I'm glad I've had the opportunity to help my fellow Man get past relationship woes, but no one is perfect. I myself am on the brink of a decision and I don't want to make the wrong choice (for me). As I know of no other Men with similar experiences or proper outlook, I turn to you for help on this day. Perhaps writing this out will bring some clarity as well.
Exactly a month ago I met girl #44 (I have since slept with 2 other girls) and we started seeing each other. As some of you may remember from my ways to handle 'the talk' thread, she has brought up exclusivity many times. She even went ghost on me after the first couple rounds because she wanted to date date, but I brought her back around. I feel she's getting very close to a point where I may lose her if I don't commit more. Normally this wouldn't be an issue, but in the 3 or so years that I've been single no one has been as compatible with me on a number of levels. I am emotionally attached. I don't want to make this sound like oneitis, it's not, just that it's more than casual sex for me and the same for her now.
And this is where the problem lies. We want 2 completely different things. I have up until now tiptoed around the subject, saying that I 'have no goal' with girls because I want to see how things go and feelings develop. She, on the other hand, has been very clear on what she wants - continuing on building a family (she has 1 kid), popping out 2 more kids, and settling down. It may help if I list the pros and cons of this girl in as general a way as possible to keep the list short.
Pros
- Hottest girl I've fvcked to date, hotter than my 1.5 year LTR stripper gf. You know how sometimes you see a girl and you want nothing more than to impregnate her despite your logical brain working overtime to stop you? That's how she is to me.
- Marathon sex, the highest sexual compatibility I've ever had with a girl
- Very affectionate
- Defers to me without question and hangs on me whenever we go out
- Is bisexual
- Very easy to get along with, low maintenance
Cons
- Has a small child from a previous marriage. The father has the kid about half the week. I never see the kid nor do I want to.
- Is currently 'baby crazy' - wants 2 more kids as she's about to turn 30.
- Although she has aged very well (and will continue to, I've seen her mother and she's hot), well, she's about to be 30. Could pass for 23 easy.
- Has opened up to me about her past and it's pretty rough/unstable. Although I am a believer in personality change and letting go of the past, I also believe that completely moving beyond certain points will take tremendous effort and is highly improbable, if not impossible.
- Corollary to the above, she is highly attention/validation seeking as a result of her previous abusive relationships. I really don't like the term 'damaged goods' but I feel this could turn into a handful down the road.
- Very experienced which is both good and bad in my eyes, all things considered it's probably more bad than good, but not necessarily.
Last night she brought it up again. She mentioned how 'for not wanting a girlfriend you sure do spend a lot of time here' and she's right. We've been hanging out a good 3x/week since we met. If you count 24 hours periods, we've banged almost half the days of the month. It's hard to keep our hands off each other and this is what's making it difficult. She also told me how she knows what she wants and she doesn't want to get emotionally attached (I know she is) if it's not going to 'work out' and that 'we spend so much time together and there are other guys who want to move forward'. Moving forward in this case being continuing building a family. I didn't give her any straight answers, but I can only deflect this for so long, especially since I'm into her as well.
I'm trying to play out both scenarios/timelines in my head.
Scenario #1 - Accept Exclusivity
- Everything continues to go great, she becomes even more affectionate, we both become more attached.
- Have an opportunity for a threesome (low priority)
- I have to start spending time with the kid when she has him. It's inevitable that I'll play a secondary father role because we're now in a relationship and 'moving forward'.
- No more sex with other girls. This is not THAT bad considering our physical compatibility and her appetite.
- I will eventually, most likely in the next 2 years, end up giving her 1-2 kids as that's what she wants. This will result in me being a dad to 1-2, as well as a secondary dad to another one. Problems with the ex are sure to ensue.
- Most doors in life close for me. I am not able to enjoy the supposed 'lion' 30's in a man's life of highest productivity and self development.
- She will push for marriage. I may be able to deflect it, but either way that doesn't change the rest of the 'burden'.
- There's always a chance that it all falls apart and the longer I spend in it, the more time I regret having wasted had I remained unattached. And of course I now have a lifelong responsibility for 1-2 others.
- There is the possibility of accepting exclusivity with her and not doing any of the above, but I feel all that will do is be a waste of time that will result in an emotionally messy breakup.
Scenario #2 - Deny/Deflect Exclusivity
- Have an opportunity for a threesome (low priority)
- Based on what she told me about her past, I think it would only be so long before she's itching for validation. Whether or not she gets it through actual sex or platonic attention is debatable.
- Possibly lose her. Maybe not right away, but as she finds a more 'beta provider' compatible guy, I will be phased out.
- I continue on with my life goals, with my baseline standards now even higher because of my experience with her.
- I leave her with good memories for both of us, which keeps the door open for possibilities in the future (she did end up marrying an ex after all, pretty fvcked up story, but she basically did it as validation and for the wrong reasons). I've had girls come back to me, albeit for a short time, for re-validation as their relationship didn't pan out. I don't hold my breath for it, but she has definitely 'gone back' to guys, so as long as I'm the most alpha she's ever been with or will be with, I could get her if I really wanted.
- I avoid some major headaches and limitations - children of my own before I'm ready, having to half-raise a child that's not mine, skeletons in the closet which may never fully go away (although this is debatable).
- I leave her with '5 minutes of alpha', being that guy that she couldn't lock down with whom she had a steamy but short lived relationship and one she can't duplicate with her life partner.
* Here's an interesting tidbit: in our conversations about previous relationships, she mentioned how she dated some guys just because they were hot, even though they weren't long term for her and how much sh!t she put up with from them just because they were hot. She told me about one guy who had 'gray hair but was really hot, stopped seeing him cause was a dbag' so I guess age isn't that big a deal for us after all if you play it right.
Now, if I was 45 and she 25, and without a kid, I would be in like sin. I would totally knock her up and be with her. We'd make a really hot baby. But sadly this is not the case.
I think the answer is fairly clear reading this, but nonetheless I want to hear what you all (hopefully experienced) have to say, as my judgement is currently clouded by emotion. I'd like to gain insight from this beyond the typical red flag talk. Maybe some info on what 30's single life really brings a man can put my head on straight, I don't know.
@RT and other vets, I would appreciate if you could chime in this once.
Exactly a month ago I met girl #44 (I have since slept with 2 other girls) and we started seeing each other. As some of you may remember from my ways to handle 'the talk' thread, she has brought up exclusivity many times. She even went ghost on me after the first couple rounds because she wanted to date date, but I brought her back around. I feel she's getting very close to a point where I may lose her if I don't commit more. Normally this wouldn't be an issue, but in the 3 or so years that I've been single no one has been as compatible with me on a number of levels. I am emotionally attached. I don't want to make this sound like oneitis, it's not, just that it's more than casual sex for me and the same for her now.
And this is where the problem lies. We want 2 completely different things. I have up until now tiptoed around the subject, saying that I 'have no goal' with girls because I want to see how things go and feelings develop. She, on the other hand, has been very clear on what she wants - continuing on building a family (she has 1 kid), popping out 2 more kids, and settling down. It may help if I list the pros and cons of this girl in as general a way as possible to keep the list short.
Pros
- Hottest girl I've fvcked to date, hotter than my 1.5 year LTR stripper gf. You know how sometimes you see a girl and you want nothing more than to impregnate her despite your logical brain working overtime to stop you? That's how she is to me.
- Marathon sex, the highest sexual compatibility I've ever had with a girl
- Very affectionate
- Defers to me without question and hangs on me whenever we go out
- Is bisexual
- Very easy to get along with, low maintenance
Cons
- Has a small child from a previous marriage. The father has the kid about half the week. I never see the kid nor do I want to.
- Is currently 'baby crazy' - wants 2 more kids as she's about to turn 30.
- Although she has aged very well (and will continue to, I've seen her mother and she's hot), well, she's about to be 30. Could pass for 23 easy.
- Has opened up to me about her past and it's pretty rough/unstable. Although I am a believer in personality change and letting go of the past, I also believe that completely moving beyond certain points will take tremendous effort and is highly improbable, if not impossible.
- Corollary to the above, she is highly attention/validation seeking as a result of her previous abusive relationships. I really don't like the term 'damaged goods' but I feel this could turn into a handful down the road.
- Very experienced which is both good and bad in my eyes, all things considered it's probably more bad than good, but not necessarily.
Last night she brought it up again. She mentioned how 'for not wanting a girlfriend you sure do spend a lot of time here' and she's right. We've been hanging out a good 3x/week since we met. If you count 24 hours periods, we've banged almost half the days of the month. It's hard to keep our hands off each other and this is what's making it difficult. She also told me how she knows what she wants and she doesn't want to get emotionally attached (I know she is) if it's not going to 'work out' and that 'we spend so much time together and there are other guys who want to move forward'. Moving forward in this case being continuing building a family. I didn't give her any straight answers, but I can only deflect this for so long, especially since I'm into her as well.
I'm trying to play out both scenarios/timelines in my head.
Scenario #1 - Accept Exclusivity
- Everything continues to go great, she becomes even more affectionate, we both become more attached.
- Have an opportunity for a threesome (low priority)
- I have to start spending time with the kid when she has him. It's inevitable that I'll play a secondary father role because we're now in a relationship and 'moving forward'.
- No more sex with other girls. This is not THAT bad considering our physical compatibility and her appetite.
- I will eventually, most likely in the next 2 years, end up giving her 1-2 kids as that's what she wants. This will result in me being a dad to 1-2, as well as a secondary dad to another one. Problems with the ex are sure to ensue.
- Most doors in life close for me. I am not able to enjoy the supposed 'lion' 30's in a man's life of highest productivity and self development.
- She will push for marriage. I may be able to deflect it, but either way that doesn't change the rest of the 'burden'.
- There's always a chance that it all falls apart and the longer I spend in it, the more time I regret having wasted had I remained unattached. And of course I now have a lifelong responsibility for 1-2 others.
- There is the possibility of accepting exclusivity with her and not doing any of the above, but I feel all that will do is be a waste of time that will result in an emotionally messy breakup.
Scenario #2 - Deny/Deflect Exclusivity
- Have an opportunity for a threesome (low priority)
- Based on what she told me about her past, I think it would only be so long before she's itching for validation. Whether or not she gets it through actual sex or platonic attention is debatable.
- Possibly lose her. Maybe not right away, but as she finds a more 'beta provider' compatible guy, I will be phased out.
- I continue on with my life goals, with my baseline standards now even higher because of my experience with her.
- I leave her with good memories for both of us, which keeps the door open for possibilities in the future (she did end up marrying an ex after all, pretty fvcked up story, but she basically did it as validation and for the wrong reasons). I've had girls come back to me, albeit for a short time, for re-validation as their relationship didn't pan out. I don't hold my breath for it, but she has definitely 'gone back' to guys, so as long as I'm the most alpha she's ever been with or will be with, I could get her if I really wanted.
- I avoid some major headaches and limitations - children of my own before I'm ready, having to half-raise a child that's not mine, skeletons in the closet which may never fully go away (although this is debatable).
- I leave her with '5 minutes of alpha', being that guy that she couldn't lock down with whom she had a steamy but short lived relationship and one she can't duplicate with her life partner.
* Here's an interesting tidbit: in our conversations about previous relationships, she mentioned how she dated some guys just because they were hot, even though they weren't long term for her and how much sh!t she put up with from them just because they were hot. She told me about one guy who had 'gray hair but was really hot, stopped seeing him cause was a dbag' so I guess age isn't that big a deal for us after all if you play it right.
Now, if I was 45 and she 25, and without a kid, I would be in like sin. I would totally knock her up and be with her. We'd make a really hot baby. But sadly this is not the case.
I think the answer is fairly clear reading this, but nonetheless I want to hear what you all (hopefully experienced) have to say, as my judgement is currently clouded by emotion. I'd like to gain insight from this beyond the typical red flag talk. Maybe some info on what 30's single life really brings a man can put my head on straight, I don't know.
@RT and other vets, I would appreciate if you could chime in this once.
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