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How do I avoid feeling rushed into sex instead of a deep relationship?

Setup: Been dating this woman for a month now. She's a little older than I am (36 for her, 33 for me); it'd been a long dating dry spell for both of us. My two most recent serious relationships both wrecked because we only had physical attraction in common, so I really want to avoid that this time.

Problem: She's mentioned several times that she worries that I'm not that interested in her because I'm taking things slow physically - for instance, she wondered if I wasn't interested because I wasn't using "enough" tongue when kissing her.

I'm definitely interested in her, but not JUST for the physical relationship, so I'd rather take our time getting to the bedroom. I've told her this; she keeps worrying; which makes ME pay more attention to whether I'm doing things "just right" than to having fun. I'm concerned that this "performance anxiety" is going to cause problems when we do have sex, and that she'll interpret any "problems" as a lack of interest on my part.

How do I explain that I'm not pulling her into bed because she's more to me than just a pretty face?

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  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Tell her exactly what you wrote here. She needs to decide if she respects you more than she caters to her personal anxieties.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Here's what you do... you say, "Angela, you're smoking hot. Believe me, I think about taking you home and having amazing sex with you, because you're a beautiful, sexy woman. But the truth is that I've been hurt in the past, so it's become really important to me to take things slow. When we're ready I want our first time to be amazing, and that's why I don't want to just jump in the sack. I want it to mean something."

    You probably feel like you've said all of that before, but you probably haven't said it quite that way before. The way I phrased it is a way most women will understand. The reality is that women who have had at least some experience with sex are pretty used to guys jumping at the first opportunity we give them, so when a guy holds back, we think the problem is us even when it's not. The gut reaction is to think we're not desirable enough to this current guy, since guys in the past were ready to get busy at the drop of a hat. If you reassure your gf that she IS sexy and you DO want her, but that you want to wait for reasons that will benefit BOTH of you, she's more likely to understand and even agree.

  • 1 decade ago

    Tell her just that. That she's more than a pretty face to you and that you care about the relationship enough to want to go slow and build a solid foundation. Heck, most of the men I've gone out with try and take off my pants on the first date, I'd find somebody that wanted to go slow refreshing.

  • girls are never going to believe a guy who says hes waiting. its just to surreal for us.

    i know you want to take things slowly, but maybe stir thing sup a little, you can still have a physical relationship without only being physically attracted to someone. make this sex less about SEX and more about being close with her, this is the most intimate you can be with a woman, you and her will be hightened emotionally together. your linked. think of it that way

  • 1 decade ago

    Talk to her about it. It's the best solution. Tell her about how your past girlfriends blew up because they were only physical, she'd most likely understand.

    You can start by telling her you love her, and that your not after her looks but you want it real. Then tell her about how your past was like and what you want about your relationship.

    Talking is the best remedy for your situation. Good luck.

  • 1 decade ago

    in those exact words.

    we love it when you tell us the truth and get your feelings out there.

    sure every decent women (not slag) insecure and this is why she will be concerned,

    sharing her concerns is a gd thing and just tell her you want this to work and just

    spend your time doing other things instead.

    (if al else fails and as long as you truely MEAN it whisper very softly in her ear when its quiet

    i love you)

  • 4 years ago

    definite, some easily. I even tend to get alongside lots extra helpful with adult adult males, yet ive been in a dependable courting for 8 years. i assume if I have been single it would desire to be distinctive, yet i do no longer know, it would be like kissing a cousin i think of. eck.

  • 1 decade ago

    sit on the couch with her and say to her look babe i i dotn pull u into bed because i feel like we are rushign into it to fast she should understand if she dont then she aint for u

  • 1 decade ago

    Tell her you're gay.

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