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meepcat

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Hi Ladies,

After weening myself off PS for a few days, I pondered my impatience with betting engaged.

I felt pretty dramatic about how committed my BF is to me, and then I felt even more depressed about waiting, and the possibility that he may not pick out exactly what I want.

We had a serious talk this weekend, which spanned for 2 days, starting out with sleeping in seperate rooms, and ending with a night of voracious...consummation. I''d like to think the consummation was not what lead up to the initial night, however, it seemed comfortable appropriate to commemorate a mutual understanding.

He felt I didn''t trust him to buy the ring (amongst other things). I felt his situation which currently precluded purchase meant that he would not get the ring for a long while, and I''d have to wait, which began to greatly frustrate me, to the point of depression.

We hashed that out, to get futher below the surface of what was making us unhappy.

I was unhappy. I was unhappy, because I couldn''t relaxed, stressed often, including over the ring and means to purchase it. I decided I would work on relaxing and being happy, and my impatience for the ring soon faded, realizing that I wasn''t trusting him, on top of the emotions I had. We agreed to make appointments for massages, hug more, and of course...dashed off to consummate.

The lesson I learned: my impatience, petulance, frustration wasn''t about him, it was originating from my own insecurities and inability to relax. I projected this onto him, particularly with a topic that I take great comfort and fantasy in: the engagement ring.

The hardest thing to do is to seperate the surface emotions and causes from the deeper truth and catalyst.

Have a glorious week!
 
Sounds a lot like the "heated discussion" M and I had on Wednesday night. I hate not being in control, and in general I am an anxious and very goal-oriented person. I''d be a total bear to work for, which, luckily for other people, will never happen in my line of work! Regarding just the engagment, though, I honestly think being on PS makes me more impatient even though it gives me a place to vent.

I''m glad to for you that you 2 were able to successfully work through that and celebrate, to boot!
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Thanks so much! Yeah, I agree, being on PS sometimes adds fuel to the already-occuring and heated fire!
 
Meepcat,
Glad to hear that you and your bf talked things through. It seems that there are so many emotions regarding proposals, it''s hard to figure out what is what. That''s great that the two of you took the time to do that. I also have to remember what I am really feeling, not what others feel or what would be nice at that given moment. Sometimes the idea of being engaged takes over and you forget how you really feel about it.
Glad you''re feeling better about everything!
 
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