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elephantgirl
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My self-esteem isn't ****ed up. I have been working on it since January.
This is still a work in progress. You need to work on your personal boundaries that will help you to improve your self-esteem which at this point still needs more work. If you don't have good personal boundaries then you will keep allowing this kind of superficial relationships that are formed on very sandy foundations to happen to you.
Here is a link on the importance of personal boundaries:
http:// joy2meu.com/Personal_Boundaries.htm
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I don't agree with your first statement. Sex is an experience. At the time we were just having fun but then developed feelings for each other which led to me wanting to be exclusive and him not ready for it,
Yes, and this is the very reason WHY YOU SHOULDN'T BE GETTING YOURSELF INVOLVED IN A CASUAL SEXUAL DYNAMIC. Because you are incapable of keeping it casual.
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so we have stopped seeing each other. We did talk for a couple months before we started to hang out because we knew we weren't ready for this kind of connection yet.
Then if you had good personal boundaries, if you loved yourself enough, then you would have never gone into a sexual relationship with someone you have a connection with. You would have not settled for sex outside of the nurturing embrace of reciprocated love and respect.
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I never said I loved him.
but you do have feelings for him so what is your point? You're still confused, you're still not getting what you actually want from your FB etc, etc, etc.
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I don't date guys who use me for sex.
you're not "used" if you volunteer. But, you do have the confusing state you're now embroiled in to deal with.
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I have never dated anyone who also was ****ing other girls.
You think this is an atribute? Besides, how do you know he's not?
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This guy, even, isn't going out with multiple girls at once, it's just me but he did have sex with a girl which was decided on a while ago and he has been on one dates and I have been going on dates.
So you do date guys that have sex with other girls then. Denial just aint a river in Egypt.
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AND I did go and have sex with someone as well. We are both in this mindset where we are wanting to collect experiences, see what kind of person we are by doing things, experiencing things and meeting new people.
Well good for you.
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Soul-searching for sure and despite how negative you may have thought our relationship was I know he wasn't using me and we did have a great couple months together despite the fact that it has ended.
like I said, he can't "use" you if you volunteer for the job.
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I agree with your last statement. I honestly believe if a guy really likes you, he will make things work. I have found myself to really like him and I don't know if it's the same on his end but I feel me ending it may have him realize how much he does like me or if I don't hear from him then I understand I was just a fun girl for a couple months for him.
How many times are you going to settle to be the "fun girl" before you get those personal boundaries going that will look after you and your self-respect/esteem?
You're hell bent on justifying yourself. Next time may I suggest that if you want to "grow as a person" that you work on that with YOU and not the help of a **** buddy. Doing so will help with the growing.