This is not an actual experience just a thought/story.

What does a touch mean in today’s culture? What does a simple graze of the fingers when exchanging a bag or an ipod, or a high five that lingers way longer than it should, or a one of those really long friendly hugs imply. The mind will take these completely harmless things and turn them into a multitude of questions that can drive someone crazy. Now, say this “touchy feely” attitude from a girl towards a guy continues throughout a few weeks. What’s the impression that the guy is getting? As a guy I’m getting, hey this girl likes me. Ok so now I think this girl likes me. Ok that’s cool; let’s see where it goes. I ask her out/tell her about how I’m feeling. Sweet things are good; we start to hang out more and more. Here’s where things unwind in my mind. When things are completely fine, everything’s great, she runs. Why, where are you going, why are you running, nothing bad is happening, it’s actually good for both of us and you know it. So why run. What are you running to? Oh right, nothing, because you are running from something. If you don’t have anything to run to, why are you running from something good? I could understand if things weren’t going well or there are things that we are struggling through or we don’t live near each other. You’re running from me to nothing, I didn’t do anything, but you are running. You can’t run forever. Maybe you’ll eventually start running to something but right now, you have no relational goals. Maybe in the future you’ll come back, I’ll let you go, but maybe you’ll come back. But Maybe I won’t be here when you do.