Do no-label relationships work? And should I stay in one?

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My s/o doesn't want to label what we are, but I really wanted that. He also gets really worried that I may be seeing other people which makes me wonder if I should.

However, I do love him and I don't want to lose him, but I don't want to stick around for someone who will never feel the same. What should I do?

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If there's no label, there's no reason you can't see other people.

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If he is worried about you seeing someone else why wont he consider you a "girlfriend"? He cant have his cake and eat it too. Just sounds weird to me.

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I personally feel like people who are supposedly in an exclusive relationship but "don't want to label things" aren't fully committed to the person.  If you want to be with someone who only wants you, I would look for someone else.

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Lay it out to him what you want. Tell him you want a relationship. My boyfriend didnt want "a label" for 2 months, then i told him what I wanted and what i expected to come out of what we had. He had two options, be serious and make me his, or me leave  so i could be someone elses. Make your SO make his decision

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I think it depends on how much time has passed. My current boyfriend and I did not want to do labels at first-- yes we were dating, exclusive, but we didn't know if we wanted to make it official YET because we had external things going on in our lives to where we knew we had to be 100% ready to be girlfriend and boyfriend if and when we labeled it that. After two months we did. I would say you deserve more if he knows he'll never want to label it boyfriend and girlfriend. Or if it's been like 3 or more months and he still doesn't know if he wants that.

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I've got a friend who's 'friend' is a boy that sleeps with her at her parents house every night. who helps cook dinners. Who she picks up from work at 2am 30miles away. Who she buys presents for at Xmas and birthdays. Who she has been pregnant to twice.

But she's not his girlfriend.

She's a different religion from him and he doesn't want his friends or family knowing they're together. He doesn't want the people he works with to know he's with her. 
He'll make plans with her for his day off and ditch her last minute cos his brother called

She met his mum by chance and she was introduced as someone he teaches his language to. She was friends with his brother but now she can't face him because she doesn't want to lie to him. She was friends with his friends but can't see them anymore incase she slips up. 
He'll drop her like a sack of potatoes if anyone he knows finds out about them

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Cntd....
If you can see anything wrong with this you're 100x smarter than her!

Give him an ultimatum and be with someone who is proud to call you his

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My bf tried this with me and I told him I couldn't. I wanted him to be my bf and it was sad he didn't want that. When I tried to break it off, he showed up after work to my apartment with all my favorite snacks, movies, and said he wanted to spend the rest of the night with his girlfriend. ?

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Make sure he plans on not being with other women.
I think it's fishy... plus how is he going to introduce you to people. .. as his friend?

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Let him know if there isn't a label or some kind of commitment that you going to date other people. Then go out on a date if you don't want to go on a date just wait until one night when he wants to hangout and let him know your busy don't tell him with what and then get out and do something fun.

Do no-label relationships work? And should I stay in one?

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