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I have been looking at some of Gamblers things on non-verbal communication and I think that is the best route to go (keeping things fun but using gestures to communicate).
I can also see a strange different type of bitch shield to deal with here, more of a social norms shield or something lol.
You're absolutely right about that. There's a strong movement, especially among the evangelical Christian churches to refrain not just from sex, but from dating altogether. They encourage young Christian adults to meet at volunteer events and other church functions, get to know each other through shared service work, and then initiate courtship in the "traditional" way (the man ask's the woman's father for permission to woo his daughter.) No, I am not making this stuff up.
When I was in college, I was a chaperon for a multi-church lock-in. I thought that one of the chaperons from the other church was cute, so at the end of the weekend, I asked her if she'd like to go out for coffee sometime. She sneered at me and said, "Excuse me? I don't DATE." Pretty humiliating at the time. Since then, I've read the books by Josh Harris, who's one of the big advocates of Christian courtship, so at least I understand what's going on.