I do understand that. I just think it’s a deal breaker for me, because part of the appeal with this particular girl is that I want to experience/guide a lot of her firsts with her. I obviously wouldn’t assume she just would be fine with it, and I get that it’s unfair, that’s just how it is for me and so hopefully the right person wouldn’t mind.

We don’t have kids, and we both work, have friends, etc. We’d be able to spend evenings and weekends with them, and take holidays together, no problem.

We would take things slow at first, I wouldn’t ask her to commit anything super long term. If we fall in love, which we probably will at this rate, then we can talk about all the stipulations. Or is it better to talk about that stuff first before even starting anything? Seems a little too soon.