is it contradictory to say " yes, i want to explore a potential LTR with you " AND " i intend to date, possibly have sex with, others ". ???
We called it 2 timing disloyal to going steady after our first few dates in school but I was a virgin 1969 no cheerleaders nor synchronized swimmers would love me just the football stars who fucked them and dumped them for even more loose girls
Only if you meet in a polyamory group. ...here up front Atheists should not bait&switch "date" later making dates with others. ....call me old fashioned but I practice courtship not revolving door sex. ...I suspect large numbers of women keep their eyes open to more than one single just like promiscuous boys notching their penises for large numbers. ....at my age that disgusts me more now than our free love hippies 70's that spread herpes to 70% of a generation