So I met a guy in tinder summer 2021, exchanged instagrams and we texted for a while but it was nothing too crazy. Just friendly conversations. Some time passed and by the end of the year I was still into him, so I went ahead and asked him out and he told me he was interested but had just got out of a relationship that summer and needed time before dating. So we stayed friendly and texted every now and then and I pursued other guys up until now.
He and I hadn’t had a real conversation since March of this year. I began seeing someone around that time oddly and it ended in early September. It’s like men can sense when you are available because that is when he approached me with an apology about not taking me out before and saying one thing and never taking action on it. So I forgave him although I wasn’t upset, I had just moved on. He told me he wanted to try again and I was down to do so. So we have been texting for almost 2 weeks again.
However here is the twist. After a week of us talking again, he opened up about his mental health issues and the seriousness of them. I wholeheartedly believe him when it comes to this. This lead him to telling me that he still wants to date and get to know me but wants to take it slow. So I was understanding, and I’m interested in him, but I also don’t want to be strung along.
What made me need second opinions though is earlier he told me that he was possibly going to get a piercing this weekend and was a little nervous. So I said to him, “let me know if you want a little friendly support lol” and he replied “haha I’ll let you know if I decide to go.”
That felt kinda like a slight rejection or backtrack, so I want to make sure I’m not being irrational.
