| I'm in a strange situation. Not sure if I'm in denial, or that this is truly a different case.
I've been liking this girl for quite some time now and we made out about 2 Fridays ago, she admitted she was interested in me too. All was good that night and I felt like finally all the effort had paid off and we were dating. THEN after that night, she suddenly turned hot and cold. She started talking to me in a very "friend" way (no flirting).
So last night we talked things out. Basically she thinks we should just be friends, because she doesn't want to risk the friendship since she sees this going nowhere. So its pointless to date and all since its definitely going to end.
Why is it going nowhere?
Because she's going back to Australia in March to study till Dec 2014 when she graduates. Whereby I'd only have started uni by then. So different phases in life + potential LDR involved. She did ask me, "where do you see this going?", and I said "nowhere". I mean, I do see where she's coming from, that the end isn't particularly favorable. But I told her we could just make the most out of these 2 months and be happy while it lasts and then resume being friends again, but she doesn't want to risk the friendship because she says she'll always have that nagging feeling at the back of her mind when we go out, wondering why she's investing in this which is going to end anyway. She also said she's afraid of getting too attached in these 2 months and then having to let go, causing us to both get hurt.
So i asked, what if she wasn't going back, how would things be different, and after a pause, she replied that she "would take the chance and give it a try since there was nothing to lose anyway".
Usually in a LJBF situation, there isn't attraction and that's why the guy gets friendzoned. But this seems like its due to circumstances rather than an attraction issue?
She feels like it'd inevitably come to an end and that we'll both lose each other. And that this kinda things doesn't usually end well and we're just throwing away the friendship by going further.
She also mentioned she still feels hurt from her first relationship 2 years ago because the guy treated her like shit hence she's damaged. And that she ended her second relationship because she realized she was still hurt by the first.
And she did ask me, "so you'd rather we have the 2 months and lose the friendship?" I replied by saying "I had enough friends already."
Eventually to conclude the discussion with her I said that we should just remain friends (I gave her a sneaky smile to show intention that friends was just a title). And then told her that if "friends" sounds less pressurizing then so be it. We could be friends who hold hands. Then she was like "Friends by my definition". She asked what if others asked what we were. To which I said "tell them we're just friends". Then she rebutted with "but friends don't hold hands". I told her we could always not hold hands in front of our friends but she said we'd definitely bump into people we know, and then how are we going to explain.
So after the talk, while I walked her home both her hands were sandwiching her face so i couldn't assertively grab her hand. So i just smiled knowingly at her and said, "friends?" while playfully trying to grab her hand and she was like "NO!" (while laughing) and pulled her hand away. In the end we just hugged (she initiated) and it ended was a "See you soon".
So what I want to know is, is this different from a typical LJBF situation? And how should I handle this?
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