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Honestly, I would just be transparent. Transparency builds trust and respect. I would tell him that you want to be clear on the expectations you have with eac h other if you’re not exclusive. Tell him your not exclusive
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@Anonymous You are right, thank you!
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Hi :) Sorry to hear you're feeling down. It's not cheating if you're not in a relationship so you don't have to worry about that. It's okay if you'd like to date someone else as well. A lot of people don't multi-date and a lot of people do. It's your decision of what you wanna choose and you don't have to feel bad for either choice. I usually hear that people feel bad for these 2 main reasons: #1. Multi-dating isn't personally comfortable for them but they force themselves to do it fit in. Or #2. They don't know if all the people involved would be willing to participate if they knew. If you'd like to continue to multi-date: That's totally fine! The only thing that would need to be done is communication: always ask everyone involved if they would be consenting participants. Then, you'd never feel bad because they gave you their consent for you to involve them :) If you aren't comfortable multi-dating, that's totally okay too and you also have the freedom not to do it. I respect your decision with whatever option!
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@Love1another<3 No I don’t really do multi dating. I’m no where near being attracted to this friend of mine in that way. He’s a very sweet guy, but he’s never been in a relationship so he said it was his both being funny and making an excuse to hold my hand. I just don’t know why I gave in for a couple seconds
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@taboo_brain No worries at all :) I respect your decision ❤️ Now and then we do things without putting much thought into it at the time, and then later on when we think more on it- we realize it crossed our personal boundaries. It happens to everyone so you’re 100% not alone in that. This mishap can be turned into a positive thing though: no one can change the past but we can use our discomfort to get to know our values more and know what we don’t wanna do going forward. Sometimes painful things happen that suck now but they can be turned into excellent self-discovery lessons. So it’ll all be okay, I promise 🫶
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@Love1another<3 Thank you for your encouraging support🫶
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@taboo_brain Aw you’re so welcome :D I’m very happy that I could make a small difference ❤️ Much love
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