Okay so me and my mate have been having a frequent casual sexual relationship for around 12-15 months. We hang in the same group of friends, but are not particularly close and personal in the friendship stakes (he is a very tough, blokey type of bloke who doesn't really show much emotion or sensitivity in his day to day life).
In the beginning i really had an interest in pursuing a relationship with him, but he claimed he only wanted to be friends with benefits.
I have been intimate with ONE other person (a one night stand) during the entire time. I'm not sure if he has been intimate with anyone else, I suspect probably, but I know he has not on any occasion where the two of us have been hanging out together.
So on the weekend, after not speaking for 3 months, we caught up and made up for not talking and ended up straight back where we left off.
He talks really sweet and sensitive when we are alone together, he gives lots of cuddles and emotionally seems like he is more than just physically attached.
In day to day life he tells his mates the total opposite. He acts like he doesn't want anything to do with me, tries to keep me from telling anyone about us.
THE COMPLICATED PART:
I am 6 months pregnant. The father of the baby is from the previously mentioned one night stand. It was a big oops. In the beginning i thought there was a small chance my mate was the father, but going off dates there is no way possible.
He reacted by telling me i was stupid for keeping it and said I should get an abortion. Then when i was bout 8 weeks, and 9 weeks along we were intimate again. He was the opposite, he told me he'd be happy to be like an uncle/role model to my child and he knows its not his but he wouldn't mind if it were. He offered to help me out by tracking down the father (who was avoiding me at all costs).
A week or two later, we stopped speaking because he abused me, calling me a s*t and saying that i shouldn't sleep around etc. and just being really nasty. It came across like he was mad i got pregnant to somebody else.
Now after not speaking for 3 months, we saw each other once and ended up back where we were...... He was very sweet offering to help out any way he can while i'm pregnant and even joked about coming to be there at the birth. He was excited that i'm having a boy because he can play some sort of role in his life. He cuddled me and was excited to feel the baby kicking him, he tickled and poked at my belly and then of course we were intimate once again.
The next morning he told everyone he didn't get much sleep because i kept him awake talking about the baby kicking.
If he only wants sex why go for someone 6 months pregnant? He has enough charm to get it somewhere else....
Its like 2 completely different people. One is tough and macho. One is sweet and sensitive.
How do i know what he really thinks? is he really pretending to be tough to not upset the boys (and pretending to not like me because some of them don't get along with me so well and would probably make fun of him)..?
Or is he using me really well with all this sweet talk and stuff when we get together?