Somehow, even at my age, this seems to be a very foreign topic to me and that is the topic of when to commit in a relationship. Somehow in my 20s everything seemed a lot more straight forward when it came to relationships; for each of my relationships, the man would tell me that he wanted to be with me and only me very early on. Somehow this has dissipated, where it's a big question mark and a gray area. I really don't know how I feel at the moment, as I am in a long distance dating scenario that's fairly new. There's a part of me that feels that I should be open to meeting new men and not to close myself off quite yet, but then again I don't want to mess up what could be potentially very great. I also feel quite silly and badly about actually telling him that we're in a gray area now and that we are still open to dating others. I suppose that I just need to let things progress and evolve organically....
Does anyone have any thoughts or experience that they can share? Thank you in advance for your help and guidance.