Afraid of committment!!

India
July 26, 2012 12:55pm CST
How do you explain to your partner that you love them, but are afraid of being committed? I'm a male. How do I make my partner feel secure without giving her verbal committment? Or how do I overcome this problem myself, so that I'm more comfortable with committment?
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@jeawings (27)
• United States
26 Jul 12
Let me start by asking you this. What part of commitment are you afraid of? The reason I ask is because if I have a better understanding of your situation, I might be able to help you out a little bit. On a side note, I do know that women more often than men prefer to be in a stable, committed relationship. A lot of women have this dream of their prince charming sweeping them off their feet and treating them to the best life ever. In a woman's eyes, commitment isn't necessarily you having to give up your life for that woman, but she wants a long-lasting promise that you won't give up on the relationship so easy even during the tough times.
• India
27 Jul 12
yes, its actually kinda all in my head, this irrational fea. But I'm sure that a lottt of guys are in the same boat. Probably, need to work on my own way of looking at committment :)
• United States
28 Jul 12
You are absolutely right. I actually responded quite a bit above this post, so I won't get too deep into it again. The main thing I see is you taking your time and talking it out with other people. That's a good thing. You're not doing anything wrong by approaching others, and if I had to guess, you are probably actually getting a lot of help from some of us here on myLot. I think in due time things will fall into place. You're woman should definitely love a man like you that is man enough to take all things into consideration before just rushing into something. The easy way would be to just give in and not follow your heart.
• Philippines
27 Jul 12
there's actually no reason why you should be afraid of being committed. it will not take anything away from you like what you think. there's no giving up of personal space and the like. it's just being faithful to this one girl you love most above all. you see, for us women, we look forward to hearing our guy telling us that there'll be no other party involved, assuring us that we're the only one for them. being committed to her doesn't mean that you will have to go out with her and only her everyday of your life. you'll just go out with her on romantic dates but you may still go out with your friends or colleagues at work. you may attend parties like you always do. you just add her to your life, therefore making it more meaningful. of course, you will stop dating other girls (in case you are doing so now) since this will hurt her. i think you are afraid of being committed because you are thinking that once you get committed to her, you can no longer stop yourself and might end up marrying earlier than you planned to. don't hold yourself back, just let the relationship flow naturally. enjoy your time together and show the real you to her, without the fear of giving too much away. for your info, we women, also love and give as much as we can when we really love a man.
• India
27 Jul 12
This is a really good post. It made a lot of sense!! :) Thanks!!
@Jshean20 (14349)
• Canada
27 Jul 12
I would just simply explain to her the best that you can exactly what it is that makes you afraid of commitment. You would want to reassure her as well that your fear has nothing to do with her personally ( I'm assuming and hoping that it's not her otherwise obviously you shouldn't be together). It's important to talk these things out, otherwise you could lose her if she feels like she cannot have forever with you.
@asdomencil (4265)
• Philippines
26 Jul 12
Before I can answer your questions, you should tell us why are you afraid of the commitment? Commitment to what? being with your partners is already a form of commitment. Going into a relationship is already giving commitment to your partner.
• India
27 Jul 12
Its this fear that I have about being tied down in a relationship. Me and my girl, have been together for a while...in a relationship. But I've never told her I "love" her or that I want to be with her and her only. Although those are my intentions. It started off as a date and we just took it as it came day by day.Its suddenly 6 months now. We both kinda know we are in a relationship without saying it verbally. But now she needs a verbal commitment. And thats the hard part for me. To commit myself 100%. Im not gonna cheat or anything. But just acknowledging the commitment makes me uncomfortable as I feel I will lose my personal space and also, not being able to be with another woman makes me uncomfortable. P.S : I dont want to be with another woman. Just the thought of not being able to do that makes me uncomfortable.
@surekharathi (14146)
• India
20 Oct 12
I cant explain how much love to my hubby but not afraid from commitment because if he wants I should commit then I am ready but they trust on me so no need.
@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
13 Apr 13
for me my thinking of that,when a male nor even female if afraid in commitment meaning they don't like to have some limitation because of your relationship,or maybe because your freedom will be lessen,why a person should be afraid in this commitment if you really love your partner?
@ryanong (9665)
• Vietnam
27 Jul 12
All because your love is not big enough...you are not ready to take responsibility for what you will do in commitment
27 Jul 12
Sweetie plain and simple, its not you its her. Then again, it is you. These complexities or the inferiority complex are all in our heads. I use this "I am afraid of being committed" bluntly, when I like her, but when I dont like her a whole lot. And those that I truly want to be with, I end up asking her or even waiting for her to agree(verbally) that she wants to be in a committed relationship with me. Because I felt that without this verbal conclusion, she will just wake up one day and leave and I can't get mad or say anything because although I have emotionally invested so much, she had never verbally agreed even if her actions reflect as such. I am a guy, I have done things I am not proud of but I am speaking through experience, you can be honest if you don't like her that much.