I'm not ready to date is I'm not ready to date, and could be because:
* I had an abusive relationship before and I have fear of another bad relationship
* I had a nice relationship but it ended badly and I can't forget the other person so I'm not going to date and hurt any person
* I broke up just some weeks ago, I need time to reflect and recover before dating again
* I've been in a relationship for many years and now that I'm single again I want to enjoy it a bit more before dating
* I'm not able to commit, just casual sex
* I have get used to be single and I'm happy and I fear that all that changes my life in a way I would hate
* I'm focusing on my career and dating would be a distraction
* I don't want to date you, but a direct no would feel impolite
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Those are many different options why a human would not feel ready to date
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Not ready to be emotionally invested in a relationship.
Maybe too much is going on in the person’s life at the moment, and they know they know they won’t have the time and/or energy to contribute to the relationship.
Maybe they still have feelings for someone else who they can’t or shouldn’t be with.
Maybe they’re just figuring out who they are, and want to know that before they commit themselves to someone else.
Those are some examples that I could think of. But there are plenty more.
Either not ready to date period, usually due to focusing on other life goals or “I don’t want to date you.”
If hypothetically a girl asked me out, truly right now I’d say “I’m not ready to date.” I’m working on goals and right now don’t have time or desire for any relationship beyond the very superficial... however if hypothetically Jessica Alba (as she looked 10 years ago) asked me out... magically I’m ready to date RIGHT NOW, despite my goals.
So I take the statement “I’m not ready to date” made by either gender to mean “Unless you’re super attractive, wealthy, famous or otherwise the cream of the crop of available and datable people... I’m either not interested in dating YOU or I’m busy doing other stuff and you’re not good enough to deter me from the direction I’m headed right now.”
Not emotionally available or not ready for monogamy. I thrive at being available to smash when and who I want to but it's only because I've been emotionally heartbroken multiple times. When I feel down and such, I'm not ready to date anybody. I have to fully emotionally recover first or else my heart won't be in it and I'll end up hurting her and that's completely uncalled for
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"I need to work on myself."
Ironically, the people that use this as an excuse are the people that ACTUALLY need to work on themselves. Sadly, by the time they really do get around to working on themselves (though many don't), they look up and see that any prospects of a family or a stable marriage have passed them by.
Your playing a game of musical chairs... but you can't hear the music.It means that you are either still hurt from a past relationship and just want to heal completely before giving someone else even the chance to maybe enter in your heart...
Or, it could mean that you’re so focused on your career, studies or whatever it is that you are not interested in dedicating time to someone else.
*It could also be just the polite way to say they’re not interested in a relationship -with that person-.I've always been a honest person and according to my friends too honest or open.
But for me this means I want to date however I'm not ready as I have occasional depression and I have low self esteem and don't want to date you just to make myself feel better. If I want to date someone it's because I want to be part of their life and share mine with them while also being intimate with themI think males are heartbroken longer than females, and i think this is something we say if we have had a long relationship with a horrible breakup, i have also noticed douchy guys say this to make the girl more interested and pushy to achieve a bad one-night stand (never done this myself)
Means he has other problems right now nd doesn't have energy or he has to focus on his job and doesn't have time or he got hurt too much in the past he isn't willing to take the risk for another Heart break or he said this as an excuse because he doesn't like you. That's all I can think of. I hope I helped a little
For me it means too hurt and angry to accept the possibility that any man can love me correctly.
It means I’m enjoying looking busted and not answering to anyone.
It means i will recklessly abandon your needs to satisfy my own selfish desire to not be bothered.
If someone says they aren’t ready to date. Believe them.For me "not ready to date," means that a person is not capable of maintaining a relationship of higher value with another person due to how complicated his or her life is. Compared to everything else, this is something one admits to themselves so they don't hurt the other person with lack of affection, attention, and so on.
It usually means that the dichotomy of good an evil is at risk if deconstruction and that the basic black and white moral structure is at risk if collapse in the physical world whilst in the meta-physical world the moral binary of good and evil is being separated into the various shades of grey making everyone on the spectrum of moral goodness.
Alternatively it could just mean they arn't ready to datePersonally Ame and my girlfriend were mutually into each other and had told each other. But at that point I told her I wan’t ready yet. At the time I was mentally unstable and sucidal. But I worked hard to clean my self up and she waited 5 weeks for me. Then we started dating and we’ve been happy ever since. Not being ready is not always a death sentence to a potential relationship.
It probably means you're naive and you could be taken advantage of. I know that sounds like an insult, but please don't take it that way. There's nothing wrong with you -- you just need to gain more knowledge before exposing yourself to the advances of horny young men.
If someone says this to you, it means they are not ready to date YOU. They may be perfectly ready to date someone else. This is one of those polite fictions we use instead of directly rejecting someone.
Usually 2 things.
they don't want to date you and it's just a nice way to say it i guess?
and then the second which is exactly what it means. someone isn't ready to date because of baggage. not in the place they want to be so they don't wanna invite someone else into the mix to make it more complicated. kinda at that point atm maybe that's just how i feel on it."I just got out of a relationship and haven't separated myself from the past. If you date me, you'll constantly be compared to my ex who couldn't make me happy."
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"I just want sex, and you're 'fuckable' enough for me... you down?"It is literally what it sounds like - I had a very bad break up in my last relationship and I wasn't "Ready To Date" for about 5 plus years - I just couldn't face it
Usually said by someone to a person that they have zero interest in dating.
Some ugly Guy: Hey sweet cheeks, wanna go out sometime?
Girl: Um, thanks for the proposal, but I'm not ready to date right nowIt means they haven’t found someone yet who their heart clings to. It also could mean they are trying to be smart and not let love get in the way of there goals. Relationships that aren’t meaningful could be a silly distraction.
Well depends of the person: could recuperate after a break up and he doesn't feel ready to start again or just doesn't want a serious relationship. Only u can know it if u ask some questions related with his last relationship or things like that.
If they're being honest, it means they don't want to date anyone right now.
Unwilling to date. Like you just dont wanna make that effort to get to know them.
Or you're willing but you have baggage that makes dating very difficult (big trust issues, attachement / detachement issues etc...)It's a polite way of saying that the person is not interested in you. It's not really that he/she is not ready to date, it's more of that he/she just don't wants to date you.
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