Hi all,

I wanted to make this post in light of a recent experience I'm dealing with. My partner and I have been playing together and separately since last Summer, and I met someone who became an FWB in late October.

We had amazing chemistry from the start; our first time meeting up was for food & drinks, & we basically had to take everything to go because we were talking so much. Sex was incredible because pleasing each other really turned us both on, and I was her first for a couple of things. We didn't talk much outside of date nights, compartmentalizing things as we should (/we're both super busy), but she's an actress and I came to watch one of her shows. We talked about careers, life worries, family & personal problems, it felt like I was getting to know her.

In February, she told me that she'd caught feelings for a guy she was working on a show with, & that she didn't want to be hooking up with two people at once. I agreed, because our thing was meant to be for fun & she should totally be able to pursue someone romantically. We cut contact until late March & I eventually found her on Tinder again, immediately hitting her up. She told me the guy wasn't reciprocating & didn't like her as a person. Things seemed back to normal for us for a bit; we got coffee & caught up, spending another night together later, which was great. Afterwards though, she almost completely stopped responding to texts. Eventually, she did respond & we went for lunch, telling me that she'd been sleeping with the other guy even though she knew he wasn't falling for her. I told her that she would meet plenty of other awesome & interesting people through her work, and we made loose plans to meet up one more time (she's leaving town @ the end of April).

About 10 days rolled by, during which I texted her that I appreciated that we could talk about personal stuff, because it felt like the friendship had some depth, I wished her a happy bday, and eventually (today) gave her a goodbye (again, because she's meant to be moving out of town around now). All of that was met with no response.

I've been on a lot of dates since my partner and I opened things up, with many just being one-night stands, but this is the first time I've really felt disposable in the LS. The whole thing was for fun, but seeing each other for as long as we did and sharing what we did led me to believe I deserved more respect here.

Anyone have something similar that they've experienced?

Best.