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Wanting more

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NoisyLilacShark · 28/07/2025 08:54

I just feel really isolated, deflated and alone in my feelings. Me and my partner are both still at home with our parents but I’m ready for the next stage. We barely have an coupley shared experiences, lots of time alone, or romance and he thinks it’s because I don’t like being around his family and gets really defensive about it. He is ready to move out as we talk about it but I don’t get his reactions. I also feel like he feels guilty/weird treating me like a priority/being affectionate in front of his parents.

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Valid8me · 28/07/2025 12:25

How old are you both and how long have you been together?

NoisyLilacShark · 28/07/2025 15:30

25F 25M together 3 years

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Valid8me · 28/07/2025 20:33

After 3 years you should both be at the stage when you start thinking about moving in together. What is stopping him, can you both afford it? I would feel weird being affectionate in front of his parents as well tbh.

NoisyLilacShark · 28/07/2025 23:38

I agree with you because I’m not an inherently pda person, but he shows affection and love often with everyone, I just don’t feel like “his soulmate“ because I don’t feel his connection/affection in a social environment with me. Maybe I’m selfish for wanting to be “his person” I’m not sure

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