So I have been talking to the 22 yr old lately who is thinking about moving into town.
She's the one who just broke up with her LDR "fiancee".
Anyway, I have known that she wants a relationship for a long time, and although I know that we would probably never work out long term, I have entertained the possibility of getting together with her.
She's coming back into town next weekend and I invited her to stay with me. She accepted the invite but said it was on one condition- no sex.
Here's the problem. Since she started talking about moving here and there was talk about "us", I started to get the feeling that this day would come. I would try to start playful conversations with her, and she was always careful not to let it progress.
See, we have had sex in the past. So it isn't like going into a normal situation where I would be a little more forgiving of a chick who for whatever reason doesn't give it up immediately.
Since we have had sex several times before, this is a HUUUUUGE red flag.
"I just want to take things slow, get to know each other emotionally. Sex clouds things"
"I don't want to make the same mistakes I've made in the past"
"I talked to my friend about this and it's all so clear"
"I just got out of a relationship and it was more serious than you realize. I need some time."
It might not have been a wise move on my part, but I called her on the BS as soon as she said "no sex". And what did that do? Of course, it made me look like an a$$hole. Like the only thing I want is sex.
I basically told her that I don't play these kinds of games, that ESPECIALLY when two people have had sex in the past, that it's a bad sign when a woman uses sex in this way.
Of course she has no clue on a conscious level what it is she is actually doing, but I know perfectly well. You can't use words to reason with a chick on something like this. And I probably should have just let her stay over and dealt with resistance as it becomes a problem, but I had been getting this bad feeling for awhile and I couldn't help it....I had to lay it out right then and there.
So our convo (IM) basically ended with me telling her that she needs to get things in order and then come talk to me. She got pissed and signed off.
I can understand that she doesn't want to feel like a cheap ho, but playing along with something like this for me just isn't an option. It was either confront it head on right now, or it was going to come up next weekend or whenever. I haven't had sex in awhile, but I'm not about to go into a situation like this with a chick holding sex over my head. It goes against what I stand for as a man.
The problem is, now I look like an a$$hole. About the only thing I can do is sit back and wait. And the worst part about it is that as of tonite, it has officially turned into a "negotiation". I don't see how I can put this back on track. The only thing that could turn this around is if she escalates it physically. To tell you the truth, I'm so turned off right now over the whole thought of how this is playing out I don't even know if she can patch this back up.
Anyway, it sucks cause I like her as a person and at minimum I hate to burn any bridges. I wish it didn't have to come down to this, but unfortunately (right or wrong) every bell and whistle is blaring full blast, and I just can't bring myself to play that game, even on the off chance that her only motivation behind this is so she feels "legit"
I dunno. What do you think?