You make a good point about knowing what you want in a relationship. I think this relationship has helped me figure some of that out as did dating all the other people.
I definitly want someone to create a life with. Someone who loves me, has a conscience and did not cheat on or string along an ex. I want to have a family with this person. I want for our relationship to be the priority in both of our lives. I want contact on a daily basis. I think I want the relationship to develop in a tradional way, where I am pursuited and courted. I want to feel like I matter in this person's life, that I add value and that they appreciate that. They have to be able and willing to look at themselves and also bring up things about me that need to be discussed. Compromise. Chemistry.
I don't want a long distance relationship.
This next time I need to make sure not to rush into being exclusive. I need to also keep in mind the 90 day rule.
There were some questions in earlier posts that I didn't address either. Clarifying what needs were being met by this female roomate, companionship and emotional needs of feeling needed, valued, wanted...
