I need serious advice, please! Am I wasting my time messaging a guy I matched with online that lives on the opposite coast? Background: we message each other at least 1-2 times everyday for the last FIVE months but never over a phone call. He actually doesn't even have my number. We message on IG. He's a full-time student and full time employee so busy guy. But am I wasting my time and emotions with this guy??

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Doesn't sound like there's any sort of a commitment here beyond a very casual friendship. Does he know how you feel? What do you want to get out of this? Do you want to move to where he lives?

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Yes you are wasting your time. I wouldn’t advise building new relationships with people you’ve never met, on the other side of the country. It’s way way easier to build a fulfilling, compatible relationship if the majority of it, especially to start, is (A.) in person and (B.) near where you live/where your support network is

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