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Basically, I met a guy online lol. We both started talking at the same time our relationships had just ended. We spoke everyday almost all day for like 4 months on Facebook. We had so much in common, I have never met anyone I've had that with. I literally wouldn't care if he were ugly lol, I just love his personality. I told him from the very start that I didn't want to lead him on, that I wasn't ready for anything more than friendship because I hadn't got over my ex. He was fine with that and we started a really lovely friendship. Inevitably, I start growing feelings for this genuinely lovely, great guy. I told him straight up that I liked him as more than a friend (around 2 months in) and he was really shocked. Although he was attracted to me intially he always saw us as friends because of what I said so it was hard for him to see us as more. When I told him he did tell me he got butterflies though lol, he even told his boss to hit him for being so blind! (Even though it was sort of obvious to everyone else since we used like at least a hundred kisses lmao). On the same night we had the same dream too! So creepy, it was of us at a party dancing specifically by a buffet lol. Anyway, so since then he was sending me so many mixed signals; he would seem so interested in me. He'd be really flirty sometimes and even suggested a movie night and cooking for me around his! But then he'd be unsure about his feelings. He said he "thinks" he likes me as more but he's scared of getting hurt and hurting me and losing the friendship.
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This is the letter:
"hey
sooo, i paid the bill off! the weight has finally been lifted 🙌🏿
i understand that youve been moving on with your life and im sure itll be easier when there's not a obligational burden attached to your ex lol
with that being said, i think its a good idea for us to finally stop talking. i dont have to tell you how i feel bc I've been honest this whole time. but im sure that by now, you see what i mean. I've finally decided that instead of going through this cycle over and over again, i should leave.
i know too much. i feel too much. a friendship between us wouldn't make sense anyway. i guess i always knew that, even tho it was something i wanted, but i wanted it for all the wrong reasons. i wanted to have you around (but i didnt), i wanted to gain closure (but i didnt), and i wanted you to come back (but you didnt).
unfortunately i held on&accepted things with hopes that you would find that there was still something here.
altho its part of what hurt the most, im proud of you for sticking with your decision. that takes a lot of maturity&im sure it wasn't always easy. but, you did what you had to do to be happy and thats all i ever want for you.
I don't know how many times i wrote this same letter to you, then hit you up days later. I've been so afraid of losing you, but im (finally) understanding that i been lost you. but, just like when you wanted to break up with me but you kept talking about us going on a break, i guess i had to just keep doing this til i was sure.
anyway, i wish all you all the best, always, and i pray that youve found your happiness within you."
Im trying not to act on my immediate feelings while also disregarding some info his close friend gave me; which was basically that he's not with his rebound (but ex has told me that they were just having sex, never in a relationship)& "just know, he's getting his life together". What would you guys do?