friendship

Submitted by mare (United States), Mar 8, 2007 at 16:06

Hi Elyse, Thank you for the comments and I am asking if you would be my friend, for I feel like we have similar experiences. I am a single working mother, a police officer, I have 3 sons who are the loves of my life. I went through a nasty divorce, and never want to do that again. I had couple boyfriends but never satisfy my needs, as far as conversation, companionship, etc. go.

Now I have my moroccan friend who I feel, with his words of encouragement, has given me a new outlook on life, bringing up my self-esteem, and he is spiritual which I love about this whole relationship. I too feel there is nothing wrong with being friends on the internet, but I keep having this dream that he is going to show up on my doorstep, for he wrote to me a couple of times and said he was getting his visa the first part of March.

This meeting I am not ready for. I am going to tell him how I feel today. I am going to be straight out that this is too much for me at this time and that I want to continue with the relationship but this is too fast for me. I can't just up and leave my life just like that.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my email. Take care Elyse and lets keep that dream in our heart we are deserving of a decent man no matter how settled we are in our current living situation, and for me I am 42, so it feels great to have positive influence for once. I look forward to hearing from you again.

Take care, prayers for you, mare

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