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Hi! I am clueless and dumb in the dating scene so please don't skin me alive but still give your honest opinions please! I met this guy on a dating site 2 weeks ago and he seemed really interested in me and asked to meet right away after texting for about 3 days. I was a little hesitant on meeting as I've been on dates previously and had wasted my time getting played, so asked him to meet a week later to see if he was still interested. We texted back and forth for the entire week and met up. The date went really well, good connection, he held my hand and asked for a second date straightaway. I deleted my dating app a week ago and told him so when he asked if I was seeing anyone else.
So, two days after our first date, we met up again, though this time the conversation a bit dry and I was nervous. He told me he had deleted the dating app while we were on our walk then sat us down in a garden where convo didn't flow smoothly resulting in long awkward silent pauses. I tried to bring up convo but they ended dryly. He put his arm around me and after another awkward silence, gave me a little peck on the lips. We left and I walked him back to his car where he gave me another peck again, this time not mentioning a third date at all. After the second date, he didn't text as quickly as he did the first time, so I initiated contact first and thanked him for the date. He replied the next day but since then his replies have been slower than they were before. His texting tone had remained the same though. I'd also noticed he'd been online on the dating app recently too. I think it's fairly obvious he's lost interest but I like to be blindly optimistic at the wrong time, so someone knock some sense into me? Thanks. He's also quite a busy person so maybe that's why? Should I ask for a third date or leave it be :'(

We’ve been together for about 4.5 months. Don’t get me wrong, I’m really happy in our relationship but there are a few caveats. When I talk to him I notice a few things: 1. I ask him questions that are never being reciprocated, 2. When I talk about something, he listens to me, but then he finds a way of talking about himself, 3. He never asks me questions. We will sit in the car, in non-awkward silence, and he doesn’t make an effort to talk to me about anything, or ask me anything. I love him, truly. Sometimes he could be a bit self-absorbed when we have conversations, I don’t think he realizes it. We don’t live together but throughout the day we text often. The texts are usually about him and his day. When we wake up I’ll ask “how did you sleep” and he will say “I slept pretty good...” and then that will be it. Or I’ll be like “I’m going to go get ready for x” and he be like “I am doing hw, it’s boring.” I don't know those are bad examples. Do guys tend to do this? I’m not going to break up with him because the good qualities outweigh the bad, and I believe I can communicate with him. Am I being overly sensitive? Selfish? How do I talk to him about this?

We’ve only been dating 4 months and every time I see him, I feel like there are a lot of silent gaps. We talk to each other periodically throughout the day when we don’t see each other in-person. However, when we are together, the silence takes its place. My mind completely goes blank with him. We have a lot to talk about, as we have a lot in common (similar hobbies, career choices, friends). I love him with all my heart, and, personally, I am able to enjoy the silent times with him, but I don’t want them to feel awkward to him. They don’t feel awkward to me. I just want to make sure silent moments are “normal” in early relationships...