Is he avoiding me? Can you recover from being too forward?

Anonymous

I was talking to a guy pretty regularly for about a month. We were talking every day and things were going well. And just to note- 90% of the time, he would call/text first.

We finally went on a date (went very well), but he started acting more distant for a few days. Tried not to think anything of it and we ended up going on a second date last Friday (a couple weeks after the first). It went well too, except we came a little close to crossing some boundaries we both set (nothing major- just more flirting and kissing than was probably best. Lol). We planned to see each other again. He called for a few minutes on his way to work the next day and said he just wanted to call since we hadn’t talked since the day before.

Then, Sunday (close to about 2 months and 2 dates into this), I asked him, via text, if he was talking to anyone else. I didn’t ask it harshly or anything and just said I wanted to be transparent, not wanting to make assumptions. He said he’s not. And that was all.

I called him Monday night and we talked for just a couple minutes and I didn’t hear from him at all yesterday. I honestly feel like he’s avoiding me. I know he has things going on, but he’s always at least texted…

I feel like I’ve been following his cues and matching his level of flirting/communicating. Maybe it’s because I felt really vulnerable, asking about dating other people, but now I’m afraid I came on too strong between that and maybe I flirted too much on Friday (I didn’t think I was..). We’ve talked about possibly dating (like moving toward a relationship), so I don’t think it was out of line to ask.

But it’s the only thing I can think of that I could have done wrong..

How do I handle that? I don’t want to make matters worse and become annoying. Can I fix it? What’s the deal? Do guys just start communicating less over time? We’re talking less frequently, but…why would he ask me out again if he’s losing interest? Ugh.
Is he avoiding me? Can you recover from being too forward?
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