Just contacted a girl who lived in the same town/went to the same HS as me back then, didn't really know her, didn't really had a crush on her (although I thought/still think she's cute), I just saw her pretty much every day (same bus), and I think she liked me since she came to talk to me one day and I just replied something pretty abrupt and she just left (I know I fucked up and probably missed a shot lol, felt bad about it for a while after but w/e). Thought of her this week so I just added her (she hangs out with a friend's sister)
Added her on facebook two days ago, chatted a bit last night (a few messages really), and I'm not sure how fast I should proceed with this. Either chat a bit more on FB on straight up ask her out for a drink like this week-end or next week/week-end, what do you guys think ?
Can give more details if needed but there's not much to say (we didn't talk during HS, just saw each other pretty often)
Keep up the conversation, and see if you can sustain it. If you can't, just ask her out, right away. If you can, have fun with the conversation for a while, then I'd say keep building the tension of the situation by asking her out. It doesn't have to be a big deal, just keep it low key by saying something like "Why don't we meet for a coffee, and we can make fun of that quirky janitor", or whatever else fits there. Just don't let it stagnate by the conversation running out on facebook when you two run out of things to reminisce about.
First: tell her that night your head was somewhere else because you got a bunch of texts from your ex.
Tsukumo, please stop suggesting unethical things. I don't care about immoral things, like the games you set up, but don't do straight up unethical stuff, like lying. Don't lie to make a situation better. You should never mix an ex in with something new, worse yet lie to mix that ex in. Way too many people have had bad experiences with someone new still being somehow hung up on their ex. I won't argue against the constant games you say people should play, but I will argue against doing it in this piss-poor manner of invoking an ex like this. I know you're trying to create an emotional unstable situation, and a push-pull situation, but this is not OK. Again, I won't say it's wrong to emotionally manipulate, the way you suggest he should, but I am saying it's wrong to invoke an ex. Don't do that.
You need to show a take it or leave it attitude but don't say it explicitly, or it will become blackmail and it will make her feel like you think less of her for inviting you.
He's pushed her away. Pushing harder now will only make it worse. This isn't about the sex they didn't have, it's about the entire situation.
She says yes: make sure to make a move when she is at your house, and don't be surprised if she stalls sex because now she has to prove that wasn't her intention to begin with.
This is just a horrible way to relate to sex. You're implying that she's just playing hard to get if she stalls on sex. That's a dangerous idea to plant. You're saying he should stand firm on his initializing sex, because you assume that's what she was planning before. I'm not saying it isn't; I agree that making a move at that point could've been a good thing - but I'm not sure. The entire situation's been moving at a staggered pace, and the two of them seem out of sync. It is just underlined by what happened that night. However, most importantly of all:
Do not ever, fucking ever, imply that anyone stalling on sex is doing it for any reason beyond the one that they're actually uncertain about having sex. I'm not saying there aren't girls that do this, but I'm saying that you'd be surprised by the amount of women that have had sex at some point because they've felt forced into it. That comes from shit like this, of guys not standing down because of bullshit reasons like this. You fucking err at the side of caution. Be confident, trust yourself with initializing sex. I do not mind having the balls to start touching up a woman you're making out with, if you feel it's the right thing to do. That's what people should do, if they want to have sex, men and women alike. I don't think there's anything indecent with sliding your hand up her thigh if you feel the moment is right. But don't you dare imply that it's ever not honest if she then stops you and says she's not certain of this is a good idea. If any girl ever says something like that, you stop. You ask her what's up. You do not say "c'mon, girl, you know you want this", like you're saying she would, because she's "just trying to prove that that wasn't her intention". Again, I'm not saying there aren't girls that play that game, I'm just saying that there most certainly are situations like this where the girl is actually not certain. If some girl wants to play that game with me, I'm out. If she isn't, then you'd be doing something horrible by pushing for sex.
Phone conversation over. Like I said previously, I wasn't going to bring up our status, but that's where she decided to take the conversation. Now that we've spoken, we're on the same page about where we stand dating wise. My mistake after we parted on Saturday was texting her "Good night sweetie" when I got home. She said she wanted to speak to me in person about that, but there hasn't been a chance this week. That was too much of a comment for her this early on. She said I probably thought we were more serious at that point and she's accurate that I did. Fault me for rushing and not being patient.
And she's not going on that Tahoe trip. She said work and her past few weekends have been too busy, which is totally understandable and again, very true. I'm going to let her be and breath.
I say I feel much better now that we've got it out in the open. Doesn't mean things will be totally normal, but the anxiety is gone from me at least.
So, I've indirectly responded to some of this. It seems like the two of you are out of sync. The house-sitting time was likely an opportunity to advance the situation. Things seemed to be going at a steady pace, so there's no reason to say you've rushed anything. That's in regards to the physical, mind you. Part of the initial phase of dating someone is to escalate the physical parts, but still remaining somewhat aloof to the situation. You need to show that you're not desperately in love with someone the moment you kiss them. You can fancy them a ton, and even be totally taken by someone, even the first time you meet them, but you can't be too lovey-dovey too soon. It's completely legitimate to not feel comfortable having sex in someone else's house, but I'd figure out a way to seem confident about it. If I felt sex could be natural in the setting, but I wasn't comfortable with it being someone else's house, I'd probably say something like "you'd be getting my best moves, just about now, if it weren't for the fact that we're at someone else's house". The reaction from her would've dictated the situation from there. Just don't stall the physical development, and if it is stalled for a reason, like this house-sitting, build the tension.
Tsukumo is convinced all girls play a double game, and that no one's honest. If she says it was about the sweetie comment, then it was. It's probably a nibbling feeling she's had, and she felt that you were overcommitted with saying that. That's why explaining to her that it wasn't meant that way wouldn't change anything. The problem wasn't that you said it, it was that it was what cemented a feeling of you being too enamoured by her. The physical escalation might be just a side to that, where if you did have sex, perhaps she'd be more emotionally invested, and more on par with where you were. It's an important skill to gauge your counterpart's affection and display of such. The fact that you sent two text messages, then called, and then called the next day was probably what had the situation come crumbling down. For some reason, she wasn't really feeling the situation. Given the way you pushed too hard, she backed off. It's the classic hand and shadow I wrote about in the OP.
My suggestion is that you just let this one be, now. By doing that, she might come around after a while. It's no guarantee, but it's kind of the only thing that might work. Pushing harder will only exacerbate the situation. It's kind of already gone too far.