I’m a trauma survivor, so my nervous system is often triggered easily. But I’m really disliking how things are with a guy I’m dating and I don’t know if I should communicate, leave or just be quiet and wait it out.
I’m fairly sure he likes me a lot, we planned our 5th date for next week at a cute restaurant, and we’ve had moments of big emotional intimacy and I think he got caught up and felt a little embarrassed after the moments when he had gotten very infatuated with me. But he’s still responsive and says he likes our chats and wants to see me and we plan together.
The only problem is he’s extremely passive and never initiates conversation unless I do, and he’s explained in general that he’s overly cautious about causing conflict so because of that he can be a bit shy around me, sometimes overly apologetic and wants to give space to others. He said he gets very nervous around me.
Literally it’s been all day and he hasn’t reached out even once despite the fact we have a date Saturday (I wanted to try not to initiate for once) he always responds if we have a long standing convo for days but restarting or initiating? He never does. Despite him texting me long messages and responding fast.
The problem is my nervous system feels very tired trying to deal with this. I like him but I’m worried if I do communicate “hey reach out more!” It will look clingy and desperate especially since we’re in the early stages. But I really don’t think I can keep this going like this.
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