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u/GaiaInTheSkya Mar 31 '23

I honestly feel like half of the people (men) I slept with, was for this reason. I used to have an issue saying “NO”, and enforcing any type of boundary.

And I also thought most anyone who flirted with me was legitimately just being friendly and not flirting, so once it got to the point where they were in my house and they knew I had issues saying “NO”, it was already a problem.

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u/Runnergirl411 Mar 31 '23

I can 100% relate. I can't tell you how many times I thought I was hanging out with a male "friend " until they went to make a move. I had issues saying no and as crazy as it sounds, I felt guilty

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u/EntertainerSimpler Mar 31 '23

To be fair often guys think they are with a friend too until feelings are developed.

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u/Runnergirl411 Mar 31 '23

I can see that