Dear Chris:

Welcome back to the Forums. You didn’t ask for advice, so I have none for you.

You wrote that you wanted to vent in a safe place, and to be listened to with open ears. What I hear (read, that is) you say is that you are lonely, not in a relationship now for 4.5 years, that online dating has not/ is not working for you, that you are interested in this woman who works for a fast food restaurant, sometimes at the cash register. You have a very limited time interacting with her, when she works the register. At one time she was interested in you, perhaps (I am not clear). Later, you gave her a note with your phone number but she didn’t call you. Recently you have been flirting with her and you didn’t detect any no signals from her.

Today, her co worker flirted with her and when he did, she neglected to say hello to you. Is it this event, today, that lead you to  choose the title of your thread: “Feels like everything is falling apart”, I wonder. I mean, is this event the everything that is falling apart, or otherwise, everything is falling apart…?

anita