Hi,
For anyone who didn't see my thread introducing myself in the other forum:
My best online friend of 5 years came to visit - we met each other in person for the first time ever last Tuesday. By the time he'd been here 2 days we'd fallen madly in love. We know everything about each other, have supported and encouraged each other through every major (and most of the minor) life events over the last 5 years. We share the same interests and passions, finish each others' sentences, and know exactly how to help each other when things get tough.
My 2 best friends here (one of whom I flat with) don't approve of the whole thing because they have seen me get hurt very, very badly on more than one occasion. They were fine with him before we fell in love (when he was just another friend) but now that we have decided to do the long distance thing they just don't respond whenever I mention him. They've both expressed their concerns and I have told them that I have exactly the same concerns and that my man and I have discussed all the pros and cons of doing this however they still seem extremely disapproving.
He's only been gone for 12 hrs and already I feel isolated and lonely by the way my 2 besties are approaching this. I know that they are really concerned for me and don't want to see me hurt, but their approach is not helping and instead is making me feel alienated.
I'm not really looking for advice - I'm thinking that I will just talk to other friends about him - but could do with some encouragement and support.
Thanks for reading
For anyone who didn't see my thread introducing myself in the other forum:
My best online friend of 5 years came to visit - we met each other in person for the first time ever last Tuesday. By the time he'd been here 2 days we'd fallen madly in love. We know everything about each other, have supported and encouraged each other through every major (and most of the minor) life events over the last 5 years. We share the same interests and passions, finish each others' sentences, and know exactly how to help each other when things get tough.
My 2 best friends here (one of whom I flat with) don't approve of the whole thing because they have seen me get hurt very, very badly on more than one occasion. They were fine with him before we fell in love (when he was just another friend) but now that we have decided to do the long distance thing they just don't respond whenever I mention him. They've both expressed their concerns and I have told them that I have exactly the same concerns and that my man and I have discussed all the pros and cons of doing this however they still seem extremely disapproving.
He's only been gone for 12 hrs and already I feel isolated and lonely by the way my 2 besties are approaching this. I know that they are really concerned for me and don't want to see me hurt, but their approach is not helping and instead is making me feel alienated.
I'm not really looking for advice - I'm thinking that I will just talk to other friends about him - but could do with some encouragement and support.
Thanks for reading
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