Went on the date yesterday
He's very sweet, respectful, polite. Brought me a single black rose 🖤🌹. We had great conversation and he makes me laugh. I'm not sure there's a *spark* there physically for me. Or maybe I've just gone past the age where I can feel physically attracted to someone or want physical affection. 🤷🏻♀
He touched me a lot, held my hand. We had a kiss at the end of the date. He made it clear he definitely is into me on every level. But I'm still not ready to just jump into anything, and I hope he'll understand that.
My last two relationships were very void of physical affection. No kissing, no touching except in bed (which was a rare occasion). I'm just not used to being physically affectionate anymore or receiving it from anyone else. I feel like he was a little hurt that I wasn't more physical. But that's just not comfortable for me yet.
Also, he's a BIG guy, bigger than anyone I've ever dated, (think Jelly Roll before the weight loss), and he's self conscious about it, so I feel like he was taking my reserved physical affection as a rejection. It wasn't. I'm just not READY to rush.
I'm 46 and have no idea how to do this anymore.
He touched me a lot, held my hand. We had a kiss at the end of the date. He made it clear he definitely is into me on every level. But I'm still not ready to just jump into anything, and I hope he'll understand that.
My last two relationships were very void of physical affection. No kissing, no touching except in bed (which was a rare occasion). I'm just not used to being physically affectionate anymore or receiving it from anyone else. I feel like he was a little hurt that I wasn't more physical. But that's just not comfortable for me yet.
Also, he's a BIG guy, bigger than anyone I've ever dated, (think Jelly Roll before the weight loss), and he's self conscious about it, so I feel like he was taking my reserved physical affection as a rejection. It wasn't. I'm just not READY to rush.
I'm 46 and have no idea how to do this anymore.
41-45, F
