There have been several moments when you have engaged in conversations with your guy friend that lasted hours.

He often flirts in these conversations too.

Not to mention, he has instigated a hangout with you on several occasions where he has gotten a bit too touchy-feely with you as well as paid for the food and drinks.

All of these occasions have confused you as to what to make of it.

He is so adorable and sweet on these occasions and treats you as though you are dating him as his girlfriend.

There have been several times you have had conversations about him with friends and family who have also had the impression that he treats you as he would a girlfriend.

This has made you really confused as to why he behaves this way.

It gets that much more confusing when he complains to you about his girlfriend in some of these conversations and hangouts.

He talks about how she lacks this or that, and it feels as though he is unhappy with her when he makes these complaints.

On top of this, he compares you to her, giving you praise for certain qualities you have that she doesn’t.

All of this is so confusing and has compelled you to question whether he is stringing you along.

Sadly, he is.

Since he is your guy friend, he is taking full advantage of this position.

He knows that you like him and has known this for a while.

Nonetheless, he never chose to make you his girlfriend for a reason.

He isn’t attracted to you.

You aren’t his type.

That said, he knows you like him and are devoted.

Since his girlfriend is deficient in several areas that have caused him unhappiness, he looks to you to fulfill him in these areas.

Where his girlfriend is lacking in empathy, compassion, humor, or giving compliments, he looks to you to fulfill all of that.

Being that he is your guy friend, he is fully aware of your personality.

He knows that your personality is empathic, humorous, and generous in how often you compliment those who are looking for an uplift in spirit and self-esteem.

Wherever his girlfriend is deficient, he uses you to fulfill that need.

This is why he has these long phone calls with you and takes you out on what seem like dates.

This way, he gets to use you to fulfill whatever his girlfriend isn’t giving him verbally and emotionally.

His girlfriend has his heart.

She is who he is physically attracted to and in love with.

If that wasn’t the case, with all of the long conversations and hangouts he has had with you so far, he should have already left his girlfriend for you.

Yet, he hasn’t.

This almost always points to someone who is using you for their benefit.

He knows that by dangling the carrot of a possible romantic relationship with him, you keep talking to him and hanging out with him.

It’s manipulative, but he uses this tactic to make sure you keep giving him your attention.

But he has no intention to ever take his friendship with you to that of a romantic relationship by making you his girlfriend.