When you first met your guy, was he financially solvent? If yes, then what seems to be the matter with his bank balance at the moment? Suddenly, he has no money to spend anymore, certainly not on you. It all seems to go on new shirts, L'Oreal and Whitney Houston CDs. He used to leave his bank statements lying around, didn't he, in one of those contrived ways men do to impress the new lady? Where are they now? Not strewn all over the house as they used to be, that's for sure.
Of course, he could be reassessing his financial position and saving up for that engagement ring you've been hoping for over the last, oh, seven years or so. If monetary impecunity continues with no resultant round gold thing, worry, girl.
Have you always felt that you are secure in yourself and your relationships? Have you prided yourself on your lack of jealously and envy when it comes to your men? Then why is it that he is suddenly rounding on you and calling you nosey, possessive and insecure when you ask him the name of his manager and does he really have to work late this evening because you have just spent the last four days planning and preparing the perfect meal? It is well known that the cheat often uses offence as defense when it comes to covering his tracks.
Of course, it could just be his time of the month. Or the mid-life crisis may be starting, even though he is only twenty eight. If not, then worry, girl.
Think back to the time you watched the old Swayze movie and went to the den. When you opened the door did he turn from the laptop hurriedly while, at the same time, slapping the lid shut with such great speed you are sure you heard a cracking noise? Has he recently gone to high speed internet connection? Has the word MSN crept furtively in to his vocabulary when before now he thought it was a medical condition? Then he is probably having covert conversations with Felicity or Gerald.
Or perhaps not. He could be shopping on line for that ring. He could be arranging a surprise birthday party for you and is doing it in plenty of time because it's not for nine months and every detail must be correct. If you don't want it to be your party with you crying if you want to, then worry, girl.
Did he always leave his cell phone on and discarded (like his bills) around the house? Does he turn it off all the time now so that he cannot receive calls when he is with you? Does he receive a text, grunt with pleasure when reading it and then give you a furtive look? Does he take calls and say something like “I can't talk right now,” and then give you yet another “look of furtivity”?
Well, perhaps it's all about that party he is arranging for you. Perhaps it's going to be the surprise of your life and he has to, at all costs, keep it a secret. Yes, that's it. Don't worry, girl!
Check those new shirts? Do they smell of more than residual L'Oreal? What are the smells? Are they smokey? He gave up before you met. What about perfume? Or alcohol? Has he been going to bars instead of doing that overtime with Felicity or Gerald? Use that nose you were born with!
Of course, he could have been checking out the venue for your surprise (engagement?) party and the party planner could have been a smoker who wore too much perfume. That will probably be it. There needs to be at least forty or fifty meetings of this kind for a really good surprise party. No need to worry, girl!
You feel so guilty! Why did you worry about any of this at all? You just went out - he wouldn't tell you where you were going. When you got there you discovered it was a surprise party which he had been planning for ages! A party just for you, a party he arranged for no evident reason. Just because he loves you so much.
Plus you got engaged. What, no? No ring at all? No hint of proposal? Surely, this was THE evening he could have popped the question, with all your friends and family around. After all, he knows you're going to say a great big yes and jump in to his arms.
So why the party? Think, girl! Who is the one with guilty thoughts after all?
If you scored between 0 and 5
Well done! You have a guy who is honest, faithful and, well, quite frankly boring. It is obvious that you are only together because he can't attract someone prettier, richer, thinner and more intelligent than you. Dump him.
