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This is a long story. I read it all. It is impossible to tell. Clearly at some point he wanted you. I don't think you misread his signals. However, things change. Who knows why he started acting differently. I don't think you'll ever find out unless you ask him directly.

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Dear diary,

Today I wrote a long and boring post that no one read. However, this time, I tried something different....instead of looking for people who are good at relationships, I visited random sites and ended up posting on a page about working in finance. I do not feel as though this helped my situation.

XOXO #yolo

  • Sweetums
Get busy living
 
UFOinsider

Dear diary,

Today I wrote a long and boring post that no one read. However, this time, I tried something different....instead of looking for people who are good at relationships, I visited random sites and ended up posting on a page about working in finance. I do not feel as though this helped my situation.

XOXO #yolo

- Sweetums

Correction: it is not even an relationship. Please. Did you notice the man works in consulting and the HYP I mentioned all relevant to this site.

 
baystcheese

Are you hot

I don't know, Wherever I go, I have random guys following me around. maybe the way he treated me in the end hurt my pride as a female. And also, I turned down multiple date invitations from some far more successful HYP guys because of him. Now I ended up like a fucking idiot.

 

Dude, I'm making fun of you. Listen: if you like the guy, ask him out. If you're not going to make a move, there's nothing to discuss. That's all there is. Be an adult and shit or get off the pot.

No way I'm reading all that.

Get busy living
 

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Ok that is too much interaction without a response. There is a surplus of your attention and thus it is/has decreased in value in the eyes of this guy. You should let this situation cool off for a while (no communication), you don't want to go from desperate to crazy in his eyes as implying that you would take his class again could have been misconstrued as. Your best bet would be to not talk to this guy until you randomly (surely his class schedule wouldn't be very hard to figure out) run into him on campus, at that point don't be friendly, don't be a huge bitch but don't forgive. You want him to think you are over him. You then continue doing nothing, don't text, email etc etc.. wait. IF he contacts you then you're back in business but I would probably deny him to cement your newly found leverage ie cancel a date the night of. IF he does not text you then move on you would never be able to get any leverage back over him anyways and would be doomed to failure. Coincidently, this is more or less the same advice I would give a bro in need.

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@lonesurvivor: I'm getting the feeling that you love to talk a lot. Probably that's one of the things which pissed the guy off.

Tbh, I felt the guy had given VERY clear signals that he did not want to be involved, especially towards the end. Just seems like he doesn't want to hurt you by saying no to your face.

Imo, you should leave it and get over him. if you absolutely can't, then like UFOinsider said, talk to him directly (not on your cell phone but face to face).

My response may lack sympathy and may hurt you, but it's based on fact and action, and it will give you answers a lot quicker.

 
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@lonesurvivor: I'm getting the feeling that you love to talk a lot. Probably that's one of the things which pissed the guy off.

Tbh, I felt the guy had given VERY clear signals that he did not want to be involved, especially towards the end. Just seems like he doesn't want to hurt you by saying no to your face.

Imo, you should leave it and get over him. if you absolutely can't, then like UFOinsider said, talk to him directly (not on your cell phone but face to face).

My response may lack sympathy and may hurt you, but it's based on fact and action, and it will give you answers a lot quicker.

No, your reply is what I need to hear. Don't worry about it. I appreciate it a lot. Great advice. Yeah, I guess you are right at some point. But as someone who is so gentle and nice that cannot even say a No to a female admirer, couldn't he know that ending this way would hurt me most. Do you think he handled it with finesse on a professional level? As I said, he kept leading me on, waited a whole semester to date outside , studied hard for his fucking final which I didn't even bother to do so in the first place. What happened to his promises of partying with me and even asking me what I was gonna do for the rest of day before we left school on the very last day?

Please give me your opinion on if he was ever interested or he changed his mind in the very end. I can't just suck it up and walk away like a defeated dog being all confused. That's so NOT me! That's the reason why I have to remain in his class. He is a middle age guy who should have known this better. He owes me an explanation for those failed promises that wasted me a whole semester of time!

 

What is the point of getting answers to all those questions, if I am the one to answer. You need to ask those questions to him, not to people on a blog. Least of all a financial blog. All bankers are heartless bastards, didn't you know that?

Maybe he was lightly interested in you in the beginning. He's clearly not now. Face him now and get your answers (if you want to go through all that) or get over him.

As @jbone24 aptly told me once, follow your dreams, not a woman (in your case, man).

Start using your time in a better way, for something constructive.

 

Oh how the roles have reversed, eh? Think how many times you've given this exact same treatment to guys. But now that it is done to YOU, he owes you an explanation? Ha!

 

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