Fix-it

So here's what I've been thinking on lately... Men and their protective "fix-it" attitude. Before anyone thinks that this is only going to be a bashing course, let me assure you that it's not. I personally like it most of the time. I have a trouble, I go to a guy, they fix it. Or at least attempt to. And I love them for that. Although there are some times when I seriously wonder at it. My ex and I were talking once about fears, and he admitted that his fear of 'us' not working out was not for him, he knew himself, he knew what he'd do and he knew he'd be fine. His fear was for me. That I would be crushed by the fact that we were no longer together. This 'fear' stems from the fact that his one and only other ex-girlfriend WAS basically crushed by the fact that 'they' didn't work out. She's lost a sparkle for life and will openly admit that breaking up with him is what she considers one of if not the biggest mistake of her life.
His fear was that I'd turn out the same way. My initial reaction was "Oh that's so sweet of you to be concerned!" And it stayed that way. For all of about six minutes. And then something in me went "wait what? ok, I AM stronger than she is, I wouldn't do that" but honestly who am I to judge her but a friend that's watched her grow through the years and seen the way she deals with troubles. Nothing much, just 18 years of observing, and occasionally being, part of the trouble.
Well anyway, I just started singing a song that says "Sometimes, I'm foolish and I'm clumsy, but I got friends that love me, and they know just where I stand, it's all a part of me. It's who I am" This song has always sort of been one that I want as my 'anthem' if you will. And we laughed it off and continued on to different topics.
Lying in bed that night after our conversation it irked me a bit and the next day I talked with a wonderful girl friend of mine about this thing that had been occupying the back of my mind for some time. Why did he think that I would be crushed to the point of brokenness, if things didn't work out? Did I strike him as being too weak to recover from something like that?
And honestly maybe I would, maybe I wouldn't. But I know that I have a Father in Heaven and that he loves me and that if things didn't work out with a certain man, it didn't mean that there wasn't one out there for me.
Just saying.