I'm eighteen and I've had a FWB relationship with a guy that I've had a crush on since my sister and he had graduated. Didnt see him again after that until I met him at a party one night and we hit it off.
We establsihed that we would just be FWB, but lately we have become like B/F and G/F without the title.
We both don't have that great of a track record of relationships, both our hearts were broken.
But I'm tired of this because I want to know what is up with this.
I don't want to weird him out - but I really do want to know how to approach him about it in a non pressuring way. I don't want to ruin what we have now to because I like it. Advice please?
The thing about questions are you never know the answer until you ask, and if you don't ask the question you'll go on wondering what the answer would of been...
Approach him lovingly, and kindly, ask him sweetly if he likes what you have, and if he'd ever think about taking it up a notch, to go "steady", if you will.
Let him know you'd love this more then anything. :-)
bettyboopstr answered Friday August 4 2006, 8:50 pm: This is the reason why I don't go for the whole FWB idea to begin with; however, you seem to finally want to get out and I want to help you. Most of the men I find walk away as soon as the feelings begin to blossom because they dont understand that the "F" means Friendship and from that it does grow. I think for the guys, they need to re-term their ways because the "F" is not working for them. I feel its a ploy to get women to sleep with them and keep on sleeping with them. In your case, it sounds like he may be falling for you and thus is a delicate situation. I suggest you two talk it out and remind him that you are his friend and are just being honest with yourself. You need to also make sure that you can walk away sane if he decides to leave. I do hope that things work out for you two, I would definitely love to see that these "FWB" relationships actually turn into the real thing. Good Luck!!!! [ bettyboopstr's advice column | Ask bettyboopstr A Question ]
lilteacup answered Friday August 4 2006, 7:23 pm: You should just straight out ask him if he feels there's more to your relationship than just the benefits, but let him know that his answer in no way will change what you two have already established. It will be a hard thing to do, but it's more important than driving yourself crazy in the process wondering where you two stand exactly. Also, if things change, then try to forget and move in, that will be an indicator than he is not worth your time. Anyway, good luck and I hope this helped. [ lilteacup's advice column | Ask lilteacup A Question ]
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