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Hi Meredith,
As a young woman, I feel that you meet people that could be “the one” every day, but I met someone this summer and we really hit it off. It took three months for us to finally go on a date, and honestly, it was the best date I’ve ever been on. He held every door, pulled out my chair, did everything that a perfect gentleman would do. I’ve met his friends and he always seems so interested. We’ve gone on three dates and I’ve never had a connection like this with anybody.
Then comes the confusion. After our third date, he asked met to stay over and I couldn’t. He happily walked me to my car, gave me a kiss goodnight, and asked for a text once I got home safely. Then the texts started to slowly stop, conversations would abruptly end, one day he will text me all day and then I don’t hear from him for days.
I’m confused as to what the issue is. Do I ask him? Is it too much if I say something? What do you think it could be? I’m extremely confused and honestly disappointed. I keep thinking I did something wrong on our date, but I’m not even sure what that could be. Help!
– Disappointed and Crushing
“It took three months for us to finally go on a date”
“conversations would abruptly end”
“We’ve gone on three dates”
“I’ve never had a connection like this with anybody”
One of those statements doesn’t belong with the others. In case you can’t figure it out, it’s the last one. You’ve probably had about 24 hours of in-person time with this guy. That’s not enough to decide that he’s a perfect gentleman — or perfect for you.
His behavior has been inconsistent and annoying. You didn’t do anything wrong — he’s just unreliable. Tell him that you need something more and then move on. Because you said it best: “As a young woman, I feel that you meet people that could be ‘the one’ every day.”
Readers? Is he just on a different pace?
– Meredith
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