Matching someone's intimacy pace is one of the hardest aspects of dating that no one talks about

As a man, we are often expected to read signals and guess when to make a move.

The tricky thing is everyone is different. Some women have expectations of kiss on the first date. And if you don't, they write it off as no chemistry.

Some women absolutely would not do that on a first date.

But even beyond that, when to escalate things, touching, hugging, all the way up to sex, there's completely different time lines for different people.

I know that communicating is the solution to this, but it doesnt seem to work whenever i ask. Especially when it's a woman who wants to take things slowly.

As soon as i ask, I have this feeling that they're thinking, oh this guy wants to get intimate too quickly.

I'm finding it difficult to successfully date women who take things slow lately.

Is there anything I should do to correct this?

And no I'm not being creepy, or pushy with it. I think it's possibly how I'm asking and the conco I'm leading after that's potentially the issue.