to back and forth mind games completely sucks. Once the line is crossed w/ interest or one or both people have attachment/communication issues, etc… it’s just not salvageable. You wish that you could turn back the clock when there was no pressure. No expectations. No “where do we go from here?”. Now it’s not a budding relationship or even a friendship. It’s like a weird dimension where those wires got cross-crossed and both people feel an awkwardness where neither has the ability to speak. You both try hard not to be obvious but you catch each other looking. You both look away. No words are spoken. It’s like neither person exists at the moment but you both replay that instance in your head later and try to analyze what the other person was thinking. Because you can’t give in. Those long conversations in the beginning where the words freely flowed are the past. Now it’s about winning. But what?? When will the game end?
Truly a sh*tty situation