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Thanks for your response and sharing your experience. It was just confusing on my end that he would be so friendly with me . I didn’t mention in my first post that he did say he wanted to send me some file of one of his unreleased writings for me to look over and that my input would be valuable to him. Situations like this never happen to me so of course I got excited. I’ve never brought that up again to him since he mentioned that. I know I have to let go and I continue to like his works , but it’s so disappointing that he said said and did all this with me only to suddenly not respond.

Thanks for your response. It wasn’t for a book report, it was for me to just give him insight on his writings and HE was the one who mentioned it. I forgot to add in my first post ( sorry it was long) that he even mentioned that he would send me a pdf file of one his unreleased writings for me to look over and when he wrote to me he said my insight would be valuable to him. I never expected him to say all this to me and so course I got excited. I know I have to let go but why say all these things to someone then just disappear . It’s so disappointing..I still like his works but now because he did this to me I’m seeing him in a different light now..oh well

this is a friendship only post: I have been speaking online to this particular man who happens to be an older gentleman who is an author of a few books and used to be an actor ( he no longer acts and not a household name at all) .. It’s definitely him I’m speaking with online. He approached me after I wrote a letter to him saying how much I loved his book. Please take in mind I never expected for him to talk with me but he approached me online and was being friendly with me overall talking about appropriate topics like shopping, travels, food ect. The conversations have been over the course of a few months and not all at once. He on 3 separate occasions kept saying he wants to respond to my first letter -I don’t expect him too! but he kept saying it on his own several times to me lol ...Whomever reads this , I simply enjoy the friendship and of course I don’t expect anything else from him . To this day from several months ago he still hasn’t responded to the first letter ( he wanted to respond to questions I had about his book) ( again I don’t expect but he said it multiple times! ) About 7 weeks ago , I asked him if I can send another letter in regards to his 2nd book and he responded quickly saying to do so. I asked because when we first started talking we discussed this, I left him a message online 7 weeks ago saying I was going to mail it out…A month ago I sent a second message ( I normally don’t)but there was postal service issues at the time and I hand wrote the letter . All I asked was if the letter was delivered safely to him as there was usps issues. He opened that message left me on read and has since not responded …I’m just hoping it was ok to ask him if he got it? I obviously didn’t expect him to talk or respond about the letter but just wanted a confirmation that he received it. So since 7 weeks ago I haven’t heard anything at all …its hard when your talking to someone and they just leave you hanging. I won’t message again because I don’t want him to get the wrong impression with me.. was me asking if he received it ok? I didn’t want to come across pushy . He’s been active online and posting comments to others so I know he’s fine. I’m hoping I wasn’t just forgotten. I guess I’m just looking for some advice or input from this whole situation. And yes I have other friends I see in person , But I guess I thought I was making another friend . Sorry if this sounds odd coming from an older person . Please bear with me..

First off this is age 45+… I’m in what you call a beginning stages of a friendship here. Not a dating situation. I’m long distance speaking (miles away) with a man whom just told me he has been recently sick with pneumonia. Keep in mind he told me he is a big book person and loves reading…Last I had heard from him was over a week ago and he told me his symptoms. I told him I’d check in soon to see how he’s feeling. So 4 full days later , I messaged him asking if he has been feeling better. I explained I happened to be at my library doing research , but while I was there, I remembered what he told me about his symptoms. I took a bit of my time and discovered a book that I thought would be a good resource for him. Book was on home remedies. I sent a pic of the book and I did explain I took the pic only in case he was interested. I know he read the message and has not responded and that was about almost 5 days ago. Im hoping he’s ok , I’m not going to message until I hear back , but do you think this was a nice gesture? I did it simply because I thought of him and genuinely cared..Remember I’m long distance and I just wanted to help in some form of action…