Me (36M), my crush (F26), and my best friend (M37)

I feel like you're being overdramatic, but I also feel I should err on the side of caution. It will be painful because this woman has been a big part of my life for a while now. But she is also worth waiting for.

I offered to quit drinking when she quits again as a form of support, and because it's not doing me any favors.

I just feel like I'm getting older, and you only get to fall in love so many times, and life is so hard and lonely. Do only the pretty neurotypical people get to fall in love?

And thanks for sticking with me even through all my defensiveness. I'm half afraid I'm a monster and don't realize it, but this woman really has a hold on me.

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