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happynanako

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I shall start this thread and seek for professional or good advice. However, it does not matter to me as we have stopped communicating. I just wanted to know what went wrong between the both of us.

Joined this interest group, did not notice this girl until one day (that was after two months). We attend the session on the weekend as well, and we would usually have lunch together as a group. I liked her because she seemed confident and mature. There would be times that she does the same thing as me, such as body posture. We would try to chat, but the topic is usually on the surface.

Things started to change when she was heading out to the middle east as part of her tour alone. I tried to text her and knowing that she might have internet connectivity issues. She was nice and replied from time to time. There were times she would last seen me. So I teased her about getting me a souvenir, and she asked what I wanted. I told her what I wanted, and she said she already got it.

So her birthday was coming soon on her return, I got her a present and have brought the present to 2-weekend session. However, she skipped the session, so I have no chance to give it to her. So I tried to ask her out so that I got a chance to give it to her. She gave an excuse not to meet up, claiming that weekend sessions have time for us to meetup. However, things got awkward, she was avoiding me for the following two weeks, and finally, the third week, she seemed tense and decided to walk towards me and gave me the souvenir, which was a bracelet. I was over the moon and wore it in front of her. Thought our relationship would grow. After that, she became cold, and eventually, we stopped texting one another.

Useful info:
She claimed in front of everyone that she would confront the person whenever she faces and issue and discuss it maturely.
She is single and has never dated before, and the reason being no man pursued her.
Think she is dating some middle east guy that she met using couch surfing.
I quitted that interest group because I know she loved that interest group. However, due to the situation, she stopped attending. I decided to quit so she could return, and she did return.

Question:
Why did she reject me when I am making advances?
Where did I go wrong?

Note: I am from Asia, our culture may differ from yours.
 
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weekendwarrior

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When she was heading out to the middle east and you started to text, and she replied from time to time is the big issue. It sounds like she wasn't showing interest and you kept going. This is chasing, this will kill attraction (if she had it in the first place).

She might have always skipped the two sessions after her birthday due to many reasons. Asking her out to give a present again is chasing. You ask a girl out on a high note! Not out of the blue.

The excuse was a soft rejection, you should have acted cool with this but backed off and acted aloof. Being over the moon with the present also shows way to much investment from you. Wearing it in front of her is cool and it's a token of gratitude but you seem overly pleased with this.

She became cold and stopped texting because she lost all interest and attraction. You were chasing.

Learn from this.

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BigPapa

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I do not know if you sending her some texts while she was away is necessary the problem .

I think the problem is that you bought her a gift for her birthday , out of the blue . I mean your relationship with her was not that close in order for you to buy her a gift for her birthday . Same thing with knowing her birthday .

Most likely she thought that you are creep and this is why she was avoiding you :)
 

weekendwarrior

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I think there was lack of interest on her part and happyultima kept pursuing. He said things changed when he started to text her before she went away and she replied from time to time. Without seeing the messages I'd put needy behaviour and texting at the root of this.

The present and knowing her birthday might be creepy, it depends on the social nature of the group. If it was mentioned to the group her birthday is coming up he would know...

She also avoided him/things were awkward before he asked her out to give the gift though it wasn't mentioned if he told her this information when he asked her out. The issues were there before this. I think the big issue hasn't been mentioned in the OP.

Warrior
 
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