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I’m Not Ready

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But yeah, I’m not ready to start trying to make friends of the opposite sex. Even though the her I talked about and the breakfast date was agreed to be a Friendship thing…,
After I said yes I had all types of reservations.
The key reservation was that after I said yes, I immediately felt like I was cheating.

As true as it is that I know for sure that my last relationship has been over for months and that she moved on and is doing other things since a month ago…, that’s not my issue.

My issue is, if I’m still carrying thiese types of feelings that hit me sideways and there’s these off putting feelings of guilt involved, then I’m not mentally, emotionally, or in any other way, READY, to engage a person of the opposite sex in any type of relationship.

I explained it all to the woman and she understood. I thanked her for her understanding and then deleted the dating app.

Right now I have 2 people in my head and they’re both versions of me.
1 says I’m ready, the other says I’m not.

I think I’ll wait until my 2 sides stop arguing about it before I move or slide in that direction.

Thanks to everyone that offered their advice on the last post.
I do appreciate your thoughts and honesty.

Peace,
Rob
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HikingMan · 51-55, M
@helenoftroy2000 I don’t quite understand your reply
Miram · 31-35, F
@HikingMan catfish and predators. You're better off without.
helenoftroy2000 · 22-25, F
@Miram are wolves ok?
Miram · 31-35, F
It always been this way.

Thinkers and empaths need time. They don't move from a person to another like they are objects. They feel their feelings and try to understand them before someone else carried the burdens with them.

It is okay to need more time.
I tend to think with this type of situation that when the time is right there won’t be this much angst and inner turmoil. Some nerves and concerns of course but at a much lower volume.
HikingMan · 51-55, M
@OlderSometimesWiser I just don’t want to enter into any new endeavors of relationships if I’m carrying with me unhealed or unhealthy trauma.

I’m sure I could fake some shit and act like there’s nothing going on inside me. Maybe tell a few lies to myself and some unsuspecting female. I could probably talk myself into being intimate with them?

But all of that would probably lead me to a place much like the one I am in now?

It could even be fun for me and help me forget about some things?

But it wouldn’t be fair or anything close to kind to whoever I decided to engage with.
Not with the inner turmoil I have going on.

I’ve done a lot of work the past 3 years with my many traumas and my mental health.

But my last relationship didn’t survive that struggle. And even though I have learned many things and grew as a person, losing that last relationship was a set back and I just think I need to sit inside this current discomfort and confront all the many facets of that before I make my way towards another relationship.
@HikingMan Give yourself time and space, kindness and grace. Don’t expect perfection in healing, for most of us it will always be a work in progress. And hopefully on your journey you’ll reach a mile marker where you feel ready to have someone join you. 🙂


 
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