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Am I The Only One

TexasMade
TexasMade
Am I the only one who has to partake in a physical relationship to know weather or not I'm into a person?
I feel if I have relations with someone that will bring out my true feelings. Does this happen to anyone else and how can I change my way of thinking?
dancingd
dancingd
Personally, I always manifested my hyper-mania or manic episodes with lots of hypersexuality.

I don't know the answer to your question..

I almost always jumped right into a sexual relationship with the men I met.

Some relationships lasted, some didn't.

I hope to be more selective and careful to let any future relationships grow, before I jump into a sexual thing.

Being medicated helps me with my hypersexuality.

I can only hope , any future relationships start out on a "Friends" basis , rather than a "sex" basis
Eulenspiegel
Eulenspiegel
What's the longest length of time that you have abstained from taking a relationship to the physical level?
tommymott
tommymott
I'm with Richard, or a kiss on the cheek.

So far it's been 16 years since I've taken anything to the physical level. No Mama, no drama. No STD is good for me. I'm not opposed to anyone doing their groove thang.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Even in a marriage there can be a non phy, relationship.
jimlucky1
jimlucky1
When I was single I had three category's for relationships.
1, just sex
2, sex and friendship
3, just friendship
TexasMade
TexasMade
The longest time was 5weeks.
Eulenspiegel
Eulenspiegel
That's not like hopping into bed on the first date -- but it's not a terribly long time either, when it comes to getting to really know someone!!!

Maybe waiting at least a few months will give your true feelings time to emerge without having to be in a sexual relationship.
That might be worth a shot, anyway.

And maybe think a lot more about what it is about having sex that helps you clarify your feelings for them!!
If you can figure that out, you can then start thinking about other ways that you can get that same helpful information!!

Or is it something as simple as whether the sex is good or not?

If it's not, it means you aren't into him, but if the sex is good, you are?

That can be kind of a bad way to gauge the relationship because some real rats are quite good when it comes to having sex!!!
(I know!!! I've been with enough of them, LOL!!!)