37M I’ve been dating a FWB for six months on the dot. It began and still is essentially open relationship dating in parallel. Early on she, 39F, was clear and transparent about not having bandwidth to jump into a relationship (a kid and a divorce in process), and I very much wanted to play the field which was a good understanding. I was clear and said I'm looking for a life partner / NP eventually. We agree on the hypothetical of KTP being a cool idea but have never been there, and to me it's unimaginably far off. We ended up connecting very well if not an exceptionally well compared to my other experiences and other dates. We’ve been on half a dozen adventures and every one of those and regular dates always go great. We have fabulous times together. We were FWB, then a couple months ago probably more like FWB , and at this point we are dating and she's suggested we schedule a weekly regular state-of-the-union date. It's been six months of fireworks. Which for me is so rare on a dozen first dates that go nowhere, and several others that rarely go past 2-3 dates. She’s introduced me to her kid a few times but we haven’t really been around each others friends much yet with minor exception or two. I confronted her seriously over this week on wanting some kind of commitment and we’ve talked and both have real strong feelings for each other, but it’s also not in the cards yet. She says she can’t imagine ever living with a partner again for example (quite understandable/normal in her situation), not that that would happen any time soon, and specifically wants me to keep dating around to find someone that would be. I told her point blank that if I keep dating around for an eventual NP, that it's in direct competition with our relationship potential. It’s disappointing to me with a metric ton to offer this relationship. I have not had so much admiration and chemistry like this in recent memory, if ever. I realize this person is going through a lot, a long marriage that failed, poly sexuality that was repressed for past religious reasons and the long marriage, and probably a sense of FOMO in the world. Shrug emoji, and sigh.

I'm open to any thoughts or insights.