Introspection, or, Why Are Men So Effing Boggling?!

[enthymeme]

I'm in a period of tremendous self analysis. I think there comes a point in every person's life when, realizing that they aren't where they want to be, they ask themselves, "what is it about me that is preventing me from getting there?"

For me, it's absolutely the dating life that is my source of angst. When you have a string of relationships that

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[anonymous]

Is there any one of these former guys you trust to be honest with you if you asked exactly what was wrong? Or are they all the type who will hide behind platitudes of "it just wasn't meant to be" or "It was me, not you"? I think the answer lies with them, if you can just drag it out of one of them.

There may be an element of intimidation there, but I'm not sure. I haven't met you face to face, only through text and phone, and I don't believe either format gives enough information to make an opinion valid. There may also be an element of "sensed desperation", only in that you know what you want and are determined to have it (relationship, children) - why that scares some guys is beyond me.

I wish I had better answers. I do think it is very odd that you just keep running into this problem over and over again with guys - and I'm not convinced it's anything you personally are doing wrong.

~Tori~

[enthymeme]

I don't think that they would want to hurt my feelings. They're nice. There was never a "Jenny sucks" thing that happened. Just a fade out