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Mar 29, 2008, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Brownie Girl
what do you men do for all that time in those caves anyways?.
I feed my pet bats in the morning and then clean and organize my rock collection for the remainder of the day. In the evening, I relax by the entrance on my favorite stone and pick apart passing posts and make observations.

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I'm a very "want to take care of you person" and early on learned that all that isn't good for him so only did 1/2 of what normally I would feel being helpful & caring.
Try cutting it to 1/4. This troglodyte prefers a partner instead of another mother.

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he states I ... Try to tell him what to do
"men over 30 to assist"
"I've told him some space to decide what we want to do is in order"

I can see how that could be possible.

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I took the guy on a cruise and paid for it and when we returned he gave me half the extra expenses outside of the $2100 I paid for us and didn't offer or say thank you. There's plenty of other things both effort and $$$ that I've invested.
Labor + $$$ does not = Ideal Mate. Are you pointing these things out to him? It sounds as if you might do things to obligate him to reciprocate and he's resisting.

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he's not made any effort romantically...
You'll have to decide if you can accept him in his current state. It is unlikely that you will change him and only annoy him to no end by attempting to do so.
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