Future Faking

[Trinity85]

I had a light bulb go off the other day that has me thinking about future faking. Can future faking really happen if you've been with your partner for 20 years? For so long we have talked about our dreams for the future, and yet none of those have ever come to pass. For a long time I truly believed that things were the way they were due to circumstances. But now those circumstances have changed and he has ramped up the talk of our future, and is making a point to bring others into the conversations as well. And yet I feel like nothing will come of this either. When do you know if it's a genuine hope for a different life vs. a manipulation? When is fantasy ok and when is it toxic?