I Wanna Be Your Dog (eventually)

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A recent fuck up report got me thinking about how I've gotten to this point with different women a few times now where we want to embark on a relationship but it's always rushed (First it was by a less experienced me but since I got that under control and stopped doing that I started to enjoy being single much more, now women tend to rush me into the relationship or at least bring it up very quickly). I understand expectations play a huge role in this when you don't want something serious at all but what about when you do want one with the woman in question and just don't want to be easy to get to tie down (and thus lose value) but also don't want to seem unattainable and have her storm off? What's the middle ground here? If there's already an article on this, i'd appreciate if someone could point me in the right direction Words of advice here on how to pace this properly also appreciated.