On anxiety and causal retaliation against love.
For the first time, I would like to ask you a question. My name is Kuwari Kozo.
I'm currently 30 years old and I'm in a long distance relationship. My opponent is a 22-year-old college student. We are years apart, but we have promised to get married in the future (albeit a verbal promise...), and we've been in a relationship for half a year. She is a very cheerful and active type, has many friends regardless of the same sex, and is an active child. I was also attracted to that, and we are in a relationship.
Recently, however, her relationship with one of her friends, “A-kun,” has become uneasy. A-kun and her are very close, and they always act together, and they both go out to play alone, go on trips, sleep on the same futon, and when they get drunk, they insist on kisses... etc., I was told that they are two people in a “more than friends but less than lovers” relationship. (← She herself said this. (However, it seems that they have never had a physical relationship until now.)
I want her to have a lot of experiences and become someone with a broad perspective, so I don't want to be bound, but to be honest, I'm uneasy about this relationship. However, her view of romance says “A-kun is more important than her boyfriend,” and if that were to be said, our relationship would end. In response to her, “Haven't you had an option to go out with A until now?” When I asked, “I don't feel like we're in a relationship. They say, “The relationship is the best right now.” I'm expecting that if the two become members of society in April and the environment changes, the relationship will change, and I'm also thinking about persevering until then and watching the situation. Even so, sometimes, I doubt her sense of ethics and chastity, and it seems like I can't believe it. Every day is helpless and uneasy, but I can't put this thought into her... She is the first woman I've ever met so much that I want to get married myself. No matter what happens, I don't want to break up.
What kind of attitude should I have? What kind of thoughts should I have?
Also, A-kun knows that she has a boyfriend named me. I can't understand Mr. A's idea of taking actions that would make me sad when I listen to them lightly.
It's not “a guy who gets in the way of a person's love path should be kicked to death by a horse,” but can punishment be imposed as causal retaliation for his actions? Or rather, is it wrong to hope that punishment will be imposed?
All the teachings of Buddhism are painful. It's too strict to accept this as it is...
