I’m a guy and have a girl friend who lives in the same building as me, and we hang out a lot. She calls or IMs me every day and tells me everything about her day. It makes me feel really close to her. We’ve been hanging out, doing lunch, dinner, talking, etc., for about two years, and yesterday she told me that she had a date with this new guy that just moved in next door. I was totally shocked. I thought that our friendship was working toward something. Where did I go wrong? Why would she do this to me?
--A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Babble of the Sexes
A Public Rant About Desperate Dating Habits
and the Opposite Sex
February 10, 7 p.m.
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11 comments:
Really. This relationship DID appear to be working toward something -- a strong friendship (friendship, like all relationships, is a process, not just an event-in-time).
Unfortunately, this relationship wasn't REALLY a strong friendship because one person had ulterior motives all along that were either unsuspected or unwanted, or both, by the other person. If this guy wanted something other than friendship, he should have said so.
Two Years? No wonder she went out with another guy!
She gave up on you, buddy.
Amen Lindie..that is totally what I was going to write! Two years brother?! Come on....you liked having a girlfriend without the commitment.
Actions aren't enough, fellas ... we've got to hear the words. Otherwise, we never know.
How many people out there have been in a situation where you've quietly hid your affection for someone for a long time ... only to find out later that that person had a crush on you, as well?
Well, girls aren't meant to pursue. So, many of them quietly observe certain men in their lives and begin to grow in their admiration for them. But they can't do anything about it! oh the FRUSTRATION!
Guys, you ought to feel privileged that you have the power ... nay, responsibility ... to speak up and let your heart be known. If you have evaluated her, found her to be a woman of godly character, beautiful in your eyes on the inside and out, sharing in the same calling. SPEAK UP!!! what are you waiting for?!!
ha ha ... and please ... don't take this as a personal cry for men to "speak up" to me. I'm fine. I'm doing this for my sisters.
Let's not forget the part the girl played in this. It was WRONG of her to take advantage of that poor soul in that way. No guy invests that much time and energy in a "friendship" with a girl without SOME hope/thought as to someday being more.
As women, we have got to guard men from our own selfish motives. We like "pseudo-dating", and use it to our advantage, just as much as they do.
you know ... that's interesting ... so it's okay for the guy to be close to the girl ... but if he doesn't say anything, the girl is at fault for assuming they're friendship is more? But if the girl likes being friends with a guy ... but he assumes that it's more ... and she goes out with some guy ... she's at fault?
hmm ... COMMUNICATION!!! for all we know, she could have liked the guy for 2 years. but all of her friends kept telling her ... "listen, it isn't going anywhere. has he told you that he likes you? has he asked you out on a real date?" ... so ... she attempts to move on. and she decides to tell her good ol' pal about her date ... because he IS only her friend, afterall. otherwise, he would have said something.
Dear Day Late and a Dollar Short,
Do what to you? Wait two years for you to get up the nerve to ask her out on a real date? I think she gave you too much time! Listen, it shouldn’t take two years to decide if you want to ask a girl out. If she was that important to you, you should have made the move and advanced the relationship. As it stands, she probably just considered you another girlfriend she could dump all her emotions on until she found the love of her life. You could have saved yourself a lot of heartache by making a move a year and a half ago instead of continuing to lie to yourself that “these things take time.” Women can’t be put on hold until you are certain they are into you. Your must strike while the iron is hot. Next time, don’t try to protect yourself by being friends first; find out if she likes you by asking her out. The two-year friendship/breakup thing is nothing you want to experience again.
--Hayley
I'm glad I acted when I did... I'm starting to realise you have a very high standard for guys (just like you say) and I'm humbled that you choose me to be your boyfriend.
Oh I love you :)
Lots
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