My (21M) friend (19F) is “decentralising” men by talking to them less and is keeping me distant, but seemingly in frequent contact with another man(21M). We both have feelings but I don’t know if this is her way of breaking off contact. Should I cut my losses or wait for her?

Funny because others say she’s being manipulative too. It’s wrong to think I’m gonna wait around on her to make a decision.

She expects me to stay and also refuses to answer if we’re going to keep talking. She’s essentially keeping me in this weird limbo of friendship until it’s her choice to talk again. That’s wrong because I wouldn’t consider it fair if I did that to her.

The sexual relationship started WAY after her assaults/rapes. She’s had several relationships before me and after the rape. Never said I was her therapist, just spent the last month trying to get her back into therapy.

You’re right about her deciding to set boundaries. For whatever reason she has, and I can’t change that. If she wanted a platonic relationship, she knows she could have asked for this as we’ve talked about it multiple times.

Never said I was responsible for her mental health and I don’t know what you even mean by project, that sounds weird. I get you’re trying to imply I’m controlling here but please don’t make it sound psychopathic. Where did that even come from? That’s an insane thing to mention lol.

I’ve already done option 1. I’m respecting her boundaries. I’m now considering if I should respect myself enough to do option 2.

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