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Relationship with no strings attached (FWB)
How to end it?
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Hillary is 42 and
met a twice-divorced
man about 18 months ago. "When we first met, he was acting
as though he found the woman of his creams. He was so
attentive,
charming,
and just a wonderful man - hard to find at that age since they
are all
happily married. He told me that he believed in
love at first sight. I also fell in love with this man and
I loved the
romance we used to have. Gradually, however, everything
between us started cooling down. I never pursued him and never
put any pressure on him, never annoyed with phone calls and
always have been in a good mood. Our meetings became rare and
I started feeling like he started drifting away. Well, he
would still be in touch with me, and at the same time, he
would be gone. I went through a lot of pain. I had to adjust
myself to his new behavior. I loved him too much to just let
him go. More then a year passed by. Too much pain, too much
frustration (it's like he is with me and at the same time he
is not ). I decided to
break up
with him. I thought he would agree too, but he did not want to
break up. |
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 She continues,
"How come he wants to keep me in his life if he does not want
to date me anymore? Whenever we did meet, though, we had
sex. Maybe
he does want me for
sex only. I
tried to
break up with him again explaining that I do not feel
appreciated. He told me that he is not ready for a
serious relationship. If he has been sleeping with me for
18 months now and keeping in touch through text messaging and
emails -- then what is this? I want to break up with him but
every time I do it, he finds some way to bring me back into
his pitiful and messy life. I start hating myself for being so
weak. I do love him but it is a broken, painful love. I need
to get out. I tried to disappear, I tried to not respond to
his
text message, I told him to go to hell - nope - he is
still there. It's like he wants me back every time when I
leave and in the end he makes it hard for me to leave. I
am so lost and confused. So much in pain to watch what the man
that I love has been doing to me. Please clarify things for
me," she writes. |
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What kind of relationship is this?
The words that are
commonly used for this type of relationship are "sex friend"
(the Japanese call it sekusutomo, where it is a
thriving trend) or "friend with benefits" or "f***buddy."
Essentially it means a physical and
emotional relationship
between two unmarried people who engage in
uncommitted sex.
Now you did not start out that way, nor do you want to
continue with it, but there are typically two outcomes of such
a relationship: a
bitter breakup or the couple falling in deep
love.
It is fairly
obvious that he is using you because you are emotionally weak
(you might even have
low self esteem) and he has gained the
confidence (after doing that successfully a few times) that
with his charm, he can manipulate you. He also knows that just
to get what he wants, all he needs to do is to maintain
occasional contact with you. You make no demands on him, you
never call him, but are there for him when he needs you - he
might even assume that you like the things the way they are.
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He doesn't want to
go beyond that because at that point women start to talk about
love,
commitment,
marriage, etc. It is a common
strategy for
this type of relationships: start with too much attention to
win her heart and then when she is trapped, keep her hooked
with just a little bit of attention. I have had cases in which
such men did this with
more than one woman simultaneously.
What's next for Hillary?
So the question
is What do you want. If having him like this works for you,
then it is OK to keep things as they are, but also think of it as
something that is not likely to get emotional. Just enjoy it
and go on with your life.
If that is
not something that you want or like or is against your moral
values, you will need to make a FINAL decision to never see
him again even if he is dying or is homeless or begs you for
one final chance. That is the only way to end it. At the same
time, you should start dating other men and work on
rebuilding
your self esteem. |
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