I'm hoping there are some thoughtful people out there who can help me sort my head out.
I'm in my late twenties, and I know that one day I'd like to have children (what else do you do with the rest of your life otherwise?)
I recently had a brief relationship with a guy I was crazy about. I'd never been so attracted to someone or been able to picture actually getting married and having kids with someone as I could with him. It was all very new and exciting, and I quickly fell for him. After a few months it all came to a rather inconclusive end. Then I found out he had a wife and a baby (why do men do that?!)
It has all left me feeling very lost and stressed about the future and relationships in general. I have had boyfriends before where there has initially been a strong pull, but it has faded with time. With this guy I felt like I would never lose it. I'm so jealous now of this family he's already got, the fact that I can never have that with him, and so confused over what this means for me. I know I don't want to be with someone willing to act like that, but I think it is unlikely I will feel like that about someone again.
So... I am after some advice on how you decide you want to have children with someone. Is that out of this world I want to make something from the two of us right now feeling only ever really there at first? Or is it more about having a stable, loving relationship where you perhaps don't still have that intense level of attraction, and just deciding that it is a suitable time to do it?
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bobbypins · 04/02/2014 20:22
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