I'm Not Ready for This Commitment

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Shacking up with and older woman might be a dream to many young men, but 23-year-old Jacob says it doesn't feel right to him. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:41.0	Jacob, welcome to the program.
0:43.0	Hey, Dr. Laura, how are you?
0:45.0	Good, thank you.
0:47.0	What is happening?
0:48.0	Yeah, I just had a quick kind of dilemma right now. I'm currently in a relationship with somebody and I mean it's going great. She's 23. I'm 20. We just moved in together recently and it's the first time I've ever moved in with somebody and I'm dating them at the same time.
1:12.6	You're not moving in, you shacked up.
1:15.2	Last year you were a teenager and now you're playing the adult role of a man
1:19.5	in a relationship, but all you are is the shack up. There's no
1:23.5	commitment, there's no maturity here, come on. Yeah. It's scary. Leaving the
1:29.7	teams is scary and you know, fairing through your 20s trying to establish an identity
1:35.7	and your points of view on things and learning how to survive and cope and some people
1:40.8	just want to avoid all that.
1:43.0	So they go shack up and pretend the future is here.
1:48.0	And she's older.
1:50.0	And that matters.
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