As long as you keep expectations to zero it's okay. But that's not easy. Any physical connection IS a connection and that *can* work in your favor (there's info about that on this site), but you have to stay emotionally detached so you don't get hurt.... that was the hardest thing for me. Detaching while keeping physically involved was VERY hard. Good luck to you.

Keep in mind women and men react differntly to phyical connection (for men it can be purely physical, while for women it is often emotional). When keeping up a physical connecton look for little ways you can add emotional connection for him as well. How can you be his friend? What actions help him feel close to you emotionally?

There is no arriving, ever. It is all a continual becoming.