Recently, a good friend who used to be my fwb for 8 months cuts the friendship with me, because the girl he is seeing makes it very clear that she doesn’t want him to see me, although we have already become pure friends.
I feel hurt because I lost a friend for now.
I experience relationships as continuums, not categories. Emotional intimacy, sexual intimacy, intellectual admiration, shared history all bleed into each other. For me, “friend,” “lover,” and “partner” are roles that can shift over time, not sealed boxes.
Is that uncommon? Many friends of mine say that they can’t be friends with those they loved before. They have a boundary-based model. In this way, they can lower the opportunity cost of cutting people off.
Wanna know you guys view on this topic. Thank you:)