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  Oct-28 2:04 pm

I met this guy back in June. We dated for about 5 weeks and then got into an argument. He just clams up and waits for me to call him. I did we dated again for about 5 weeks. I get angry at him which i feel I have a right to be angry. He never says he is sorry. I emailed him about something casual that happened in my life and he said he missed me. I really missed him too and did not really realize how much I cared until we were apart. The second time we were apart about 5-6 weeks We were back with each other for 3 weeks. We saw each other Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday that week. Friday night we had plans and he says he has to do a favor for a friend while I waited at his place. I am feeling a little uneasy and I admit I was wrong I checked his caller ID. There was one woman's name on there frequently. He was very evasive about what he did this last time we were split apart. She is on one of his social network things and I had a friend chat it up with her. At first she said she was seeing someone then she talked to this friend saying that she had not seen the guy in two weeks, but he said he had just been real busy. She admitted they had been sleeping together since the first date. He said he would see her again when he could. I was getting feelings for this guy and just told him if he wanted to see other people let me know. he had a root canal that Thursday and Friday he backed out of our plans. I asked him was it that he wanted to see someone else and he sent an email cussing me telling me to chill out that he just had a blankety blank root canal. We had plans to see this concert Saturday so i called him about 12 and he just went ballistic and said he had been hinting for weeks he  did not want to go. Needless to say I was stuck at the last minute with tickets. I emailed him and let him know I knew about the other woman. He shuts me out emotionally. He has not responded to me. I can tell he cares about me, but he is recently divorced. He had been separated since last summer and pushed the divorce through because I broke it off because I did not want to date a guy that wasn't moving forward with it. I know I have some trust issues from a past relationship, but I really care for this guy and I don't want to get hurt. I just wanted to know where we stood, so I could take care of me.
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  Oct-31 12:41 pm

To take care of yourself, the best and quickest solution is to leave this guy alone, ASAP.

You two havent even dated for that long but all I read was a lot of fights, on and off's, communication via emails, and that he "cussed" you out when you brought up the subject of seeing others (which easily could've led to an exclusivity talk), then he left you high and dry over concert tickets, on top of all of that, you don't trust him and thinks he's seeing another woman, you had to find a friend to do the detective work for you.

You say you know he cares about you? I've yet to see which part and how. When you want to talk about your feelings, he shuts you out emotionally.

This isnt about you having trust issues, that's because he never did anything good to deserve your trust to begin with.  Kick him to the curb and tell him to have a nice life without you.

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In spite of how much you care for him, and putting all feelings aside for a moment, don't you think this is way too much drama and trouble and strife to put yourself through for a guy you haven't even been dating long at all?

Newmember, things either work or they don't. All of this being apart and getting together again, finding out he was sleeping with another woman, never saying he's sorry, so much anger... I can't believe this is really worth it to you. Dating shouldn't be this tiresome. When someone is newly divorced there is an adjustment period that takes place whether they want to admit it or not. If you're so afraid of being hurt, why are you spending your time worrying about a guy who is VERY high risk for hurting you?

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well arent you sneeky. no where did you mention that you and this guy have talked about being exclusive ....you just asuumed??? if I were the guy I wouldnt want to see you any more. You are sneeky and moody.
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