Dear Miss Emily:

A guy i was sleeping with has now told me he wants to remain friends but doesn't want anything sexual anymore. He says he understands if i don't want to stay friends, but if i ever change my mind and want to meet for a film, or coffee to let him know. In his texts he keeps telling me how he doesn't want anything more than friendship. It's like he's rubbing salt in the wounds but repeating himself. What shall i do?

-------------------------------Miss Emily's advice-----------------------

It's clear he has laid out what he wants from this relationship, and he's thrown the ball in your court to make a decision for friendship only, or you can walk away. He seems rather cold in his delivery, but the fact remains this is how he feels. Only you can decide whether you can, or cannot glide into a no-sex friendship and carry on in that manner without feeling slighted and hurt. It really depends on the feelings you have for him. If you're emotionally tied to him in a way that would break your heart to only see him for an occasional coffee, or movie, I'd distance myself, lick those salty wounds, and move on  -- at least until you can get this settled in your head to your satisfaction. It's painful, but I'd take him at his word.