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I recently broke up with my first GF. It was just because we had different long term goals. My question: she’s my 1st but what even is there to learn? What IS “dating experience?” I don’t think I learned anything that isn’t common sense/decency?
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Anonymous 52w

dating experience to me is learning from mistakes you made in past relationships and becoming a better person and partner. also figuring out your long term goals and values you look for in a partner. hope this helps:)

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Anonymous 52w

I just think of dating experience as learning how to navigate struggles with differences, settle disagreements in a healthy way, have clear communication, and be able to balance the relationship with the rest of your life

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Anonymous 52w

Continued: I’ve read so many posts online that people who haven’t dated much “don’t know how to be a boyfriend”. I didn’t even see that as an issue. I wasn’t her first bf but she WAS my first gf. I literally didn’t see why tf that matters, it wasn’t hard to be a good partner and I hadn’t done it before. We broke up because she wants to get married right out of school and I want a good job first, that was the only incompatibility.

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Anonymous 52w

I feel like you can learn a lot about what you like/don’t like, what you need in a relationship, what your boundaries are, and even certain patterns or behaviors you have in a relationship( like attachment styles, how you show love , and how you like to receive it). There’s probably so much mroe

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Anonymous 52w

Dating experience means let’s go fuck a bunch more people and have realizations

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