Exactly as the title says. I’ve been able to find some good HVM who enjoy my company enough to go on a few dates. Typically they’re very interested at first. Then, I will tell them that I don’t have sex outside of a committed relationship, to which they usually balk. Then we go on another date or two and I never hear from them again. This has happened about 10-15 times in the last year.

I am wondering whether I am playing this all wrong by telling them up front? Am I going for guys who ultimately would never commit to me, even if we did have sex outside of a relationship? I don’t necessarily regret using this approach, but this has done nothing but cause men to walk away from me since I’ve employed it over a year ago. It has also been a sexless year...

The most recent guy I was seeing told me that if I’m going for men who do well with women, they’re not going to want to give that up in case the sex is bad with me. He called last night to tell me we’re at an impasse and he can’t move forward. I thanked him and I told him I respect him for letting me know. He said he respected me too. It ended amicably.

All I’m asking for is exclusivity, consistency, and the mutual desire for a LTR.

Is part of maturing picking the safest option, even if that feels like settling? Am I devaluing myself by not risking it and sexually competing with other women for the same guy? I’m 27 and would like to be in a committed relationship. I don’t want to get caught in a situationship and waste time while my SMV is high, but I feel like the alternative is settling on a lesser value man.