I knew that if I stopped texting you first, we would never have another conversation.

I rescheduled plans with you after you canceled because I wanted to spend time with youthatbadly.

I gave you second (and third and fourth) chances because I wanted to date youthatbadly.

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God & Man

You gave memixed signalsfor the longest time.

I could have taken them as a signal that you werent interested in a relationship.

I could have given up hope that we would ever get together.

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Some extra encouragement to see me as more than a friend.

I thought I would be able to convince you to give me a fighting chance.

I came up with excuses for you.

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God & Man

I made up reasons why you were pushing me away.You were still heartbroken over your last relationship.

You had trust issues.

You wanted to protect yourself by staying single.

You were scared of how much you liked me.

I chased you because I thought that was what you wanted me to do.

I thought you needed me to prove how strong my feelings were for you.

I thought they would help prove I was worth your time and effort.

I thought expressing myself was better than sending mixed signals the way you were doing.

I wanted to be upfront with you.

I wanted you to know exactly where I stood.

I chased you because I wanted your attention and didnt care how that happened.

I would have done anything to make you notice me.

To make you care.

If I stopped setting up plans with you, we would never see each other again.

I knew I had to do all of the work to keep our friendship alive.

I wanted to keep you in my life.