Okay so... there's this guy I know who isn't my SO. His name is David. He really likes me, but I love(d) being friends with him because when he isn't making it awkward, we have a lot of fun. If I wasn't already madly in love with my SO, there could maybe have been something there with David, but that isn't the case.
He seems to have had a hard time accepting this. He said he wants to be there for me and maybe in several years I'll be single again and we can try to have a relationship. I usually just ignore his, what I call "antics", but he has tried to pull a move or two on me. He joined the army and has been in another state for over a year, but still expressed interest in me.
A little over a year ago, he actually called me and legitimately asked me to marry him. I was 17. He was 22.
Anyway, we moved past it and I would hang out with him when he came home on leave. But last Christmas he came home and I just couldn't handle it. We watched a movie at his place and he started trying to massage my legs and it just made me really uncomfortable and he didn't stop, so I left and told him I probably wouldn't see him again before he left again. We've talked a little since then, but he was really hurt by it. I told my SO and he was relieved. He wasn't really worried about me and David since he knew I could handle it and trusted me, but he was still relieved that I was kinda done with him.
Now, David is back in town to say goodbye to his family and friends before he goes to Korea for 2 years. They are having a get together tonight. I'm not worried he will try anything tonight, but I still am apprehensive about going. I'm going to go. I would hate myself if I brushed off my last chance to see him and then something happened it Korea. But is it bad that I don't really want to go? Or is it bad that I'm going anyway? My SO is totally okay with whatever I decide, btw, so that isn't a problem. And it sounds like David is a bad guy, but he is really sweet and funny when he isn't making unwanted advances. Like I said. If there wasn't my SO, things may have been different.
This turned out a lot longer than I meant it to. I think I just really needed to kind of vent about this, so I'm sorry guys. I guess just... what do you think about this?
He seems to have had a hard time accepting this. He said he wants to be there for me and maybe in several years I'll be single again and we can try to have a relationship. I usually just ignore his, what I call "antics", but he has tried to pull a move or two on me. He joined the army and has been in another state for over a year, but still expressed interest in me.
A little over a year ago, he actually called me and legitimately asked me to marry him. I was 17. He was 22.
Anyway, we moved past it and I would hang out with him when he came home on leave. But last Christmas he came home and I just couldn't handle it. We watched a movie at his place and he started trying to massage my legs and it just made me really uncomfortable and he didn't stop, so I left and told him I probably wouldn't see him again before he left again. We've talked a little since then, but he was really hurt by it. I told my SO and he was relieved. He wasn't really worried about me and David since he knew I could handle it and trusted me, but he was still relieved that I was kinda done with him.
Now, David is back in town to say goodbye to his family and friends before he goes to Korea for 2 years. They are having a get together tonight. I'm not worried he will try anything tonight, but I still am apprehensive about going. I'm going to go. I would hate myself if I brushed off my last chance to see him and then something happened it Korea. But is it bad that I don't really want to go? Or is it bad that I'm going anyway? My SO is totally okay with whatever I decide, btw, so that isn't a problem. And it sounds like David is a bad guy, but he is really sweet and funny when he isn't making unwanted advances. Like I said. If there wasn't my SO, things may have been different.
This turned out a lot longer than I meant it to. I think I just really needed to kind of vent about this, so I'm sorry guys. I guess just... what do you think about this?
Hopefully his two years away will be a good chance for him to move on. This might not be necessary, but if you think it'd be appropriate, it might be helpful to talk to him when you say goodbye (or maybe write him a letter?), to let him know that you care about him, but that you plan on being with your SO for a long time, and you don't want him to keep waiting around and hoping when he could be out there enjoying himself and maybe finding someone who's actually available and able to give him the love he deserves. 
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