I am feeling a bit stupid (more than a bit, actually) for putting the "I miss you" into my text. Like I am feeding him his Ego Kibbles. He did not even bother to respond at all.
I really thought I'd banished expectations of any sort. But I allowed him to bait me and I got caught.
I did not want to be churlish after he remembered by BD. And as Bright said, the ILY and miss you (I thought) should mean something to him. Sigh. They sure did - put the worm on the hook and see if Portia bites. She did. Ugh.
I am not bothered that I responded, but I am bothered by allowing myself to "expose my soft underbelly". No more of that from me, honest or not.
Rat and rats.
Lucky for me, it will likely be a long time before I hear from him again with some other innocous text.
