Why does my friendship with my best female friend feel like a relationship without sex?

Why does my (27M) friendship with 28F feel like a relationship?

Why does my 27M friendship with 28F feels like a relationship without sex?

Hi all,

Over the last few months I’ve been in a very intense friendship? With this woman named A.

A and I spend all of our free time together, and if we’re not together we call on the phone or text.

When we’re together it feels like a relationship, there’s literally everything there even the physical intimacy apart from sex…

Neither of us are A sexual which makes it weird, I don’t have sexual feelings towards her and she’s said the same.

She constantly asks me be physically intimate with her though and I crave the same.

She gets upset if we’re apart or I go home early when I’m over at her house.

We also have sleepovers and cuddle but again, there’s no sex.

She’s also said she’d hate it if I had romantic feelings for another woman (she didn’t say it but she was hinting it feeling like cheating).

We’ve spoken about it quite a bit and neither of us can figure out why we feel like this but don’t want to fuck each other.

She said today it feels like we’re dating but just not having sex.

I’m away at the moment and she’s been telling me how much she misses me and wishes I was with her holding her in my arms.

She’s also said she’s coming with me next time I go away.

We’ve both said that we feel the safest in the world when we’re together which is something I’ve only ever felt when I was not only dating someone but serious about it.

Over the last few weeks I’ve been seeing another girl and A has been really supportive but also honest about it.

The girl is A’s friend and A has set us up but also said she sort of regrets it because she’ll be really upset if we stay dating.

I’ve been trying to figure out for the last few months why I feel like this.

I’m not in love with her in a sexual way but I’m not sure if I ever want to leave her?

I know it’s not fair on the other girl who I really like and do have those sexual feelings for so I’m really trying to figure it out.

It feels like we’re an old married couple that doesn’t have sex anymore but does everything else together.