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I'm fascinated with fire. It's an amazing element to me. I think it sub consciencely started when I was 9 or 10 years old when one night my uncle was putting gas in his car at the house, and lots of gas dripped to the floor near the rear tank of the car and I took a match and sparked it and through it on the ground to see what was going to happen lol even though I knew what was going to happen; but I just wanted to see the fire.

Which when the match hit the floor, a huge ball of intense flame of heat ensued. I didn't know how the car didn't explode since the fire was near the gas tank.

Firefighters came to the house and all.

Anyways, that's how my fascination with fire started.

Met a girl on a flight home and felt a deep, instant connection (verbal and nonverbal). Began talking over a few days. Confirmed there was a strong mutual interest. However, she was leaving in two days on a trip out of the country and upon returning would immediately start her senior year of college up in the Bay Area. I am five years out of college and working near LA. She wants to stay in touch, but is afraid of dating long-distance and getting too far in when we are geographically distant and busy with school/work.

Since I don’t want to pass up the connection we had, what is the best way to stay in touch? Contact her every month or so to keep a friendly relationship alive? Try to meet up in the Bay Area (I drive/fly there a few times a year) or when she is on break at home near LA? Drop communication entirely and accept that if it’s meant to be, our paths would cross in the future?

Most importantly, I want both of us to be able to live our lives and pursue our personal goals without making an unreasonable sacrifice to get to know each other better. I would prefer to develop a relationship in-person. We both acknowledge the possibility that we may not even live in close proximity once she graduates in 9 months. Also, I am currently dating other people in close proximity, but have not felt the same spark with anyone else.