How long do i wait...

[randy90631]

I've been my GF for 5 months. She's 28 and I'm 30 years old. I haven't experience in serious relationships. I know what I want from a GF and what it feels like to in love. At this point in my life I'm looking for a serious relationship. That means both of us are in love with each other. Me and my GF are very compatible and have a really good connection so far. She tells me that I'm awesome among other nice compliments. She sees lots of potential with us and likes were our relationship is going. I've recently told her that I've fallen in love with her. She's not there yet. She got burned so bad almost 10 years ago, and she admittedly told me that she hasn't been in love since. She got cheated on. Over time she has built up a massive guard to her heart. I believe she is so afraid to letting a guy in her heart that she gets tired of dating a guy and moves on. She doesn't want to happen with our relationship and so only wants to hangout once a week. She does have a desire to fall in love with a man. I love the challenge of potentially being the guy who breaks through that barrier. I do have do have respect myself and calls it quits if she can't get over her fear and let me into heart in a reasonable amount of time. How long do I wait? My friend says give her until 8 months max. Of course I wouldn't give her a timeline, cuz that would but pressure on her. Sould I communicate to her TODAY that I want her to give me serious consideration, let go of her fear of falling love and determine if I'm the man for her cuz I have to respect for what I'm looking for in a relationship? then wait until a certain amount of time to go by before I ask how she feels about me and decide if we should be together or not. Any suggestions on this situation?