Where is the line between casual sex and relationships?

Question

How do I tell one apart from each other? What signs do guys make to say that its casual?
For me every guy i date is special, and I am highly selective.. so how do I know what they feel?

Answer 1

There is no line, or the line is subjective. You're asking how to tell the difference between two things, when the difference is different for everybody. You're not exactly asking "how do I tell the difference between an apple and an orange?".

Answer 2

Casual sex does not involve strong emotions although having said that women in general get emotionally involved whenever sex in thrown into the equation. Men on the other hand are adept at handling casual relationships just because they want the sex and nothing else. It is a gender thing and I think women cannot very rarely be okay with casual sex. When it comes down to the nitty gritty - you need to think about how you are feeling about it all. If you are happy to just have sex with a friend, no strings attached then you are more than capable of handling it. If you find yourself developing stronger feelings then it is time to re set the boundaries and maybe pull away before destroying your relationship. Good luck.

The answer to your last question is difficult to answer. Everytime you date someone new you have to get to know them. If they stick around and you meet up regularly they are interested. This does not mean they want more than just friendship. Diffcult one. However, if a bloke fancies you, his body language and feelings will show you that he does. Just keep your eye open.

Answer 3

Hey, listen, let's get real here. Guys would love to just have casual sexual relationships. They would love to have a different woman all the time. Of course in this day and age, its very dangerous, plus eventually the interest in having casual wears off.
Some men want to have committed relationships, however it's not always easy for men and women to find someone that fufills them. Plus many men are very insecure and look at an opportunity and will pursue something to feed their egos. I know there are some women that do that too. To answer your question on how they feel? Um, if its casual, then, the only feelings they feel is really between their legs, not in their heart. My advice to you is to stay away from that, to avoid getting hurt and disappointed.

Answer 4

Thats a hard line to cross. once you have a sexual relationship with a man, you can never have a normal one. There i said it.
Its true though. A woman, can turn off the physical side into the emotional one in an instant, but a man cannot. Most of the time, youre lucky if you find a man that even HAS emotions.
heh.

Anyway, the best way to tell if theyre serious is to not even get into a sexual relationship with them unless you know feelings are involved. Not with the ones you like. If hes nice, dont go there, but if he's like the rest of them, theres nothing wrong with keeping a boy around for play.

Answer 5

Once sex becomes part of the scenario that "line"as you call it becomes very faint if not invisible....the only real way to find out if a guy is interested in you as a person rather than a body is to not be crossing any borders to begin with....
I'm not trying to be funny here but perhaps also you need to ask yourself what is it about you that makes you see every guy as special? are you desperate for love for example? I'm not trying to be b*tchy or anything when I ask that just trying to get you to see it's not normal to see every guy as special until he proves he has something worthy of being special....You may feel as though you're being "highly selective" but in fact honey you're not...because if you were you wouldn't be in so much confusion all the time....rather than being "highly selective" about who you'll have in your life maybe you should be "highly selective" about who you'll give your life to.....you sound like a lady that wants to love & be loved in return....try to focus more on getting to know guys as guys & not as lovers. Hope that helps....good luck & always feel positive about yourself....if you think you're not worth much then that's the way others will treat you also....it's human nature I'm afraid Babe.

Answer 6

a relationship is with one other person, casual is a different person each night. Relationships are cheaper financially but expensive emotionally because of the total investment package involved. Casual is very expensive financially and if you can handle the idea of being a bas>ar@, very low on emotional costs. So its a cost benefits analysis sort of thing, coupled with opportunity cost, really, it could be argued its an economic conundrum rather than an emotional one!

Answer 7

casual sex is purely a relationship based on sex or sex related things. people who are together through 'casual sex' are only 'together' to have sex with each other - no attachments, no committment, if there were feelings between the two then it would be more of a 'relationship'. i would class a relationship more as something where there is feelings not something based on something cheap like sex. if you are asking about yourself, then please i urge you to respect your body and also a mans body, they were not made just to sleep around with each other when you feel like it. sex was meant for 'married' couples as a 'cherry on top of the icecream' type thing. if you are going into casual sex relationships wondering how do they feel, to me it would make me wonder if YOU had feeligns for them, and if thats teh case a casual sex type relationship is only going to get YOU hurt.. good luck.

Answer 8

Well i'm sorry to say but i think that it is hard to read most men - they can tell you one thing and mean another, for instance they can tell you they love you then sleep with your best mate or say they just want casual sex then go off on one when they see you with someone else. Us women can be just as bad, lets face it we never know where we stand!

Answer 9

The difference is being true to only one person. If a guy doesn't take you out and buy you things, it's casual. You know how the guy feels by asking him. Best way.

Answer 10

A relationship is what the a chap promises a girl when he wants casual sex.