Many of you have trust issues. I did too which is why I did not trust anyone for 15 years. I read the horror stories from other bloggers and people from reddit and man they know rotten toxic people. The people I know are good Christian people I trust. She is a good Christian person. Sorry you all have trust issues.
This sounds like you're "over-correcting" a little after your breakthrough.
The breakthrough is clearly real, but it's not likely you're perfectly "in balance" with the ND world yet.
Everything about establishing a romantic relationship is difficult for most men, and in your age range it's difficult for almost
everyone. The "shortcuts" are: exceptional social skills, exceptional physical attributes, and/or exceptional access to resources.
Absent those, you need to be realistic and patient.
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Something you might think about:
everyone (100% of humanity) has some degree of the "Dunning-Kruger Effect" (a cognitive bias) regarding
everything for which they are not truly
expert.
We see it here all the time. E.g. where NT's "drop in" asking for advice, then indicate that they're "shopping the web" for advice that suits them. Dunning-Kruger tells us (
all of us) that if you
need advice, you're
not competent to
select from a range of different suggestions.
Which implies that if you rush something difficult you
will make bad decisions.
The fix? Some version of "realistic and patient". Neither come naturally - you have to work on them.