Isn't it funny how we do that?
You know when you stress yourself out over something and worry and worry and then, in the end, turns out you never needed to in the first place? I totally just did that.
So, Shannon and I started out casual. Expressly and decidedly casual. We weren't in a relationship, we were just having fun. That's how it was supposed to be. No strings.
Well, then we spent time holding hands and going out for ice cream and meeting eachother's friends. I don't think that was part of the plan.
And then... oh then... I realized I LIKED her. WAY more than I probably should have or ever intended to. RUH ROH. She did not sign on for feelings. I figure I'm screwed. This is where all the worrying comes in. I was sure that I could never tell her or she would want to end it. We weren't supposed to LIKE eachother. That wasn't in the contract.
Then I spent the next two days crying about it.
So, going against my friends' advice, I decided to just keep my mouth shut. I'd rather have the amorphous thing we had than nothing at all.
But then it somehow came up. Oops. And for the record, she brought it up, not me. And we realized... WHOA. We're ACTUALLY on the SAME PAGE. She likes me too. And we had a two hour conversation about it. And when we hung up... we were in a relationship.
And I spent all that time worrying that if she found out we'd have to stop seeing eachother.
Time well wasted.
Long story short, Samantha got herself a girlfriend :) And only had to stumble into an accidental conversation to get there.