Jack,

I feel that you and faith are on to something but I am unclear about some things that you have written. Please help me understand.

Originally Posted By: Jack_Three_Beans

She said she needed a break from you, and yet she called you.

You're not doing what she asked for.

And you're probably thinking:

"But she started it."


I wasn't thinking that, so now I'm thinking I'm obtuse.

What are you thinking I was thinking that she started?

Originally Posted By: Jack_Three_Beans


Yeah she did.

So what?

Live up to your word, but more importantly, live up to yourself.



That is what I'm aiming for and I'm starting to feel I am making living up to myself a lot more complicated than it needs to be.

Originally Posted By: Jack_Three_Beans


The promises and vows we make to ourselves when no one else is around, those are the hardest ones to keep, but those are the ones give us real integrity.

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I agree. Up until this point I have promised myself to love this one woman truly well and to never love another.

The question on the table seems to be is it time to let that go and actually be open to dating other people just like she is saying that she wants.

Like I said earlier, this cannot be any kind of ploy or strategy for me, it has to be for real.

[quote=Jack_Three_Beans]

Compromise yourself?
That's just the first step in a long series of bad mistakes that compound like loan shark interest, and tough to get out from under.



Compromise myself.

Have I / Am I compromising myself by keeping my promises to a woman who is not keeping her promises to me.

Yes.

Uh oh.


I am being the possibility of:

1) Integrity
2) Loving myself completely.
3) Things flowing naturally between us, without any fear or attachment to the outcome.

"It's do-able." What are the actions now?