We’re continuing the theme of relationships on here this week, kicking it off with a post on bonding, and then onto a topic every guy wonders about sooner or later in his relationship: should you say “I love you”?
Now, in relationships, it’s paramount you keep in mind that you can only move FORWARD, to ever higher levels of commitment and intimacy.
You can’t take a girl out for dinner dates every week, and then suddenly try to make her into a pure friend with benefits who only comes over for sex and nothing else.
The other way round - taking a friend-with-benefits and progressing her to dinners and movies - usually works just fine, though.
By the same token, you also can’t demote a girlfriend into a friend with benefits. And again, the other way round usually doesn’t pose much of a problem.
You must make absolute sure
you know your outcome, and plan the relationship dynamics accordingly
from the get-go... if you want it all to go smoothly and well, that is.
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No sex
It's strange to see an article about "I love you" and then to read how it strongly matters to have sex quickly, and often.
I am a 24 year old virgin, saving for marriage. My girlfriend is 25 and also a virgin. It would be nice to read about how sex isn't one of the most critical parts of a relationship, because there are more of us out here than you think with traditional values and morals, couples who manage to make relationships work without the "sex god" aspects.
Just make sure your
Just make sure your girlfriend is also a virgin =)
Falling in love
My girlfriend of one month recently told me she didn't want me falling in love with her first because she really wants it to work out between us and says she wants me to make her work for me . What do you make of this? How do I do this?
In anthropological sense
Damn, I believe I just had a eureka moment when I've read that its better to start it off with a bang "In any case, it will be to your advantage if you begin the relationship on a bang – start sexual and with a lot of passion. That is never a mistake". Cause I have read that this concept of dating is purely an American concept, thus in Nordic countries like Norway, Sweden or Finland people usually view sex as a big deal thus would do it casually, and would only decide to be together (in a relationship) if a great deal of commonality and chemistry was present during the interaction, otherwise they just keep strolling. And this practice was the result of their viking culture, were men usually spend most of their time at sea trading or pillaging foreign land, thus only a brief time is available for both sexes to get to know each other, what better way to do it than to have intercourse (you hit two birds with one shot, commonality and chemistry).
I know its almost 2016, but having just read the first few paragraph just have to share this realization, of how other culture around the world tackle this age old human desire to mate and bond in there respective countries.
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