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If these things are met, then the relationship progresses:

- You never got into ugly arguments with yelling matches nor insulted each other. It's ok to disagree on topics but never ok to be verbally abusive.

- Neither you nor your partner has problems with the parents. Both sets of parents like each other.

- There is mutual help in the relationship and both are serious about wanting a family.

- There is no jealousy nor trust issue whatsoever.

- Similar views on important topics

- Good management in finances and knowing when to save money

If the relationship already has lots of arguments, drama, too much differences, trust issues (even worse if cheating too place) and either your parents hating your partner or your partner's parents hating you then I can image that can either slow down the process or transform it into a dead-end that eventually leads to a break-up. After all what would be the motivation of wanting to settle down and have kids with them? None. You already have the negatives you are already dreading moving towards the next step.

It's like you're already having an issue with your employee and is he's still in training... after all that are you doing to even want to promote him (even if he has worked for 6+ years)... nope.

I’ve known him for around 8 years. Up until the beginning of this year, I’ve been single. Never really wanted to be in a relationship etc etc.

I am 28 and he is 40. We have always flirted, he’s always been somewhat abrupt towards me in front of his wife, when the flirting has got too much and it’s getting intense he will stop himself and say “I’m married”. He’s always displayed jealousy when I interact with another man. He’s complimented me, he is always staring at me. He has said if he wasn’t married he would take me out etc. One time, he was talking about me in front of me and he said “she likes Italian men but I’m married”

He’s always encouraged me to meet a guy and settle down. However, he does not seem to like the fact that I’m in a serious relationship. He might say he’s “happy for me” but his facial expression and actions say the polar opposite. He is constantly giving my partner death stares, always ignores him (or if he has to say hi, it’s very icily polite), always asks me about him trying to gage if we are still together, when I told him I was buying a house he got very excited and happy - and then asked if my boyfriend would be living with me. I said yes, and his smile disappeared straight away and he became abrupt.

Why is he acting like a child? My partner thinks he’s obsessed.