{"id":42658,"date":"2014-04-29T14:35:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T19:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=42658"},"modified":"2022-02-01T14:37:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T20:37:38","slug":"did-i-make-a-mistake-telling-him-i-am-not-letting-him-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/did-i-make-a-mistake-telling-him-i-am-not-letting-him-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Did I make a mistake telling him I am not letting him go?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>Hi!<\/p>\n<p>I have a huge problem, I am dating a guy with a kid. He doesn&#8217;t live with the kid; he says he has issues with the mom. At first, I didn&#8217;t mind dating him, but now it&#8217;s bothering me a lot. He goes to see the baby and sleeps in the same room with the baby&#8217;s mom. I feel like he disrespected me.<\/p>\n<p>Then there&#8217;s a time we argued because I took his phone and started chatting with her. But he&#8217;s the one who started the game, he took my phone and started to chat with my friend.<\/p>\n<p>The other problem is he never spends time with me. Every time I ask him if he&#8217;s free, he always has an excuse.\u00a0Since then we have broken up and it&#8217;s even worse. He rarely calls or says he cares about me. Did I make a mistake by telling him I am not letting him go? I love him and I think he loves me too, but he needs to be told how to treat his girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>Please help because I am stressed.\u00a0 Thank you.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>With the few things you have told me, I am puzzled why you are continuing to see this man.<\/p>\n<p>He claims that he has issues with his child&#8217;s mother, yet he spends nights with her. Look at a person&#8217;s actions, they are closer to the truth than what a person says (Matthew 7:16-20).<\/p>\n<p>You claim to be in love, but you don&#8217;t treat each other with respect. He doesn&#8217;t make time to be with you. Read\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/love-is\/\">Love is &#8230;<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/love-is-different\/\">Love is Different<\/a>. You are discussing love as if it is a vague feeling and not as a choice to be dedicated to another person. You may have been infatuated with him at one time, but it has not developed into true love.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Hi! I have a huge problem, I am dating a guy with a kid. He doesn&#8217;t live with the kid; he says he has issues with the mom. At first, I didn&#8217;t mind dating him, but now it&#8217;s bothering me a lot. He goes to see the baby and sleeps in the same room&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[149],"class_list":["post-42658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-dating"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37017,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-do-i-honor-my-dad-when-he-wont-talk-to-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":42658,"position":0},"title":"How do I honor my dad when he won&#8217;t talk to me?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: My dad and I were always close when I was little. 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