Why would a man let you spend the night?

I mean….that’s not alot to go on, by why wouldn’t he ‘allow’ you to stay? You’ve known each other for 2 years. You’re not strangers. Even if you’re not intending to turn sex into a relationship, there’s no reason for him to not let you stay. Hell, even if you’re a one night stand, staying the night isn’t unusual. It’s not mandatory, but it’s not unusual.

But we only had sex once that evening. In the morning 10:30 he had to go

I mean, I let a woman stay overnight in my bed, whom I’d only known for maybe a couple of weeks, and we didn’t even have sex. She had a reason she said she didn’t want to go home. I was thinking, “why not?”

In fact, I can think of countless occasions when both men and women have let people stay the night without having sex with them in the morning.

So like @Entropy, I would think the answer to “why?” would very often be “No reason. Why not?”

The part I don’t get, is why you assume a man would not allow a woman to spend the night?

Maybe he likes your company.

Maybe he didn’t watn you having to leave in the dark by yourself.

If he had to drive you home, maybe he didn’t feel like getting up to put clothes on and drive you home.

Maybe he thought he might want sex in the morning but then for whatever reason that didn’t work out.

Ok I did drive myself though so others are a possibility

From all your questions, you seem to have a lot of experience with sex but not much with relationships. Some people like closeness after or even without sex.

Is this the same married guy you have been asking about for a couple of years? Maybe he had to go home to his wife.

I would say the bigger concern would be if he DIDN’T want you to stay after. Awkward.

Nice of you to offer and nice of him to make what may have been a diplomatic reply. It’s doesn’t sound like too big a deal.

In the spirit of Xmas; maybe he thought it was cold outside.

Probably because you’ve known him for 2 years, it would’ve been pretty rude for him to ask you to leave after sex.