Need some advice on an 18 year old...
Posted: December 5th, 2014, 5:35 am
Hey, got a quandary for you all, maybe someone can give me some guidance:
She's 18, virgin, American, religious, sweet, nice, all that. Been on two dates, she's kind of awkward, talks mostly about herself. I felt my "game" kind of faltering here and there. Made her laugh, then I'd do something a little awkward, or just act aloof.
We'd write on Facebook back and forth, often I'd not respond for a day at a time. So I wasn't acting too "interested" by any means, just a steady interest. She also seemed happy about going on the second date, too, made some arrangements to make it happen despite her schedule not being great for it (so that's a good sign). I felt things going fine after the date.
A few days later, she vanishes, texts and conversations just left hanging. I was confused. I found out her phone got left behind at a friends house, and I wondered if she was just blowing me off, because WHO doesn't have Internet at home or access to it through someone else's phone? (She does not have a car, and her friend I believe lives far away).
Really odd. I did have a friend she works with ask her what was going on (without letting her know I asked her to say that, of course). And this 18 year old said, "Oh, sorry, yeah...aw...left my phone at friends."
Finally, this friend of mine, a girl, on her own said to her, "Hey this is really RUDE, and it's been a long time, you need to let him know what's going on!"
This was just going on and on, and she seemed to make ZERO effort to let me know what happened or why she just stopped talking to me.
So, she does finally text me. She apologized, nicely. She wrote back on Facebook, but it was limp. It was not much. There were a few things I'd written she ignored.
(Bear in mind, I did drop ALL contact myself once this started, except for one message asking, "Hey, what happened to you? Who am I going to send funny memes to?" -- and that was it).
Since then, nothing from me.
It's a hard situation to read. I've gotten advice saying this girl is totally not interested and out to lunch on me, and others who said, "This is not big deal, she really did lose her phone, just resume talking to her like nothing happened."
I just feel like if a girl's interested, she's not going to let six days go by without REALLY making sure the guy knows why she's dropped off the face of the planet. My girl friend had to jump in it seemed and make an issue of it with her, like, "Hey, this is rude."
Should I just wholesale ignore her from here on out? Or write back nicely, "Oh no big deal", but then just kinda blow her off myself?
She hasn't shown much interest in me, so that's bugged me from the outset, but according to my friend who works with her she doesn't ask questions of anyone. Maybe it's just a personality thing. My friend who works with her CLAIMS -- or claimed -- she was interested in me. But I keep telling her, "Um, are you sure? Cuz I'm not feelin' it."
When a girl's 18, no experience with guys, comes from a fairly conservative religion, I think it's a little more confusing in terms of reading the situation. Could go either way on this one.
But my gut, intuition is telling me, "Hey... there should be more interest here... something is off."
By the way, that girl friend I speak of? Her boyfriend is my best friend.
And the 18 year old, the one I'm interested in? She's making my best friend a scarf. Knitting him one. Out of the blue. She doesn't know him well. I found that highly odd. They've said, "Oh, she's just nice!" Right. Who knits the boyfriend of a girl she works with a scarf? Totally 'off the rez' on that one, in my view. I'm not jealous, per se, it's just so odd to me. Knitting someone something is a fairly personal thing. And damnit, I'd like a scarf!
She's 18, virgin, American, religious, sweet, nice, all that. Been on two dates, she's kind of awkward, talks mostly about herself. I felt my "game" kind of faltering here and there. Made her laugh, then I'd do something a little awkward, or just act aloof.
We'd write on Facebook back and forth, often I'd not respond for a day at a time. So I wasn't acting too "interested" by any means, just a steady interest. She also seemed happy about going on the second date, too, made some arrangements to make it happen despite her schedule not being great for it (so that's a good sign). I felt things going fine after the date.
A few days later, she vanishes, texts and conversations just left hanging. I was confused. I found out her phone got left behind at a friends house, and I wondered if she was just blowing me off, because WHO doesn't have Internet at home or access to it through someone else's phone? (She does not have a car, and her friend I believe lives far away).
Really odd. I did have a friend she works with ask her what was going on (without letting her know I asked her to say that, of course). And this 18 year old said, "Oh, sorry, yeah...aw...left my phone at friends."
Finally, this friend of mine, a girl, on her own said to her, "Hey this is really RUDE, and it's been a long time, you need to let him know what's going on!"
This was just going on and on, and she seemed to make ZERO effort to let me know what happened or why she just stopped talking to me.
So, she does finally text me. She apologized, nicely. She wrote back on Facebook, but it was limp. It was not much. There were a few things I'd written she ignored.
(Bear in mind, I did drop ALL contact myself once this started, except for one message asking, "Hey, what happened to you? Who am I going to send funny memes to?" -- and that was it).
Since then, nothing from me.
It's a hard situation to read. I've gotten advice saying this girl is totally not interested and out to lunch on me, and others who said, "This is not big deal, she really did lose her phone, just resume talking to her like nothing happened."
I just feel like if a girl's interested, she's not going to let six days go by without REALLY making sure the guy knows why she's dropped off the face of the planet. My girl friend had to jump in it seemed and make an issue of it with her, like, "Hey, this is rude."
Should I just wholesale ignore her from here on out? Or write back nicely, "Oh no big deal", but then just kinda blow her off myself?
She hasn't shown much interest in me, so that's bugged me from the outset, but according to my friend who works with her she doesn't ask questions of anyone. Maybe it's just a personality thing. My friend who works with her CLAIMS -- or claimed -- she was interested in me. But I keep telling her, "Um, are you sure? Cuz I'm not feelin' it."
When a girl's 18, no experience with guys, comes from a fairly conservative religion, I think it's a little more confusing in terms of reading the situation. Could go either way on this one.
But my gut, intuition is telling me, "Hey... there should be more interest here... something is off."
By the way, that girl friend I speak of? Her boyfriend is my best friend.
And the 18 year old, the one I'm interested in? She's making my best friend a scarf. Knitting him one. Out of the blue. She doesn't know him well. I found that highly odd. They've said, "Oh, she's just nice!" Right. Who knits the boyfriend of a girl she works with a scarf? Totally 'off the rez' on that one, in my view. I'm not jealous, per se, it's just so odd to me. Knitting someone something is a fairly personal thing. And damnit, I'd like a scarf!