“you’ve got the option to’t have contact with exes or past hook ups.”

Everyone’s experience is different.

“I’m not your mother, so you better be clean and independent.

Annie Murphy in "Schitt's Creek"

I can’t believe I have to say it, but I do.”

u/Weanier

“The last guy I ‘dated’ didnt even brush his teeth or change his sheets.

He was a psychologist and published researcher still cannot wrap my head around it.”

Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, and Mike Faist in "Challengers"

u/Ola_maluhia

2.

“I make it known off the bat that I like to take things slow.

Or, hes ‘love bombing’ and probably doesnt really care about my personality.”

A person stands at a door, holding a bouquet of flowers behind their back, seemingly preparing to surprise someone

u/MutedOlive9065

“This is exactly who I am.

I once went out with a guy who declared his love to me on the first date.

Like, come on, dude you don’t even know my favorite color or my middle name.

Man focused on his phone, ignoring woman sitting beside him with a glass of rosé wine, looking at him thoughtfully

I think some men feel as though women are dumb.”

u/Ok-Technician-4370

3.

She was obviously not invited to our wedding, and she’s been awfully quiet ever since."

A couple is passionately kissing on a couch, with the woman sitting on the man's lap and their arms wrapped around each other

u/L_Greenleaf

4.

“I am not okay with half-baked, half-hearted communication.

I need clear communication because romance is important to me.

Multiple pairs of feet are intertwined and poking out from under a white blanket on a bed, suggesting intimacy among the people

Also, your efforts have to match mine.

Your kindness has to match mine (and if not, goodbye and good riddance.”

u/UniqueRip4803

5.

Man and woman smiling and laughing while sitting inside a car, possibly on a road trip

“you might’t have contact with exes or past hook ups.”

u/HardcoreHerbivore17

6.

Then he dumped me the day before I’d arranged for him to meet my son.

A woman with long hair and a leather jacket sips a drink while sitting across a man in a casual sweater

I won’t be used like that again.

I also won’t sleep with anyone who hasn’t had a cleared STD/STI check."

u/0390ala

7.

A person holds another's hands tenderly while sitting on a bed. The image suggests an intimate or supportive moment

“No physical touch or sexual jokes on the first date.”

u/Specialist-Pause-869

8.

“Until I trust a man, Im never walking into his space.

We will meet in public, and later he can come over to mine where I am safe.

u/kittysayswoof91

9.

“I am not always going to respond immediately to you.

I don’t have patience for impatient and insecure men.”

u/cambiokeys

10.

“Respect and loyalty are of the utmost importance.

Learning when to stop the argument is so necessary.

u/shheeeee

11. u/Last_Television_8863

12.

“Imma always have ‘my own.’

My own car, money, hobbies, resources whatever.

Imma ALWAYS HAVE MY OWN.

If that’s a problem, bye.”

u/beelovedone

13.

“Be respectful about your attraction to other women when you’re with me.

u/Regular-Classroom-20

14.

“I have friends of the opposite sex who are very important to me.

If that is a problem with whomever Im dating, it will not work out.

u/halfasianprincess

15.

“Do not start talking about your exes so soon…uuughh.

I wanna know you, not what ‘Karen’ was like.

We all have past relationships.”

u/goddessdivine22

17.

It doesn’t matter if its just expressing appreciation for my butt in a typically-totally-okay-and-flirtatious way.

u/Snarf303

18. u/Sir_fat_Louie

19.And finally, “My boundary is…respecting my boundaries.

That’s what I would expect from someone who claims to respect me.”

u/death_by_sushi

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