ironically, within minutes of making this topic, she emailed me a "thinking of you" e-card that said she is thinking about me all the time and she hopes i am thinking of her and that she loves me. i didn't reply at first, and sought advice from my sister. my sister reminded me that when you access an e-card that a read receipt is sent... when i returned to my office i had an instant message from her asking for me to reply to the email and then a text message came through asking. i replied to both... i'm giving her space, but don't want to push her away... i also don't want to get hurt myself... this is awful, i've never exprienced such heartache before, how have you all done it?