Analyze This

Okay--searching for nature poetry is making me fall asleep at my desk, so I thought I'd allow myself a brief minute to think about the whole Bagel situation. If anyone out there is wise in the ways of interpreting guy talk, I'd really love your take on the following communication that took place yesterday:

ME:
Hi there,

Sorry I was so paranoid last night [on the phone]. I guess I had a sudden epiphany: Just because I had decided I wasn't interested in meeting anyone else right now, it didn't necessarily mean that you felt that way too. And since we've never really talked about it, I feel kind of in limbo, which I absolutely hate.

So please always feel free to be honest with me, and I will do the same with you. Sound good? :-)

THE BAGEL:
limbo is not supposed to be pleasant :) for the record i am not really interested in meeting anyone else right now (and practically even if i did i don't know that i would have the time - i feel busy enough adding you into my life!). however i have known you for 31 days and i do not want to rush into our relationship. i mentioned to you when i met you i have a bad habit of doing just that and i find it usually leads to bad things (some preventable others not). that said i don't want you unsure on where we stand. i am more likely to be flexible and see where things go but i understand if that isn't exactly good enough for you.

i will do my best to be honest :)

AND aside from that serious bit i am somewhat tired because after i got off the phone with you they were replaying the state of the union which i had missed and i watched that since that is one of my favorite annual events for politics (i love the clapping when you are happy bits) so i was up a bit later than i wanted. i couldn't stay up for the dem response - it was awful - the new gov from virginia did it and it was one of the dullest things i had every seen.

ME:
I agree with you. 31 days is an extremely short amount of time in the grand scheme of things, and with our busy schedules it is even shorter. I also don't want to rush into anything--especially something I think has a lot of potential. But I don't think we really have to worry about it--our schedules over the next month aren't really going to let that happen, are they? :-)

I didn't mean to press any deep "relationship" talk. I was just curious as to whether or not you wanted to actively pursue other people or just sit back and see what happens between us. I've decided to choose the latter option. :-)

I am kind of glad I had class and missed the State of the Union. I hate all the happy clapping stuff--it reminds me of a high school pep rally. It was hard enough to watch it when the Democrats controlled the government!

Since these messages, there has been no communication. If he is so worried about "rushing into our relationship," I'll let him contact me when he's ready to. In the meantime, I'm going to try not to think about why guys are so good at freaking out about relationships.