I’m going to wait as long as I feel is right for me. And if he decides that o am not relationship worthy because I had sex with him on the 3rd 4th, or 5th date, he simply wasn’t the guy for me.

And as an aside.... I had to get let go of the “number” stigma. I had only slept with my ex. But I have been single in my prime, in my adult life, for 12 years. Average 1-2 partners per year, the number adds up. And for a single, unattached woman for so many of her adult years. That really isn’t a lot.

I wanted one partner for the rest of my life. But it didn’t happen that way. And guess what. My first was the one who gave me the STD. My exH.