Nice response post, ground up wood chips guy. Very well put. And, you never know, maybe she doesn't think that badly of you after all. I wouldn't assume that. I'd check it out before I let it go completely, that's for sure.
I do disagree with one thing you said. You maintain that it is a MUTUAL arrangement. Often enough, this is not the case, even though both parties may claim it.
I can't speak for all women, but I can tell you that my own experiences with this type of arrangement were terrible, at best, and ended up costing me two guys I really liked a lot way back when, and another one last year because I was totally in love and the guy was just looking for someone to play out a sexual fantasy with over the internet. That one hurt worse than all of them put together, because I really loved that guy. Still do, but he insisted on treating me like a whore instead of being my friend, and I couldn't take it anymore. He stopped being my friend, and it broke my heart to shreds.
Women get their emotions involved far more often, and more deeply, than men do. It's just the nature of how we're made, unfortunately. I finally realized that I should ultimately be in a LTR or be married. That's the only way it would work for me, because my sexual appetite doesn't "fizzle out" when I'm with someone I'm really into.
I didn't know myself well enough the first time I tried FWB (late eighties, early nineties) to realize that the FWB thing just wasn't for me. Nine out of ten times, I would wind up having more feelings than the guy did in the situation, and I would get hurt. I learned the really hard way that guys don't fall in love in situations like that, but I sure did, and it's some of the most painful stuff I've ever been through. I still miss one of the two guys I had this arrangement with very much, and have no idea how to find him. (SC from Campbell/W. San Jose, if you're out there, contact me!)
The short of the long of it is that women get involved emotionally. It's how we're made. That's why, to me, FWB from a woman's perspective is much more often about hoping it will turn into something else. Since for me it never did, I stopped doing it. I want the real deal, or I'll sit it all out, thank you very much.
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