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OP, if you are the one that I remember correctly, aren't you the one that makes out with guys and gets them all worked up and you send them home with no sex??
I say this cause if you can be intimate with a man and not feel urges to be with him and all of that then maybe you should stop dating... I'm not being snarky here, I mean that in the sense that if you aren't jonesing to be with a man and not something that you feel in your gut, then maybe you should life as an asexual and that in of itself isn't a bad thing, a lot of people live that way, there are a lot of websites that cater to that lifestyle if that is what makes sense for you.....
I don't agree with you at all. If you see someone around (lets say you're in the same class) and don't interact with them and get to know them, you're still basing any so called attraction on how you think they would be when interacting with you. That is still fantasy. You're becoming strongly attracted to who you think they are based on your observations.
I think there is a wide gap between developing an attraction to a familiar stranger and fantasizing over a stranger. Developing a liking to what one observes is the precursor to asking someone out, not fantasy. As a rule I don't ask out women based only on looks, I prefer to observe someone for a little while before doing so.
OP, if you are the one that I remember correctly, aren't you the one that makes out with guys and gets them all worked up and you send them home with no sex??
Yes, I've done that with a few guys but not every single guy I go out with. Last time it happened was two years ago.
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I say this cause if you can be intimate with a man and not feel urges to be with him and all of that then maybe you should stop dating... I'm not being snarky here, I mean that in the sense that if you aren't jonesing to be with a man and not something that you feel in your gut, then maybe you should life as an asexual and that in of itself isn't a bad thing, a lot of people live that way, there are a lot of websites that cater to that lifestyle if that is what makes sense for you.....
I'm very aware that men have needs and that I'll have to be open to satisfying them if I want to have a relationship.
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I think there is a wide gap between developing an attraction to a familiar stranger and fantasizing over a stranger. Developing a liking to what one observes is the precursor to asking someone out, not fantasy. As a rule I don't ask out women based only on looks, I prefer to observe someone for a little while before doing so.
There is a gap, but I don't think it is as wide as you do, I think. As a rule, I don't ask people based on looks, or based on observing them. I ask them out after, if I choose to, based on talking to them and interacting with them. Only then can I know if there is any attraction and chemistry. Anything before that isn't real attraction, in my book.
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I'm very aware that men have needs and that I'll have to be open to satisfying them if I want to have a relationship.
Woah, what? Men and women both have needs and desires, and when they're hot for each other they aren't "open" to satisfying them, they need and want to satisfy them with each other. Again and again and again.
Yes, I've done that with a few guys but not every single guy I go out with. Last time it happened was two years ago.
I'm very aware that men have needs and that I'll have to be open to satisfying them if I want to have a relationship.
But see... your answer here is telling and again.. I'm not being mean here, but I get the sense that you're preforming civic duty by "satisfying" their needs...
I as a man don't wan woman to "satisfy" my needs... I want her to want to be with me...
You follow what I'm saying here... this here advice is priceless and isn't available for free...LOl.. j/k
What I'm saying is that if you don't want a man the way he wants you, it's going to come through... hence my comments about asexual relationships....
Woah, what? Men and women both have needs and desires, and when they're hot for each other they aren't "open" to satisfying them, they need and want to satisfy them with each other. Again and again and again.
I understand that may be the case for some, but having a man inside of my body isn't a need that I've ever had, so I'm saying that I'd have to be open to it.
But see... your answer here is telling and again.. I'm not being mean here, but I get the sense that you're preforming civic duty by "satisfying" their needs...
I as a man don't wan woman to "satisfy" my needs... I want her to want to be with me...
You follow what I'm saying here... this here advice is priceless and isn't available for free...LOl.. j/k
What I'm saying is that if you don't want a man the way he wants you, it's going to come through... hence my comments about asexual relationships....
And I would like to WANT to be with someone, which is why I'm no longer going to try to force it to happen like I have in the past.
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I understand that may be the case for some, but having a man inside of my body isn't a need that I've ever had, so I'm saying that I'd have to be open to it.
Some???!!!
Doesn't sound like you really have any desire for a relationship, at any level. Mentally, emotionally, or physically.
So yup, either therapy, or quit.
(PS I hate allergy season and how I'm home medicated on a Saturday)
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