I Fucked Up! How Do I Get Out Of This Friend Zone?
I think I fucked this all up for myself but hope I have a chance at redeeming it. I'm recently divorced and have a child with disabilities...which complicates things. If it was not for my son, I would say I'm probably a 7/10. I have been talking to this super hot girl who was my old neighbore who I had a friendly relationship with while I was married and have tons in common with. So I texted her a bit and then called her up asked her out on a date maybe 2 months ago and she told me that she just became "exclusively official" with another guy and couldn't. I gave her some space but then we started texting again and have actually hung out 3 times since then. Because I thought she was dating someone, I was trying to be respectful and not flirt with her...but now I think that line about dating someone was a bunch of crap and was just her way of letting me down easy. After watching Playing With Fire videos, I've realized I have been doing all sorts of beta crap with her over the last 2 months. Texting her way to much, double and triple texting her, texting her as soon as we finish hanging out, not flirting at all and just coming off as really needy....admittedly, because I'm recently divorced and not used to living in an empty home and a little depressed and drinking more...which is why I have been so beta and texting her all the fucking time. My question is, how do I recover from this situation and get out of this weird friend zone I'm in? For starters, I did tell myself I am not going to text her for at least 7 days starting today.