Long story short, we have reunited.
I am the mother of a daughter, “Rebecca,” I placed for adoption when I was a teenager. We not only have a wonderful relationship, but I have a great relationship with Rebecca’s adoptive mom, and my husband and children all have an open and caring relationship with her.
However, my later thoughts led me here: If the situation would be reversed, and I would be introducing her to someone, what do I say? There’s NO term for our “status.” I think of her as my daughter, but most people who have known me and my husband for 30 years or so don’t know I had a child as a teenager.
I am 43, and I have been talking to this guy for seven months. We agree that we aren’t dating, and we are best friends with benefits. But it seems as though we spend all our time together and that we are basically dating, but without the title. How do I get this commitment-phobe to realize we should be together without actually telling him? It would scare him off.To you, the relationship you have with this guy seems like dating. To him, it’s friends with benefits.
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