I met her at my job and we had a talking stage for maybe two weeks until I had asked her to be my girlfriend. At first she said she wanted to wait a few more months, and I was okay with that at first. But once we started getting closer physically, I figured it was time we made it official. On the third week of our talking stage, I gave her a call and asked her to make up her mind within three days. This was a bad mistake on my end. Nonetheless on the same day, she agreed to be my girlfriend.
We dated for a month with no arguments, fights, etc. Just minor disagreements that were resolved within a day. However, a few days ago, she confessed to me that she felt like she rushed into this relationship and needed to heal some past baggage. I didn’t want to lose her, so I proposed that we continue as friends for now until she feels ready. She tells me that I was one of the best men that she’s ever met and didn’t want to lose me, so she agrees too.
Throughout this period, she’s been very understanding to my situation. She says that I could look for other people despite the fact that she wants to stay loyal, return my gifts, and even break up. It’s clear that I’m not another option to her, but I’m conflicted.
It’s been a few days since this all happened. We’ve been talking as we have in the relationship, just with more space and less blatancy. It’s been vaguely positive. I want to wait because I like her a lot, but I’ve just been worried that things won’t bend to my favor. And if I have to let her go for us both to be happy, I will. Some insight and advice would be appreciated
TL;DR: Girlfriend paused our relationship to be friends because she felt like we rushed into the relationship without building our friendship enough. I want to continue our relationship and I want to know how to do so