Strategies for handling the goodbye
The recent posts on the sharing habits of SBs has me thinking increasingly about the best way to part ways when the time is right. Both the SD and SB typically enter into these arrangements as sort of a shortcut to dating, and a more hassle-free version of traditional dating where hes getting sex and in return providing financial stability (or at least that seems to be the motive of most of the types I've been with).
The problem I've found is that over some period of time, the consistent financial stability results in a "comfort zone" effect that provides diminishing returns to the SD. The first 2-3 dates, she shows up looking as hot as she possibly can. Soon after, the amount of effort she is exerting to impress me seems to decrease. This might be changes with her clothes or makeup, or she starts showing up later and later for our meetings, or I generally get the feeling she is less appreciative. Sometimes the quality of sex is maintained on her part, but other circumstances seem to change such that I feel like I'm no longer getting the same return what I originally signed up to provide for. Sometimes they become increasingly high maintenance in terms of their behavior, mostly in the form of emotional neediness.
In a real relationship, we might look for ways to fix things like that, but this is sugaring where the goal is simplicity and convenience. And since I'm providing financial support, I do not care to invest lots of time like I would in a relationship.
I've never had an SB end it with me -- it always has to be me. But I'd also like to do it in the most fair way possible. It can be hard because many of them start behaving like a jilted girlfriend if I tell them the truth, that an arrangement has a shorter life cycle than a long term relationship and that our arrangement has simply run its course. So I find myself trying to come up with clever situations or reasons, avoiding using the exact same excuse twice because I never know which one of them is sharing info with the other.
So. How do you guys do it?
Why not provide links for a couple of posts for him
[QUOTE=Sterling44;4459021]Go back and read this forum. This topic has been talked about time and time again. They have their own forum. They might talk about it at school and in social groups but there's an actual Forum that goes back a long time.[/QUOTE]Never hurts to build rapport with senior members.