5 or 6 dates now. Dates go well every time. Haven't slept together. Last date my first attempt to put my hand down her pants was rejected with her saying she's not ready for that. But after talking a while and making her feel really comfortable, my second try was not stopped. However it was stopped by my bloody nose lol. So that didn't happen. No big deal tho.

I'm always the one who texts her, I usually try to leave a 2-3 day gap if I can wait. Seeing each other about once a week. She has mentioned having fun and enjoys hanging out with me. But she told me the other day that she is seeing other people and wants to be honest with me. That she's trying to figure out what she wants and has never dated multiple people at once before but she told herself she would try it. I responded by saying that I'm not here to take her freedom away and that she should do what she needs to do (but inside my brain was going crazy and my heart was racing). And I told her imma seeing other people too (though I'm not interested in anyone but this one).

My question to you all, as I need opinions, am I just a backup plan? Do I need to stick up for myself and tell her I won't be a back up for her. Or wait it out, keep doing what I'm doing and give her time. After all some people are ok with dating multiple people. My internal alarms of trying to avoid being hurt are going off. It's as though she has great game and has been gaming me this whole time lol. Game works! It's just working the opposite way right now for me.