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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/blueswan11 on 2026-01-05 03:03:06+00:00.
I’ve been into this woman for the longest time. It always felt like we had a mutual connection but we just left it alone out of respect for her LTR. Then her relationship ended. She’s been a wreck and has mostly leaned on me for emotional support. We got closer, I made some rebound jokes and we ended up hooking up. Chemistry was there and afterward we just laid in that post-hookup bubble.
She pensively said something to the effect that she’s bad at relationships. This should’ve been my cue to nod and shut up. Maybe crack a joke. Instead, I saw it as a chance to showcase the depths of my ‘emotional intelligence.’ I don’t even remember all the misplaced nonsense that came out of my mouth but it went along the lines of her feelings made sense given her last relationship because being with a guy for that long might have trained her to over-accommodate and suppress her needs to keep the peace, and now she swings between wanting closeness and pushing it away because she associates commitment with exhaustion. And rebounds mostly happen when a person hasn’t had time to recalibrate their sense of self after being emotionally worn down and whatnot. Really made it a point to throw in all the therapy buzzwords known to mankind. All very calmly like this was actual valuable insight and not an unsolicited character study delivered while we were still butt naked.
I just went on and on and she was looking at me funny but I was so busy mental masturbating to my inner armchair therapist that I read it as interest, which gave me another wind. Anyway, she got really quiet afterward and left rather shortly. It’s been over a week and she hasn’t replied to a single one of my texts.
TL;DR: lost out on a potential relationship by psychoanalyzing my way out of my crush’s bed and life. Not sure what got into me.