I started falling for a girl a little while ago so I did the normal stuff and eventually asked her out. It went well! Her and I had a romance for about a week, seeing each other every day, and everything seemed to be going in the right direction. I was really happy.

Then she hit me with the "I'm not ready for a relationship" line. Saying that she wants to be with me but she thinks she needs to be alone for a while. I'm not sure how genuine that statement is or if what she really means is that she's just not that into me. But either way, that was that, I cried it out, and she said she wanted to remain friends. So we've been doing the awkward friendship thing for about two weeks now.

But the difference between now and then has been night and day. It's barely even a friendship, she's very cold all the time, and two days ago she flat out stood me up. Even for someone who is just a friend I think that's careless and mean. It really hurts.

She's become very insensitive and closed off. I think she's afraid of intimacy so she's pushing me away. Why are so many people incapable of love? Or do I expect too much?