I’m in a high school relationship. It’s super innocent because the girl is religious (I’m not but I try to be tolerant) and I tell myself I prefer this more than my last relationship because we connect on a deeper level and blah blah.
My last relationship was primarily connecting on a physical level, all the benefits included, but one of the reasons I backed out of this (aside from how I really can’t stand many of my ex-girlfriend’s quirks and general behaviors when talking to her) was because I was afraid that I was objectifying her because I’d realize how little I liked to be around this person when we weren’t fooling around.
I think I prefer that relationship to this new one, anyway…physical attachment must lead to all the other kinds of attachments to a person because I find it easier to see past the things I didn’t use to like about her.
I miss what we had, as close as it was to being friends-with-benefits.