Advocatus Diaboli
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Well, it's over. I'm so heart broken, and it really hurts.
I shot a text this morning, basically a goodbye. She finally texted back saying how she felt physically suffocated on our last date. I must admit, and I think I didn't mention this before, but on the last date, I really was doing that to her. I scooted the bar stool really close to her, kept rubbing her back under her jacket. I did the same at another bar, and then we all know the story about her feeling confused about me wanting to sleep at her place. I was too lovey dovey, only because I was picking up where we left off on our second date.
Anyway, she said she thought about giving us another shot, but there was no desire. She thanked me for showing around Florida.
I apologized, told her I should've let things happened naturally, and it pained me that I would never see her again.
My life outside of dating already sucks with working retail and having no money with my useless degree, and finally something great happens in my life and it gets taken away just like that. I'm at work and I feel lethargic.
As I've said before, I've become completely useless on this battlefield, and I've made a mockery of myself.
Yes, but look at what you learned from this relationship. Except you're not recognizing agency here. Something didn't "get taken away" from you. The dynamic between you and this girl wasn't ideal for her (and probably, it wasn't ideal for you, either, because you were nervous and anxious half the time). Own it. Improve for next time.
Although, I know from other threads that your degree/job situation has you down. I'm in a similar boat, and I actually felt exactly how you felt about that girl with my ex: she was a stable bright spot in a life of uncertainty for me. I'm not going to be one of those "work on yourself" people -- you already know that, and you already do that, as evidenced by your posts in the jobs OT -- but I will say that you definitely learned a lot about yourself in a very short period of time.
Be thankful for that. I know I am, with my ex. I was lucky enough to have a year's worth of a relationship jammed into 2 months and have it end right before 2016 started: the timing's pretty great, so let's both start fresh(er).