Viida,

Have you considered talking to him about it? Friendships are better when they are transparent. What I mean is sometimes you just have to jump in and see where it goes. Perhaps you could just tell him what you’re feeling, fear of texting him and all. Why not? If he’s your friend, and himself doesn’t like playing the game, it could be a lot of relief.

Moving from romance to friends is pretty tricky. Are you still interested in him in that way? That might be adding to the fear on your side as well. Or, it might mean that you’re assuming you know his side when you don’t. That’s why its best just to be open!

With warmth,
Matt

Talk in person and end the logistical mix ups. One of the first things that can make relationships better is to make it habit of only using texting to have day to day conversations and not to talk about big issues or problems and concerns. The texting mix ups are avoiding the bigger problem of this relationship which is the confusion of where the relationship stands.