[andreautick]

Here's the deal:

My boyfriend of one year and I have broken up 5 times in the past year. The last breakup helped us sort through many issues that we had never sorted through which were the source of our breakups in the past, and a lot changed. Things have been pretty nice ever since then. We are very different in some fundamental ways, but we both really want to work at this and make it work. All in all, he is a wonderful man but I don't know if he's the be all and end all...but I'd love to be affirmed that he is, with time. I have high hopes, but I'm not placing all my bets on him because the situation has proven unstable in the past. I do love him though.

So, I had forgotten I had an internet dating profile up from the last time my boyfriend and I broke up. My internet profile isn't very "come-hither" and so I guess I wasn't worried about it. I don't usually take those things seriously, anyway. But, this one day I get a message from this great seeming guy and we start talking. He lives in my home town which I will be returning to over my holiday break....for a month. We've spent hours upon hours talking and from how much I know of him, he's the ideal man for me. He's amazing and genuine and...everything I'm looking for. We've never met, but he wants to meet me over break...and I want to meet him too. He's never asked if I have a boyfriend, we haven't talked about anything sexual really...but I know he's interested in me. We call the same town home, and so it's not just some random, creepy internet thing. He's a real person and this situation would have potential.

My question is: Should I meet this guy? Should I bring up the boyfriend thing even if he hasn't asked? Am I cheating? What should I do and what are your opinions on this?