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Just like everyone else on here I am having my fair share of boy problems... I guess my issue is what this guy really wants from me. We've dated before for 4 years and now we're basically bf/gf without a title. My best bet would be to give you some conversation between us and I want to see what you guys think. Am I getting used? Could he be serious about wanting to focus on school? WHAT DOES HE WANT. (That being said he never seems to give me the full truth "because he doesn't want to hurt me")

Me: "I just wish you would be more of a friend to me like I need you to be"
Him: "I can easily be your friend but I just think you're asking more of me then what a friend should be giving"

Me: "... Once we move past all the issues between us and we're we want to be financially and academically, would you be willing to work on us again?"
Him: "yeah absoultely. I think it would be stupid of me to just walk away considering we've already been through so much that has really shaped us into who we are"

Him: " The other day we didn't kiss at all i could tell that was bothering you and its not like im saying i feel bad but i do it b/c I know its what you want and its hard for me not to given everything we've been through"

Another thing that really stuck on me was he's telling me that he doesn't want me to get the wrong idea about us and how we're just friends and how he "doesnt want to push me away but tries not to pull me too close" I start to really think because if he doesn't want to "pull me close" or "give me the wrong idea" then why is he telling me he'd be willing to work on us again?

I'm just really curious to know whats going on, because my friends (are also his friends) act kinda weird around me and this guy. I was introduced to him by my friends/his friends and all they said was "Christina, meet _____. he's madly in love with you." I took that as a joke, because they would usually joke those kind of things. But I noticed something kind of sketchy that makes me wonder. He doesn't talk to me a lot, only small talk, and he's really quiet. Its my friends that usually make things sketchy, because they do weird things around him and I when we are in the same area:they would tell me he likes me and that he admitted it, even if he's right in front of them, they would tease him like "hey _____ reaaaalllly wants to talk to you" they would do weird physical stuff like first asking me " hey Christina, go hug _____" When I ask "why...? all of a sudden?" They would just physically grab my arms and his arms and push us together trying to get us to hug or something. And as I'm walking back to school with all of them, my friends would say things like: " he thinks you look attractive" and " he keeps saying your name " and "you have an admirer". And one time, it was windy and I was only wearing a T-shirt and was kinda cold, my friends said to him "hey ____, christina's cold, whaddya gonna do?" He was wearing a thin sweater, but started joking and then eventually actually taking it off and starting offering it. I was busy talking to my friend at that point so I didn't say anything to him, and I think he thinks I haven't noticed, but I see him put it back on and tried to play it cool even though his friends teased him. And today, he came up to my bus stop (he never goes there) and waited with me because my bus comes really late (its the last bus that comes) even though he told me his house was only 2 minutes away.He doesn't talk a lot to me but my friends are acting weird.Does he like me or just being nice and my friends ship us for that? An this is all new to me too.