He wants an open relationship as he’s scared of monogamy. He’s been hurt in the past and has admitted to sabotaging relationships to get the control and upper hand. We’re best friends and he tells me he loves me everyday. He’s recently started seeing someone and I don’t know how to cope with the jealousy. He wants me to meet her and I asked him why and he said he talks about me all the time and she wants to get to know me. Is it unfair if I don’t want to meet her? Is he trying to make me jealous and is this a control move from him? I work away and he travels to see me all the time so it’s like he’s acting like a boyfriend but not wanting to label it. I’m so confused and don’t know what to do now. I don’t want to loose him as a friend and he’s said the exact same thing. He doesn’t want to screw up what we have. Then why date other people? We don’t have sex anymore because he’s worried he’ll get attached and it will ruin everything. Then why keep me around, he said I’m his main person but I don’t understand the need to date other people.
I think you and this guy need to set boundaries or just quit being friends. You say you've had sex with him before and that he sleeps over sometimes and even tells you he loves you. This doesn't seem to be a healthy beneficial relationship to either of you and I'd strongly recommend just ending it. Even if it's just a one night stand, sex is a very intimate thing that you've shared with this guy and because of that, your friendship will never be the same.
To answer your question though, I don't think he's trying to make you jealous. I think this guys has some issues with commitment and issues with just women in general which comes off as him trying to make you jealous.
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I’m confused - if you are just his friend, why are you meddling into his love life? If you know he has expectations you won’t accept , why are you allowing stuff that wouldn’t make you friends? He doesn’t seem like a friend , he seems like a guy that you are allowing to play you.
You can do better, right? And if not, then work on that. If you aim low in life that's exactly what you get.
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