I'm back (unfortunately)! Last night my girlfriend was in my car with me and looking at my old photos (prom photos included). Soon after we had sex and it was pretty late so i wanted to head home, but she asked me if I wanted to see her prom photos, to which i replied to save them for another day. When she asked why I told her seeing stuff from her past seemed really weird to me, which is true. I also told her that its hard for me to envision what she was like before she met me. I immediately realized she took offense from this (as anyone else would) and apologized. To be clear, I am very interested in her and I felt awful after doing this. My mind was just elsewhere in that moment and I really didn't care to see the photo.

The night went rather smooth after that but she was a bit apprehensive. I apologized again once i got home and she told me its okay, and am now giving her some space. I'm putting this here because I really think the time spent on TRP fucked my ability to empathize up, and I would appreciate perspective from guys/girls who have the same influences as I do. Is there anything you think I could do to help this situation/fix this part of my relationship? Caring deeply and empathizing are definitely things I suck at showing (and feeling a lot of the time), but hurting my gf like this is really making me feel awful. I hate knowing that I caused her any pain at all, and could use any advice on being better this way. Thanks so much!