I need your advice Christine & Melissa

Submitted by Sandra (United States), Sep 18, 2007 at 22:24

My friend was born in NY & raised in NJ. He is americanized , but brought up Muslim. He is 28 & I am 35 yrs of age . We were friends for over a year & have been dating for 6 months in an intense relationship. We love each other to death & we are very much in love with each other as well.

He's a hard working man, good hearted & not a womanizer . Owns his own business in NYC works form 10am-10pm in retail . Talk about being stressed & he does very well for himself. Since day one that we started dating he has proposed to me twice, putting me to the test. He"s always testing to see how much I really love him. These tests are actually working my nerves. He only trusts me to a degree .

Lately , he's speaking nasty to me & being very inconsiderate . As a matter fact he's been in a rare form lately telling me that instead of seeing each other everyday to cut it down to 4 days for himself & from Friday - Sunday for me. What ???!!! Then just this morning he said that " I am the best thing that has ever happened to him in his life , He loves me to death , will do anything for me , has falling in love with me. but to get thru my thick head that we will never get married & it has nothing to do with religion " What in God's creation do you say to that ? . My heart is aching & he has not called me all day . I truly do NOT understand & I'm destroyed ....

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