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Old 10-12-2013, 08:40 PM
 
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In the end, I'm content if no one is unhappy because of me.
That is called being a people pleaser...in addition to indicating a low self-esteem, it's dishonest and people will see through the veil.

You need to learn to be yourself and not whet you think people want you to be.

Being a people pleaser will get you nowhere...plus you probably get back at them through passive-aggressive behaviors.
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Old 10-13-2013, 07:20 AM
 
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Needs to grow up
Why grow up? I've grown up a long time ago.
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Old 10-13-2013, 09:49 AM
 
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Why introduce women to the family your not engaged to?
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Old 10-13-2013, 11:31 AM
 
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I wouldn't call 350$/450$ an hour escorts "low-budget" but that's another story.
If I were your mother and I knew you were visiting escorts instead of developing a real relationship with someone, I'd be very concerned and upset.

But given your attitude/lack of insight about your escort habit, I don't think you are really capable at this point of developing a real relationship, and you may never be able to because now this has become part of who you are.

My son is only 24 and he has a real relationship with a girl he really loves. If he didn't/couldn't do that, I would honestly wonder where I went wrong - although I also would realize it wasn't necessarily my fault.
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Old 10-13-2013, 11:33 AM
 
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No, I never had a girlfriend but I was just wondering about it. Yes, I would plan to keep a very, very, and I mean very, low-profile. Introducing a girlfriend to your family usually just brings trouble and I want a relaxed life.



Sometimes I think she asks in subtle ways or insinuates I have a private life she doesn't know of. My mother can be very judgemental in the sense that she stills thinks she knows what's the best for us.

She gets along with my nephews' mother, though.

She's right. You have a private life that includes hookers instead of real relationships. That's a problem.
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Old 10-13-2013, 11:47 AM
 
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That is called being a people pleaser...in addition to indicating a low self-esteem, it's dishonest and people will see through the veil.

You need to learn to be yourself and not whet you think people want you to be.

Being a people pleaser will get you nowhere...plus you probably get back at them through passive-aggressive behaviors.
I know that. But I like being okay with everyone. If I can't make someone's life better, at least I don't want to make it worse. Of course at work it doesn't go like this.
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Old 10-13-2013, 11:51 AM
 
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If I were your mother and I knew you were visiting escorts instead of developing a real relationship with someone, I'd be very concerned and upset.

But given your attitude/lack of insight about your escort habit, I don't think you are really capable at this point of developing a real relationship, and you may never be able to because now this has become part of who you are.

My son is only 24 and he has a real relationship with a girl he really loves. If he didn't/couldn't do that, I would honestly wonder where I went wrong - although I also would realize it wasn't necessarily my fault.
Why would you be upset? Am I hurting anyone or cheating on anyone? I'm not.

I would like to change it but that's the only way I can have sex. I'm not stupid to the point of thinking those women are with me because they enjoy my company. Nor do I want to. It's business when we are together, take off clothes, do it and leave.

There's actually a woman who seems to be into me right now but I don't know what to do.
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Old 10-13-2013, 12:30 PM
 
Location: A Yankee in northeast TN
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If you are insecure about bringing a friend to meet your mother that seems to me to be an indication that you need to work on the relationship with your mother. Did/do you ever bring male friends over?

I think you are placing too much importance on the 'bringing home a girl' aspect. Just bring your friends around casually and don't put pressure on yourself to make it into something more than it is.
Unless you are engaged or in a long term committed relationship there is no reason you need to introduce anyone as your significant other.

I've met many of my son's female friends. I don't assume they are all girlfriends, maybe they are, maybe they aren't. I do assume that if the relationship becomes important enough to him he will let me know about it at some point.
If he never brought women over I would probably think that he was gay and (unnecessarily) hiding it, or worse, that he was incapable of forming an intimate and loving relationship with another person. Either way it would be a concern and it would be brought up for discussion.
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Old 10-13-2013, 12:46 PM
 
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Why would you be upset? Am I hurting anyone or cheating on anyone? I'm not.

I would like to change it but that's the only way I can have sex. I'm not stupid to the point of thinking those women are with me because they enjoy my company. Nor do I want to. It's business when we are together, take off clothes, do it and leave.

There's actually a woman who seems to be into me right now but I don't know what to do.
I'd be upset because you obviously have some serious issues.

Bolded - that proves you have intimacy issues/deeper issues than we can help you with here.

I would say don't get involved with the woman who seems to be into you. You will only mess up her life.
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Old 10-13-2013, 01:18 PM
 
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I would be sad if any of my boys hadn't formed bonds with somebody by that age. That isn't to say I will only be happy if they marry. A buddy or two would suffice. What would upset me is if they had no social life at all, and lived in isolation.
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