Thanks for your post, sarahsweet. And thanks for sharing your thoughts, I appreciate it a lot. Especially when I feel helpless. Perhaps what worries me the most is the possibility of being rejected. It could happen, the man is free to decide what to do with his life. My mind is so messed up... I don't have the guts to ask him if he'd like to keep in touch and keep chatting. Obviously, it's not going to be 24/7. But I don't know... it seems I'll prefer the benefit of the doubt and think about "what would have happened if..." instead of bringing it up to him. And if I ever meet someone else under similar circumstances I'll keep doing the same thing. I can't imagine what I'll do if I ever find my significant other... I'll probably miss out every train in the train station of my life.

I just wish things were easier. I wish there were a way to find out how he would react without asking it. I wish in the case he didn't accept I could "undo" what I said and pretend nothing happened, similar to editing a document on the computer. Life would be so much easier...