Update On Gf Situation
As you may know, I have essentially "broken away" from my gf in that I'm not expecting too much from her anymore. I'm not delusional in terms of our relationship and where it could go. Whether right or not, I went after other girls, and went on a couple dates.
Anyway, I told her tonight my exact feelings on her going to bars and such.
It went like this:
I told her first of all that I feel that often going out to bars and clubs w/out her bf is disrespectful, and I told her that I was not going to be the guy who just sees her after 1:30-2:00 AM in the morning, after she had been drinking, to now hang out with her. I quite bluntly made it clear that I would do this with a f*ck buddy, but she should know I consider her more than that.
She has a roommate (who by the way has a bf and who's only 20) who went out with a couple of her guy "friends" to a 21+ club, got drunk, danced, and so forth, and wasn't back all night. I told her straight out that if I was this girl's boyfriend, I would have immediately dumped her for disrespecting me in this way. I told her that doing this kinda thing when one has a boyfriend is, in my eyes, clearly disrespectful, and I will not tolerate it.
She seemed a little irritated, or at least in opposition, to my views. I didn't try to appease her. I simply told her that these are the values and standards I hold. I told her that I respect myself enough to respect and follow these values because they're essentially my backbone, formed by personal beliefs and experiences, that will not be altered by another person.
So she tested by making the remark "so you would break up with me if I went to a club..," to which I remarked, "that's right, if you were to do what your roommate did, I would consider it disrespectful, and would have no choice."
At this point, she was quiet. She seemed neither happy nor mad, just in contemplation over what had been said to her. At this point, she was at a crossing point. She knew I liked her, but she also knew I have values and standards that if aren't met, will definitively end my feelings for her.
I was tempted to partly relinquish my own values and standards at this point in order to try to appease her own system of thought, but I refrained from doing so. I made no more comments about it.
I told her that I'm telling this to her so that she knows where I stand and how I feel. Her reaction is her choice.
At the end of the night, she started hugging and making out with me. I think she realized at this point she wasn't dealing with an ambivalent child who's beliefs were in constant vacillation (like so many guys out there), but rather, a man, a DJ, with a core set of standards and beliefs, who will not have them compromised for another.