Oh boy. Honestly, I realize that there’s so much internal stuff that’s shifted throughout this year. When will I get the chance to write about it on SC? I wonder.
Update on this: So I found out a bit more than two weeks ago that this girl has been living in my whole area the whole time. I was surprised. If I had known that, I would have reached out to her earlier (and wouldn’t have asked my mom to contact her mom). However, I learned this only because her mom got back to my mom with this detail and the answer that she’s not ready to get married—which is a funny response because I’m not either. It’s possible it disguises the real answer.
But still, because I now know she’s in my area, that gives me much more optimism. Cue the first time I message her a few days after learning that. A brief conversation where I ask her about what’s going on as she’s been doing a lot of traveling. Fizzles out quickly there. A second thread just a few days ago, with just one message from each side.
Me: Hey, were you here? I just toured the area and recall you work there!
Her: Great, I hope you enjoyed the tour! I wasn’t there though.
There isn’t anything strange about this conversation, but I had an interesting internal response here. You see, several hours passed between when she saw my message and when she responded to it at night. In that gap I started thinking hard, wondering what was going on. I was wondering if I said something wrong. Some distractions in the middle, like a dinner hangout, helped me, but when I was in a long drive later, thinking about this (then-incomplete) text interaction really got to me.
I watched this video while that was going on and realized “Oh shit, this is what’s happening to me!” How to Stop Waiting For Their Text Back (for Anxious Attachment) - YouTube
I experienced some very weird side effects. I felt ungrounded, time flowed oddly, and I even closed my eyes and went into a sleep-like state for a few seconds while I was driving on the highway. When I woke up a few seconds later, I couldn’t believe what had just happened. That’s when I decided that after she responds, I wouldn’t continue the thread for now. Such weird feelings felt like a sign that I shouldn’t be continuing down this path (at least, not yet). So I haven’t continued texting afterward.
Now see, there are some interesting factors about this. It’s almost certain her mom talked to her earlier about the reach out from my parent’s side. The other issue I see is that our interactions in real life have been fairly limited over the years. I did not take to make meaningful interactions seriously the few times over the recent years when I did see her (last time being late-April) because I thought she was in that faraway city the whole time, so I always thought “What would be the point?” (I forgot to enjoy conversations for their own sake).
So what am I doing? I’m taking this up as an SP manifestation effort. While I may talk to other people in the meantime, I am going to see what I can do using my techniques.
Almost like a sign that my two top channels both come out with videos about circumstances not mattering today.