so, I have posted about this on other areas a few weeks ago, but I am a little concerned with some stuff going on.
Short(ish) version:
I have been talking to this female since last June. She is an odd character. My coworkers and friends have all said she is weird. There is something about this girl that has just confused me beyond belief from the first day I hung out with her. We hung out in a group, she stayed behind and it was just the two of us. She asked for a ride and said she had a great time with the group get together I had started. From here, her friends started asking about me. She started asking about and even asked my coworker if I date often. That same week, I had a party at my house. The last person to leave? Her, again. She was nervous, but stayed. A couple of days later, I asked her out and she said she was in the middle of getting back together with an ex. So, I am confused why she kept trying to set up a situation where we were one on one.
Three days later, I was at a trivia night with her. She was in my personal space and seemed to want my attention. I watch games with my coworker (same one she asked about my dating life) often and sometimes his wife. A week after I asked her out, she texted him and asked him about watching a game again. So, she tried to invite herself.
A few weeks passed and I did not say much to her. We talked about watching a game again. I said I had dinner plans with coworkers to celebrate my birthday, but would let her know if anybody was going to watch the game after. Well, she took that as a chance to invite herself to my dinner. My coworkers were confused as to why she was there and what was going on.
We hung out a few times, 5 of the next 6 weeks. During this time, the girl started to eat my food and turned kind of possessive (not crazy, but how a girlfriend would be). I get a pack of gum, she would grab it out of my hand. My stuff was her stuff. My food was hers. Yet, when we were around other people she did not act like that. She would seem to get nervous and ignore me, but a few days later she is back at eating my food. One of my coworkers that hung out with me quite a bit noticed her behavior and commented on it to me. He said she seemed to be treating me like we were dating. During that time, she kept creating the environment of being one on one with me. She would never invite her friends with her to go. My friends would leave, and she asked me to stay behind. I did not say anything, because she had said she was in a relationship (which was no longer the case by this time, but I did not know).
Any time I asked her, I would get a weird answer. I ask her to watch a game, she would give me a noncommittal answer or on the day of the watch ask me if it was just me going. Like, she didn't want to go if it was just me. Yet, when we would go, she would make a point to stay behind to be alone with me or eat my food or other things that would make you think she was comfortable and we were friends.
Finally, the last time I hung out with her we were alone. Her coworker happened to be at the same restaurant. She got so nervous that she could not even remember her fiance's name. She seemed very nervous, like she got caught with something. I mentioned that she could invite other people, but she said she did not like inviting friends because she has "trust" issues.
The next day, we had plans with another person. That person was not sure he was going to make, so she backed out too. It is like if I make a suggestion, she is very concerned about going. Yet, she is the one that keeps setting up the one on one environments with me or treating me differently than a colleague. I asked her what was going on and shared what I had noticed about her canceling out often when it was just me.
My friends said to ignore her and see if she writes me. I did and did not invite her to game watches for a month.
This may be the best example of why I am confused.
So, I have not invited this girl to anything in a few weeks...no game watches or anything. Since we started hanging out, there have been two times that I gave her space. Both times, she invited herself to my invites. She messaged my coworker to ask about watching the game with us. The other time she invited herself to a birthday dinner I had with my coworkers.
Well, this is the 3rd time I have done this. It had been a month since I hung out with her. Again, I did not invite her to stuff, just staying low and avoiding her for a while. She emailed me a question about work last week. She never emails me about work, since we work in two different offices and she and works with a different part of the institution. I won't give specifics, but this is an example of what is odd about this. Each person in her office is a liaison to different offices. Her coworker works with office A, she works with office B and etc. I work for office A, not B, yet she reached out to me because she needs to get a few people together for an event.
She is friends with the people in office B, her outreach office, but she did not ask them or check with them first. Just me. So, she contacted me even though she works with a different office (she knows this). We have an association at the institution as well. I am not on that committee either (which she knows), so there is no reason to go through me. I answered her question and forwarded it on to the right people. The next day, I get a text message from her about a personal trip I am taking soon. She wanted to give me advice. So, both cases, she initiated the contact via email and via text. I literally just replied to both. I answered the work question (what dates would work for the event) and answered the text (that I already have a hotel set up and do not need her suggestions). So, it would appear we are on friendly terms. This weekend, she blocked me on facebook.
Now, I am confused. The girl can quote what I have on facebook. I am planning a trip to Iceland, magically she looks up information and is too and has an itinerary that wants me to follow for it. (Because Iceland is a place that all people from the USA go, especially when they a re cold blooded and only go to the tropics....). There are several things like this. I hate something, she does too. I like something. She does. The girl literally mimics me when we are in public (says the same things I say 20 minutes later). I am done inviting her to things, because I feel concerned for my well being. Yet, I am pretty sure she will contact me or my coworkers in a few weeks to get in contact. My coworkers all think she is weird and everything they have seen her do to me is inappropriate, so they will not be around her either. But, the girl is starting to freak me out. I mean, she emails me, then she texts me and then blocks me?
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