Minor relationship woes

Nov 23, 2009 - Okay, so I've seen seeing this guy for about 4 months.  I had gotten out of an LTR a few months before I met this guy so I wanted to take things slowly.  As a result we only saw each other once a week for the first 3 months and lately we've been ramping it up to about twice a week.  At the beginning, things were a bit crazy.  Since I was dealing with my breakup, I didn't handle some situations very well, and there were a few times I thought that I would never hear from him again, because he was rightly upset at me for things I said or did.  After the last fight (about 2 months ago) I realized that I really like this guy and if I want to keep things going with him, I have to shape up.  So I did.  Fast forward until now.  Things have been consistently good for a couple months.  But, as this weird after effect from early on, every time we have any kind of misunderstanding - literally a misunderstanding - I feel like "Oh no, it's over!" and I have anxiety that he's going to leave.  These misunderstandings aren't fights - we don't fight.  They're more like me saying something and he takes it to mean one thing over another.  Then I try to explain what I did mean, etc. The thing is, logically, I know I shouldn't feel this way.  When he first told me he loved me (a little over a week ago), he said he'd been feeling it a while but that he didn't want to scare me away.  He asked me to spend Thanksgiving with him.  He asked me to go on a trip with him this winter.  He calls me up all the time, and sometimes we still talk on the phone for hours.  I mean, all signs point to him being really into me.  I'm only the 3rd person he's ever said "I love you" to (other than family), and we're both in our early 30s.  So why the anxiety?  What does it mean?  And how can I stop it?  I feel like it negatively affects our relationship.  I feel like now that he loves me I'm just waiting for him to stop loving me.  It's really quite sad.  Not sure what to do.  Any suggestions are appreciated. - 0 Comments

Brazil Future Economic Super Power?

Nov 19, 2009 - After decades of political instability, poverty and uncertanty has Brazil finally hit her stride?  We all know that Brazilians know how to party and play (football) but can they roll with the G8 and give them a run for their money?  In 2001 Goldmen Sachs placed Brazil with Russia, India and China as the economies that would come to dominate the world.   Some may find it queer to place a country with a growth rate as skimpy as its swim suits, an economic fragility that consistantly suffered with any financial crisis, chronic political instability and a history of squandering economic potential could have so effectively put those wose behind them to pave the way for such a prosperous future.  China is said to lead the world out of our currant economic down turn with Brazil hot on their heals.  Brazil did not avoid the down turn but was among the last in and the first out.  Their economy is growing at a rate of 5% annualy and will pick up in the short term as new deep sea oil fields come online.  Brazil also enjoys a food and mineral trade with many Asian countries. Sometime after 2014 Brazil is scheduled to become the worlds 5th largest economy saying to Great Britan and France uhm excuse me I beleive that's my seat.  In many ways Brazil is said to outclass the other up and comers (Chine, India and Russia).  Unlike China and Russia it is a democracy.  Unlike India it has no insurgent, ethnic, religious hostility or unfriendly neighbors.  Unlike Russia it exports more than oil and arms and treats it's investors with respect.  Is that code for arss kissing? - 4 Comments