Do women give men too much power?
It amazes me how the simple act of waiting for the phone to ring can turn a normally-mature, independent, successful, over-the-hump-but-still-on-th e-right-side-of-30 woman into a complete mess.
A couple of weeks ago my friend introduced me to one of her male acquaintences (y'know how it goes, a friend of a friend of a friend from back home). We had a bit of a chat and the next weekend, we all went out together again for dinner at the pub. There were about 8 of us at the table, we sat next to each other and chatted & had a good laugh all night.
Long story short: he walked me home, asked for my number and 5 days later I'm still waiting to hear from him. Guys - how long do you leave it to call/msg? Gals - how long do you wait?
The stupid thing is, this has happened to me numerous times, as it does with everyone sooner or later. Yet I'm still sitting here on the couch, or at work, or having dinner, watching my phone, waiting & hoping for it to ring, buzz, vibrate...just do SOMETHING, to hear from him. The screen lit up earlier and in a split second, my stomach flip-flopped and my heart started to race, only to find out my parents' plane had landed.
It's pathetic, I know. Yet I know I'm not the only one who gets in this 'state' while waiting for the elusive call, only to undoubtedly be let down. Again.
Why do we let guys do this to us? And we do LET them, none of them purposely make us feel like this. And the fact that we've normally own know these guys for a few hours at most, it's insane that we are hanging on to this (now faint) hope that they will call. And what's more, we can't call them, oooh no. Because that would look desperate. Because sitting at home waiting for the phone to ring isn't?! Please...
If they're going to call, they'll call. And if they don't? Well, we'll just go back to the pub next weekend, find another guy and start the circle again..
A couple of weeks ago my friend introduced me to one of her male acquaintences (y'know how it goes, a friend of a friend of a friend from back home). We had a bit of a chat and the next weekend, we all went out together again for dinner at the pub. There were about 8 of us at the table, we sat next to each other and chatted & had a good laugh all night.
Long story short: he walked me home, asked for my number and 5 days later I'm still waiting to hear from him. Guys - how long do you leave it to call/msg? Gals - how long do you wait?
The stupid thing is, this has happened to me numerous times, as it does with everyone sooner or later. Yet I'm still sitting here on the couch, or at work, or having dinner, watching my phone, waiting & hoping for it to ring, buzz, vibrate...just do SOMETHING, to hear from him. The screen lit up earlier and in a split second, my stomach flip-flopped and my heart started to race, only to find out my parents' plane had landed.
It's pathetic, I know. Yet I know I'm not the only one who gets in this 'state' while waiting for the elusive call, only to undoubtedly be let down. Again.
Why do we let guys do this to us? And we do LET them, none of them purposely make us feel like this. And the fact that we've normally own know these guys for a few hours at most, it's insane that we are hanging on to this (now faint) hope that they will call. And what's more, we can't call them, oooh no. Because that would look desperate. Because sitting at home waiting for the phone to ring isn't?! Please...
If they're going to call, they'll call. And if they don't? Well, we'll just go back to the pub next weekend, find another guy and start the circle again..
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