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Should I send him a message?

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ikeepdancingonmyown · 30/11/2022 09:13

Been on several dates with this man, we are both 30. Every date has been lovely and in my head at least I felt like we had a very good connection. We slept together the last couple of times and spent the whole night both times hugging and holding hands. Since then he messaged to ask how it was going but since then the conversation has trailed off and we didn’t message at all for a few days - on Sunday evening I text him to ask how his weekend had been and he replied without asking any questions in return. I am 90% sure he is slow fading although there is 10% part of me which wonders if he is waiting for me to reach out and be a bit more proactive in messaging him as he has always been the one to message first after each date. I understand the whole ‘if he wanted to he would’ school of thought but a male friend told me that men can also subscribe to this (‘if she wanted to she would’) so what if we are both just being stubborn?

OP posts:
Goatbilly · 02/12/2022 11:56

ikeepdancingonmyown · 01/12/2022 11:33

Of course you were all right, it was a slow fade, he isn’t ready for a relationship he says. Glad I sent the message anyway and now I will draw a line and move on, thanks for all your replies x

He doesn't want a relationship with you but is trying to generalise.

zonky · 02/12/2022 11:58

RandomMusings7 · 01/12/2022 11:42

Sorry @ikeepdancingonmyown that must really sting. But at least you're free to move on to greener pastures and in a better position to gauge interest in the next one.

The world is full of fuckbois and flakers. You need to be ruthless and to really hold on to your standards.

What's flakey amd fuckboish like to change your mind? When are you allowed to change your mind without being accused of the above? Ok, it could have been handled better without the slow fade and more directness, what has this man done wrong?

RandomMusings7 · 02/12/2022 12:02

Chill @zonky...

I didn't call this one a fuckboi, I just said that the world is full of them.

And in general, when you change your mind it's only decent to let the other person know, not do the pathetic slow fading...

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