Some general advice for the future.
1. Chill the fuck out for the first few months. Have fun, go out, don’t weigh things down with tons of emotional requirements and expectations, this is baggage; it’ll make you seem like a churning vortex of emotional need. Needy is only sexy to guys with problems. You’re just dating until you both agree explicitly that you want to commit for the long term. With most guys you date, you’ll never get there; it’s the same for just about everyone.
2. Don’t try to change the guy you’re dating. It’s fine to have fun along the way, but figure out if the guy you’re fucking is actually relationship material before you decide to emotionally invest. What are his habits, how does he behave, does he have a lot of acquaintances and no really close friends, is he dependable, is he honest, does he have a history of steady employment, etc. Find out if he’s really prince charming before you buy into the fairy tale – and yes, that’ll take longer than two months. You just hurt yourself by trying to change a toad into a prince, and that almost never works anyway.
My sister has a little saying, she uses it to describe a certain type of straight relationship, but there are plenty of gay ones it applies to as well – if you’re trying to change the guy you’re with, you were never dating him in the first place.
3. Compromise, compromise has no element of coercion to it, a guy has to want to compromise before you can get him to do it. Complaining, nagging, arguing, or any other type of emotional bombardment will only cause problems – yes your feelings are valid but that street runs both ways. If you have to rely on emotional outbursts to get attention, you’re dating the wrong guy. Yes you have needs, but so does he, if all you ever see is your needs, you’re the one who isn’t capable of compromise.
4. Mind, I’m not implying any thing about you personally, this is general advice. Spend your time single turning yourself into the guy you want to date. Being fit is attractive, confident is attractive, being a stand up guy is attractive, being considerate, compromising, honest, and dependable yourself makes you a better catch, and I guarantee you that if you spend your time bettering yourself, the guys you attract will be of a much better caliber than the guys you wind up with if you spend your time angsting about finding someone, or bemoaning the fate of your last failed attempt.
Better luck next time.
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