Hi, crawford

I haven’t experienced quite a similar situation as you have. I have, however, been in a situation countless times where I felt like I wanted to have attention from someone and didn’t end up getting it.

Sometimes I end up acting a little strangely to get attention from an interesting person. Afterwards I  tend to feel guilty of my strange behavior. Sometimes I tend to shut down, do nothing to get attention. Then feel bad about it afterwards, as I might have missed out on a lot of happiness.

I am a bit of a quiet and considering person, so I tend to lean towards shutting down and doing nothing.

All I can say that all of this is very human. Perhaps it’s worth it to try and get attention anyway? If we do it too much, though, we can come across as horribly needy and our behavior can be seen as inappropriate.

Perhaps try a couple of times to get attention from your friend? Then if you fail to get it, accept it and move on.

This is really difficult.. We must find ways to come into acceptance of what we end up doing.