
so not to give you false hope but i did this in july and it resulted in a relationship by october, which i am very happy in. sex will 100% make your feelings deeper, dont try to convince yourself otherwise. if you decide to do it, make sure that yall are VERY communicative. if you think something has changed (in my case, he initially told me he only wanted something casual with no strings attached, but eventually it was clear to me that his sentiment had changed) you have to talk abt it.
there was a period for us during our fwb stage where i secretly had strong feelings for him while he had none for me. it was painful and definitely not healthy for me, even though it ended up working out. i got through that period by kind of detaching from my feelings and focusing on the present—i was having fun, even if the “benefits” part of fwb ended i still had a good experience, i was having needs met and getting closer to a good friend, etc.