"I want you in my life, but I need time. I want us to start as friends and work our way potentially into something if that's where we end up. I'm asking for time which is a lot to ask for. I need time to get to know and understand you to let my walls go down. Or I shut down and run. If you can work with that solid, if not I won't blame you." I'm (23m) very keen on this woman (22F), so let's just say it's in my high interest to "work my way potentially into something with her". I wish to be very diligent about her requests so I want to work hard to make it work for us. However, I can't stop thinking about the way she phrased that particular line. She has told me she struggles with intimacy and trusting people in the past so it's not a huge surprise that she is not about to just dive into a relationship like that. But, the possibly insecure side of me wonders if that something she said because she's not all actually that intereste...

I'm sex-indifferent but I would never kiss anyone because kissing is unappealing to me. All I can think of is the physical feeling of lips and saliva. I'm guessing those thoughts are usually covered up by romantic or sexual feelings, but I would have nothing to distract me lol I think kissing can be both romantic or sexual depending on the situation. Consider soft and slow kisses vs passionate make out sessions. July 21, 2021 at 04:06AM

It's not too much! If you want subtle ways to show off your pride, go for it! :) July 21, 2021 at 04:00AM

Yay, so I can be a citizen of both Iceland and Denmark, sweet July 21, 2021 at 03:58AM

He also said he wants to “promote traditional Chinese culture” which tends to place a heavy emphasis on continuing the family line and respecting/taking care of parents and other elders, so presumably he’s worried that allowing people to remain childless would cause them to stop conforming to the “traditional culture”. July 21, 2021 at 03:53AM

Hmmm ok July 21, 2021 at 03:52AM

China: is the most populous country to ever exist in history and comprises almost 20% of the entire human population Junius Ho: “if we don’t pressure literally every single individual to have children, how are we supposed to maintain our population and keep out unhealthy thoughts?! Three kids for everyone!” July 21, 2021 at 03:47AM