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What's your number??

posted 11 months ago in Waiting
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    mermaideve      

    Just saw I'm number 8 on the waiting list. This says to me that I have been waiting too bleeping long. Ugh. Friends counsel me to move on, save up enough money to move into my own place and just leave. I'm torn. I have so much fun when he goes away to see family. Hmm.

     
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    Mrs Grape    December 10, 2010  

    Hmm...if you enjoy yourself more when he's not with you than when you're together, that means (to me) that it's time to move out and move on.

     
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    peaches13    July 9, 2011   Texas

    Yeah, I'd say that's a pretty big red flag.  Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the occasional down time away from FI, but I definitely miss him and have more fun with him around.

     
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    sugarpea    June 14, 2014   Ontario, Canada

    I agree with the other posters, if you find yourself looking forward to being on your own or enjoy your time without him as much as you're saying then maybe it's time to move on. I love alone time, but I always miss my SO and get tired of being on my own pretty quickly ;)

     
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    MsMamaBear       Atlanta

    If you don't like being with him, you should think about why you feel that way. Maybe it's because you like alone time or being engaged keeps worrying you. As far as saving up for your own place, always keep extra money aside or your own personal account, you never know what will or can happen, regardless of being a waiting bee, engaged or married. Nothing is guaranteed.

     
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    armychica06    December 8, 2012   CT

    I agree NOTHING is guaranteed- even when I get married, I am going to have a savings account that no one BUT me has access to and I plan to dump anywhere from $20- 50 per check into it. If I never need it then I have tons of money saved up for additional retirement money. If I ever should need it, I have the means to walk away from an undesirable relationship.

     
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    Mrs.Lonestar    June 3, 2012   lives in NYC, wedding in Austin, TX

    @armychica06: such a good idea. saving never hurts

     
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    Thanks for the comments, ladies. Wise words.

     
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    KristenGotMarried    May 19, 2012   The Cbus

    If your friends are telling you to do something as serious as saving up to get a place of your own, maybe there are other factors you need to consider aside from how long you've been waiting?  Unless there's a backstory or history I haven't followed... but I can tell you that if my friends told me to move out, I'd start really considering what's actually happening in my relationship.  Just a thought?

     
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    @KristenGettingMarried: This is too bizarre. My name is Kristen!

     

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