Ok ladies... I have been gone on a work trip again so I'm catching up and mostly I'm just reading because I'm in a very different spot with relationships here. Anyway, I have mentioned this in the past and I'm going to mention it again just because this was so helpful to me when I needed it. It's an E-Book called "Catch Him and Keep Him" by Christian Carter which you can find by Googling it. I know the title sounds a bit manipulative however, it's more about learning to control your own "female" emotions and how to deal with the differences between men and women and how to keep yourself from reacting in a negative way and killing it at the beginning (like I'm reading here in some cases, ouch!) :-(
I'm not saying this made it a piece of cake, but I really think reading this book has been the difference between my "old way" of dating, and my "new way" of dating which has lead me to SM. I CAN relate to what many of you are talking about. I went through it too with SM but I knew how to deal with it differently this time because of the book. In my opinion, the book helps women to be the one to make the choice, not the men, which is sort of how I used to date for many, many years!!!
Anyway, just a word of warning... I have purchsed Carter's other books/tapes, blah, blah, and they were soooo not worth it. So, if your going to do it, just read the ebook and reread the ebook and stop there. The rest of the stuff is just money makers for Carter.
I hope all works out for all of you lovely ladies... and those fabulous guys on here too! :-)