A little backstory first…I’m going back to school part time, work part time and am applying to grad school. This has been my life for the past 2 years. I’m excited about my future but it’s kept me very busy. I try to make an effort to make time for my friends, work out, relax,etc. But honestly I’m pretty lonely. I miss being in a relationship but I’ve put dating on hold because I don’t know what will happen with grad school.

So I hit a wall a few weeks ago and decided to get on a dating site. I figured it wouldn’t hurt to talk to some people and maybe go on some dates. I’ve been talking to this guy nonstop for a few weeks now and I’m really starting to like him. I was upfront on the fact that I don’t know my future plans. We even discussed at one point to just stop talking because we didn’t want to get attached. However we changed our minds and went out. I really enjoyed myself and now I’m scared. Honestly it has been nice to finally have someone to ask how I’m doing or to help me with homework or offer to cook dinner for me after work. I really missed all those things and have been incredibly lonely.

So the issue now is that I like him but I’m afraid of getting attached. I usually do this when I meet someone where I’m pretty ambivalent about it until we go out a couple times and then I start picturing a future together. I’m usually left hurt. I know I put myself in this situation and really there’s no good ending. But he hasn’t texted me for awhile and I’m starting with all those feelings of “he must not like me” or “he must have changed his mind”.

What do I do? Should I just move on before I really get attached? I just feel so frustrated that I have to wait so long to meet someone because of schooling.