Casual vs Committed Relationship

[Bete Noire]

There's a gold mind of information on the forums and I've been delving into some of the older posts - just want to check if what I've gathered is correct:

With Casual Relationships you don't have to care about their feelings and concerns. For example, if a girl withholds sex when you escalate or starts moaning ecetera its a NEXT?

However if you're in a Committed Relationship you should care about their concerns and emotions. So if she attempts to withhold sex when you escalate its a, 'I can see somethings bothering you, what's happenin'?' sort of thing?

So if I try make some conclusions from these posts, is the only difference between a casual and committed relationship the fact that you care about her emotional state? As soon as you care about her being upset you've made the leap to committed?

Finally - the 7-10 day rule with Casual Relationships (i.e Fuck buddy) what starts to happen if you want to hook up more often? Is that another indicator of committed?

Look forward to your comments

-Rob

 

[Smith]

Rob,

IMO, the difference is in a committed relationship, the girl wants to become exclusive with you and you give it to her. Whereas in a casual relationship, you both understand it's just sex and fun. It doesn't mean you don't give a fuck about her feelings and see her only as a "sex object". I still care about girls in my past casual relationships, but I don't invest in them more than I would in a committed relationship. It just means you're not the guy who's going to satisfy her emotional and provider needs as much as a boyfriend in a committed relationship. Hence, you don't contact her as often as a boyfriend would.

And yes, as you hangout more often because you both like each other when you're not having sex, then it's usually going to lead to a committed relationship.