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Friends then dating

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PerkyOchrePeer · 01/11/2025 19:34

I fancy someone. At first I was nervous to speak to them, but recently we have talked more and I am less nervous. This was because if a situation we found ourselves in and we were forced to talk. We told each other it was nice to chat. How long were you friends with someone before you dated them? I've always bèn friends first. Haven't been in this situation in a long time. The last person I dated I wasn't friends with first and it was a disaster

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Sillysoggyspaniel · 01/11/2025 20:15

I've done both. With friends the spark was always there, just brewed for years before action. With people that I wasn't friends with first the spark was still there, we just moved faster. That includes my now DH (and father to our two kids) who I met on tinder.

PerkyOchrePeer · 01/11/2025 23:47

The reason it was a disaster was because I didn't get to know them properly and they had a personality disorder which only became evident once we started dating so I ended it.

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Pryceosh1987 · 02/11/2025 01:23

It varied for me. Some women it was straight away, other women it took months. I would say take in the moment and do not delay your feelings.

Kerkyra2024 · 04/11/2025 10:29

My two ex's that I got with not long after meeting with both ended badly (the second one was an coercive abuser that I stayed way too long with) my boyfriend now we were friends for 7 years before we got together we have now been together for 8 and a half years and are expecting our first baby together

PerkyOchrePeer · 04/11/2025 10:54

I had someone beg me to date him. He was bad news so I said no. J didn't really know hi. Bit was friends eith his ex and he only asked me out to spite her because she ended their relationship

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