boundaries as the relationship progresses
I’ve been doing an arrangement for the first time for a couple months now. He is single, divorced, and Im also single. I am starting to develop feelings a little and I think he is too and we recently ended up hanging out outside of the arrangement like a couple days in a row for example and we’ve been PPM thus far. He kind of made a joke saying he wanted to see me again but can’t pay that much every night which I totally understand (and to be clear he’s been very generous thus far It does not seem like someone trying to back out of it already or anything like that) and one other time shortly after that I said he didn’t have to give the PPM again when he just had the day before. Im open to the idea of potentially progressing into something more but I also don’t want to be delusional and naive about it. How do I navigate this and make sure he isn’t just wanting to take advantage and bend the arrangement without pure intent? Has anyone had this happen? On the contrary, if he never wanted something more I would be able to compartmentalize and keep my feelings in check and just stay within the boundaries of the arrangement so I guess again my question is how to navigate it, what the options are, what others have done etc. just wanting perspective/input/experiences. Thanks.