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When you grow up with financial insecurity you learn certain attitudes and habits. It's likely been drilled into her to not spend "frivolously". Things like presents and games fall into this category …

Background Religious beliefs about this sort of thing are often deeply rooted in shame. I was raised in such a strain of religion and have dealt with very similar issues, feeling like it was taboo …

I'm approaching this from a point of sympathy with your SO's fears, since I have struggled with this in relationships before (and I think the opposite side has been covered decently in other answers). … Relationships require mutual trust in order to work! You may need to (again, gently) remind her of this. …

Relationships are not about who is right or wrong. You cannot go to her and say "ha! the internet said you shouldn't feel this way!". …

They rejected the idea of a date because "at the moment [they're] not emotionally available", since they recently came out of a long term relationship. The breakup seems to have been caused by distan …

Since you have the ability to make rules: work with management and the other lifeguards to change the policy. Amend your current rules, and decide when the rule change will take place Choosing a …

I'll start out by quoting apaul's very gracious answer: They're not dating to hurt you ... but they still hurt you. It's good to recognize they can do what they want, but your feelings are also …

I apologize if I'm reading too much into this, but it sounds to me like a big motivation for asking is because you feel guilty about causing him pain. If that's the case, instead of asking questions t …

Since you seem to be good friends, visiting each other and such, I would go ahead and tell them essentially what you have told us here. As a rough outline, Ex and I broke up recently, and I've bee …

I think this is a very personal decision based on the maturity of the relationship and your communication styles. I have been in a long distance relationship for 2.5 yrs (friends for 2 yrs before that …

On one hand, I want to respect her decision but on the other hand, Stop right there. Why is there an "other hand"? You admit that doing anything other than not talking to her would mean not respe …

My ex to not contact me anymore (Ideally I don't ever want to talk to him again but I understand that I may have to in order to get this.) Agreed - ideally, you would simply continue not ta …

If she questions the role of this girl in the dream, make sure to explain as you have here that it is not at all how you feel, it isn't even reasonable given that you are both in different happy relationships …

Good thinking to be prepared. If you've decided to tell him after the fact... Do: Be upfront Be prepared for an angry reaction Maintain your composure Acknowledge and validate his feelings (you say …

I can definitely relate to your situation - my SO and I have rather different tastes in a number of things, including humor and socio-political views. Most of the time we get along (six years and coun …