- Attracting Men
- Keeping Men Around
- Understanding Men
- Common Dating Problems
- Christian CarterChristian Carter at a Seminar Christian Carter is the author of the best-selling book Catch Him and Keep Him. Christian Carter, is a leading advisor to women on the subjects of dating, relationships, connection and love. An expert in psychology, communication and behavior, Christian Carter has developed foundational concepts that help women understand men, dating and relationships. Christian Carter’s theories of “Emotional Attraction”, “The Danger of a Connection”, and “The Relationship Balance” teach women how to create truly lasting attraction with a man and show them how to move effortlessly into a deeper, open, and more loving relationship all the while avoiding resistance, withdrawal or rejection. Christian Carter’s book, live seminars, and audio/video programs have helped thousands of women create amazing love-lives, overcome their fears and negative beliefs, and become more fulfilled in their relationships with men. (and all their relationships). Christian Carter Video Receive Christian Carter’s exclusive free dating advice email newsletter, at his website. After years of research into the dating habits of men, he decided to write a reference guide for women who are looking for understanding and power in her dating and relationships. Christian Carter eliminates the confusion that the majority of women feel when they continue in their dating lifestyle. Whether it’s a long-term relationship, or some fun, Christian Carter helps break down the simple truths that elude most women when it comes to the mind of the quality man. Christian Carter said this about his eBook “Catch Him and Keep Him”: “I’ve spent the better part of the last year making sure the entire book, from cover to cover, is the genuine article. The “real deal”. And it’s important to me that you get a ton of value if you invest the time and read it. You won’t be disappointed. My eBook “Catch Him & Keep Him” covers all the most important concepts, ideas, and strategies for women who want to meet and attract a great guy, and then set the foundation for building an amazing, lasting long-term relationship… And do it without coming up against all those frustrating and heart-wrenching problems and obstacles to true love that lots of women end up dealing with and sometime never escape from. So the books a kind of “cheat sheet” to the male psychology and inside the mind of a man. A step-by-step guide to attracting a man and communicating in a way that will lead him from feeling casual to committed in no-time flat. It represents several years of reading, observation, research, interviews and study all distilled into a truly usable reference manual to dating, romance and relationships with real men.” Receive Christian Carter’s exclusive free dating advice email newsletter, at his website.
- Catch Him And Keep HimCatch Him and Keep Him is guru Christian Carter‘s first book for women to improve their dating and relationships. Catch Him and Keep Him delves into the male mind and how it reacts when it’s involved with the dating world. It’s an inside look into how men think, from the perspective of a guy who’s been there – and done that. I find the masculinity of the book refreshing. This isn’t written by a counselor or a gay guy friend of yours: Christian Carter is very much in touch with his masculinity, and he doesn’t pull punches. He tells you what guys are really thinking and doing: the bare bald facts that most of us women don’t want to hear. In our hearts, I think many of us wish that men could be more like women. We wish that men could enjoy talking about their feelings more, could give up their addictions to gadgets and start getting hooked on having a family, kids, and even enjoy shopping with us more than just at Christmas time. According to Christian Carter, that sort of thinking has to stop. Men live in a different reality, and it is our job as women to understand where men are coming from without judgement. You can learn how to recognize a Player and the motives that drive them to play with hearts. Find yourself challenged to consider why you’re attracted to strong, dominant unavailable men and “players” … exactly the sort of men who will NOT make for a good relationship. One of Christian Carters’s central themes is the importance of understanding your emotional responses and acting on them appropriately. Christian challenges women to look at how flimsy their intuitive sense of a “connection” with a man really is: while the woman is sure he’s “The One” and planning their wedding invitations after the first date, he’s just thinking what a great gal she is and how great the sex will be. Christian injects a note of reality: “You’d be crazy to take the close relationship and love you want to find and gamble it away by betting on a guy whose greatest qualification is that he makes you feel attracted to him.” (p.33) Christian challenges you to be realistic about your expectations and assess your “emotional fitness.” Do you take responsibility for your life, or do you play the victim? Are you a “cool girl” or a “hysterical woman”? His list of Cool Girl Do’s and Dont’s hit home for many women. He’s right on the money about the kind of girl guys think is a great catch. The question remains: should you buy Christian Carter’s Catch Him and Keep Him book? I believe so. This book is a great start into understanding what really goes on inside a man’s mind and more importantly, how you can use that information to find a great guy! Click here to download Christian Carter’s book Catch Him And Keep Him.
How To Know If He’s Thinking Of Leaving
Here’s what your man is trying to tell you…
I hope you’re sitting down… because what I’m about to share with you will change how you view men, dating, and relationships.
I’m about to take you “behind the scenes” in the male mind.
I’m going to give you a perspective that most women never see or realize.
Unfortunately for most women, not seeing things the way I’m about to share with you keeps them trapped in patterns of misunderstanding and unfulfilling relationships with men.
If you pay careful attention to what I’m about to share with you, you’re going to start having more success with men right away, whether you’re single and looking for that right guy… or you’re in a relationship and you’d like to start connecting on a deeper level.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT MEN SAY AND WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN
Have you ever heard a man say something like:
“I’m not ready for a serious relationship.”
Or how about this one-
“I want my freedom.”
If you’ve been close in a relationship with a man and he pulled away, then of course you’ve heard this before.
Men say this stuff all the time.
Do you know what a man “really” means when he says these things?
And do you know WHAT TO DO that can instantly change a man’s predictable behavior of WITHDRAWAL or RESISTANCE?
If not, then it’s time you stop listening to what a man will SAY TO YOU about himself and his feelings… and start paying attention to what’s going on inside his heart and mind.
In the past, when I’d hear my friends, other men, and even myself say, “I’m not ready for a serious relationship” I knew that there was something more to it than a just a man who didn’t want a relationship with a woman.
In fact, I found that most of the men who said this quickly ended up in relationships with OTHER WOMEN soon after.
Men I knew well would be telling women they had been dating or in a relationship with that they weren’t ready for all that came with a “real” relationship…
But what did they do as soon as they were single again?
They would start meeting new women, go on dates, and once they found a woman they liked and were very attracted to, they’d spend most of their time with this one woman.
And they would do something else…
They’d stop dating any other women they might have met and move into another relationship, even though they had just ended a relationship with another women they felt strongly for because they didn’t want a “serious relationship”.
It almost didn’t make sense when I first started to recognize this pattern happening other men around me were in.
But keep in mind, even though these things don’t always make sense to women, they make PERFECT sense to the men going through them.
Does this situation with men ever frustrate you or leave you feeling like men have NO CLUE what they’re doing?
Here’s the problem…
When a man says one of these things, he actually MEANS something that is different from what a woman would mean if she said the same words.
Let me explain.
If a woman says “I’m going to stay home and relax today”, she probably means that he’s going to stay home, make sure that her house and life is in order, catch up on chores and bills, and then maybe watch some shows on tv.
If a MAN says that he’s going to stay home and relax, he’s probably going to watch some sports, drink beer, look at pictures of women on the internet, and order take out food.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you are reading this right now and you are a woman who watches sports, drinks beer, looks at pictures of women on the internet, and orders take out to relax, then contact me immediately at the email address below.
Ok, enough kidding around.
Back to our topic…
Men are DIFFERENT from women. And the words they use often don’t mean what they SOUND like they mean.
So, the FIRST thing that you have to get through your head is that just because a man SAYS something to you, it doesn’t mean always mean what you THINK it means.
Catch my meaning?
THE BIG SECRET HE ISN’T TELLING YOU
There’s a secret that men never happen to mention about what they want with a woman, why they date, and what it means for them to have a relationship.
Unfortunately, for the good women who are trying to create a great relationship with a man… and hoping that if they try hard enough to make him happy with them so he’ll stay… this little secret is causing a LOT of pain and frustration.
The SECRET is that most men DO want a relationship with an amazing woman.
BUT… (and this is an important insight it might take you a few hours, days, or even weeks to start to understand for yourself)
Men only want a relationship with a woman who already has about 100 other qualities that they never mention and could probably never list or describe even if they were asked to.
And they’ll only end up emotionally involved and not RESISTING a long term relationship if they experience for themselves a woman who proves she has these qualities over time.
In other words, if a man says, “I need to be alone right now”, what he REALLY means is:
I want a woman who will make me FEEL better when I’m with her than I do in my everyday life as a single man.
The REALITY is that when a man says one of these “I want my freedom” statements, he actually has an IDEAL woman in mind who understands who he is and won’t make it feel like “work” when he’s with her.
A man wants a woman who knows how to have and enjoy a relationship… instead of one who spends her time and energy trying to analyze, worry, and “fix” things.
The reality of this situation is that what a man REALLY wants is a woman who makes him feel MORE of the EMOTIONAL and PHYSICAL response I like to call ATTRACTION… and LESS of the worry and confusion that men don’t often like or know how to deal with that comes from “working” on a serious relationship.
For most men, feeling and sharing attraction on a physical and emotional level IS the defintion of a good relationship.
Of couse, I’m not just talking about the common “short term” kind of attraction that’s mostly physical…
You already know that a relationship takes a whole lot more than just this kind of thing to work and LAST.
I’m also talking about the more “long term” kind of attraction that comes from a deeper EMOTIONAL connection and understanding.
A man wants a woman who makes him FEEL great both when he’s with her… AND when he’s alone.
In other words, they want a woman who knows how to be loving and affectionate, but independent at the same time.
But most men either can’t describe the things that actually make them feel this kind of CONNECTION and ATTRACTION with a woman, or they don’t WANT to have to describe it to a woman, because they want a woman who already IS those things… without having to learn them.
Think about it.
If you were hiring a bodyguard, would you want one that said, “Yeah, I can be a bodyguard. Just give me some time to learn…” or would you want one that already KNEW how to protect and defend anytime, anywhere without having to “learn”?
Duh.
Well, the same goes with men.
They don’t WANT a woman they have to train.
The last thing a man wants to do, or thinks is possible, is to take a woman who DOESN’T “naturally” understand these things, and show her what they are and how they work.
If you don’t already know how to relate to a man in a way that appeals to him and shows him that you “get” all these things, then no amount of “talking things through” or trying to improve things together is going to help you or make him start seeing you as the woman he wants to stay with.
WHAT IS A “COOL GIRL”?
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the idea of a “Cool Girl”.
You hear most men using the term, and some women.
Men everywhere, without ever having talked to each other, share a common idea about women and use the term “Cool Girl” universally.
In some places the actual words are different, but the idea is the same.
But what does it actually MEAN?
And is it important that men all have this common belief about women?
Well, after thinking about this particular topic for a long time, I’ve come to the conclusion that it is a VERY important topic.
At this point, I believe that a COOL GIRL is this “ideal” that men imagine when they’re saying “I want my freedom”.
They’re thinking of the COOL GIRL, and then they’re imagining themselves with a woman who is this way.
There are a lot of aspects to this COOL GIRL.
Here are a few that are important:
-Lack of Insecurities
-”Easygoing-ness”
-Humor
-Unpredictability
-Independent
-Emotionally “balanced”
…and the list goes on.
It’s actually not easy to describe a COOL GIRL in a few sentences… but the truth is that a man can recognize one INSTANTLY.
For more on exactly what a COOL GIRL is, how they naturally communicate with men in a way that makes men think, “This is the kind of woman that I can see myself committing and staying with”…
Then check out my “Catch Him & Keep Him” eBook.
Not only does it describe how men think when it comes to dating and why they commit to and stay in relationships with women… but it shows you how to start interacting with men and create a deeper gut-level emotional attraction with a man IMMEDIATELY.
You can download it here and be reading it in just a minute:
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THE MISTAKE MOST WOMEN MAKE
Now, there’s a common and often irreversible mistake that women make with men when they’re dating and in relationships.
Let me ask you…
If you wanted to get closer to a man, have him see you as a great person, develop a strong connection, and get him to “open up” with you, then it would makes sense to do and say the things that you know work to create more love and affection, right?
This is the first inclination most women have with men – to do the things that THEY think create love and connection.
What if a man did this with you?
What if he decided that you worked the way he did, and so he decided to come up to you and start talking about sex, sports, and quickly get close to you physically?
A man might quickly be drawn in by a woman who did these things (not for all the right reasons, of course), but that doesn’t mean he should be trying them with a woman if he wants any kind of success.
In other words, the things that work FOR YOU as a woman are NOT what work for a MAN.
Thinking this way couldn’t lead to worse results in dating situations and relationships.
But TONS of women use this tactic of what I call “Selfish Love”. They treat a man the way they would want to be treated if they were going to share love and connection with a man.
Another common mistake women make is taking something that a man SAYS that he wants and doing it TOO MUCH, thinking that if “A little bit is good, then more must be better”.
For instance, a man SAYS to you that he likes women who are physical and affectionate”. So you start touching him all the time, grab his hand and hold it everywhere you go, and always stay right next to him.
Then what happens?
He leaves you for his ex-girlfriend after telling you he feels like you’re too “needy”.
Huh? What’s going on here?
This would be kind of like a woman saying, “My favorite food is chocolate” and a man thinking it would be good to feed her chocolate for every meal just because it’s her favorite… or adding chocolate to every single dish he makes for her from now on… and forgetting that 97% of what she eats still needs to be OTHER FOOD.
Let me land the plane for you.
Men don’t MEAN what you THINK they mean when they talk about what they want and don’t want.
And if you take the things men say too literally, you’re going to wind up shooting yourself in the foot.
WHAT MEN REALLY MEAN…
So let me “decode” what men “really” mean when they say common things.
Consider this your own personal “male language translator”. Refer to it often.
WHEN A MAN SAYS…
“I don’t want a serious relationship right now.”
WHAT HE REALLY MEANS IS…
“I ONLY WANT A RELATIONSHIP with a woman who already has her act together, is attractive, healthy, independent, easy-going, confident, and who is emotionally in control of herself and her own life. When we’re together I want her to share her feelings and challenge and inspire me to keep her love and interest and be a great man… but I also want her to know how to do this without trying to change me or turning our relationship into MORE WORK and LESS FUN than I can have on my own.”
Does this make sense?
Again, he’s NOT imagining a picture of an overly-emotional, predictable, needy woman who is trying to get him to connect with her and sharing her feelings because she’s so worried about things “working out”.
Big difference.
WHEN A MAN SAYS…
“I want an indepedent woman.”
WHAT HE REALLY MEANS IS…
“I want a woman who doesn’t get upset about petty things and who knows how to keep her head when things get tough or confusing. But I also want her to be in touch with her feelings so that:
1) She doesn’t repress her emotions and end up more frustrated and resentful of me, and
2) When she’s alone and intimate with me, she’s open and “present”… and she’ll share her love and affection freely”
What a man is NOT doing is making a picture of a passive woman who’s entire mood and state of mind is dependent on what she thinks is the state of her relationship and what it means that a man did or said something.
WHEN A WOMAN SAYS:
“I want a guy who’s a good communicator.”
WHAT SHE REALLY MEANS IS…
“I want a guy who doesn’t talk all the time, because he knows how to let me know what’s on his mind without using words. I want the kind of guy that can touch me in a certain way and I feel tingles all over my body. And I want the kind of guy that can say things in a way that I understand… not crudely and man-like.”
WHAT MAKES A MAN FEEL COMFORTABLE AND HAPPY WITH A WOMAN
You might not see this right now, but for most men, there’s nothing more important than knowing that he makes a woman feel great when she’s with him.
Seriously.
Think “ego”.
If you think this truth about men through, you’ll start to have a shift in perspective and see something you’ve probably never seen before.
When a woman comes to a man and wants to talk about something she thinks is wrong in their relationship, often times a man gets upset not because he doesn’t want to listen to the woman or talk…
But because it’s difficult for him to come to terms with the idea that the woman could be unhappy with him.
A man thinks, “It makes me feel like less of a man since I don’t make her happy. If she’s unhappy, then I somewhere inside I must not be good enough.”
Imagine if a man was constantly expressing his feelings about your relationship to you that seemed disappointed and frustrated.
How would it make you feel?
Sure, as a woman you might think to yourself that you’d talk to him about it and try and make things better…
But the reality is that you’d start to have one of 2 things come into your mind either consciously or unconsciously:
1. Something really is wrong with YOU and the way you are in the relationship, and he’s trying to tell you
2. Something is wrong with HIM and how HE thinks and feels that has nothing to do with you, and it’s his own “bad thinking” about HIMSELF that’s making him obsessively unhappy
The reality is, either way, a whole lot MORE DISTANCE is created between you two.
Now, lots of women draw the conclusion that this means you should try and pretend things are ok when they’re not.
That when you’re not having the physical and emotional connection with a man you know is possible, that you can’t communicate how you feel with a man.
WRONG.
My point: If you want to learn how to connect with a man on a deeper level, then what you say isn’t the most IMPORTANT thing.
It’s how and when you say it.
I’ll tell you something -
Learning the secrets of communicating with a man and creating a deep level of Physical and “Emotional Attraction” can be very rewarding.
A lot of women know EXACTLY what it’s like to be in a relationship with a man who has NO INTENTION of committing to something more serious.
In other words, he’s not feeling that powerful gut-level ATTRACTION for you that makes all the fear and excuses for NOT being with you and building a great life and partnership go away without RESISTANCe.
Do you know how to make a man FEEL this way when he’s with you.
Or are you still trying to “CONVINCE” him with words and your own knowledge and “logic” that a close, loving, lasting relationship with him will make him and you happy together?
Well, let me tell you…
Just like all the other things that a man “says” that he wants and doesn’t want with a woman… that most women don’t ever “get”, being the woman a man is NATURALLY ATTRACTED to on a deep level is one of the BIG ONES.
This kind of attraction is THE thing that will make a man who “says” he doesn’t want a serious relationship beg a woman for a real commitment and a future together.
If you understand the secrets of how attraction works for a man, you will notice that men will start to behave VERY differently around you.
Your friend,





I think all guys a jerks, and all to much alike, but hey, This was about what they want not what they are..
I really thought that this part was really true, And I wanted to read more about that, but nothing.
“I found that most of the men who said this quickly ended up in relationships with OTHER WOMEN soon after.”
So ture……………………………
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I agree. I’m going through this right now. Men put on an act in the beginning of a relationship. They’re caring, affectionate, and make you feel on top of the world and then without warning, they change! They make you feel like crap when you did nothing wrong. why do they always have to change into different people? I actually asked the guy I’m dating now that very question and all he had to say was “I had to work at it in the beginning but now I dont have to try” What a jerk! He made me fall for him and then when I did he started acting like a complete jerk because he knows I wont leave…Ugh!
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well, I totally disagree with Jenny. A year ago I would have been on the same boat, but i’ve been dating this guy for 6 months now, and we’ve had alot of problems, but overall he’s amazing, and he treats me about as good as a straight non fairy tale guy will treat a girl : ) Alot of the stuff that you discussed is actually almost exactly what me and him discussed when we almost broke up a few months ago. He said alot of those exact things..haha. But we’ve worked everything out now. I just think it’s funny that most websites post complete crap, and have no idea what idea they’re talking about, but this article said exactly what HE said. Women should read this. If i’d known this before, we might have avoided that fight.
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hey thanks for the advice,some it was helpful,and some of it seemed a little double standard,in a sense you are saying that men call all the shots in what they want,to me a relationship is two sided and both should leard to understand each others views on things,of course men and women think differently on things but to me a true love will care about the others feelings and not just thier own,personally if some men can’t understand women and do thier homework too go find another man and be gay.
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Though I appreciate you’re article…and it makes sense, its not a very good read…you beat around the bush, and go around the point way too much, its very frustrating to read as you repeat yourself constantly…
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I dated a guy for 5 mos and I am falling deeply for him. I met him in an internet dating. We clicked and we are in a most enjoyable relationship. I no longer search but he is still in the internet looking and I believe still searching. He stated he is exclusively committed to me in dating and intimacy, no other parties. When I brought up why he is still in the searching site and how can couples build a stable foundation in their relationship when one is indecisive, that is where he truthfully responded that even though he thinks the world of me, he is not in love and he wants to be in love and be w/one woman forever. I am the nicest sweetest woman and he will not do anything to hurt me because he thinks the world of me. Because I am getting too deep in the relationship, he asked that perhaps we should end it now. Which I agreed. It truly hurts and I still can’t believe that it was over. I fell in love w/this guy and he still wants me to keep in touch w/him and not to lose communication, what for? as a friend? misery…
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I say give these men the gift of missing you. There are many men who can’t connect. Men who run and find someone else soon after are running to find another surface connection. Leave them first and they will come around or not. Have you read “Why Men Love Bitches”. We should not put up with this behavior. Some men are immature and disconnected. It’s not the women fault as this article portrays.
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quecque sa vous dire quant un homme qui j’aime de loi ,me dit de lui attendre et qui ne connrt pas mon nom
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Lori,
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My advice to you is do NOT let him hang on to you unless you are his first choice. I think you will end up feeling less respect for yourself if you allow him to keep you on the side, sort of as a cheerleader to fan his ego while he pursues someone else. He already lost the best lady, and thats you. Make him choose, but no continuing as friends if you feel so strongly. That would be like pulling the bandaid off slowly. THat hurts more than ripping it off quickly. Fill yourself up by learning how much God through Jesus loves you more than you could ever imagine, find a good church to make good friends to help you heal. Also pursue the things in life you love to do the most and make you happy. Treat yourself highly valuable because you and each of us women are. God bless you! (Jesus Christ through non denominational churches really changed my life 20 years ago, because he loves you in a personal way like a pure loving father more than you could ever imagine!
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I dated a guy for three years, and am still wondering what to do with my life. He says he loves me, and then he leaves me. I am what they say a “booty” call or something, then he says.”no way.” I feel like an elephant called “Dumbo” and my big ears will eventually fly me away from this guy. Christians dating advise at least keeps me grounded in dating rules/attitudes and I have a little understandling in my relationship with him. I am very sick to heart, and am sort sinking fast.
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i had a comment typed about what im going through but it got erased so im not typeing it again but thanks for the info bye
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I am having the same problem as Lorie is having from a guy on internet dating but i even went to see him and we clicked it off and we are going to be together for valentines day but how would i make him want only me and think about inly me?
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help me keep this man and do the right thing please i am 41 and back into dating he is 37 please help
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yah ok so this guy jake i am like head over heels for him and he is the same for me we all think. but he went to the mall and was with his friends and started saying stuff that he would usually say what does that mean? is that jsut because he was with his friends and his friends were teasing him? or what?
i’m confused about him right now and i feel like crap. ):
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I am about in the same boat as Katie. My guy always made me feel awesome and secure in his love for me. We really connected on a deep soulmate level. Our love and understanding for one another kept growing! It will be 3yrs Dec 19 on his B-day…here’s the prob.. he has started using this “understanding” against me… to play games with me and manipulate me for his benefit! Wtf? I mean he “gets me”. Makes me wonder if I am really special at all or if he can and will do this with ANY WOMAN. He can be a total jerk guy now and just when I have had my fill…plays me like a fiddle. Only temporarily of course. How do I fix this? Or should I? My heart is in a twisted mess!
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To be honest this didn’t help me at all. My Fiancee of 2 and a half years that i have a 4month old planned daughter with says he doesn’t “feel the same” about me anymore but will always love me. In our first year together he left me and i moved right out and went nuts on being able to afford new clothing and such. We still talked and were good friends. I knew that if i went off and just did my own thing didn’t show my fears he will see he can not controll me and it did wonders. But now its down the line and this time we are a family unit. Wedding was changed from this year to next i decided so relieve the stress about it. He doesnt hug or really kiss me the past few weeks and after i caught him smoking afew times lately (im a real sick person and am unable to be with a smoker) i sent him to his mother so i can sleep without weezing. At least this gives me time to prepare for him leaving me and if he takes the other route and a small light flickers in his head that would be great.
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