Special friend??

Maybe it means he wants you to be more than his friend.
*none of my business but maybe that is his way of saying you guys have slept together...(not intended to offend you) Not to say that you have and I am no professional.

It means that if you want a serious relationship, he's probably not the one. "Special friend" is totally non-committal. It sounds like something a man would call a woman with whom he is having sex with absolutely no commitment attached. Just my opinion, of course...

and here, I always called my non-commital sex partner my feckbuddy.

Yup I agree with the other here he either wants to be more than a friend and there is no commitment there or maybe you truly are his special friend or best friend. If the 2 of you have made love this is what he could mean also. I would just out and ask him why he calls you that.

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Autumn

I agree, I use to go out with this guy who didnot wanta committment, and he would always say that I was "special"... what a load of crap!

I agree with the other posts. Special friend means no committment.

It depends. In some cases it means "Bedroom Buddy", but it some cases it means confidante. Give us some context. What exactly did he say when he used the phrase, and what was his attitude towards you at the time? What is the extent of your relationship - do you make out/have sex with him or spend lots of quality time with him?

Janedoe,
He was a gentleman when saying it to his relatives..We have very close relationship so yes kinda like cofidante.We spend lots of quality time together..

Then that's what I would take it to mean is confidante. You are a special friend in that you are more than just a pal to go barhopping and watch movies with you. He tells you things in sincerity that he probably doesn't share with other friends, which makes you "special" to him.

If you guys are that close, just ask him what he means by you being his special friend. That sounds easy enough and I don't think it is a taboo question.

Yeah I would say special friend means a friend who your sleeping with. Just out of curiousity has anyone here been in that kind of relationship and did it actually work where no one got hurt in the end?