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Is this 'good enough'?

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Applesandpears1806 · 25/01/2026 20:06

I've been with my boyfriend for nearly a year now,and we have the best together,we go on days out every so often,and he comes over a time or two during the week when my DS is sleeping at his dad's. He's creative,funny,quirky,kind and caring,and I've never been with anyone intimately where it's been so good. I fell in love with him within 6 months btw.
But I can't see us ever living together(he lives with his parents) he's reluctant to meet my family(not met DS yet which is ok)but it bothers me that he isn't keen on spending any time with my brother who I'm very close to. I just can't see how we'll progress,realistically in our relationship.
Yesterday I asked him if he loved me,and he said no and that it may or may not happen. But it's been a year next month,surely a person knows by now?
Plus he's not a planner at all,and I'd like to plan things from time to time, he lives from week to week in that sense. He always says 'we'll see' to things at times,even to seeing me sometimes too.
But he is a good,sweet man and I do love him. I just feel like it's me suggesting things and when I'm free to see him,instead of him asking.
I'm 39 and he's 42

OP posts:
Applesandpears1806 · 27/01/2026 11:36

If I feel truly unhappy and my instincts tell me its nor making me happy,even in the good moments then I'll leave.

OP posts:
NowStartingOver · 27/01/2026 11:54

AttilaTheMeerkat · 26/01/2026 09:58

He’s 42 and still lives at home. Hes
living there probably because he wants to and he can use them as an excuse to not be serious about a relationship.

I am yet to come across a man who lives at home with his parents/mother that is able to have a healthy relationship with a girlfriend. Such men dodge commitment . He also comes across as a failure to launch and in addition he does not love the op nor wants to meet her family.

The living at home is a bit of a red herring here.

A man living on his own, not interested in meeting his partner's family, not interested in living together, not committed to saying in he's in love, not making future plans etc.

You would still come to the same conclusion. I don't think there's much future here, and I think he knows that too.

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