Oh, it was dating. It was just dating with none of the benefits, because his clinginess killed any attraction to him, so I remained a virgin through the whole time. Back when I was still really into dating him, he moved way too slowly about the whole thing... which in and of itself was a huge turn-off. He was into "respecting my boundaries," which is all very well and good, but I would have loved it if he'd pushed a little harder to discover where those boundaries were. ;_;
It wasn't all his fault - I probably should have told him all this, but... yeah... don't be a wet blanket, guys!