Jemma Sbeg
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So I kind of deny myself any access to that person thinking that it's going to stop things. No, what we want is a balanced access. So limit how much you see them. Don't try and rush the timeline. In fact, create milestones for you now that you have to have to stick to. So basically create like a calendar for yourself. This person isn't allowed to meet your friends before week 6.
So I kind of deny myself any access to that person thinking that it's going to stop things. No, what we want is a balanced access. So limit how much you see them. Don't try and rush the timeline. In fact, create milestones for you now that you have to have to stick to. So basically create like a calendar for yourself. This person isn't allowed to meet your friends before week 6.
So I kind of deny myself any access to that person thinking that it's going to stop things. No, what we want is a balanced access. So limit how much you see them. Don't try and rush the timeline. In fact, create milestones for you now that you have to have to stick to. So basically create like a calendar for yourself. This person isn't allowed to meet your friends before week 6.
No overnight stays before week 4. No weekend trips before week 8. Don't meet the parents before month 3. Basically, despite everything that you want to do, I want you to commit to these previous limits that you have put on any relationship that you are in.
No overnight stays before week 4. No weekend trips before week 8. Don't meet the parents before month 3. Basically, despite everything that you want to do, I want you to commit to these previous limits that you have put on any relationship that you are in.
No overnight stays before week 4. No weekend trips before week 8. Don't meet the parents before month 3. Basically, despite everything that you want to do, I want you to commit to these previous limits that you have put on any relationship that you are in.
such that you don't end up speeding down this road and it ends up being a dead end street and you crash at the end and you feel, you know, a bit embarrassed for having introduced them to family or having made such an investment of time and energy in them before they prove themselves to you.
such that you don't end up speeding down this road and it ends up being a dead end street and you crash at the end and you feel, you know, a bit embarrassed for having introduced them to family or having made such an investment of time and energy in them before they prove themselves to you.
such that you don't end up speeding down this road and it ends up being a dead end street and you crash at the end and you feel, you know, a bit embarrassed for having introduced them to family or having made such an investment of time and energy in them before they prove themselves to you.
So spend as much time as you can getting to know them before you progress to that next stage of a relationship. All right. So question number two, should you hold off on sex to reclaim your power? This is an interesting one because I feel like this idea of holding off sex kind of comes from like a purity culture perspective.
So spend as much time as you can getting to know them before you progress to that next stage of a relationship. All right. So question number two, should you hold off on sex to reclaim your power? This is an interesting one because I feel like this idea of holding off sex kind of comes from like a purity culture perspective.
So spend as much time as you can getting to know them before you progress to that next stage of a relationship. All right. So question number two, should you hold off on sex to reclaim your power? This is an interesting one because I feel like this idea of holding off sex kind of comes from like a purity culture perspective.
But I do also think that sometimes we use sex as a way to like make someone like us a little bit too soon. When I was single, I found that when you slept with someone didn't really matter because if they were going to respect you, they would regardless of when you chose to be intimate.
But I do also think that sometimes we use sex as a way to like make someone like us a little bit too soon. When I was single, I found that when you slept with someone didn't really matter because if they were going to respect you, they would regardless of when you chose to be intimate.
But I do also think that sometimes we use sex as a way to like make someone like us a little bit too soon. When I was single, I found that when you slept with someone didn't really matter because if they were going to respect you, they would regardless of when you chose to be intimate.
If you slept with them on the first date versus the 10th date, if that person was real and if they really liked you... It wouldn't scare them off. Also, they were involved as well. It's not like they're thinking you're giving it up too early and that's a sign that you're this impure person or that you're loose because they are equally doing it. So that logic never really made sense for me.
If you slept with them on the first date versus the 10th date, if that person was real and if they really liked you... It wouldn't scare them off. Also, they were involved as well. It's not like they're thinking you're giving it up too early and that's a sign that you're this impure person or that you're loose because they are equally doing it. So that logic never really made sense for me.
If you slept with them on the first date versus the 10th date, if that person was real and if they really liked you... It wouldn't scare them off. Also, they were involved as well. It's not like they're thinking you're giving it up too early and that's a sign that you're this impure person or that you're loose because they are equally doing it. So that logic never really made sense for me.
For me, I think reclaiming my power was deciding that if I wanted to have sex on the first day, that was fine. If I wanted to have sex on the 20th date, that was also fine. My power came from deciding for myself.
For me, I think reclaiming my power was deciding that if I wanted to have sex on the first day, that was fine. If I wanted to have sex on the 20th date, that was also fine. My power came from deciding for myself.