Just stay out of it - tell gf's mom you don't want to get in the middle and if she hasissues with your friend, she needs to discuss it with him directly. Also explain the concepts of blocking and ghosting, which she may not be familiar with, given her age.

Up to you if you mention it to GF - I probably wouldn't. Because then that puts HER in the middle of this mess.

I think it's not that relationships are not for you. I think you just haven't found a compatible partner yet.

What she needs is to develop a thicker skin and some frustration tolerance. But you cannot do that for her. I think at some point you're going to stop wanting to be her emotions handkerchief. Good luck to you. You did not cause her problem, you cannot fix it, all you can do is take care of yourself.

Here's what you should do.

1. Based on prior experience, expect nothing from him as a grandfather or in his will. If you get more that that, consider it a bonus.
2. Distance somewhat from him because his current situation is rather gross, I agree.
3. Don't predict whether this specialty fertility procedure will result in a baby, or what it's life will be like if it does succeed.
4. Don't predict if a baby does result, that he will only be in that child's life a short time. He's 58, he could live another 40 years.

What I have recommended requires you to be a little zen, but if you can achieve it, your upset feelings will be minimized. Good luck with your own family and baby plans. That is where you should focus your attention.

Is there a good reason you're still living with your judgmental mom?

I am not a man. I know that hair and makeup take quite a bit of time, which is why I go natural (but not au naturel) the majority of the time. Still, it's fun to dress up and go glam occasionally.

Maybe, maybe not. How the hell would I know?

If you end things, you're just putting yourself out there into the ocean of losers and creeps. Three weeks, no exclusivity agreement, I think you are being premature.

When he first mentioned NYE, you should've said "let's think of something fun to do that night!"

He's telling you (unconsciously maybe) that he likes the well put together look. My advice? Relax when you want to, but sometimes also go all out for him.

Well, the worst that could happen is she says no, or I don't like you that way, or something. The best that could happen? The sky's the limit.

On Tinder? On Tinder waiting a week is probably pretty long, someone else will move faster than you.

On eHarmony or FarmersOnly.com, 3 to 4 months might be fine.

Love Potion Number 9

If the genders were reversed, no one would hesitate to tell you to leave the relationship, for your own safety. I think it doesn't matter what the genders are. I agree with your family, don't stick around for that. It's impossible to know what's going on with your gf, but it doesn't really matter. Leave, anyway.

Have a couple kids, and let them do the begging for you.

You should have talked to him already. You coming up with your story that you won't be going due to expense may have seemed to everyone like you just not wanting to go, which is obviously not the case. You hoping he would intuit your unspoken wish and give you the trip as a birthday gift is just fairytale thinking.

It's not too late, you could tell him you really wish you were going and ask if he could subsidize you. I honestly don't know why you haven't done it already.

Instead of confessing to him, why don't you just seduce him.

You know... a slowly escalating dance of light touches, maybe the occasional heart emoji on a text, use of terms of endearment, invitations to stay later and longer, etc.

I don't know why more people don't use this approach. Confessing feelings seems so stark. Besides, even if he doesn't have feelings now, with a seduction approach he may develop them.

LMAO, is your brother Mike Pence?

Sorry. Could'nt resist.

Wait.