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Archived questions from: January, 2012 (see latest in Friends with Benefits category)

Friends with Benefits: Help and advice

How do I establish I don't want friends with benefits without scaring him off?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4670 days ago

31 January 2012 (F) - So lately I've met a new guy. Let's call him S. I've known him for about a week and we've messed around twice now. When we ended up at the same party I told a friend of his that I liked S. I wasn't all myself at that point in time. The aforemention ...

Hopelessly in love and I might just be a hook-up to him.

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4668 days ago

31 January 2012 (F) - In may of last year i started to see this guy Ashton. it Started out just friends with benefits and then on june 18th we started officially dating. He broke up with me 2 weeks later and then we got back together and i broke up with him on july 17th ...

Is he sincere about being okay with 'friends without benefits'?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 4664 days ago

30 January 2012 (F) - This guy said he wanted to be fwb, but when i told him that i'm not comfortable with that, he said he is ok with being just friends (without the benefits). Do you think he's just pretending that he's ok with that though, and that he'll still ke...

Three times I have declined my boyfriend's request for an open relationship.

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 4665 days ago

30 January 2012 (M) - My boyfriend and I have been in a relationship for roughly 10 months. A while ago, maybe 4 or 5 months ago, he brought up the subject of an open relationship. This isn't something that I feel comfortable with, which I expressed to him. He brought it ...

Is there a future with this married woman or am I just a fling?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4670 days ago

30 January 2012 (M) - Greetings Aunts! I am in a place I never expected to be, which is that I am involved with a married woman and have been for almost three years now. She is in my class at grad school. The way that our school works, the grad students...

He's my ex and he still checks me out all the time. Why does he do this still? His Gf hates me.

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4671 days ago

29 January 2012 (F) - My ex and I share a lot of history, we were best friends for a year and liked each other for a lot, a year after we hugged for the first time and hung out as well with friends. Few months later we had our first kiss and first sex and it was very pas...

He wants sex, I want more, but I am too lonely to just walk!

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4671 days ago

29 January 2012 (F) - Hi, I met this asian guy...we were going out...dinner, dancing, movies..etc...he is younger almost 10 years...I realized..too late he only wants sex. Thats all. And I want more company...friendship. I told him we are looking for different things a...

I feel like I'm second best and not what he wants!

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 4672 days ago

28 January 2012 (F) - Hi everyone I could really do with some good advice on this my boyfriend of 11 months and I were talking. A couple of nights ago we were fwbs first I said to him. It feels like I like him more than he likes me he said it isn't true its just how he ...

Is my ex FWB (who now has a girlfriend) suggesting something? What did the kiss on my neck mean?

This question has 9 answers - newest was posted 4673 days ago

27 January 2012 (?) - He and i were fwb in the past but we're just friends now. I went to see him at his place because he's going away for a month and we wanted to see each other before he left. We've always been pretty flirty around each other but nothing has happened ...

I want to tell my bf that I want an 'open' relationship but I don't know how to do it! Please advise!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 4676 days ago

24 January 2012 (F) - Ive been with my boyfriend for 12 years, my first one and only. He is a great father and my children are happy and healthy. He has cheated in the past a lot. I felt like cheating too but never did ,not for revenge but I want "other" . After all of ...

Is he a player?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4676 days ago

23 January 2012 (F) - Hello. Recently I got chatting with a guy on facebook who 's friends with some of my friends. We got on well, made each other laugh, and so after about 2 days of this he invited me for a drink, which also went really well. Fast forward 2 weeks, I've ...

He is wary about moving beyond a FWB with me. How do I help him see he doesn't have to be scared ?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4678 days ago

22 January 2012 (F) - Hi everyone my fwb and me were talking last night he said he would like a relationship with me but he is scared of starting over again as he came out of a long term relationship nearly two year ago we both agreed we would be good together as we are ...

My self esteem is low. I have a huge crush on this guy. So how do I get over all my worries that he's seeing other girls?

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 4678 days ago

22 January 2012 (F) - Hey, I've had a thing with a guy for about two years, he's asked me to be his girlfriend, but I said no because he was leaving for college in another place soon. Also, I'm not good enough for him and I just don't want him to be stuck with me. ...

My FWB is still in love with his ex

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4679 days ago

21 January 2012 (F) - Hi I have got a problem I have tried to deal with for nearly a year now I am in a fwb not a planned one just happened anyway I got the feeling he didn't want anything to do with me anymore so I text him and I asked him he replied back with I do and ...

I talk regularly to an ex, but he never told me he got married. Now he wants FWB with me. What do I do?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4680 days ago

21 January 2012 (F) - I need some advice, I dated my boyfriend for 4 years, I am still in love with him but,we broke up in 2009 and every now and then I email him just to say "HI'. My friend told me he recently (2010) got married, I was shocked. I asked him if he was ...

Is he worth waiting around for? Commitment phobic boyfriend of 4.5 years!

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 4676 days ago

20 January 2012 (F) - My boyfriend and I have been together for 4 1/2 years now. We have lived together for 3 1/2 years. Whenever I bring up marriage or our future he doesn't say anything. He says he will propose some day, but that's not good enough for me. He says, ...

Time is marching on. How do I move on? I need some positive encouragement, please?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4679 days ago

20 January 2012 (F) - Hello all, I've just turned 39 and have been single for 8 months after ending a relationship which was toxic, I wont go into it but he had issues. Im very sad that at 39 I am alone and have no children. I have 3 siblings who have children, a...

She's being a recluse. But says we're not 'over' yet. What does she want? I want to see her.

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 4676 days ago

20 January 2012 (M) - Hello, I started seeing a girl a couple of months ago we spent some time together and slept together a few times, we got very close it was very passionate. The Christmas holidays came up so she was out of town for a while likewise with me too, so ...

Is he only looking for sex?

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 4680 days ago

20 January 2012 (F) - I ve been talking to a guy on the phone and through text for over a month. We decided to meet soon and he often mentions he cant wait to hug and kiss me. I asked him exactly what hes looking for and he said for u to be good friends that hang out and ...

Is he toying with my feelings?

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4680 days ago

20 January 2012 (F) - Hi everyone I have been in a fwb situation for 11 months now none of us planned for it to be this it just kinda happened anyway this is the problem I had a lot of family problems recently so I kept in touch texting him n that but I got a text back ...

Should I tell his fiance he slept with me?

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 4669 days ago

18 January 2012 (F) - Two years ago I met a guy on holiday and slept with him. I was with my friends and he was with his girlfriend. Yes thats right people, his girlfriend! He befriended me and my group of friends and flirted with me from the start. Then one night, all ...

I'm distraught. She's pregnant with the baby we have longed for. But she's not sure who the father is. Do I stay to father a child who may not be mine?

This question has 14 answers - newest was posted 4677 days ago

16 January 2012 (M) - Any advice would be great because my head is fried, I'm not sure I even want to be with her now. Hi not sure where to start so will start from beginning, me and my fiancée have been together for 4 years. 19 months ago we had a little girl who was ...

He's a good guy. So how much give and take is reasonable in my LDR FWB ?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 4684 days ago

16 January 2012 (F) - I just have a bit of a problem and would like some insight if possible! Thank you in advance. I have been I guess "casually dating" this guy for a couple months now. Whatever we actually are,we are not exclusive as far as I am aware. We have very...

Should I stay or dump my ill Bf? Should I find someone who can/who wants to go out to places ?.

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 4684 days ago

16 January 2012 (F) - Do you think my boyfriend is making excuses and isn't committed ?. I have been asking him lately about us going out, but he says he doesn't want to because of his back problem ( he has spondylosis ), and also because he doesn't have much money, but ...

Do people believe in friendships without immediate financial benefits anymore?

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 4682 days ago

16 January 2012 (M) - Broke people get lonely too. And this economy ain't looking up very soon. Do people believe in friendships without immediate financial benefits anymore. I'm by no means lazy or any of that. I' a hard working type guy . Any advice please? ...

Can we still be friends after he rejected me?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4685 days ago

15 January 2012 (F) - Can we still remain friends after he rejected me romantically speaking? A friend and I were super friends and confidants.His girlfriend left him for other guy a year ago and therefore has not recovered from the loss. My big mistake was to became h...

I started to have feelings for my FWB so he told me to get a boyfriend

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4686 days ago

15 January 2012 (F) - Ive been seeing some one for about six months.. But its susposed to be just a phsyical relationship if u get me. Because of our circumstances he wudnt have time for me properly and im 20 hes.39.. No one no's about it, anyway we decided to just have ...

FWB accuses me of cheating, how can we be a proper couple?

This question has 11 answers - newest was posted 4686 days ago

13 January 2012 (F) - Hi all I have a problem and I don't know what to do I am in a fwb with a man for the past 11 months we started sleeping together and naturally after a few months my feelings grew stronger for him I don't love him but I really like him I talked to ...

My girlfriend won't stop seeing this male friend of hers!

This question has 18 answers - newest was posted 1883 days ago

13 January 2012 (M) - My girlfriend won't stop seeing this male friend of her no matter what I tell her. I meet my girlfriend two years and six months ago and we have been officially together for two years and three months. She had a couple of male friend and I was...

My boyfriend admits that he thinks about sex with other girls, am I not enough for him?

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 4686 days ago

13 January 2012 (F) - im 19/f and my boyfriend is 20/m We've been together for nearly a year, and we love each other alot. i honestly think hes my soulmate and we can both picture our future together perfectly... except now im not so sure anymore. im a very very in...

Does my ex still have feelings for me? I don't wanna end up as FWB.

This question has 9 answers - newest was posted 4687 days ago

13 January 2012 (F) - My ex and I recently began talking again after 2 months of no contact. We topped talking bc he got a new girlfriend. He texted my sister asking if I till hated him. And he even told her that he misses me and wants to be friends. My sister replied ...

My FWB wants to have a baby with me!!

This question has 12 answers - newest was posted 4686 days ago

13 January 2012 (F) - ok so im 18 and ive been a friends with benifit with this guy but it has grown into where neither of us are with anybody else but he wont say that we are in a relationship... so now we are having trouble seeing each other because his family doesnt ...

FWB - I am tired of being the girl he can have when he wants but doesn't want to be with. Please give me advice?

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 4688 days ago

12 January 2012 (F) - i have a male friend, we've known each other since we were 7 or 8, and when we were around 15 we dated briefly for about a week, before he decided we should just be friends. ever since then we've both seen other people, but as soon as we were sin...

We're in a FWB relationship, would it work out if we wanted to go into a real relationship?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 4689 days ago

10 January 2012 (F) - So I've been seeing this guy since this past Christmas and we've just been sleeping together. We had an understanding that we would just be friends with benefits, but he seems to be taking things to another level, one that feels like we're actually ...

How do I tell my fwb guy that I am pregnant?

This question has 10 answers - newest was posted 4691 days ago

7 January 2012 (F) - Hi everyone I really need your help I have just found out I'm pregnant by my fwb of 9 months I have asked him if we are gonna be together someday and he said yes but how am I gonna tell him I'm pregnant he has a daughter from a previous relationship ...

I'm being ignored by my long-term FWB!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 4693 days ago

7 January 2012 (F) - Hi all, a few weeks ago my fwb told me he loved me over the phone (I did post about it here) I thought he was joking as he shows no signs of this "love" and said "no you don't" I had to go straight after as I was hiding in the toilets at work on my ...

How can I stop making a fool of myself with this guy I had a fling with a while back?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4695 days ago

6 January 2012 (M) - I had a gay guy fling back in 1997. At that time I didn't know what I wanted. But recently I got in touch with this guy through fb... I can't figure him out, he will not answer my texts nor take my phone calls. Yet he had the cheek to send two...

Guy problems. I like one particular guy. But am I only ever going to be a Friend with Benefits to guys I know?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4694 days ago

5 January 2012 (F) - I am having some serious guy problems. We are like friends with benefits once in a while and we go well with each other. Any way we talk all the time and well I have giving him hints that I like him. He does send some hints every now and again. B...

Should I cry until I can't cry anymore and eventually will just forget about him

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4696 days ago

4 January 2012 (F) - I've been in this ldr for almost 2 years. We met on a chatline and instantly connected! Every time me tried to meet up,something would always happen on both of our ends, so although we had never seen each other we did skype and video chat and send...

My Bf and I have been together 4 years. We have a child. But how can I also continue with the marine I am seeing too, and not breakup with my Bf?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4696 days ago

3 January 2012 (F) - Ive been with my boyfriend for almost four years and also I met a guy and I've been seeing him for about six months. I see the other guy twice a month, every time he comes to home, because his a marine .i really like him i feel he is the one, but ...

Does he want more than a FWB relationship with me?

This question has 9 answers - newest was posted 4697 days ago

3 January 2012 (F) - Hi everyone me and this guy have been seeing one another since march last year well I think were more fwbs than a proper couple even though I do want to be with him properly the last week he came round mine drunk n I heard him whisper he loved me ...

My ex and I have a FWB relationship now, but during intimate moment he said he wanted more, then said he was kidding. How do I go from here?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 4698 days ago

2 January 2012 (F) - Me and my ex, John, have had an on-again, off-again relationship for the past two years. We met through mutual friends and just talked and were friends for about 9 months and then decided to give love a try. We broke up after a couple months because ...

I'm not sure how to end this FWB relationship?

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 4699 days ago

1 January 2012 (F) - Okay so since about my sophomore year I guess you could call me and this guy "friends with benefits". Everyone knew that we always had a thing even though we would date other people and stuff..he would always cheat on his gf with me which I known is ...

He's trying to cheat on her. What should I do? Cutting contact seems difficult.

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 4700 days ago

1 January 2012 (?) - This isn't usually the type of thing I'd think about let alone do believe me. This guy and I were sort of FWB a while ago when we were both single. We've kept in touch since then and met up but just as friends because he's back with his ex girl...