Met her several months ago, and we've been having sex from time to time in this period. There was a period where we didn't meet during summer because of vacations. I made it a big deal to follow the steps of the sidebar, and i haven't given her exclusivity. She has passively given hints to wanting to be serious, but i've told her that i currently just see this as something casual. We don't do anything else besides having sex, really, besides a movie from time to time. It mostly consists of her coming over late at weekends and similar. I've also been trying to not be too responsive to texts and snapchats as a way to show her how casual i am about it, but it's only created more dread. Especially lately she's shown signs of being annoyed when i don't respond much. She has been a great plate so far though, and she doesn't linger too long when she's here, and she does everything i tell her.

So, here's the thing. I teach 7th grade, and this plate told me one time that she believed her cousin was in my class. She's also the godmother of this cousin. I didn't care about that, it's not like it changes much, and in a small town it's normal to meet girls who know/or is related to people at school. However, today at work, one of the girls in my class came over to me during recess and asked me if i was in a relationship. I said no, and she told me that the kid (the plate's cousin) had told her that I was in a relationship with his cousin, because appearantly my plate had told him "we were like 80% official". I again said "no, i'm not in a relationship".

First of all; why the fuck does she tell her 12 year old cousin that she's "fucking his teacher"? How can she not realise that this could make this uncomfortable for me? Did she do it on purpose to get a reaction from me? I really don't understand why she thinks we're "80% official". Last time we met, saturday, when we talked after sex, i told her that i liked what we had, but that i wouldn't be able to go into a serious relationship. Granted, we had both had a bit to drink at this point, but still.. I'm not freaking out about this or anything, but i'll admit i feel a bit disrespected when she goes around saying that when she knows i'm not on the same page. How do i react to it? Do i just sweep it under the carpet and keep going? Do i cut down on contact? (i've already cut down considerable last two weeks). Do i confront her about it?