Hello, I'm Jiang 61.
First of all, thank you for trusting us and being willing to tell us your problems in order to get help. You are confused about what emotions suit you and why you lack a sense of security and are not easily satisfied.
After reading your self-description, I will answer your questions.
1. State
You have recently encountered some difficulties that have caused you to experience insomnia.
After reading your description, I have identified two main issues that you are currently facing:
1. You are uncertain about the object and the criteria for choosing a spouse.
2. You are uncertain about what the right job is.
You don't know what to do. You think about it over and over again without an answer, which causes anxiety and insomnia.
1. The person you are set up with
When I was at my worst after leaving my job, the person I was seeing gave me company and advice on finding a job. I rejected him several times during that period because he wasn't attractive enough to me, but he was persistent and gave me a sense of security. We had a close relationship.
There is a lack of common interests and hobbies.
Your feelings are clear.
You feel the same way about your current partner as you did about your first love. He is considerate and loving when you are at your worst, and he has been there for you through difficult times. He has also given you advice on finding a job. You should be grateful to him.
However, you have rejected him a few times because his personality is not the type you like. Despite having had intimate encounters and feeling secure with him, you still feel that your interests and hobbies are not aligned, and there is a gap between you and your ideal lover.
He is a stalker.
Your blind date is someone who has fewer interests than you. You lack common interests and hobbies. You have rejected him a few times, thinking that he is not attractive enough.
He is a stalker. He is the type of person who is clingy and feels restless and anxious when he is away from you.
Your personality is as follows:
From your description, I can tell that your blind date is considerate, gentle, not very interested in many things, and clingy. He has the characteristics of a calm personality and an anxious attachment type.
A calm personality is defined by the following characteristics:
Characteristics: slow and deliberate, cautious, gentle and stable, seeking harmony.
Pros: Easy-going, adaptable, thoughtful, tolerant.
Cons: He's slow and lazy, not easily repentant, not fond of expressing emotions, and an indifferent bystander.
People with an anxious attachment style invest all their emotions in a relationship. However, they often find that the other person does not want the relationship to develop as intimately as they would like. This lack of intimacy makes them feel uneasy. In some cases, they even worry that their partner does not value them as much as they value the other person.
Anxious attachment types are always vigilant in intimate relationships, constantly pondering every move of the other person. They are afraid of unstable relationships and insecure, so they act clingy and give the impression of being obsessive.
2. You
Then another guy appeared, who shared my interests, was more hardworking, and had stronger work skills. I was obviously more interested in this second guy, so we would chat from time to time to get to know each other better, even though we hadn't met yet. But I haven't yet reached a stable state of work that meets my ideals.
I know that if I give up on the person I'm seeing, I won't necessarily catch a second guy. But when I'm in a normal state, I know exactly what I want in a spouse. My ideal is someone with similar values and hobbies, and I'm not looking for someone with high material expectations.
My ideal partner has the following characteristics:
From your description, I understand your criteria for choosing a spouse: first, similar interests; second, hardworking, strong work ethic, and motivated; third, values, not materialistic. You are looking for someone whose character is compatible with your pursuit of the spiritual world.
You're interested in the second guy you met, and you're in an online relationship with him. He's your ideal partner, but you're afraid that after giving up the first blind date, you may not be able to win the second guy's favor because your job is still unstable.
You lack confidence in your relationships and your work.
Character
From your previous description, it is clear that you are a girl who actively strives for improvement. You don't want to waste time, don't have high materialistic demands, value the spiritual world, and have high demands. At the very least, you want to have the same interests and hobbies. You are confident in yourself.
You are a melancholic personality with an avoidant attachment style.
People with a melancholic personality have:
You are a thoughtful, highly sensitive, idealistic person who pursues truth, goodness, and beauty.
Strengths: You are delicate and perceptive, loyal and reliable, talented, and insightful.
Your weaknesses are that you can be stubborn, indecisive, self-centered, and pessimistic, as well as passive.
You are delicate, introverted, lack self-confidence, and are therefore prone to indecision and fear. You are relatively pessimistic and passive, lack a sense of security, and therefore need help, understanding, and support.
Let's talk about avoidant attachment types. These people often have a tendency to fear intimacy and reject trusting others. They often withdraw before the relationship can change for the better, are suspicious and cold towards love, and believe that others are unreliable or too eager to make commitments.
You are an avoidant attachment type, plain and simple. You want to escape intimacy, plain and simple. Your blind date kept pursuing you after you refused to go out with him because you had expressed your interest in different things. You didn't reject your lover when he stayed by your side and comforted you during your career slump. You did have an intimate relationship with him after he had stalked you.
However, when you find a second ideal man, you begin to feel conflicted inside, hesitant, and avoid further deepening of the intimate relationship with the first blind date.
3. Work status
You have also changed jobs several times due to a lack of adaptability and immaturity.
Your indecisive character also affects your career development. You have changed jobs several times because you cannot adapt to your work and your own immaturity.
You clearly don't know your strengths. You're unsure of who you are and what you're suited for. You need direction and guidance.
You can't leave the person you're dating for the time being, and you're so restless because of this.
2. Confusion
You are confused about your next steps.
After watching the documentary "Married to the End of the World," I was struck by the purity of the emotions it conveyed. Is it possible for me to get to know multiple guys at the same time?
After all, it's been four years since graduation, and one's energy is limited. I felt a bit lacking in energy with my first blind date, and I wasn't at my best.
I haven't seen the documentary "Married to the End of the World," but from the introduction, it's clear that people who marry in a foreign country have overcome various obstacles and possess the strength of character and resilience to get to where they are today. The happiness you see has not come easily.
They have to face discrimination and feelings of loneliness brought about by cultural, personality, and racial differences on their own, which is far more than you can handle with pure feelings. If that were the case, the world would be as pure and flawless as a fairy tale.
You don't feel there's a significant dilemma holding you back.
You want to keep your relationships pure and less materialistic, just as you want to pursue the spiritual world and enhance your spiritual pursuits. You value these things highly and see them as a sign of high energy.
Falling in love and getting to know people are two completely different things. Falling in love should be serious, and so should the relationship.
And you can meet and get to know as many people as you want, as you said. What bothers and angers you now is not how many people you should know, but that after four years of work you are still wondering and anxious about what kind of person to talk to.
Your lack of energy and readiness for marriage are directly related to your work situation. Your desire for a pure love life indicates that you are ready to get married.
3. Solving problems
You must address two major issues affecting your work and choice of partner. The first is your lack of knowledge about your suitability for a particular role. The second is your lack of understanding of the dynamics of work and marriage. These issues cause you significant difficulties. To resolve them, you must take the following steps.
1. Improve awareness.
You will never improve your energy through the guidance of others or external forces. You can only achieve this through improving your own understanding.
Awareness is key.
Cognition includes the cognition of three views: knowledge, work skills, and abilities. You must have a comprehensive understanding of all aspects to handle work, study, marriage, family, and interpersonal relationships with ease and confidence.
Improve.
Set aside some time to fill in the gaps, start learning about related areas, and practice deliberately. For example, marriage values: understand what the correct marriage values are, how to establish a good intimate relationship, etc.
For example, you must know what effective communication is and how to have productive conversations. This will be very helpful for you in the future in terms of managing your marriage, maintaining your job, and improving your efficiency.
Know yourself.
Discover your strengths.
You used to change jobs frequently because you didn't know your strengths well enough. This led to a dilemma where the job didn't suit you or you didn't adapt to the job.
Find your strengths, do work that suits you, make the most of your strengths, and achieve results in your strong areas. This will increase your energy and grow your self-confidence.
Give yourself confidence.
You don't need to know how to do everything right away. Take it step by step and before you know it, you'll be an expert.
You must motivate yourself to gain confidence. Cheer yourself on and give yourself a boost.
Reward yourself promptly for your work success. Recognize your own progress. Give yourself a sense of achievement and pride. Enhance your sense of self-worth. With these self-motivations, your work enthusiasm will increase and your confidence will multiply.
You can find a job and a work rhythm that suits you without the guidance of others. You can quickly get into the swing of things and adapt to the work.
3. Develop a positive outlook on marriage and love.
Your marriage outlook is the basic understanding and attitude you have towards marriage problems. It is one of the components of your outlook on life.
A correct view of marriage is based on the principle that it must be founded on love and that both parties must be willing participants. There must be a deep mutual understanding, a common ideological foundation, mutual respect, and a mutual attraction between the two parties before they can become husband and wife and form a family.
Marriages arranged by parents for financial gain, social status, or power are contrary to the socialist view of marriage.
I agree with your criteria for choosing a spouse. It is important to focus on the spiritual as a non-material aspect. However, it is also necessary to understand one's own character and the other person's character. This allows you to feel secure and gives the other person a sense of security. Only in this way can the intimate relationship be harmonious.
You must choose the right person.
If you value emotional intimacy, you must choose someone who is sentimental and loyal. If you value people with a spiritual world, you should choose someone with the same interests. No one is perfect, but character is important, as is taking responsibility.
You must manage it.
Intimate relationships must be built during the courtship stage and managed well once you enter into marriage. This affects whether your future marriage will be happy and fulfilling. There is a way to manage intimate relationships, called the language of love.
The five languages of love:
Everyone has a different understanding of love, and the way they express and receive love is likely to be different. There's no question about it. Dr. Gary Chapman categorizes the way people express and receive love into five "languages of love": "affirming words," "quality time," "exchange of gifts," "acts of service," and "physical touch."
Affirming words are essential for deepening relationships, whether you're friends, colleagues, lovers, or husband and wife.
Special moments are wonderful times and memories that you share together, such as a candlelit dinner or doing something meaningful together. During these times, give your full attention to the other person.
Accepting gifts: Exchanging gifts on important holidays is a ritual that will bind your relationship.
Service actions: Do what the other person wants you to do and make them happy. It's as simple as that.
Physical contact, such as holding hands or hugging, can increase feelings for each other and is a clear manifestation of love.
You need to know that dating is the beginning of an intimate relationship that needs to be nurtured. This is the foundation for your future together, whether you marry or not, and whether you are happy or not. It doesn't matter whether you continue to date the person you met on a blind date, or date a second guy or a third guy you met.
You absolutely cannot underestimate its importance.
I am confident that these suggestions will be of some help in making your decision.
I wish you the very best. Be happy!
Comments
I can totally relate to feeling torn between two people. It's tough because you're not just looking for someone who's attractive but also someone who aligns with your values and interests. Right now, it feels like you're in a transitional phase in both your career and personal life. Maybe taking some time to focus on yourself and what you truly want could help clarify things.
It's hard when you're in a situation where one person offers stability and the other sparks excitement. I understand your concern about letting go of something secure for the possibility of something better. But sometimes, we have to trust our instincts and pursue what resonates more deeply with us. Perhaps talking to the second guy more openly about your situation could provide some clarity.
Feeling stuck between a comfortable relationship and the potential for something more with another person is challenging. The first guy has been there for you during a difficult time, which is valuable, but you feel more connected to the second guy. It might be worth considering what you value most in a partner longterm and making a decision based on that, rather than fear or uncertainty.
You're going through a lot right now, balancing job hunting and personal relationships. It's okay to feel uncertain and overwhelmed. Sometimes, focusing on building your own foundation and confidence can make these decisions clearer. You don't have to rush into anything. Take the time to figure out what you really want, and maybe that will guide you toward the right path in both love and work.