If you love something, set it free...

[Earthquake releases a bird...]

The old Chinese saying goes:

"If you love something, set it free. If it comes back to you, it's yours. If it doesn't, it never was."

I don't actually love this chick, but I do like her. I thought she liked me.

The story goes that about a month ago this chick who I had been talking to on the net for the past year on and off (with this year of being the year of being HAPPY and taking chances and doing things I don't usually do) I asked her out because we get along pretty well.

She was feeling sick and had to go into an operation and I was short on money (being the 3rd week of my pay month) so we decided that we would go out after her operation.

She had the operation and during recovery you'd think you'd talk to people you cared about (like people who want to go out with you) but every conversation I had to iniate and I found her being less and less enthusiastic about me.

It could have been her being sick? I'm not sure.

Anyways, so the other night I said to her that I release her of having to go out with me and that she only need go out with me if she wants to.

So the next day she says that "And I was about to ask you out as well..." and then went offline very quickly. She disappeared into the night like the Cheshire Cat from Alice In Wonderland.



I'm not sure whether she was relieved that it was all over and that she had to have a great escape or what but I haven't heard from her since.

What I wanted to do was - if she really likes me she will ask me out!

Lord knows if that will happen but if it doesn't well - better to do that rather than have failed.