As I engrain TRP principles into my psyche and apply them in my daily life, this question has been popping up quite a lot lately from plates.

It usually comes up shortly after they see me lightly flirting / being fun around other girls.

Yesterday I begrudgingly accepted some form of exclusivity with my main plate - as a kind of trial run. She sprung the question on me and flat out told me she "didn't do fuck buddies". She's hot (9) and has lots going for her, so after a while I relented and told her we'd see how it goes over the next few weeks. I could see the sigh of relief from her when I did.

My main question is this: how do I diffuse the question in future without coming off as literally only wanting sex? How do I keep the plate from spinning out of control after the relationship-defining conversation - in which the aim is to keep her around while maintaining the frame of 'I will be seeing other girls'?