How to kindly turn down a domme leaning woman?
Okay I know this gets posted in reverse often and I’ve tried those suggestions… I’ve tried a couple different ways and turn downs have come for a few reasons. Attraction is an obvious one online and in person. The others are red/yellow flags that I need to work on listening to better tbh but they are warning signs that tell me I need to understand the person better. But if there are red/yellow flags and no attraction then I don’t want to continue. I need to have a line somewhere I guess and attraction is much clearer without requiring hours to days to weeks of convo to fairly uncover in some cases.
The flags are more nuanced and i’d rather not discuss those right now. So I’m focusing my question on attraction alone.
I’ve tried being very straight forward and asking for photos early on. My ad mentions it too. With a couple people I just told them thanks for their time etc but they weren’t my type or something to that effect. (This all feels so mean though…and I hate it) and in return I’ve been guilt tripped, berated and even had someone try to convince me I’d be forever unhappy if I let attraction rule my romantic life (this interaction had a bunch of the warning flags too and created a few new ones) and I gave several reasons besides attraction initially. I have fallen into the trap of letting bad behavior go due to a partner’s attractiveness & being in love with them a few times in my life which is a whole other thing I’m working on in therapy…
Anyways ghosting seems like the safest, easiest option which sucks. But I really don’t want to ghost anyone since it’s awful. And I’m also really working on not letting attraction be an end all be-all as it is a scale too. Any suggestions from both sides or people who have a kind way to handle this? Thanks!