Fuck buddy confusion

[Fuckbuddyhell]

I started seeing someone in April last year, he made a huge effort to take me out, pay me compliments and we didn’t sleep together for the first three weeks. I thought it was heading to be a relationship but a couple of months in realised he wasn’t increasing the time spent with me, wasn’t asking me to stay overnight, didn’t introduce me to friends etc.
I talked about this with him in the summer and he admitted he liked his lifestyle , didn’t want to ever marry a second time and couldn’t offer a relationship. We have carried on seeing each other purely casually but I’m getting bored of just sex. I want to go out and do things with him and have started developing feelings again. He keeps in touch everyday and seems to care but just only sees me for sex.
Can this ever go anywhere?

Congrats on getting through that pineapple it's only natural to feel regrets etc this morning . Look on the positive - you played it cool and you got through it , move on , you deserve better . All easy to say I know but it just takes time . Blinking hard though at times x

A man's perspective.

I've ended up in this situation 3 times with women I already knew (through work/volunteering groups). In each case I'd been vocal about not being interested in a relationship before we'd even gone for a drink, before sleeping together and at every stage along the line. All 3 ended up upset as a relationship (which wasn't ever on the cards) didn't materialise and probably went through some of the same thoiught processes here.

I obviously can't speak for the motives of the men in these cases, but in my own case it's plain wrong to suggest I was manipulating/using/exploiting these adult women who initiated contact and agreed to the terms up front.

Noone is automatically the bad guy in these situations, but take it as a learning experience and if casual 'relationships' aren't for you then avoid them.

I've just been messaged by former FWB saying it was nice to see me etc etc. I'm not replying.

Stick to that op and well done. You have handled this very well. He is trying to draw you back in. You deserve so much better.

Lol, I'm not the OP but thanks :)

Actually, I wonder what did happen with OP and her FWB?