This sticking point is a mental block that I have. It's weird to me to date a girl I know I couldn't have a lasting relationship with. I'm going to try it, but I could use some advice about how to think about the idea more constructively.

Sure, I'm a little bit conservative, and I have some relationship deal breakers. I think maybe the answer is that I have to break out of the mindset that dating should always lead to a relationship and relationships should always be monogamous. If I'm dating a girl just for the fun of it, I don't have to stress myself out over the relationship possibilities.

Thoughts?

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I did something similar recently, I fancied trying having a gf out. Wasn't my thing and sucked because I don't cheat on women but was getting opened and spotting easy sets (high energy birthday sets of gorgeous women, who just got approached by a dickhead).

But yeah I would give it a go to see if it's your thing or not and if it all goes wrong then you may be able to get a fuck buddy out of it.

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Start by having a more open view of what exactly constitutes a relationship. Dating and seduction, like almost everything else in life, can't be forced to fit within the rigidly-defined framework humans by nature like to put things in. Life is complicated, and the more you live it, you run into all kinds of situations that can't be processed logically or judged based on any objective criteria.

Any interaction you have with anyone, male or female, could in some form be considered a relationship.

With that in mind, the important thing to take away from "dating around" and seeing lots of women who you may not have a future with is that by getting to know another person in that context, you learn many things about yourself, which kicks off a cycle whereby you develop a stronger sense of your reality, which of course attracts more women with whom the process starts all over again.

If you are going to get serious with a girl, it will happen naturally, and you'll be way too busy having fun to worry about whether your relationship has direction. In the mean time, in the immortal words of Cake, "As soon as you're born you start dyin, so you might as well, have a good time!"

Hope this helped.

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