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I'm posting this right after another post so idk if this will be allowed but here it goes.
I'm 18M, and around 3 years ago, I joined a swimming club (I was a competitive swimmer) where I met this girl, let's call her Hannah. Now I've never had a relationship before, even though I've tried many times, and all those previous times I only liked them and asked them out before I even knew them (just because they were pretty). But Hannah was different. I didn't immediately fall for her - she was just another swimmer I trained with who happened to be quite pretty. But as a few months passed, I talked to her more and more and started looking forward to every session because of the chance that she would be there. Then we had an out of city competition and everything unravelled.
On the car ride there, we were in the same car for like 3 hours and we talked a lot. For around an hour she slept with her head on my shoulder. When we got there, every session that we were at the pool, we sat together and talked the whole time. We would go down together to cheer our teammates on, and go for walks outside, sometimes just the 2 of us, during session breaks. She would put her arms around my shoulder as we walked, and sometimes when we were sitting together she would just run her hands along my legs and arms and tease me about them like "why are they so hairy" etc... During most dinners when we ate together as a club, she would sit either next to me or opposite me and play footsies with me for like the whole meal.
Disregarding the physical stuff, I really started to catch feelings for her, especially because I'd never met anyone like her in my life - her personality was really unique and it just clicked with me and made me so attracted to her.
At around day 3, she asked me directly to go for a walk with her, and me trying to act nonchalant said no because we were in the middle of cheering on one of my best mates during his race. On the last day of the competition, most of my clubmates came to my motel room and we watched a movie together (Hannah included). We watched American Psycho, and she asked me directly if she could hold my hand because she was scared, so we held hands while we watched the movie.
On the car ride back we talked more and she slept again with her head on my shoulder, this time doing it before she was asleep.
Naturally, I asked her out (i was too scared to do it in person so I did it on snapchat), and her answer was "Um... I don't know." I was really stunned and just said "ok" and left it there. But that moment really stuck with me. We didn't talk for a few weeks and my friend made it worse because he thought it would be funny to text her on my account saying "you broke my heart" etc... I wrote a long apology message for that which now that I think about it was completely unnecessary and weird, and we just didn't really talk at all and it was awkward for a few months.
After this time, we started talking more again and eventually everything I said before was basically happening again - the hugs, the touches, the talking so much that coach started calling us lovebirds - We even watched a movie at the cinema together by ourselves. However when we were watching the movie, every time I went to whisper something in her ear, she would move away quickly. Even without this cue, I knew from the above experience that she was not into me.
Which brings us to now. 1-2 years later, even though it's getting a bit better, I still think about her a lot and about what could be, because as I said, her personality was electric for me and even now I haven't met anyone like her. I've stopped swimming now but occasionally go back to my club for a swim, and every time, I'm hesitant to go back because I haven't made that much progress in my life that I can show her. Basically the majority of my motivation to do anything is to impress her and show her how good I am. I just found out that she's been spending a lot of time with one of my mates and I don't know if they're dating or not but I feel super jealous, even though I haven't even been to the club in months.
Is what happened between us normal? To me it was so obvious that she liked me but it turns out she didn't. If that level of interaction wasn't her liking me back, then what should I look for a woman to do to show that she likes me back and that I should ask her out? Finally, how do I get over her, move on, and stop thinking about her?
TLDR: A girl I liked showed that she liked me a lot (in my opinion) and rejected me when I asked her out. I don't know if this is normal or if she was leading me on as I've never had a relationship before and I need help moving on from her as I still think about her 2 years later.
I'm 18M and just started university in Australia (I grew up in New Zealand), and don't really know what to do with my life.
On the one hand, I want to get a career in quantitative finance, but this field is highly competitive and it's not certain I'll make it. I'm worried that I won't be able to get a decent job that will make my parents proud if I don't make it, since I study Maths which doesn't give me many other options.
On the other hand, I don't really like the idea of a job and having a fixed income, and really desire to be super wealthy through entrepreneurship. The problem is, I can only commit to one thing as I don't have enough time to focus really hard in both, and I haven't made a cent in my past entrepreneurship ventures. It also stresses me out a lot and disrupts my sleep and health in general.
I think that my desire to be super wealthy comes partly from social media influence, but also because I have trouble dating (I've never even been close to a relationship before and I've tried many times). I'm currently in the mindset that money will solve my dating problems and also make me more free, as right now my parents are paying for my living and I feel really guilty about it, even though they've said many times before that they will support me when I need it and that they'll be proud with whatever job I get (they're the best parents in the world). I still feel guilty though and just really want to establish my independence for some reason. I've also seen many movies about the struggles that less well-off people face, especially nowadays, so I'm really scared of ending up in a situation like that.
I feel really boxed in, and really just want to make money quick, and am leaning towards entrepreneurship as the only solution, even though I know that it takes a long time (probably longer than graduating and getting a job) to actually be successful. I also feel really guilty whenever I'm doing something that might not help me financially, to the point where even my hobbies like working out, cooking, and eating healthy are becoming less and less desirable.
Should I be this stressed about money? (My parents are quite well off) Which path should I take and are there any alternatives? What should I do about my dating problem and will money solve it?