Kristen

But there's things that he had told me that based on the places he's been going or things that he said that leads me to believe that might be the case.

I mean, it's a situation where it's like on and off communication.

We'll chat, we'll talk, then it trails off.

And it's kind of where he hasn't taken it further.

That also like gives me an indication that, you know, my thoughts of him being potentially gay could be true.

So I met him more under like a professional setting and then it kind of turned more personal once that was done.

Okay.

But I had known him like over the course of like a year or so.

But yeah, it was an on and off thing where we would connect, disconnect, connect, disconnect.

Yeah.

Right.

Yeah, I guess because I think I like did build it up in my head too.

And, you know, I kind of had this hope and this what if, like what if he decides he does want to continue and go out with me again?

What if he wants to maybe like pursue something more like casual with me?

It's always like a what if, like maybe he wants this, maybe he wants that.

And that's what keeps me kind of like circling back and thinking about it.

And it's like, I have tried to, you know,

go out with other people and pursue other connections.

And sometimes I do compare, but I feel like it's something I think about, but I don't feel like I would reach out at this point because I feel like I've given him many opportunities and he hasn't really taken the bait on anything.

And the only scenario in which I would speak to him again is if I ran into him somewhere and