My status: Been single for 4 months, 22 years old, working in London living the newly young professional lifestyle.
My dilemma: I have this friend (Let?s call him Mr C), who I work in the same industry as. When we meet I used to be in a serious relationship, so I originally set Mr C up with my best friend (and housemate). Anyway, it didn't work out between them....and eventually my boyfriend and I broke up.
The chemistry between me and Mr C soon built up, and we ended up kissing when I was still with my boyfriend. Four months on, I am single and me and Mr C have become 'friends with benefits'.
Due to the industry we are in, and sheer web of people around us we both know, it?s in both our interests to keep this thing between us on the down low! We are both strictly diligent about this. Just sex, no jealously, no telling our mutual friends, no snuggles, no dates.
The one thing I should mention about Mr C though is he is a very loud, rather strange personality, I am quite an extravert and when I am with him we both play on each other's arrogance, and I let my ultra ego come out to battle his (which is always out!).
He is the biggest arrogant arse known to man. Seriously, he enjoys annoying people and his number one rule is to never apologise. But there is something about him I am so drawn and attracted to.
When we see each other, we spend our time (usually Friday night when everyone goes for post work drinks) arguing at each other, putting each other down, debating. When we are tipsy we kind of play fight in an adult way. And the evening always ends in rampant sex!!
We have had moments of weakness. He was the first, by declaring that 'he liked me and wasn't sure why' (that is a compliment from him) once a couple of months ago when he was very drunk.
I always play hard to get, and it usually works a treat, but this is my biggest challenge. I think he is also quite shocked as to how well I can play his game too. And the whole 'lady in the street, freak in the bed' personality I have is tangled somewhere in this game.
It is stupid I know, and with any normal guy I would have either given up and told him to grow up or just sat him down and said 'let's talk about what is going on here' by now.
But not with this guy. I guess my main dilemma is:
a) I am not sure if he likes me, or if he is that much of an arrogant arse that he is seeing as many multiple women as he makes out he is, and doesn't see me as any more than one of them.
b) I am solely attracted by this chase, his hard to get attitude, and if he did suddenly declare he liked me, I will not be attracted to him any more.
c) I go through phases or thinking I do actually really like him, phases of hating him and phases of being more than ok with this just being a physical thing, as that is what is probably really all I want/know I can get from him.
I have no idea what I want, what I am feeling (if anything at all) and what he wants and is feeling.
It is a really weird, stupid situation. I think I just want confirmation that it isn't unhealthy and it is ok for me/us to carry on like this?
Am I just feeling the pressures of our monogamous society, and instead I should embrace the fact I am part of the new, young adult generation that has more and more 'no strings attached' relationships occurring!???