It seems to me that when you agree to being in a friends with benefits arrangement, that is all there is. You are friends, and have sex.
There is no obligation on either side to change that into a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship. There is no considering you anything else other than a friend you have sex with.
He has introduced you to his friends and family, as his 'friend'. That anybody says anything else has to be considered in context to what you agreed to.
For example, he may want to appear as though he has a girlfriend- maybe his friends are encouraging him to have someone in his life- thus the comments he makes to ensure they all think he has one.
It is convenient for you to visit him, and natural for his friends to think you are his new girlfriend- he's not going to say you are simply a friend with benefits and nothing more.
Nor would he want to be introduced to your friends and family as..?. Why complicate things.
Friends with benefits means nothing more than 'friendship', for sex.
If you have developed feelings for him, or want to have an exclusive boyfriend/girlfriend relationship, stop the sex, and talk.
Him 'testing' you means maybe he is interested, maybe he isn't. It is rather bizarre for him to do that though. I didn't think there was any 'test' you had to go through to have friendly sex without ties.
Don't guess about what you, or he, is doing. If you want a relationship, if you are confused with his actions, if you consider him (now) more than just what you agreed to, the only person that change that, is you.
Talk to him, set some boundaries, and figure out what you want, and need in a 'friendship' or a 'relationship, and on what terms.
Until you do, you continue to head down a road that was not designed to be anything more than what it is. A dead end.
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