Men are territorial.

Even though you aren’t the only one he is dating and seeing, he expects you to be only dating and seeing him, so as to promote the impression that you belong to him and only him.

He wants to be at the advantage in having several women in his dating orbit.

The idea that any one of them is dating and seeing some other guy is threatening to him.

It’s akin to a male lion that has marked its territory, adverse to any other male lion crossing over and violating it.

He wants to know that he is the one that you are thinking about.

When you go to bed at night, he wants to know that you are alone and thinking of him.

It is all a part of how he exercises control over every girl within his orbit of influence.

He expects you to be only dating and seeing him, knowing that this keeps him in your thoughts.

While in your thoughts, he maintains a degree of control over you.

There are no other men dominating your thoughts but him, which makes him feel so much more secure about his position with you.

In this position, he isn’t worrying about competition from other men who are looking to woo you, which is a violation of the territory he has so rigidly marked.

The same rules don’t apply to him.

As far as he is concerned, it’s acceptable for him to be dating and seeing other women.

After all, he is the lion.

He is the one that hunts his prey.

He is the one that leads the pride.

Like a lion in the wild, he protects his pride.

A pride that is filled with lionesses that look to him as the protector.

He believes that his role is to maintain a harem of women until he is ready to choose which one is worthy of becoming his primary partner.

Be aware that a man like this isn’t thinking about completely giving up the other women he is dating and seeing when he finally decides on which woman he is supposedly settling down with.

He is addicted to the entitlement.

To this end, he maintains a connection with several of these women even after he has supposedly settled down with one.

His excuse for this behavior is that he is merely friends with them but isn’t sleeping with any one of them anymore.

That isn’t much cause for comfort, given that the temptation always remains that he is likely to cheat on you with one or more of them should an opportune moment arise.

Alas, this is the foreshadowing in plenty of these cases.

It is unfair and selfish for a man to expect you to only date and see him, when he isn’t your exclusive boyfriend, and is continuing to date and see other women.

This is behavior that speaks to a man who wants to eat his cake and have it too.

Since he is keeping his dating options open, there are no guarantees that you are the one he decides to settle down with.

Imagine spending the next few months or years not dating or seeing anyone but him, waiting on him to choose you, and ending up empty-handed.

He chooses someone else in his harem of women.

What a waste of your valuable time.

Time that you never get back.

As long as he continues to date and see other women, keep your dating options open by dating and seeing other men.