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In tha past 44 years of my life . . . my long-term boyfriends have been men I was "buddies" with first in a musical or some activity I was involved in [school, meet-up group, classes, etc.].
When I've placed and/or answered personal ads, I go meet a few of the guys . . . find them interesting, most of the time, and just cannot bring myself to "date them". I can be friends and such, I just cannot rush the "more than friends" thing.
I also find myself upset when, particularly on-line, that men are much, much too quick to be discussing 'sleeping arrangements' and/or assuming our first meeting or even any other will include . . . well, intimacy!
For me, it is strange to be in my 40s and feel like a teenager that way. I feel, even though we aren't virgins, there should be some sort of respect and no expectation early in a dating situation for that to happen.
Look, I know it happens . . . yes, even to me; but never with someone met on-line, only men I've been acquainted with on a regular basis for a couple of months or more. Still, a photograph and a couple of phone calls and/or e-mails doesn't help me know if there is chemistry. In person is the only way I can decide, and only when I've been in some sort of regular contact at a friendship level.
Am I being too picky? Any others feel like I do? The pressure of this can make me nervous about making a meeting with a man.
Love and Light,
Angela
