Wellll, Liz.....if you have, as you say..."established that you are exclusive and committed to each other" and you have already said the LOVE word.....perhaps it is time to be completely honest and transparent about your feelings and intentions.....just exactly as you have explained them to us...?
If you can tell people that you have never m et and will probably never see....you should be able to tell as much to someone that you have an intimate relationship with......don't you think...?
Don't you think that he needs to know that you are not sure if you ever want to get married or ever l ive with a man again...and, that you are "not 100 per cent sure that you are in a place th at you can be 100 per cent in a relationship....
If he were feeling those same things...wouldn't you want him to let you know...
True emotional intimacy is being able to share the truth with each other.....even the confusing and scarey stuff....and your own fears.....
The courage and wiliness to be mutually vulnerable with ech other.....
And, if that is too threatening or too scarey, or whatever....maybe the best thing is to cool the jets for a while and see what is revealed.......
dandylion