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Hey everyone,
I need some advice regarding a guy I like. So here's the situation:
I've been close friends with this guy for around 4 years or so. We go to bible studies together and have a great friend group. Anyways, this guy and I started texting a lot more these past few weeks, and he told me he liked me and I told him how I felt (I'm 16 and he's 18 by the way.) The thing is, we won't be able to date for a while because he just came out of a really bad, messy break up a few weeks ago. He needs to grow spiritually and in His relationship with God and really build a more solid foundation, and I need to grow in that area too. So basically, we like each other, we can't date for a while, but we still text a lot. We've had some good talks about putting a bit of distance between us so we can really focus on growing in the Lord, about letting God fill those voids because only He can, and about not rushing into anything. Here's where I'm struggling, we still text a lot, probably once every other day around late afternoon/night, and the conversations go on for hours. I love talking to him, but I know if we're texting a lot then it can be easy to start hanging out a lot, just the two of us, and then it can be easy to throw caution out the window and start dating. So how do I go about texting him? It sounds stupid, but what emoji's are okay to use where it will still keep the convo innocent and pure even though we like each other a lot? Sorry if this was messy and a little all over the place, and advice is appreciated.
Also, it's been a little hard for me to grow spiritually (I mean I think I have, but I think about him a lot even when were not texting) so how do I work on that? Thanks so much.
I need some advice regarding a guy I like. So here's the situation:
I've been close friends with this guy for around 4 years or so. We go to bible studies together and have a great friend group. Anyways, this guy and I started texting a lot more these past few weeks, and he told me he liked me and I told him how I felt (I'm 16 and he's 18 by the way.) The thing is, we won't be able to date for a while because he just came out of a really bad, messy break up a few weeks ago. He needs to grow spiritually and in His relationship with God and really build a more solid foundation, and I need to grow in that area too. So basically, we like each other, we can't date for a while, but we still text a lot. We've had some good talks about putting a bit of distance between us so we can really focus on growing in the Lord, about letting God fill those voids because only He can, and about not rushing into anything. Here's where I'm struggling, we still text a lot, probably once every other day around late afternoon/night, and the conversations go on for hours. I love talking to him, but I know if we're texting a lot then it can be easy to start hanging out a lot, just the two of us, and then it can be easy to throw caution out the window and start dating. So how do I go about texting him? It sounds stupid, but what emoji's are okay to use where it will still keep the convo innocent and pure even though we like each other a lot? Sorry if this was messy and a little all over the place, and advice is appreciated.
Also, it's been a little hard for me to grow spiritually (I mean I think I have, but I think about him a lot even when were not texting) so how do I work on that? Thanks so much.