Quote Originally Posted by Niceguy11 View Post

But yeah, for those 30 minutes or so, I did feel like my freedom was gone and that I was in relationship. It bought back memories of my ex-girlfriend and even though its great having a girlfriend which is what I want eventually, I felt I lost my freedom.

After I dropped her home, I felt a sense of relief because I wasn't in relationship but being friends with her. No commitments or anything, just a friend looking after another friend.
That makes sense. Just I would say this is social commitment or responsibility rather than coming from a relationship, or sense of relationship. Even it's a male friend, or female stranger, in such situation, I would still feel obligated to do something for them. Just with a female friend, you also feel a bit more protective to her as a girl might be seemingly weaker.

As we discuss freedom, I don't thinf there is such thing as absolute freedom. It's a spectrum you have to find the sweet spot that you feel most comfortable. And everyone is different E.g. Some people don't like kids as they lost freedom, but some much refer have kids as the joy of having kid far outweighs the lost of freedom.

Same applies to relationship, there is so much in a relationship one would enjoy or need. Many would feel this is outweighs the lost of freedom, if that makes sense.