I (F21) recently (maybe irresponsibly?) started sleeping with a childhood friend of mine (M20). Because of the problems it would cause in our friend group, we keep it quiet and no one else knows about it. That being said, we’re extremely close and spend most of our time together. My family is always asking when we’ll get together—but it almost feels like we are.
However, we’ve agreed to keep things casual between us for the time being. He’s not expressed a lot of interest in having a girlfriend, and with him around I don’t feel like I need a boyfriend. We spend most nights together at my place and as far as I’m aware, he hasn’t fucked anyone else since we started sleeping together. I want to approach the subject of being exclusive or starting to date, but I really don’t know where to begin. I can’t lose him as a friend, but I don’t know if I can keep up the act much longer.
Happy to give more context and examples but I’d appreciate any tips 🙂
TLDR: My best friend and I are sleeping together and I don’t know how to get things to be more serious.