| Forgive this brief comment, particularly after you've both spent so much time on the above!
I'm not convinced by the f**k buddy thing. This whole situation looks like a familiar scenario to me.
What's the saying? "It's a woman's perogative to change her mind..?" That seems to fit. She seems to be warming to the idea of getting together with you. It's perfectly possible for a girl to move from wanting to be friends to wanting more. I think the fact that you backed off has been in your favour - I assume you were backing off in order to give her something to think about? I think it worked.
Some people like being the centre of attention. When attention shifts, they begin to pursue that attention.
If you want to get together with her, keep playing it cool until you feel ready to make a move - unless she makes a move first. It's tricky, because if I have read the situation wrong, making a move could just put a wedge between you as friends... But perhaps that wouldn't be a bad thing. In my experience, trying to be friends with a girl you really want to go out with always makes life fairly miserable. |