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I understand the words themselves. But when a guy tells you he’s fresh out of a long term relationship and wasn’t looking for a serious relationship, but then wants to see you everyday and goes out of his way for you to bring you little gifts and do nice things for you etc, it signals to me that they do want a relationship because that’s how they’re acting. And then they express this sentiment, it’s really confusing for me because I am empathetic, but it’s also like I don’t know what to do about that. You are choosing to see me and behave like this, so I’m going with it. But you can’t say to someone I feel strongly about you so I’m pursuing you but also this isn’t what I wanted. Or if you do say it, I need to know what that means for how I should be acting around you and engaging in the relationship, esp if he isn’t pulling back and is continuing to want to see me. I don’t know how to feel about being with someone who both expresses intense feelings and is super attentive to me, but also says it’s not what he wanted.