Family Forum / Parenting / Single Parents / March 2005

Welp, some of you might recall my issue with the dude I am dating.

Since all that, I laid down the law (or so I thought) and all has been good.
We have spent time together, it has been positive and fun. No late night
calls or text messages.

Obviously that isn't the case right now. I will mention here that I work 2
eight hour days on the weekend and it is tiring work. By Sunday night I am
pooped. It is not unusual for me to go to bed at 9. This dude called, wants
to come over. I said I am burned out, grumpy and lacking anything to even
talk about at that moment. OK..... so I think. I fall asleep. I wake up like
an hour later by chance and see my phone lighting up. (Had the sound off, of
course) It was him. Phone tells me he called like 22 times????? I even found
out he called the land line and my daughter answered and said I was
sleeping. At this point it is early. Like 9. When I fall asleep...... I fall
asleep. We talk..... I am like WTF??? I asked you to not do this yet you do
it anyways. He says he was a bit upset because I felt cold, aloof to him on
the phone. Hey! I said I was exhausted and sleepy and had nothing to say. He
turns it around that he isn't expecting to much in wanting me to be
available to him. I said I am available..... Mon - Fri 9 - 5. (No, just
kidding, I didn't say that) I told him his obsessiveness is disturbing.....
.he didn't like me saying that one bit. He said he knows he is obsessive but
most the time it is a GOOD obsession. What the hell is a good obsession
anyways?

I know what most will say....... say it again. What the heck. I think I am
getting some sort of kick out of this situation even though I know the
outcome already.

T