He was very physical — that's all he seemed to want to do while we were dating for the month.

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On the other hand, I was like, 'Can we do anything else? He didn't pressure me or anything, he just seemed to want to get in my pants more than he wanted to do anything else together. Now I'm happier and more confident.

I no longer feel that I need a relationship to feel complete. I did have to learn to get a stronger backbone and not be afraid to your feathers, especially in dating, but I'm okay with how things turned out. Not only could my dates probably sense it, but it also made me feel strange about them — I wouldn't want to pursue them because I was subconsciously creating a wall between myself and them. Magically, the next guy I hit it off with enough to want to meet IRLI've now been dating for five months.

It's been extremely easy. He was my first romantic kiss and everything after. I receive happiness from our relationship and outside of it. I haven't poured my entire identity and all my time into him. I've also maintained my female friendships.

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I no longer obsess over whether he likes me or his idea of me because I know I didn't create a version of myself for him. As a result, he integrates seamlessly into my friendships and family relationships.

It created tons of insecurity around my lack of experiences — mainly because my friends and peers had already had those experiences. I felt as if I was always missing out and left out of my friends' conversations about sex. However, by waiting to get into a relationship, I think I've avoided many potential issues I would've experienced before I was ready and able to be myself in a partnership.

I think if I had wanted kids, I would have pushed through my insecurities and dated like crazy in college and my mids, like my peers who did want kids.

I wasn't thinking clearly. Dating ignored red flag after red flag because the connection felt so amazing that I didn't want it to end. However, that new perspective and knowledge has made me very serene about it all. It will happen when it happens, and I'm good with that. I had a few crushes here and there, but I was so embarrassed about 20s them that I squashed those feelings before they turned into anything, see more I didn't acknowledge I had crushes until I was over them.

They felt forbidden to me — dating of the 'didn't deserve to are we yet loved' feeling. It sometimes your me sad to think about, but I remind myself that everyone has their own timeline, 20s I'll reach those milestones if and when I'm meant to.

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