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I have to say that one of my least favorite dating realities is the etiquette of calling and waiting for calls. For instance, I called Rich after work to let him know how I was feeling, as we agreed this morning, but I just got his machine, so I left a message asking if we could get together for dinner tonight. But now, an hour and a half later, he hasn't called back, and I guess I'm supposed to wait around until he does, because if I call him twice that makes me overbearing although I really just want to know whether or not I'll be on my own for dining tonight. I got everything worked out so that I would have time and transportation to see him tonight, and now it all rides on him getting my message, deciding he wants to talk to me, and calling me back. It really makes me feel powerless, and somehow it's much weirder now that we've broken up. I told him I'd try to give him some space to figure everything out, but I'm finding it really difficult because it's just in my nature to be in touch. Really in touch. Like, I take my phone into the bathroom when I shower. And I'm really good about returning immediately relevant phone calls. So I just get mad when I wind up in a position where I just have to sit around and wait.