No Harm & No Foul

The young girl comes over and sits down at the edge of the bed.
It's been awhile since I had this conversation.
I have been mature and deferred sex with her to allow her to make the decision that comes next devoid of the fetters of intimacy brought on by intercourse.

I make clear to her I will continue to see the woman I've been seeing.
The ball is in her court. If it's something she can accept, great.
If not, no harm & no foul.
We'll go our separate ways.

What comes next is an indirect assertion by her of how valuable her precious box is and I do not dissuade her from this line of thinking.
It is precious. To her.
Not so much to me.
Again, no harm & no foul.
We're simply coming to terms or not from opposing places and values and paradigms.

She's a cute girl and has a lot of potential and though I am often a talent scout, she'll require more patience and time and effort and whatever than I currently have in stock.
I'm 3*, this is not the summer of my education of another.

It never hurts to ask.
I simply asked her if this was something she could tolerate. As rational as she is (yes, even for a girl) she still operates from the world of Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty and princes and paupers and the like.
I didn't fuck her then give her an ultimatum.
I didn't lead her on.
I didn't do any of the like.
I just asked if she had what I was looking for in an unconventional relationship dynamic (though not really unconventional in the historical/social/anthropological sense).

Be authentic about who you are and what you want/expect. This is all that you can do.
Own it, I think it what they say these days, or perhaps something to that effect.
        - Good luck and happy hunting,
              Yrs. in Christ