You begin to develop romantic feelings for someone and you sense they feel the same way about you. These feelings go well beyond friendship and you strongly desire to enter into an intimate and passionate relationship with them...but they keep you just out of reach. They pay you compliments and lead you on, but stop just short of admitting their interest or committing themselves to you. They may already be involved romantically with someone else, but make sure you know that they have interest in you as well. They may even have told you, "I am going to break up with them for you. Please, just give me some time to do so. It is hard to do and I don't want to hurt them." Then, they don't follow through. What is happening? Have you gone crazy? Are you supposed to sit around and wait for them to finally admit their true feelings for you? To come to their senses and pursue you, and only you, with a passion? Hopefully, you are smarter than that. What they have done is put you on lay away and made sure that they have a plan B...you! If they keep you "within reach" and ensure that you have feelings for them, they know you won't begin pursuing someone else. That way, if their present relationship doesn't progress as they desire, they can always fall back on you...Plan B. Do you really want to be someone's second choice? When we go to a store and put an item on lay away, RARELY do we go back and actually purchase that item. We may lose interest, decide against the purchase, find a similar item somewhere else for a better price, or completely forget about the item all together. That does not bode well for you if you have allowed someone to place you on lay away. If they truly wanted to be with you and had real respect for you, they would never do this to you. They would make a decision and their choice would be you. The bottom line is...when someone sees that you have a life without them, they may want one with you. If they see that they are your entire life and focus, they may never want one with you. They don't have to tip their hand, they don't have to make a choice, they don't have to commit, as they see you aren't going anywhere. You deserve much better, but you must believe that yourself!