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As a girl who’s just generally not affectionate towards anyone and kind of hates emotional vulnerability, all my exs have said they felt I never really liked them. My current bf says the same but idk how to get out of this “fear” of nonsexual intimacy?
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Anonymous 1d

I’m the same way i know what you mean but you have to try a little

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Anonymous 1d

Does that make sense? Idk but I just am not sure of how I can give what he needs it’s just not who I am. Or should he accept that? I just don’t even know

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Anonymous 1d

do you even want physical intimacy to begin with?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

I feel like I try but my “trying” is like barely even bare minimum. I never kiss first or initiate sex. But during sex I am so care free. I don’t really understand it lol. I’d think I should be the opposite if anything 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

But I just don’t know how to get myself to go out of my comfort zone with this. I feel like I try but I get so nervous. We’ve been together for a year and I still get just nervous and chicken out anytime I actually want to do something first on my own. Instead I end up just waiting on him to initiate everything

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

What’s the base issue here, are you scared he won’t like what you do, are you worried he will do something? Worried he’ll stop liking you?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

I guess yeah I just get nervous maybe I’ll mess up something, he won’t like it, it’ll get interrupted, I’ll be so nervous that I do something awkward on accident. Idk. I always want to do something but never feel it’s the right exact time for me to do it I guess if that makes any sense

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

You have to trust that he won’t judge you for something like that, if yall have been together for over a year, then he probably really likes you for who you are, and (most) men like it when a girl does something spontaneous or takes initiative, it’s usually them who initiate something so it makes the relationship feel more whole if both of you initiate, as for being awkward again yall have been together long enough that I can’t imagine he would actually judge you for doing something awkward

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

Unless you know he’s judge mental

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

You’re very right. Thank you lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

I’m just too much in my head

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

I do actually

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