We’ve been dating two and a half months - I’m 27F, he’s 29M.
He works with his dad in the trades. I love that he’s capable and handy, it’s very masculine and sexy to me. He’s also very sweet, openly wants to get married and have kids, all that good stuff.
My hang-up is that he doesn’t seem to have a concrete plan for the future. He’s unsure if he wants to stay with his dad (and eventually take over) or do his own thing, which is fair, but he talks about it like it’s a far-off decision when I don’t think it is. I’d like to have kids sooner rather than later, and I feel like that’s not possible before job stuff is figured out.
He also sometimes plays hot and cold - like mentioning baby names when we were out to dinner with my mom, but then backtracking and saying it’s too early for that type of talk just a week later. But why bring it up unprompted then? Or he’ll forget things, like offering to pay me back for something then never sending the money. Saying he really likes me and that I make him happy (unprompted) then forgetting to call when he said he would. I don’t want to nag him so I just asked him not to suggest a call if he is busy or can’t follow through. I don’t think it’s that hard? But I can’t tell if I’m just looking for problems. No one is perfect, and I’m certainly not either!
I guess I’m just worried about how reliable he’ll be long-term if this is how it is now. And I’m nervous about hitching to a train where I don’t know where it’s going.
Should I be letting go of this fear or is this something to be wary of? It just feels like there’s something off, but that could also be me just self-sabotaging, and I don’t want to ruin a good thing with a good guy over nothing.
Can someone talk some sense into me please?
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It’s only been 2.5 months so I actually find the baby names thing in front of your mom weirder and more concerning than the rest of it.
With this little amount of information it doesn’t seem like he’s very sure of what he wants.
You’re right to question how reliable he is. But at the same time it’s literally been 2.5 months- I would stick it out a bit more and just mention these things when they come up (not in a nagging way) but “you don’t have to say you’re going to call if you can’t. I would rather not have to wait for a call that isn’t coming”
“We don’t need to talk about baby stuff yet since we have only been together a short time”
Trust your gut. Something is a “little off”- but it could be his own relationship anxiety too. I don’t think it would be out of line to just ask him about it and make it clear you’re not trying to rush things either. Maybe there is just a miscommunication happening.
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