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I’m feeling disillusioned and frustrated. A year ago, I met a colleague at a temporary program we did together. We kept up the connection, getting to the point of texting pretty much daily, flirting, meeting on FaceTime/zoom occasionally, and just generally being invested in each others lives. I know I maybe waited too long, but after a year of this my friend says he finds me attractive, enjoys flirting, cares about me, but can’t say anything definitive about where he sees the relationship going. I didn’t ask for exclusivity, a label, but just an expression of interest in deepening our relationship. He seemed upset that I was no longer interested in continuing our connection. I refuse to be strung along.