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Marines
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Hello all,
I’m in a bit of need for some advice for my friend and I. We are both freshman college students at a decent Catholic college. We’ve had similar social groups thus far and gotten to know each other fairly well. There were a number of things that happened, i.e., college drama that brought us closer as friends. We’ve spent a bit of time together and neither one of us wants to get involved in a relationship at this time for the obvious reasons.
It gets ‘better.’ This girl likes me…alot. And not just in a really superficial room. When she and her friends were going through some tough times, I was there to talk to her and help her through them-as any friend would do. Now we talk to each other fairly often and we’ve had an above average number of confidential conversations. The problem is thus. We get along great and our personalities are very compatiable. But therein lies the problem. We are by no means exclusive but how do we put some kind of distance between us? This is happening and I recognize perfectly well that getting into a relationship at this time in life is just stupid and unfair to the other. If I can hardly support myself as a student, how can I take care of her? I view courting as something that has marriage as its end…I understand that pointless hook-ups are little more than an occasion of sin. Also, this girl is slightly more…shall we say, of the world than I would categorize myself as. We also have fairly different backgrounds in terms of education, family size/life, etc. As an end note, I’d like to get her some reading material on relationships, purity, devotion to Mary, etc and would like some advice.
So, what do you suggest I do at this time?
I’m in a bit of need for some advice for my friend and I. We are both freshman college students at a decent Catholic college. We’ve had similar social groups thus far and gotten to know each other fairly well. There were a number of things that happened, i.e., college drama that brought us closer as friends. We’ve spent a bit of time together and neither one of us wants to get involved in a relationship at this time for the obvious reasons.
It gets ‘better.’ This girl likes me…alot. And not just in a really superficial room. When she and her friends were going through some tough times, I was there to talk to her and help her through them-as any friend would do. Now we talk to each other fairly often and we’ve had an above average number of confidential conversations. The problem is thus. We get along great and our personalities are very compatiable. But therein lies the problem. We are by no means exclusive but how do we put some kind of distance between us? This is happening and I recognize perfectly well that getting into a relationship at this time in life is just stupid and unfair to the other. If I can hardly support myself as a student, how can I take care of her? I view courting as something that has marriage as its end…I understand that pointless hook-ups are little more than an occasion of sin. Also, this girl is slightly more…shall we say, of the world than I would categorize myself as. We also have fairly different backgrounds in terms of education, family size/life, etc. As an end note, I’d like to get her some reading material on relationships, purity, devotion to Mary, etc and would like some advice.
So, what do you suggest I do at this time?
