Min, yes, guys know about presenting themselves in the right light too. So when it is off-key, hmm, that's another signal.
My brother was always my best source of male reactions, and he said when a woman told him she wasn't possessive / clingy and believed in open relationships, either she was extremely possessive, or she intended to carry on seeing other guys. Trouble was - he could never work out which ..
I have for sure gone off someone because of what they've said about an ex. And if they will not discuss her at all, I assume there's deep feeling there still. No?
I don't drag the conversation back again and again. But no man is an island, especially second time around. We are affected by the choices we have made in the past, and that affects the choices we will make in the future, and if I am going to be in that future, I'm interested.
Non, that's slightly evasive. But the fact that you think the new and old are likely to meet is positive. At least it proves you don't murder your exes and bury them in the garden ...
Yuck.
CO - not an option for me, I'm afraid. But yikes, yes, that would work.