June 29th my friend & I went out to a social meetup at a pub. I was introduced to a very shy but captivating guy from Australia (he's half British and moved back here 5yrs ago) . We dabbled in nice smalltalk whereby he asked about me and my life. It felt.. Intense. We were both musicians & producers and clicked immediately. But it got really late and I worked at a strict law firm so had to say my goodbyes. I walked over to my friend and he caught me quickly asking "Oh, um, do you want to exchange socials btw? If you want of course.."
The rest is a bunch of messaging history whereby I was so busy with work, gigs and an illness which hit me this year (complex stomach issues) and wanted to take things ultra slow as I wasn't sure if I wanted to be IAR. He would message me constantly with songs and questions and we finally started hanging out. Alot. I could tell he was more into it than me but I loved his company and eventually began to catch feelings.
Then.. In a bizarre turn of events he had to go to Canada (this was booked months prior to when we met, he loves travelling). And whilst there he'd message/call me everyday telling me everything. I enjoyed it but was still feeling as though he was more keen on me and told him that I felt I still needed to get to know him better before we make things official. He then messaged me stating
"I'm really not wanting to put pressure on you but.. Have been wondering what we are. I want to be your boyfriend but feel we're in an inbetween stage and I'm unsure what to do whilst I'm here. Im..avoiding situations here just so I don't fuck up this potential relationship. I want to be with you but you don't want me.. Yet".
This was good to know and he was right, but we'd only dated for 2 weeks at this point and so I told him to do whatever he wanted as I could understand his frustration. We had a little disagreement but he messaged me one night saying "fuck it. Im just gonna enjoy my time here without meeting anyone knowing I get to see you again soon and just hope we can pick up where we left off"..
He returns. My feelings grew stronger in his absence and, due to the fact we live 5 minutes away from eachother, I'm at his place for 5 days in a row (hes a game designer so we only hang out in the evenings). I'm falling fast, as he is UNTIL... (too long to go into) he gets very unwell whereby doctors misdiagnosed him as having Chlamydia. They also say its from me as he wasn't with anyone since 2021. He gets distant, depressed and our new relationship is corrupt. He tells me he has MAJOR health anxiety and had to cut me off for a day as he had a breakdown knowing I gave him this. I end things in fear that hes chewing me up/spitting me out as Ive NEVER been in this position, ever. We talk it out and he explains he wants to be with me but this has truly messed him up. We fix things..
Last weekend felt nice. He took me on a weekend away to clear our heads. However, he seems dazed since this incident. He will sit with me, very quiet & seemingly ruminating on things he won't tell me about. He tells me there's nothing going on and that hes still getting over the shock and needs time. His messaging is noticeably colder and as someone who's diligent with messaging I feel like there's a change in his feelings. I asked him last night if were still together and he goes "why would you ask that? Why wouldn't we be? You need to chill"
Do I calm down or end it before I fall?