I guess this is not for everyone but Im glad it worked for you. Thank you for your reply.
Hey, sorry for the late response.
Right, I don't advise this. I mean, as much as I dislike saying "it's current year," we are nevertheless living in 2024 in which there are no rules in dating and spinning plates, and we do not have courtship. But I wanted to practice something like we had in the past at that point in my life. That is, hold off on sex and see what my future wife and in-laws were all about.
You’re welcome.
What does this mean? Straight from "getting to know each other" to "Lets get pregnant"?
As I've said in other threads, I do not tell others what to do. I discuss ideas, thoughts, observation, and content related to what we speak about on here. I also do not express judgement upon others here.
So if some men want to have girlfriends, that's fine. I just don't see the point in having one past one's early twenties. And when I say use the terms boyfriend and girlfriend, I refer to what I see as relationships that involve hanging out or living with one another with no long-term life goals with one another, perhaps marriage, and no children. I don't see why a man would commit to a woman if there are no children. And the boyfriend-girlfriend relationship involves commitment, more or less. A man has to sacrifice his time and energy, have restrictions on his life and live with someone for what? Something that will likely end, and end relatively soon, with nothing to show for in the end besides heartache and trouble?
I choose to sacrifice those things for my children and wife because I love them, want to raise my children right, and both of our extended families bend over backwards for us. And I accept problems that arise because of these conditions.
Conflict, heartache, spent resources, for a girlfriend, with little else being done besides sex and hanging out? No thanks.
I am black-and-white on relationships and I've ranked different situations in particular order:
1. Family formation (I use this term to show that I am well aware of what family courts have done to the institution of marriage and why some guys might not want to get the government involved in this. I don’t recommend marriage even though in one.)
2. MGTOW.
3. Casual sex (interchangeable spot with MGTOW).
4. Legal escort.
5. Boyfriend
Again, I don't look down on men who are boyfriends. I simply wouldn't want to be one if I were a single man. And I can see why people who are divorced who already raised their own children would want to form some type of long term life-partnership in middle to older age. But that's not the typical boyfriend-girlfriend nightmare I read so many lament about.
And usually, as I've seen on here and elsewhere with regularity, is what the You Tuber Thinking Ape accurately described as the employee-employer situation that occurs in many boyfriend-girlfriend relationships. That is, one has the other one on eggshells, in a state of terror, and better be a good little boy or girl, "improve" oneself, "do something with his/her life", "keep up" with the other one, "get on the same level" as the other.... or get the axe! All sorts of dumb expectations arise because of the focus and obsession with one another.
In some cases, because the girlfriend's attention and energy is not poured into raising children, she will attempt to take over the boyfriend's life and mind, and expect him to be a source of entertainment, act as court jester and entertainer after a day's work. Some boyfriends do this too, because they have too much emotional room unfilled, and "get bored" of the woman if she is not Mrs. Exciting.
Again, this is my dim view on being a boyfriend. If others like being one, then good for them. I have no judgment on them and that's their business. I was also a boyfriend in the past too.