Hello guys. As usual I come to seek the advice and wisdom of collective DJ kind 
Been seeing this girl for a few weeks now. She's young-ish - 25 - I'm in my mid 30s. When I first met her she mentioned - only really late in the day - that she had a boyfriend but they've only really been going out a few months. Turns out he is off travelling and she mentioned about "it's probably not going to last, I'm the monogamous type, we've got to have "the talk"". I ignored it, we got cuddling and she definately responded to kino - no kissing - but left it there.
Then things changed quickly - just before he left they spent the weekend together, got real close and I think agreed to keep it together. I've been seen her twice since = she's let me initiatve kino but hasn't withdrawn OR responded back - but she keeps inviting me to things since he's been gone (about a month now) . I do think though that her interest level has definately cooled and she mentions occasionally how she works hard to skype him and get them talking more to keep the relationship alive - I admire that. I don't engage in that conversation and shut it down quickly. At point I did playfully ask what was the deal with her boyfriend and she got quite defensive - like, "we are together while he is away. Why?"
Anyway, I totally realised I made the mistake of heading towards surrogate boyfriend territory - if I haven't already got there. I haven't made my feelings explicit - but I'm not quite sure how to play things now. My friend suggests I do all these things she's invited me too - keep flirting, keep kino and just basically BE AWESOME and build emotional rapport - show her everything that she's missing from her boyfriend ; and then maybe withdraw and go no contact for a bit. I'm stilll looking at other women but I'd like to make this one work if I can. I guess if she's so invested - or trying to invest in her boyfriend though I'm wondering whether its worth the effort.
Any advice folks?
Been seeing this girl for a few weeks now. She's young-ish - 25 - I'm in my mid 30s. When I first met her she mentioned - only really late in the day - that she had a boyfriend but they've only really been going out a few months. Turns out he is off travelling and she mentioned about "it's probably not going to last, I'm the monogamous type, we've got to have "the talk"". I ignored it, we got cuddling and she definately responded to kino - no kissing - but left it there.
Then things changed quickly - just before he left they spent the weekend together, got real close and I think agreed to keep it together. I've been seen her twice since = she's let me initiatve kino but hasn't withdrawn OR responded back - but she keeps inviting me to things since he's been gone (about a month now) . I do think though that her interest level has definately cooled and she mentions occasionally how she works hard to skype him and get them talking more to keep the relationship alive - I admire that. I don't engage in that conversation and shut it down quickly. At point I did playfully ask what was the deal with her boyfriend and she got quite defensive - like, "we are together while he is away. Why?"
Anyway, I totally realised I made the mistake of heading towards surrogate boyfriend territory - if I haven't already got there. I haven't made my feelings explicit - but I'm not quite sure how to play things now. My friend suggests I do all these things she's invited me too - keep flirting, keep kino and just basically BE AWESOME and build emotional rapport - show her everything that she's missing from her boyfriend ; and then maybe withdraw and go no contact for a bit. I'm stilll looking at other women but I'd like to make this one work if I can. I guess if she's so invested - or trying to invest in her boyfriend though I'm wondering whether its worth the effort.
Any advice folks?