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And he's wonderful, and he is very respectful of my faith, and he'll go to church with me and things like that.

But it feels like there's something somewhat missing there, and I'm not sure how...

to tackle that issue in a respectful way to him and to his background, and also in a way that feels good to me, I guess.

So we're not like thinking about getting married tomorrow or anything.

It's just more like as I think about the future of the relationship.

That's, wow, that is such a good point.

I would say that there definitely has been some

Yeah, I would say there definitely has been some struggles and some conversations that we've had about cultural geography.

And I think for me, I mean, I live in New York now.

I went to college up in the Northeast.

I think for me, I've definitely encountered some insecurities over where I'm from and felt a little bit like I have to justify my

I don't know.

I don't know the right word, but... Existence?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's definitely been a huge part of what's kind of driving this question, I think, is thinking about having kids, which, I mean, like I said, won't be for a while, but, you know, down the line.

Yeah, I mean, I think that's honestly a little bit of a question that I've asked myself, and I don't feel like I completely know the answer to that.

Part of me has worried a little bit that I have kind of looked for an off-ramp on it.

Yeah, and I'm not sure if that's because I am...

scared of the commitment or of being with somebody forever, even if they're whoever, or if it's because something about this relationship is not right.