How do you compartmentalize your dynamic?
I was talking to a vanilla friend of mine about my dynamic. My dom and I both developed feelings for each other but we’ve decided to not further our relationship in that way. He also struggles with vulnerability and has told me that he will work on being more vulnerable with me. My friend said if he doesn’t want anything more why be vulnerable at all.
It makes her confused on what he wants relationship wise and it just makes me wonder whether I should be? It just frustrates me because I feel like what we have should be enough but also societal expectations make me feel like our dynamic is reduced to a “situationship” or invalid and it’s obviously not that. Just because we aren’t dating doesn’t mean we can’t have a deep emotional connection, and it shouldn’t feel like we’re less than people who are romantically together, but I sound like I’m trying to justify our lack of traditional commitment or like I’m settling for less when I explain it to others.