Do you believe that sleeping with someone diminishes your self worth? Do you think there’s a stigma associated with women wanting to date around and/or have a FWB? Do you think this has anything to do with a woman’s self worth?

Background: A friend of mine has recently split with her ex, who is her baby’s dad. They had a bad fall out two months ago. She told me last night that she misses the sex and wants to continue this with him. At first, he said no because he didn’t want to hurt or lead her on. Then he finally agreed to it with the understanding that it won’t go anywhere. She has told me that she has no expectation it will go anywhere so she won’t end up feeling disappointed. However, despite being ok with this, she’s worried that this makes her look bad sleeping with a guy who only sees her as such and as a “baby momma” and not as his future wife. She explained that she does want a long term relationship sometime in the future with someone but she isn’t worried about it now with either him or anyone else. She just wants to have fun but at the same time, doesn’t know if this means she is simply laid back about their situation or if this means she lacks a great deal of self control and self worth.

How do you feel about this?

Note - She says she wants to with him and not find a FWB because she’s still self conscious about her post partum body and he’s always made her feel sexy no matter what.