SPOUSE/PARTNER/SIGNIFICANT OTHER
- SELF-VALUE/WORTH/CONFIDENCE
DearJames,
I’ve loved a man for 4 years now. We have broken up many times and gotten back together. I want commitment and he wants to be free. He still desires me sexually. Should I wait for him or try to move on even though it’s difficult because I love him?
Anonymous
Dear Should I Wait,
Kiss this man goodbye and don’t ever, ever, ever, look back.
Four years later, with multiple break-ups along the way, should tell you exactly where you stand and with whom you are dealing.
This man wants to have his cake and eat it too.
For him, it’s not about you and never has been, it’s all about him.
That’s not to say that you’re free of responsibility and your fair share of antics, however, ultimately, he stays around because you allow him to.
If he wants to be free…SET HIM FREE. Enough, is Enough, is Enough.
No relationship is perfect. However, he’s made it abundantly clear that he’s not interested in any long-term commitment. He’s only interested in good time conveniences.
And the more you willingly play along the longer the charade and heartache continues.
At some point you must regain your self-value, worth, respect, and dignity, and move beyond this lack and limitation because this is a dead-end street.
Sex is not love and you nor this man are showing yourself any love.
You have far more to offer yourself let alone a future spouse or significant other.
When you walk away do so with style and grace and your head held high.
When he comes-a-calling, for convenience’s sake, tell him to keep shopping you’re not buying.
Eventually he’ll come to understand the gig is up, the fun time follies are over, and he needs to find another someone to be “free” with.
You deserve more and you’ll never attain more if you stay locked in an arrangement that belittles and undermines you and your value at every turn.
DO NOT RUSH out and find an immediate replacement, as you need time for YOU to heal, look inward, renew, and recover.
Once you raise the meter on your own self-value, worth, and respect, the right gentleman will present himself.
And that’s a kiss worth waiting for.