Being ghosted after being intimate-recovery
Hello everyone.
I am a 36F woman, mother of a 4 years old. I was cheated on by the dad of my daugther while pregnant and divorced.
Î finally had the courage to get out there and try to be in a relationship. It went well and we got along. He went through a divorce recently and he is in therapy but he îs still hurt. He also works a lot and struggles with some newly found health issues.
We finally decided to be intimate and it was great and spent most of the night talking. He did open up a bit too much in my opinion, but I listened. The 2nd day was fine, but then, the 3 rd day he told me that he feels very guilty that he moved too fast, that he îs very overwhelmed by everything now, included by our relationship and that he needs to get some order in his life. He then briefly reached out just to see how i am, the 2nd day I reached out but he was again brief and coldish and the 3 rd day i told him that I am here if he needs anything. he hearted my text and since then radio silence. 6 days passed with no communication.
I truly feel horrible. For me, being intimate is a big deal and I feel used. I understand that he is overwhelmed now but this silence is breaking me. I do not want to chase him or to overwhelm him more, but I feel that I want some closure. Should I just leave things as they are and interpret his silence as a breakup?