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mcristo22 is offline mcristo22 Post #1  October 24,2010, 10:37am
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Last week I closed a match with a guy I had been talking through the site with. He had given me his phone # but I was too nervous to call and gave him mine in my last email communication with him. Two days later he texted that he would love to talk. I texted him back later telling him what time of day I could talk. No call for that day and the next, so after one too many glasses of wine I decided to close his match out of frustration.

Problem is, I really feel like I screwed this up majorly. Did I not wait long enough for him to call? We had tons in common, and I cannot stop thinking about him. I texted him a couple of days later and said I was wondering if I had closed our communication down too early, but no response. Is there any reason to have hope here, or is this a lost cause? Is the fact that he knows I'm separated but not divorced play into this? I didn't want to be dishonest about it, but friends have told me that guys think women who are separated could jump back to their exs any minute, which is definitely not the case with me.
 
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First of all, there were a lot of mistakes made all around. You should have called him when you got his number, but he also should have called when you gave the all clear. From your post, there's no indication that he could have called when you asked him to, so closing him out of spite might not have been the best thing to do.

I won't lie, in a similar situation, I'd move on, which is probably what this guy did.

I also wouldn't date someone separated because it means you are still married. Period.
 
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Pretty much what MicMan said. I'd take it as a huge warning sign if a match was separated but not divorced. And if she closed the match I'd just move on with my life.
 
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MicMan wrote :
I also wouldn't date someone separated because it means you are still married. Period.
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mcristo22 wrote :
Last week I closed a match with a guy I had been talking through the site with. He had given me his phone # but I was too nervous to call and gave him mine in my last email communication with him. Two days later he texted that he would love to talk. I texted him back later telling him what time of day I could talk. No call for that day and the next, so after one too many glasses of wine I decided to close his match out of frustration.

Problem is, I really feel like I screwed this up majorly. Did I not wait long enough for him to call? We had tons in common, and I cannot stop thinking about him. I texted him a couple of days later and said I was wondering if I had closed our communication down too early, but no response. Is there any reason to have hope here, or is this a lost cause? Is the fact that he knows I'm separated but not divorced play into this? I didn't want to be dishonest about it, but friends have told me that guys think women who are separated could jump back to their exs any minute, which is definitely not the case with me.
Not to mention the fact that you are in violation of the Terms of Service, if the site was EH.
 
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Sorry, I don't think that closing the match is the issue here. If he wanted/s to, he knows how to get ahold of you.

That said, you say, "Is the fact that he knows I'm separated but not divorced play into this? I didn't want to be dishonest about it... " By joining eH before you are divorced, you are in effect being dishonest.
 
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Ok. Got it. Out of the site. In a couple of months I'll be officially single. Would it be psycho to try and contact him again then, just once to see if he was interested?
 
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If you do try to contact him again, I'd put on your big girl pants and actually call rather than text. Maybe then you can better explain how you rashly closed his profile after a few too many and now you want a second chance.
 
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I guess if he closed my match after I did his, that's a clear enough sign for me to move on, right? Couldn't call him now and apologize for my huge flail, could I? Is it SOP for people to reciprocate a closed match by closing that person off too?
 
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There's a movie I saw for the first time last year, and I have it stored on my DVR for every time I get nervous or start overthinking myself in the dating world.

The movie title is: "He's Just NOT That Into You"

One of the best lines in that movie is this one: "If a guy wants to be with you, he'll find a way".

Drop it. Move on. Chalk it up to experience. Stop thinking about him.

I would also stop using a computer while drinking. I'm not being super critical ... I'm just saying...
 
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