Hi FDSers
SO i have a pretty specific question.
I have pretty laser sharp intuition. And to be frank... when it comes to infidelity, it's almost like I'm psychic. I wish I could almost not know, sometimes, but as I expect some of you may share: when you know, you know.
Here's my question...
When I'm just dating, and not yet exclusive/committed etc... If I like the guy (but am still in the vetting stages), I can pretty much feel very clearly if he is sleeping/connecting with someone else.
Now I know we shouldn't get attached/too invested etc etc til lots of vetting and time has passed. And because we're not committed in any way, it's not really cheating because we are not exclusive, yet.
So this is more about my own management of myself.
If i feel/learn/know a man is not investing only in me... I don't get jealous, I just withdraw and tend to exit left. I find it a visceral turn off. But I can't explain/pin point why..
We all know most men have a rotation but what does fds have to say about this? Am I over reacting?
Thoughts? insights? Widoms?
Men who sleep around don't value their sexual health or energy- don't give the town bike the benefit of the doubt bc he's charming
I totally resonate with this.
As women we are so in tune with our emotions and senses that it's only natural that we can feel other women in a man's space.
I'm 100% able to sense female energy lingering around men. My decision to walk depends on the man and whether or not he's malicious.
I went out with a guy a few years ago who I considered to be high value. He treated me respectfully and payed for all of our dates. However I could also feel a lot of feminine energy around him. Not in the sense that he himself was feminine, just that he was seeing a lot of women. One day I asked him how many women he was seeing, and he told me 5. I questioned his standards BUT at the end of the day I was ok with it because he was honest with me, and wasn't being malicious. He wasn't trying to make me jealous. I wasn't sleeping with him, so even though we had great chemistry, I was able to stop seeing him when I decided our lifestyles didn't match up. He was a great man and ended up going on to a committed relationship shortly after.
However - there are men who are malicious about these things. They use other women as a weapon to try to and make us jealous. This energy is toxic, these are the men I run FAR away from. I had a long distance relationship with a guy, who when we finally met up he invited another woman out with us in front of me. I'll never forget the look that girl gave me - it was a what the fuck is wrong with this guy kind of look. I was actually considering sleeping with him until that moment, hahaha.
This is why I think it's so important to date multiple men at once while staying celibate until we find a high value commitment. Don't put all your eggs in one basket, as the saying goes.
I would say honor your inclination/feeling. Just because there were times I ignored my feelings about a situation, because it wasn't technically this or that, and I ended up regretting it. So now I'm team "if it costs me my peace, it's overpriced." You don't have to stop seeing him at once, you could just prioritize other matches, see how things develop if you take an emotional step back, if that makes sense.
It’s a visceral turn off to realize he’s community dick and lying about it. I’ve often felt extremely intuitive and just knew there were other women. So I ghosted. Last time I had that feeling about a scrote, he took me to a restaurant for dinner, and one of the women helping bus our table had a very weird look on her face, like it was some kind of reaction to seeing him there with me instead of another lady. I immediately guessed he had a girlfriend. Felt like he was distracted the rest of the dinner, like his energy towards me changed ever so slightly. He asked me out again, and I was curious so agreed - took me to the same (very nice Michelin star rated) place for dinner. I go off to powder my nose, come back and the same woman who worked there/bus person from the last date was sitting in my seat! 😆
At that moment, I knew I’d be blocking, deleting and ghosting, but I wanted to see this unfold. She got up and went back to her business. I played it off and tried not to giggle at the absurdity. He goes: “So I know her from another restaurant I used to take my son to all the time. She apparently just got back from studying in Spain….” 🤣🤣🤣 My intuition was like - instead of “son” that dude clearly meant “his girlfriend.” Um, sir I didn't even ask who that was. I ghosted after that. Lmao the audacity! Never doubt he's got other women the moment his energy changes. You don't need proof, just ghost at the first whiff of nonsense.
I could never go on a date with a man knowing he has other dates lined up. I probably wouldn't date multiple suitors at the same time either, but I think men are generally more replaceable than women and operate differently in the dating market, so it's different when the woman has a rotation. She's probably not sleeping with any of her dates yet, only assessing compatibility, while a man will definitely date multiple women with the intention of "sampling" as many of them as he can. Even if he doesn't succeed, sitting at the dinner table with a man KNOWING he was hoping / trying to get into some other woman's pants the other day would just turn me off immediately. And it sounds like you're not comfortable with the thought either, but you're trying to find a justification for it. Don't! You should enjoy dating and no one can tell you what you should or shouldn't put up with. I think it's a reasonable boundary to expect to date one-at-a-time. In my social circles, this was definitely always the norm.
Your gut is telling you what's up here, don't talk yourself out of listening to it.