Have you gotten a sexual invitation or proposal that doesn’t work for you? Here’s some ways to say No:
NO.
Red. (or other safe word)
No, thanks I am not interested in that.
That doesn’t sound fun/appealing/exciting/comfortable/etc to me. So No.
That’s not my thing.
I love you but I am not going to do that.
You are going to have to enjoy that without me.
No. But I would love to do ______.
But what if you are kind of intrigued. Not sure yet? Here’s some ways to say Maybe:
I’m not sure, let me think about it.
Let’s talk about this more; I have questions.
Hmm…I might want to. But something is still holding me back. Let’s talk about it more.
Something about that makes me uncomfortable. Tell me what excites you about it and maybe that will change my perspective.
Slow down; I might want to stop. I will let you know.
That might be ok if we avoided ____.
I don’t feel ready for that now but I am willing to revisit it in a few months.
I can’t consider that until we know each other better/until we have our STD results/until we are monogamous/until _____
Not right now, but let’s see how I feel after we …..
Let’s start by watching some porn or reading some erotica like that and I can see how it affects me.
I don’t want to do that physically, but let’s talk about it as a fantasy and see how that feels.