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I’m not ready to meet my online bf.
So i’m making this post because I need guidance and advice and I just don’t know what to do without feeling guilty and like a horrible person for this. so my bf(17m) and I(18F) have been dating online for a year and 4 months already. first off, we are very toxic and I know this and am aware. so is he because we had just spoken about it. we argue all the time and we always end up breaking up and getting back together and it’s always been messy, we just don’t really like to admit it sometimes as much as we think. doing this made me doubt this whole relationship because we’ve verbally abused each other and have said nasty things throughout the year however i always thought and hoped maybe it would work this time, because I love him and he’s considered my soulmate. we always had made plans to meet as he lives very far from where i’m from and never really couldn’t because of money and us being young and everything. not to mention I have doubts and intrusive thoughts and fear about the age gap. I know it’s only 1 year apart, but I can’t help feeling like i’m a pedo somehow or some kind of predator because he’s younger than me and that kind of thing kills me and makes me feel really old even despite being 18. I feel like i’m a creepy grown man preying on him and my therapist tells me it’s not that bad and just idk. those online discourses about it made it worse because when I was 18 for a couple months he was still 16 so that was genuinley making me paranoid and feeling like i’m doing something wrong. however I have more reasons as to why I don’t want to. so I have 5 dogs that have all been sick recently from extremely old age, and they could die at any given moment when I’m not home. At least that’s what I feel. I don’t feel secure when they aren’t around me and I know I have to let them go but I just can’t. a lot of pressure has been on my hands because also my parents. my parents know about him very well and given we always had horrible arguments, horrible breakups and times i’ve broken down and cried in front of my parents for this, they don’t have the best impression of him anymore. it could be being biased but when i explain to them what i’ve done too they tell me what he’s done and said is no excuse considering he’s been like that first. also not to mention in general they’re just strict asf even tho i turned 18 they still think im like a child so it’s hard for me to go out. so basically on christmas break he had asked his mother if he could buy a ticket to my city and something in me just froze and idk why. I started feeling really panicked and I genuinely don’t know why. this fear came over me but not in the “i’m so excited but so nervous to meet you” but more like a “I genuinley don’t want to see you right now.” I have too much on my hands and the one thing that’s worrying the most right now is my dogs. They mean the world to me and I keep thinking about how when they die when i’m not there I wouldn’t know how to move on with my life. but he thinks that was just an excuse. later on to say that he does understand and that he does care and he’s sorry about them. but my bf is also losing patience he said. and he was very angry at this and I don’t blame him. we’ve been dreaming about this forever but suddenly my mind comes to stop me and the huge possibilities come to my mind about what if we don’t hit it off? what if it’s awkward? he’s planing on staying 3 days alone and he hasn’t even planned any of this out which i told him about. what about hotel bookings and if they’ll even let you in? idk about him staying at my parents considering the situation…and i just feel like it’s overwhelming me especially since he argued with me for it. i feel like the worst person on earth for just backing out. what if i don’t even have feelings for him anymore….this night because of this i asked for some time and he asked for a break. so that’s what we’re doing. im worried on what to do and i don’t know how im gonna be able to go through with this. he tells me not to worry because he has money but that’s not all that’s on my mind and he thinks i’m just making excuses because “you don’t like me” and now that’s in my head and it’s like a manifestation and i’m terrified of it’s that too. This is my first post ever and I’m not sure if this is even the right thing to do but i just need help or just be blunt with me anything. idk what to do and idk if im ready but if i say that im just making excuses, am i? i’m just lost and I feel like i’m being pressured however reddit advice (didn’t post just researched) says it’s selfish and that i could be hiding something or being a catfish. he uses reddit too so im sure he’s gonna look this advice up and then think that’s what my intention is. idk what to do. and idk how to stop overthinking. idek if im being unreasonable but i do know that i really don’t want to go through with this for the sake of my dogs, my parents and if this relationship is even worth trying anymore.