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Old 10-27-2015, 10:36 AM
 
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I've been with my girlfriend for 8 years now and she will not commit. She says we will live together eventually, but I feel its always on her terms. I love her dearly but I feel I'm wasting my time and we will never be together. I've got to the point now that maybe I should finish the relationship.
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Old 10-27-2015, 10:38 AM
 
Location: SoCal again
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What's her excuse to not live together?
How often do you see each other?
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Old 10-27-2015, 10:43 AM
 
Location: Brentwood, Tennessee
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I've been with my girlfriend for 8 years now and she will not commit. She says we will live together eventually, but I feel its always on her terms. I love her dearly but I feel I'm wasting my time and we will never be together. I've got to the point now that maybe I should finish the relationship.
Not enough info.

What are her "terms"? And after 8 years, when the heck is "eventually"?
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Old 10-27-2015, 10:44 AM
 
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I've been with my girlfriend for 8 years now and she will not commit. She says we will live together eventually, but I feel its always on her terms. I love her dearly but I feel I'm wasting my time and we will never be together. I've got to the point now that maybe I should finish the relationship.
Dang, what does "eventually" mean to her?

What are her reasons for dragging her heels for so long?
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Old 10-27-2015, 10:45 AM
 
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Post a picture of your bathroom as it is right this second and I'll tell you.
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Old 10-27-2015, 11:53 AM
 
Location: Baldwin
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Dude. She has been your GIRLFRIEND for EIGHT YEARS and SHE has committment issues because SHE won't move in with you?!? Are you for real? If you truely love her, man up and marry her. If you aren't ready to marry her after EIGHT years, why are you wasting time with her?
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Old 10-27-2015, 12:02 PM
 
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Dude. She has been your GIRLFRIEND for EIGHT YEARS and SHE has committment issues because SHE won't move in with you?!? Are you for real? If you truely love her, man up and marry her. If you aren't ready to marry her after EIGHT years, why are you wasting time with her?
That, too. After about the three-year mark, she probably figured you two were never going to get married and decided that she'd rather not give up her own place and space or make the compromises necessary when you live with someone else for a half-assed arrangement like cohabitation that, in the event of a break-up, would have her doing the work of moving out, rebuilding, refurnishing, etc. You probably missed your window of opportunity on this one, OP. Don't be surprised if you split up and she marries someone else within a couple of years.
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Old 10-27-2015, 12:10 PM
 
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I've been with my girlfriend for 8 years now and she will not commit. She says we will live together eventually, but I feel its always on her terms. I love her dearly but I feel I'm wasting my time and we will never be together. I've got to the point now that maybe I should finish the relationship.
says it all, no?
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Old 10-27-2015, 12:13 PM
 
Location: SoCal again
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Dude. She has been your GIRLFRIEND for EIGHT YEARS and SHE has committment issues because SHE won't move in with you?!? Are you for real? If you truely love her, man up and marry her. If you aren't ready to marry her after EIGHT years, why are you wasting time with her?
maybe he saw moving in with her as the step before marriage but she wasn't even willing for that? Why would you propose to somebody who doesn't even want to live with you?
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Old 10-27-2015, 12:14 PM
 
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Dude. She has been your GIRLFRIEND for EIGHT YEARS and SHE has committment issues because SHE won't move in with you?!? Are you for real? If you truely love her, man up and marry her. If you aren't ready to marry her after EIGHT years, why are you wasting time with her?

*applause*
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