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If any of you read my last post, it was about him waffling again and how it was making me loose my belief in us, my strength, etc.<P>Well I'm back. We talked a little about it today and I feel tons better now. I was putting too much importance on the words he used (not that there were any words that would have been ok! LOL). I knew that he would have these feelings. I just paid entirely too much attention to whatever the words were that came out of his mouth. I mean, I was feeling kind of iffy too about me moving to be with him this summer-just kinda too soon I think. And I even said that to him, suggested that maybe we should take that pressure off of our relationship for right now. But, when he said the same thing to me, I flipped! What's that about?<P>Couple of things he said to me today when we talked-He said he didn't really have time to heal from OW (I don't think he means he hurts b/c of her, just needs time to process what happened, what he was feeling, what he was thinking, etc.). He also said something about feeling pressure from me is what made him give me the ring back, what made him talk all about our future, etc. AAAHHH! I NEVER, EVER, once brought up anything about this ring, I didn't talk about us moving there, except for the weekend he moved there, I just said something like "I don't want you to forget about me, when you're ready will you come back for me?". That's the only thing ever. He felt it when he was talking about our future, I know he did. He wanted it. I just asked him what I did to make him feel that he had to say/do those things, b/c I wanted to stop doing it. He didn't have an answer (suprised??!!). Not sure how to handle that the next time it comes up. . when he's talking about our future & being really excited about it, what should I do? I certainly don't want to discourage those feelings, but how do I go along with them w/out turning it into an LB when his feelings go back to this? Geez, can't do anything right!!<P>I've got to continue to be strong, to lead us, to understand his feelings. And the last few days have shown me I still have alot of growing to do, personally. But I believe in us again & it's a relief.

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Well, look on the bright side - at least you are getting some positivity from your WS, even if it is very erratic!<P>I'm glad you are feeling more hopeful - hope is the one thing that we must hang on to for dear life, but it also seems to be the slippiest, greasiest thing to try and hold onto that I've ever known! Sometimes we slide off and quite often we manage to reach up and grab hold of it again. Keep going, don't give up, be strong - that should be everyone's mantra, we should write it on a card and keep it in our pockets, keep repeating it to ourselves hundreds of times a day, LOL!<P>Hang on in there,<BR>Paint


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