I have a friend who I've known for upwards of 20 years, since we were young. We're not besties or anything like that, it's the kind of friendship where we stay in touch fairly regularly and meet up twice a year ish for a catch up.
There is a little history in that we slept together once, many many years ago (ah impetuous youth!) and the idea of going on a date was hinted at near the end of last year, after both of our long term relationships had gone south a couple of months previously. Unfortunately the tier restrictions were brought in very soon after and it never happened. So I hope my asking wouldn't have come totally out of the blue, is my point.
This weekend I sent a message asking if he thought it might work if we dated.
He didn't open it for 48 hours, and now he has read it officially but hasn't replied. I feel like WhatsApp is taking me right back to my MSN Messenger days of watching someone's status obsessively to see if they're online!
It's clearly a 'no', which is a bit disappointing but that's ok, nothing ventured nothing gained and all that.
But I do feel a bit put out that he couldn't even reply! I'm not that intimidating 