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arildno
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Another thing:
You seem to be really worried about him being not more direct in his words towards you.
It might well be shyness on his part, but if you think about it:
If he really respects and loves you, and is on his own part quite certain you reciprocate HIS feelings, he might still hold back precisely because he respects you.
He might feel that it wouldn't be right to progress further until YOU are sufficiently comfortable around him to express that you like his signs of affections he is giving you.
He might regard you as yet hesitant, not quite yet decided in your feelings, and he is basically waiting for YOU to come around.
Isn't that type of respect for YOUR feelings what you would like a boyfriend to have?
That he doesn't take any liberties, but feels as deeply as you do, that MUTUAL respect, trust and affection should be the basic "language" in the relationship?
And therefore, if one of the partners is lagging behind a bit in, say, trust, then the other has no problems about waiting, and being patient?
You seem to be really worried about him being not more direct in his words towards you.
It might well be shyness on his part, but if you think about it:
If he really respects and loves you, and is on his own part quite certain you reciprocate HIS feelings, he might still hold back precisely because he respects you.
He might feel that it wouldn't be right to progress further until YOU are sufficiently comfortable around him to express that you like his signs of affections he is giving you.
He might regard you as yet hesitant, not quite yet decided in your feelings, and he is basically waiting for YOU to come around.
Isn't that type of respect for YOUR feelings what you would like a boyfriend to have?
That he doesn't take any liberties, but feels as deeply as you do, that MUTUAL respect, trust and affection should be the basic "language" in the relationship?
And therefore, if one of the partners is lagging behind a bit in, say, trust, then the other has no problems about waiting, and being patient?