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1/8/2020
Chelsea Wise, Marriage and Family Therapist
Category: Relationship
Satisfied Customers: 850
Experience: Marriage Family Therapist at Kaiser Permanente
VerifiedHi there! This guy is sending you some pretty mixed messages: “I like you and want to keep seeing you, but don’t see a future here” is a pretty intense head game! Especially to say “you can keep seeing me if you want, but I’m not going to change how I feel” feels very much like a manipulation. I don’t think this guy loves you back, and I don’t think he has your best interests at heart here. I would recommend that you end the relationship now, before you get even more attached and it’ll be even harder to hear that he is fine to keep casually dating forever, but isn’t interested in a commitment.
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