Posted: Jul 22, 2008, 12:30 PM CST
gingerb wrote:Many people say that they will not have sex with a new partner or a person that they are dating until they can trust them.
I was wondering, in what ways people gauge another person to be trustworthy?
Is it something they have to do?
Is it something they say?
How does time affect trusting someone?
I guess it depends on what you exactly mean by trust. You do mean trust in the sense of the getting hurt or let down emotionally by the person you are dating right?
By nature I rarely trust anyone I date 100 percent or even 80 percent, and it has nothing to do with not trusting myself...so save it.
However, time is a good indicator for me to develop that trust. Over the course of time, I get to see how honest the person has been, how the person has reacted in certain situations, how patient the person is with herself and with life, and the list can go on.
For me, it is a combination of things they do, say, confront, embrace and manage things. Whether it's with me or with others.
With that said, I am very liberal in trusting somebody when I feel some type of connection....then the sexing begins, but I am picky and I just don't go around having sex on the first date...I have to know the person a bit so I feel comfortable with them....hence a little sense of trust...then the sexing comes like a relentlesstorm....