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Casual/FWB  I don't want to be with her right now...

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Okay, there's this girl that I've been seeing for about 7 months. Let's call her Marilyn. Things have been really good, and there's a lot of good about Marilyn. She'd do anything for me, she's funny, she's fun, she genuinely likes a lot of my favorite things and vice versa, she's a good conversationalist, she has soul, she's realistic, and the sex is definitely not a letdown...She's very very down for the long haul, and I kinda like the thought of it as well. Cons are few but large...She currently has an ex that is causing lots of issues between her and I, and that's very stressful...Also, she's kind of a passive parent...Her son tends to walk all over her and it kills me to see, but I don't want to step in and try to be anybody's stepdad right now...I manage a business 30 miles away from home and from her, and I barely have time to see her for a couple hours a week that I DO see her... Even seeing her on an off day can be stressful just making it fall into place, but hey, I dig her...And she's been okay with not labeling us as a couple and just letting things move naturally, and that's been working and we've been moving forward and truly maturing as a couple, and I see big things with her...

Now the problem.

As I said before, I work thirty miles away from her. And there is a receptionist next door to me that I met about a month ago, let's call her Katie, and since the first conversation with Katie, we hit it off really well...She's gorgeous, she's funny and she's smart. Like I said, we clicked instantly, and for a couple of weeks, we've been sneakin off to fool around. Protected, of course. But Marilyn and I haven't been using protection...I'm not a total dog...

Anyways, this girl is looking at me with something in her eyes, and I'm not sure if it's lust or love. I know that she doesn't know me well enough to love me yet, and I'm pretty sure if I had to pick one I'm truly in love with it'd be Marilyn...The issue is that there is no way I'm going to not sleep with Katie. And it's nothing personal against Marilyn, it's awesome sex, it's right near where I spend my entire week, and it's with a really cool girl. I don't know what Katie's intentions are, in the long run, but I'm getting older, and I want to have some fun, here. I don't want to tell her the truth, even though she's realistic. It probably won't go over well, because, honestly, my heart is kinda in both right now...More with Marilyn than Katie.

I told Marilyn yesterday that I think I'm too close to a relationship, and even though I see her as a solid candidate for a future wife, I'm just not that ready to be that emotionally close right now...I feel myself slipping into very comfortable, yet familiar territory with Marilyn, and I don't know why, but I'm not comfortable with it...Partially I know it's because I want to sleep with other women...I'm entering this phase of my life where women of all kinds are finding me attractive, and I'm having a lot of fun with it, and really, honestly, no bull, I'm just not ready to settle down with the love of my life right now.

Wat do?
 
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Franco

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OID,

It sounds like you've answered your own question.

You want to sleep with multiple women right now, so promising commitment to Marilyn is something you don't want to do. You can probably ride it for awhile longer, but if she starts looking for something more serious, then you need to let her go. It sounds like you've already let her know your intentions, which is good, but eventually she's going to have to either push again strongly for commitment or start pulling back on seeing you. At that point, it's best not to leave her emotions in limbo and just let her off the hook to find a provider for her and her son.

I'm not really sure if you have any other questions, but letting Marilyn go sounds like the right thing to do here.

- Franco
 
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