u/GameOPhobia2509

I (16M) like physical intimacy. My girlfriend (16F) does not. I don't know what to do.

To provide some context, we have been dating for just over a month. Before her, I haven't much success on the romance front, other than a brief stint with a girl a couple of years ago. She's an amazing person, incredibly beautiful, intelligent---she's basically everything I could ever ask for.

A week before, I kissed her for the first time in my life. This was the first time I kissed anyone. It was an ethereal experience for me, and after she left, I couldn't wait to do that again. Maybe that was immature of me, but by then I already knew that I quite liked physical intimacy.

A couple of days ago, as it was, I kind of casually told her to kiss me. She said that she didn't want to. Jokingly, I replied, "You don't love me anymore, that's why [you won't kiss me]." This kind of joke is pretty common between us (well, not exactly this, but the 'no love' thing), so I didn't think much about it. She said to me, "Don't guilt trip me into doing something I don't wanna do." I don't know if she said this as a joke, but nonetheless it hurt me quite a bit, because I felt very toxic for inadvertently making her think that I was emotionally manipulating me.

After I reached home, I texted her, apologising and clarifying that I only meant it as a joke. She said that it was okay, and told me to chill. She then said something which hit me hard; she said that she was somewhat uncomfortable with physical things, and she wasn't really into this kind of thing.

She's a wonderful person and I really don't wanna hurt her feelings, but I also do want to be physical. I also don't want to force her into doing anything. Is there anything I can do for the moment, or do I just wait and see how it goes?

(Sorry for poor English, I'm not a native speaker)

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u/GameOPhobia2509 — 10 hours ago