If a guy texts, “I’ll let you go for now since your church service is starting soon” does he not want to talk to like in a lack of interest way?

[Anonymous]

I met this guy on a dating app and we exchanged numbers and few days ago as we seem to hit it off pretty well. He is in the Navy not deployed as he is working at his base. We texted for an hour this morning and he knew my church service was at 8AM and he was working on the ship all day today. A few minutes before 8AM thats when he said I’ll let you go for now since your service is starting soon. I haven’t heard from him all day so I’m not sure if I should just back off and wait for him to text me again or if I should initiate conversation with him today or should I wait longer? I know my questions may seem silly, but I feel like dating has become so different these days and there’s so many opinions of if a guy should reach out first or the girl it confuses me

[Oliverlogan263]

Hmm that's a tough one. On one hand, saying he'll let you go for church seems respectful that he didn't want to keep you from your thing. But he also hasn't texted since, so who knows.

With a guy in the Navy, he's probably super busy all the time between work and everything. I wouldn't necessarily think it means a lack of interest. But I get why you'd wonder since he hasn't hit you up again yet.

My feeling is, since you guys had a good convo this morning, maybe give it another day or so and then reach out yourself if you haven't heard from him. Don't play games being like "he has to text me first". That's dumb.

Just be like "hey, hope your day is going well, wanted to say hi". Keep it casual but let him know you're still interested. If he doesn't respond after that, THEN maybe take the hint he's not that into it.

Dating apps are weird anyway. Don't overthink it too much yet. Give it a little time and keep the lines of communication open. Good luck! I'm sure if he seemed cool this morning, he'll get back to you.

[Flatmanlewis]

The Navy life means he may have a dozen hours of nothing to do; then 24, 36, or 48 without even as much as 15 minutes to sit and look at his phone. Don’t jump into negative places or anything. Be calm. Maybe send a “It was nice talking to you earlier. I look forward to the next time we can do it. Let me know when it’s a good time.” then let it go. You don’t want to act clingy and you have to accept some careers don’t have predictable patterns. This is why military, first responders, and other 24/7 demand professionals have such difficulties in their relationships. Just be patient.

[spartan55]

Not sure why you immediately jumped to that negative assumption, but no.

[Anonymous]

He said he let you go..
Now wait for him to come don't text.