Am I being too agressive?

Al

Al

Hi all,

I have been texting a guy I met off a dating app since early summer time. After giving out my number and he established that he was open to friendship or a relationship and likewise for myself. As we continued to text, he disclosed to me that he was going through a divorce… which has since then been finalized. So, I’m just kind of confused with this bc he calls me his “friend”, but we mainly only text and we talked otp once. The texts are very consistent, but I guess I’m annoyed bc he’s not making an effort to hang out or even ft as a “friend” would, he states it’s bc he himself isn’t “whole” rn and he doesn’t want to rub off his negative emotions on me. We have gotten to know one another via text, but it’s weird bc it’s like, he’s so open, yet closed off to me and at this point I’m getting annoyed bc I feel that I’m just his “texting companion”, like he just wants someone to coddle him until he finds someone else he likes. There is some distance bw us like 2 hrs. Then he once confused me even more bc he texted me stating, “I wish I can find a girl like you to date, someone that’s compassionate, listens, driven, etc”. So I’m not sure if he was implying that he wants to date me or what?

I understand he just went through a divorce and I’m trying to be patient & I even asked him would it be weird for him hanging out with a woman for the first time since his divorce and he said he wasn’t sure.

So In your opinion, what should I do? Should I cut him off? Ask him what he wants? Explain my confusion to him? Just give him some time…I just don’t want to come off as too aggressive… but I also feel like this “friendship” isn’t moving in purpose.

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Am

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I don’t think there’s anything wrong with you asking him what exactly his intentions are. If he is using you just for someone to talk to until he gets bored you have the right to know

Al

Al • Nov 16, 2022
Yes and I called him out, he said that he’s confused and scared. He wants to date and take the plantonic friendship further, but that I kind of turned him down in his mind. ( I have my guard up with him). He also stated that it’s hard to hang out bc of the distance bw us and that currently he’s not driving bc of his mental state…

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Amanda • Nov 16, 2022
I get that he needs time, but he also doesn’t have the right to waste your time while he decides what he wants 😕 I guess it also depends on you and if you want to put a lot of energy into this with it potentially not going anywhere, but I really feel like if he wanted to meet up with you he would

Al

Al • Nov 16, 2022
And that’s how I feel sometime.. bc there has been no real… “Let’s meetup to hangout” or anything of that nature… just deep king texts. He speaks on us hanging out, but didn’t give a time frame or anything… he just states, he wants to feel and be “Whole” around me. And I told him, I understand the situation, I don’t mind hanging out with you… even if you don’t feel “Whole”, I’m not perfect either.