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Originally Posted by marinik  We are both free spirits. He is from a very traditional society. The women is to stay home and raise the children. If I were to become his wife I am not sure that the life long conditioning wouldn't kick in. I am from a very liberal family and another country where women have a different view on life, on the other hand. So I am pretty sure it wouldn't work on a daily basis. This way we can never "exhaust" the relationship. We never get into situations where our worlds would collide. We never get fed up with one another. |
So, by putting your time into this long distance relationship that you know will never work beyond long distance, you are essentially garaunteeing that you won't find a man with whom you COULD live with and have it work and garaunteeing you will not have the intimacy that comes from having that person who lives with you who can not only make you happy, never get fed up with, but offer you the intimacy that is the core of a solid relationship that actually can go somewhere beyond a certain level.
If I were you, I'd check my beliefs. I'd say it is more likely that you are staying in a relationship that can't go beyond a certain point because of some intimacy issues that are either conscious and you ignore or that are subconscious and are driving your actions.
I can't imagine being in a relationship that will plateau at a certain point and can never work on a deeper, more intimate level.