Oh boy...

He advertises that he is available and by the look of what he has to offer you think that you might be a perfect couple.

You apply as per his instruction and he says he's interested but that a lot of other girls are interested in him too, so he'll be in touch. You drop him a quick line, thanking him for considering you as dating material.

You don't hear anything for a few days, but just sit back and try to focus your mind on other men. There are plenty around but this one you would like to take things seriously with. The others would just be meaningless flings, time wasting and unfulfilling.

This is the man you know you want to spend the rest of your life with, even though you have never actually met, face to face. On paper he seems... perfect.

You don't want to come across too keen or needy, that might scare him away. But then after 3 days you think it would just be polite if he could at least let you know if he would or wouldn't like to date you. That's just a common courtesy!!

Should you email or call him? Or just forget he ever existed... You keep checking your emails in case he has contacted you, you check and check and check even though your inbox reads NO NEW MESSAGES.

You take the easy way out and email him (a bit less embarrassing should you get rejected). You let him know that although he hasn't been in touch, you are still really interested and if he could just let you know how he feels about you then you can move on with your life.

It's been 4 hours and he hasn't replied. Why?

All you can do is sit and wait. Why hasn't he emailed? Why hasn't he called? Why doesn't he like me? WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME???

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Maybe, he's just not that into you.

- It's a pain in the arse waiting to hear about a job, isn't it?