Could use a bit of help figuring things out. >reconnected

You're not her boyfriend, and she's not your girlfriend. You can use those labels when it's convenient and when you can't articulate what you have properly, but it's not a proper relationship. We don't know why she wants it this way, because we're not in her head. Ask her if it bothers you so much

>>17375044
Thanks for the input. It just kinda feels like I'm in a bit of a strange place considering that we've never had the bf/gf talk but we've already have had the exclusivity talk and all pretty early on...

>>17375053
Whatever it is, it really doesn't sound like a proper relationship, at least not until it's convenient. It's more like exclusive FWB, imo.

>>17375044
Some of this.

That sort of burn that you said she got; it obviously affected her in a way that made her want to develop relationships while distancing herself as much as possible as well.

I can relate to the whole title thing in that I have zero relationship with my mother. For convenience and avoidance of unwanted conversation, I call my mother mom/mother, but with friends I call her by her first name, as she is the person who only birthed me, and that's that.

If anything happens, she'll at least have the (self)satisfaction of being able to not say "I lost/broke up with (another) boyfriend," and that friend can sometimes be the line that can hold back one from moving on with their lives.

Like anon said here, she doesn't want to see you as a boyfriend, and though that might make you feel hurt, it's a dysfunction you're either going to have to put up with or have a serious talk with her about.

>>17375044
> We're not friends until I say we're friends
> Even if we hang out everyday