Dear Pedro:

I hope then that soon you will have no reason to stay living with her.

You wrote: “I know little about the dating/mating rituals and really don’t know what to do regarding romantic/ sexual interactions with women”- you are not alone, not knowing. Human “dating/ mating rituals” are not as clear as other animals’. If they were, you would know exactly what to do. In reality, there really aren’t such rituals. The traditional rituals of  long ago, those specific to location and time, were such that the family chose a mate for their adult son/ daughter, had them meet under supervision, discussed the details with the parents of the other party, made the exchange (goats and such) and cemented the deal. Things change. And who is to say what is the… should-be ritual?

This is why the human option of verbal, honest and clear communication comes handy. Ask, listen to answers, process the information, repeat your understanding, ask if you understood correctly. There will be women who will reject this option of clear, honest communication. Thing is you don’t have to pursue those women. Pursue women who are open, capable and willing to take in the human option of clear, honest and ongoing verbal communication.

anita