I asked him if he’s kissed anyone in the future. Eventually, I circled around to saying that I had considered him as someone I might want to kiss. […] He was not opposed, but thought ground rules would be a good idea. So we discussed those. And then […] he asked when we should and I decided to tell him that I’m extremely busy in the upcoming days. And sort of just turned what was a plan into a non-plan.

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And one of the rules was that we wouldn’t go without speaking for more than three days if it went poorly, so I’m going to have to stop avoiding him sometime today. Because I do think that rule likely applies here. Even if there hasn’t been any kissing.