One giant leap forward! - Part 3

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I told her that we wouldn't be having sex until we started to work on the R.
To me that is when she has paid for half of and gone to an MC session.
Rightly or wrongly that is currently my line in the sand.
That is what I stated and I plan to follow through on at least that.

From doing that I know she is fairly invested in the R.

She was telling about her money issues last night so I know she couldn't give up the money lightly. I was tempted to let her have a pass on it and pay it myself but then I thought well it's tight for me too.


The first mention of sex did throw me off and thats why I think I started the banter, as a way of coping.
I shouldn't have dealt with it that way but I did state my position on not having sex before and I stuck to it.
I can cut back on the banter because it gives mixed signals but now I've started wouldn't that also be a mixed signal?
She knows I'm interested, doesn't that make my position slightly stronger because I'm willing to say no?

I get the feeling I'm going to go down this road and at some point someone is gonna tell me I have missed opportunities to connect with W when I had them. I don't just mean sex either.
Last night we had dinner together and we talked. It was very productive and I'm glad I did although I was unsure at first.
I honestly thought I was going to get grief for that on here but nothing has been said yet.