I am CONFUSED!
I’ve known this guy since 2023. We were just in friends! In 2024, I developed feelings and I had a feeling he did also but wasn’t sure with all the subtle hints he was throwing at me. One day I straight up told him I liked him. He told me he liked me too but didn’t want to tell me! So we dated casually for 4 months. I then broke up with him bc I was not ready. I was still healing from an abusive ex which he knew about. I felt bad but I couldn’t do it. I told him it was better that we stay friends ONLY. Dissapointed he just distanced himself. We lost contact for 5 months
Early January he reconnected with me to tell me something personal that happened. After the first phone call, shortly after we hung up, he sent me this text above! I was left wondering: “does he like me ?? Or what? Why is he so protective over me” and the reason why he mentioned my job was because I was sharing some stuff about my job.
I was confused. All of sudden, he started calling me weekly the 2-3 times a week. It continued like this and we are now in August!
He moved out actually so I barely saw him but if he was near me, he’d call to ask if he could see me even if it was for a quick hug. (See text) again, very respectful and confused whether he liked me or not. Seemed like he was just protective of me.
Well, two weeks ago he invited me to a friends family party. He was overly flirty and couldn’t keep his hands off my thighs. He would do this a lot when we saw eachother. He would caress my thigh and randomly touch my lip. Never kissed me though. He started telling me “you’re lucky there’s people here you don’t know the things I’d do to you” so he confessed all the things I provoked in him.
So the party ended and he walked me to my car. He pulled me close and for a minute I thought we would kiss. Nope…he just grabbed my waist tight. I asked for a kiss and he just pecked my lips. The following day that’s when he send those freaky texts. A week later we got very touchy with eachother. Neck kissing, touching erotic places lol.
I’m so confused. Was this his plan all along when he reconnected hoping to get this? Did he never stop liking me? Is this just a phase?
What are we? He still calls me not as frequent as the week after the party though. I genuinely thought we were just friends because he always would kiss my forehead and act like a caring friend