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You don’t want to cross any boundaries and scare him off, so you’re careful about how much you text him. You’re careful about how emotional you get in front of him. You’re careful about how many compliments you give him.

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You don’t owe your FWB anything, so if you take a few hours to answer their texts, it’s not a big deal. If you’re too busy to hang out for a few weeks, it’s not a big deal.

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We have been breaking every rule in the book. We have been acting more like boyfriend and girlfriend than casual hookups. 

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The benefit was our growing friendship. It was knowing you were only a text message away. It creating inside jokes with you. It was learning small, secret things about you.

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It’s my own fault. I had zero interest in a casual relationship but I agreed to one anyone.

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But then they called me your girl.

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“Right now I just don’t have anything that can compete with my Hitachi.”

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When you have someone who is seemingly worried to lose you, to choose you, and to spend their time with you, it can seem pretty enticing if you haven’t felt ‘first’ in a long time.

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He had texted me earlier in the evening asking what my plans for the night were. We agreed to meet up and have some drinks. And here we were.

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Fantasizing only leads to a delusional romantic scenario that will probably never going to happen.