Okay I never expected to post in this thread but here I am...
So I am in a bit of a weird situation... I haven't had a romantic relationship of any kind for a few years. Mostly because I was in a very bad place mentally speaking.
I've had a rough life because of it (I won't go into details but let's just say it took me a while to be in a right state of mind). But recently I've felt more and more ready to try dating again...
So I've made profiles on a few dating sites. And I ended up matching quite quickly with quite a few people on tinder and such (that was a pretty cool confidence boost not gonna lie). And so after a few conversations that went nowhere with some girls, I finally found one that I felt I could meet. She's slightly youger than me (I'm 28, she's 24). And so I asked her out and she said yes immediately. That was very stressing for me obviously but I went for it and met her the same day.
And to my surprise we immediately hit it off. We had the same interests, and I felt I was able to have any kinds of conversations with her. She even said herself that she was surprised by the variety of topics we talked about with honesty.
So because of my background, I felt comfortable telling her in what situation I was in and she told me immediately that she absolutely understood where I was coming from. I really felt she got that it was a tough thing for me.
We ended up going from place to place (and drinking a bit as we went on) and the whole night honestly felt really good. We laughed a lot, talked about tons of stuff along the way etc. She even said to me at many occasions that she thought it was really cool I was able to talk about my issues so freely. It was liberating, you can't even imagine...
At the end of the night I walked her home, we exchanged numbers, told each other good night. It was a really nice feeling.
And now the sucky part...
So, the next day I sent her a small message and... No response.
Immediately I started thinking a billion reasons why she wouldn't... But I thought maybe I didn't wait long enough or w/e.
So I waited a few days.
Nothing from her. So I sent her another one about something we talked about during the night. This time she responded ! But only after a few hours... And it was a run of the mill text with nothing to bounce of off... Let's just say it was not reassuring.
So we're a few days later and still nothing. So I ended up asking her if she wants to meet again. And once again, no response.
I'm really at a loss right now. I could totally understand if she didn't want to meet again. I mean, we all have a reason. Either she wasn't really into me, or she met someone else, or anything. I'd understand. Even with my background, I'm still a grown ass man. I know we're all kinda messed up in a way and we all have our own way of dealing with things.
But not responding at all ?... I really don't get it, especially after the night we had and the things I shared with her.
As she said herself, it was cool being honest and sincere right off the bat. At the same time I really don't want to be annoying and start messaging her all the time. I know how tough it can be for girls when men are too persistent, it can be scary, I've heard lots of crazy stories and I would never want to be "that guy".
So here I am, I don't know what to do... My gut tells me to just give up, but at the same time I really felt that it could be the start of something cool...
Sorry about the huge wall of text :|