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By amrod - Posted on 04 March 2006

This is not only long distance dating but someone I met on vacation in Mexico and I am a U.S. citizen. I realize for something like this to work is a long shot. However, I think that I may have even blown the friendship. I am getting overly invested and emotional which I realize is not healthy.
Long story short. I went to Mexico to study Spanish. I went with my host family's daughter to Acupulco one weekend. I met someone who seemed like a supernice guy. I am 32- he is 26- said age difference did not bother him. His story was that a few months ago he was engaged and caught his fiancee with another guy. They had to call off the wedding, he asked for the ring back and was very depressed. He said he feels much better now. He went on and on how he was so happy to have met me and felt a connection. Nothing physical happenned that weekend. However, the following weekend, he came to visit me where my host family was staying. He stayed at a hotel and I spent some time with him there. We started to have sex but I felt like it was too soon and started to not be into it. He noticed and stopped. I didn't stay over night but he came and brought me to the bus the next day. I was leaving to go back to the states and had to take the bus to the airport. I returned to the states late 1/21/06. He got all my info and called me the next day. He said he was in the midst of an important work project and would be quite busy. However, he stayed in contact for the next few weeks pretty regularly. I started to feel frustrated on Valentine's day when I didn't hear from him until the end of the day. I expressed that I was kind of upset. He was supportive and said he had been busy but would try to email more. I then got one email from him after that. Two weeks went by and I never heard from him. I was trying to be strong and not contact him. However, I gave in today. I called him and he sounded quite distant. When we were first exchanging emails, he kept talking about planning a trip to visit me btu he wasn't sure when. This time he was even more vague about it and sounded quite distant. I shouldn't have called him because I was quite emotional. I had to use a pay phone because my cell has no international service so I was on the street. I thought I was going to cry so I didn't answer him a few times when he said something. He kept asking me what was wrong and did sound concerned. I started to cry and felt mortified so I said I would talk to him later. I ended up kind of hanging up on him. It wasn't really to tell him off but just because I was embarrassed about crying. I emailed to apologize and have gotten no response. Am I being a crazy woman- should I apologize again for hanging up or leave it alone. He is Mexican and in his culture this may be even a bigger insult. I don't know if I will never hear from him ever again now. Just need feedback and some advice on what to do or not to do now.

U haven't really spent so much time with him and it seems u're a bit overly dependant on him. Just try to take it as a friendship and nothing else, and don't expect anything from him. If a person has any interest whatsoever in another person, they'll put in the effort to keep in touch. If they don't, well u can't force them or make them feel guilty about it- it'll just push them away even more. It seems he lived the moment u had together, but is going on with his life, just as u should do. If there really is a connection and more to be lived together, time will tell. Until then, MOVE ON. Good luck, i feel ya.

U are absolutely right. Initially though, he was the one who got upset with me for not responding to his emails immediately or picking up my cell phone. I have read the Rules and "he's just not hat into you " and clearly I have not followed any of their advice.
This actually got worse. The next night, I was up and online. It looked like he got online so I tried to initiate conversation and I got no answer. I was asking him why he wasn't answering me and then it turned out it was his cousin using the computer. I was mortified. He actually woke the guy up because he knew I was upset the day before. The guy got on and basically like you said, seemed to resent that I was making him feel guilty. He told me that since we live in different countries and neither plan on moving that he does not want to get his heart broken. I offered that it was easy to get one's heart broken anywhere. He was pretty patient with me but i don't think he read my emails yet which were guilt inducing. So, i may have ruined everything. i don't know why i gave in so much to my emotions.

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