The sleepover went perfectly well. Mr Dom and I were up and in the kitchen when the kids got up. They did the first part of the usual normal routine with virtually 0 interaction with Mr Dom. He asked if that was fine, I said that is exactly what I hoped for. They said goodbye at the right moment and we carried on with the day. Easy.
I did talk to him about a reduction in the mid-week late nights. Late nights being anything past 10pm. I asked the same thing from Prof so no biggie, I can do one late night and one kind of late, the rest have to be regular bed time. It would be nice to date someone who regularly has to get up earlier than me!
We are having a few nights off due to schedules which I think is a good idea. He worries about repeating the pattern from his last relationship where they spent every free second together and I am worried about filling in too much of my free time and not having enough alone time or time for friends.
Mr Dom has asked to schedule 1 night next weekend for the bag of tricks! My favourite thing to schedule.
Jay made contact this week but cancelled last night's possible visit due to stress. I don't think I have seen him since December. He is my experiment in infrequent lovers. He has been sending some lengthy emails, so makes an effort to some degree.
Kip is angling for a meet-up. Kind of interesting after his recent declaration that I am too sexually active for him.
Oh the irony.
Mr Dom and Jay seem to be the only 2 partners that I have/had who have never attempted to put-down other partners or make me feel bad for having other lovers. Mr Dom is consciously working on issues as they come up: How much communication is ok when on a date? Do you want to know if sex is a possibility? Sex with another person within hours of us meeting up. How much do you want to know about the date person, how much does the date person want shared?
I regret not negotiating and discussing these questions with Prof in the same way that Mr Dom and I do. Both Prof and Kip used the answers to this type of question to manipulate and I usually felt judged.
I need to remember there is still a massive amount of rose-tinted glasses and NRE fuzzyfun with Mr Dom, but it feels different on a fundamental level.
I talked to Prof yesterday. I am researching a couples therapist on his insurance and needed to ask him for some clarity on the type of therapist he wanted to see. He actually answered the phone which was surprising and at the end of the conversation I straight up invited him camping in 2 weeks. He said we needed to be well into therapy by that point and he would think about it. There will be no space on my calendar left if he doesn't make some kind of effort soon.
I did talk to him about a reduction in the mid-week late nights. Late nights being anything past 10pm. I asked the same thing from Prof so no biggie, I can do one late night and one kind of late, the rest have to be regular bed time. It would be nice to date someone who regularly has to get up earlier than me!
We are having a few nights off due to schedules which I think is a good idea. He worries about repeating the pattern from his last relationship where they spent every free second together and I am worried about filling in too much of my free time and not having enough alone time or time for friends.
Mr Dom has asked to schedule 1 night next weekend for the bag of tricks! My favourite thing to schedule.
Jay made contact this week but cancelled last night's possible visit due to stress. I don't think I have seen him since December. He is my experiment in infrequent lovers. He has been sending some lengthy emails, so makes an effort to some degree.
Kip is angling for a meet-up. Kind of interesting after his recent declaration that I am too sexually active for him.
Mr Dom and Jay seem to be the only 2 partners that I have/had who have never attempted to put-down other partners or make me feel bad for having other lovers. Mr Dom is consciously working on issues as they come up: How much communication is ok when on a date? Do you want to know if sex is a possibility? Sex with another person within hours of us meeting up. How much do you want to know about the date person, how much does the date person want shared?
I regret not negotiating and discussing these questions with Prof in the same way that Mr Dom and I do. Both Prof and Kip used the answers to this type of question to manipulate and I usually felt judged.
I need to remember there is still a massive amount of rose-tinted glasses and NRE fuzzyfun with Mr Dom, but it feels different on a fundamental level.
I talked to Prof yesterday. I am researching a couples therapist on his insurance and needed to ask him for some clarity on the type of therapist he wanted to see. He actually answered the phone which was surprising and at the end of the conversation I straight up invited him camping in 2 weeks. He said we needed to be well into therapy by that point and he would think about it. There will be no space on my calendar left if he doesn't make some kind of effort soon.